Luba Petersen, Simon Fraser University

Research

monetary policy experimental economics financial literacy workshop summer school behavioural economics macroeconomics

Latest papers

Identifying Risk Factors, Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures, and Data Capture Tools for an Individualized Pain Prediction Tool in Pediatrics: Focus Group Study.
JMIR perioperative medicine · 2022
Macroeconomic expectations, central bank communication, and background uncertainty: A COVID-19 laboratory experiment.
Journal of economic dynamics & control · 2022 · first author
Coordinating expectations through central bank projections.
Experimental economics · 2021 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Debt Overhang and Monetary Policy: Experimental Evidence
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$151,466
Summer School and Workshop on Theoretical and Experimental Macroeconomics
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$30,212
Can Better Financial and Monetary Policy Literacy Improve Understanding and Usage of Central Bank Forward Guidance?
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$66,950

All 4 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Identifying Risk Factors, Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures, and Data Capture Tools for an Individualized Pain Prediction Tool in Pediatrics: Focus Group Study.

Wood MD, West NC, Sreepada RS, Loftsgard KC, Petersen L, Robillard JM, Page P, Ridgway R, Chadha NK, Portales-Casamar E, Görges M, Pediatric Pain Prediction Collaboration

JMIR perioperative medicine2022

DOI: 10.2196/42341 PMID: 36378509

02

Macroeconomic expectations, central bank communication, and background uncertainty: A COVID-19 laboratory experiment.

Petersen L, Rholes R

Journal of economic dynamics & control2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2022.104460 PMID: 35783344

03

Coordinating expectations through central bank projections.

Mokhtarzadeh F, Petersen L

Experimental economics2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10683-020-09684-6 PMID: 34720683

Debt Overhang and Monetary Policy: Experimental Evidence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Petersen, Luba S.

Keywords: monetary policy; experimental economics; financial literacy

$151,466

Summer School and Workshop on Theoretical and Experimental Macroeconomics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Petersen, Luba S.

Keywords: workshop; summer school; behavioural; economics; macroeconomics

$30,212

Can Better Financial and Monetary Policy Literacy Improve Understanding and Usage of Central Bank Forward Guidance?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Petersen, Luba

Keywords: (1) Monetary policy; (2) Central bank communication; (3) Debt; (4) Consumption smoothing; (5) Forward guidance; (6) Experimental economics; (7) Behavioural economics

$66,950

Evolution of credibility of monetary policy and experimental evidence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Arifovic, Jasmina

Keywords: credibility; monetary policy; evolution; experimental evidence

$162,340

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: monetary policy Dear Professor Petersen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Identifying Risk Factors, Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures, and Data Capture Tools for an Individualized Pain Prediction Tool in Pediatrics: Focus Group Study." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Debt Overhang and Monetary Policy: Experimental Evidence" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]