TheEconomists
202-530-6265
david.c.mills@frb.gov
david.c.mills@frb.gov
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
- M.A., Economics, Pennsylvania State University, 2000
- B.A., Economics and Classical Languages, Duquesne University, 1994
Current Research Topics
- Central Counterparties
- Collateralized Lending
Fields of Interest
Professional Experience
Chief
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 2008 - present
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 2002 - 2008
Visiting Assistant Professor
Purdue University
- 2001 - 2002
Publications
- Mills, David C., and Samia Husain (Forthcoming). "Interlinkages between Payment and Securities Settlement Systems," Annals of Finance.
- Antinolfi, Gaetano, Francesca Carapella, Charles Kahn, Antoine Martin, David Mills, and Ed Nosal (2012). "Repos, Fire Sales, and Bankruptcy Policy," Working Paper Series WP-2012-15. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
- Mills, David C.,Jr. (2008). "Imperfect Monitoring and the Discounting of Inside Money," International Economic Review, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 737-754.
- Mills, David C., Jr., and Antoine Martin (2008). "An Economic Perspective on the Enforcement of Credit Arrangements: The Case of Daylight Overdrafts in Fedwire," Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 161-168.
- Mills, David C.,Jr., and Travis D. Nesmith (2008). "Risk and Concentration in Payment and Securities Settlement Systems," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 542-553.
- Mills, David C. (2007). "Imperfect Monitoring and the Discounting of Inside Money," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-58. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Mills, David C., Jr. (2007). "A Model in which Outside and Inside Money are Essential," Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 347-366.
- Mills, David C., Jr., and Travis D. Nesmith (2007). "Risk and Concentration in Payment and Securities Settlement Systems," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-62. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Mills, David C.,Jr. (2006). "Alternative Central Bank Credit Policies for Liquidity Provision in a Model of Payments," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 1593-1611.
- Mills, David C.,Jr. (2006). "A Model in which Outside and Inside Money are Essential," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-38. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Mills, David C.,Jr. (2005). "Alternative Central Bank Credit Policies for Liquidity Provision in a Model of Payments," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-55. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Mills, David C.,Jr. (2004). "Mechanism Design and the Role of Enforcement in Freeman's Model of Payments," Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 219-236.
- Mills, David C. (2002). "The Size of Meetings and the Role of Money," Economics Letters, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 337-343.
- Mills, David (2001). "Outside and Inside Money: A Mechanism Design Approach," Ph.D dissertation, Pennsylvania State University.
Presentations
seminar
2009
University of Missouri
seminar
2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
seminar
2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
seminar
2007
University of Alabama
seminar
2007
Texas A&M University
seminar
2006
Iowa State University
seminar
2004
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
seminar
2004
European Central Bank
seminar
2003
University of Kentucky
seminar
2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
seminar
2003
Michigan State University
seminar
2001
Purdue University
seminar
2001
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
seminar
2001
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
seminar
2001
United States Naval Academy
conference
2011
The Optimal Design of Payments Systems Workshop, The Consortium on Financial Systems and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
conference
2009
Federal Reserve Bank of New York's 4th Annual Money and Payments Workshop
conference
2009
Bank of Canada Workshop on Payments Systems, Collateral and Liquidity
conference
2009
Midwest Macroceconomics Meetings
conference
2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Summer Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments
conference
2008
Liquidity in Interdependent Transfer Systems Conference, Banque de France
conference
2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Summer Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments
conference
2007
Midwest Macoreconomics Meetings
conference
2006
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Workshop on Money and Payments
conference
2006
Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
conference
2006
Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society
conference
2005
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments
conference
2005
Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
conference
2004
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Workshop on Money, Banking and Payments
conference
2004
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society
conference
2004
Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
conference
2003
Midwest Economic Theory Meetings
conference
2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Monetary Theory Workshop
conference
2003
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society
conference
2003
Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
conference
2002
Midwest Economic Theory Meetings
conference
2001
Midwest Economic Theory Meetings
conference
2001
Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
discussion
2008
Economics of Payments III Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
discussion
2006
Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society
discussion
2004
Seng Conference on Money, Banking and Economic Development, University of Notre Dame
discussion
2003
Economics of Payments Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
discussion
2001
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society
Other Activities
Awards
2011
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Special Achievement Award
Conference Organization
June 2011 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Economics of Payments V
Main Organizer
November 2008 Bank of Canada
Workshop on Payment Economics
Co-chair
Referee
- Bank of England Financial Stability Working Paper Series
- The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
- Computational Economics
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Economics Letters
- Economic Theory
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review
- International Economic Review
- International Finance
- Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
- Journal of Economic Theory
- Journal of Financial Intermediation
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
- Journal of Political Economy
- Macroeconomic Dynamics
- Omega, The International Journal of Management Science
- Review of Economic Dynamics
- Review of Finance
Professional Affiliation
- Member, American Economic Association
Last update:
March 13, 2013
