Alex Houtz

Cohort Year: 2020

Advisors: Eric Sims (chair), Jeff Campbell, Benjamin Pugsley, Cynthia Wu

Job Market Paper Title: How Government Debt Shocks Impact the Economy

Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Heterogeneity, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Macrofinance

Alex Houtz is originally from Great Falls, Montana. He earned an undergraduate degree with highest honors in Economics from Montana State University. At Montana State, he researched the impacts of NAFTA on employment in the United States. His current research interests include heterogeneity in the macroeconomy, monetary and fiscal policy, the determinants of inflation, and some areas of macrofinance.