Catharine B. Hill

Provost of the College
John J. Gibson Professor of Economics

Office: Hopkins
E-mail: Catharine.B.Hill@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-4352
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Fernald House
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

Yale University, Ph.D, 1985
Williams College, B.A., 1976

Fields of Specialization

Economic Development in Africa
Macroeconomic Management of Commodity Booms
International Trade Policy
Consumption Theory

Research

Publications and Working Papers

Catharine B. Hill, (with John Knight) "The Diamond Boom, Expectations and Economic Management in Botswana," Trade Shocks in Developing Countries, eds. Paul Collier and J.W. Gunning, Oxford University Press, 1998.

_________, (with Anthony J. Pellechio) "Equivalence of the Production and Consumption Methods of Calculating the VAT Base: Application in Zambia," International Monetary Fund Working Paper, January 1996.

_________, (with Henry J. Bruton, eds.) Public Expenditure in Africa, Economic Development Institute,World Bank, 1996.

_________, (with Ken Kletzer and A. A. Shah) "The Macroeconomics of Public Expenditure in Kenya," Public Expenditure in Africa, Economic Development Institute, World Bank, 1996.

_________, "Trade Policies and the Promotion of Manufactured Exports" in Africa from Asia: Legacies and Opportunities in Development, eds. M. Roemer and D. Lindauer, International Center for Economics Growth, 1994. _________, "Managing Commodity Booms in Botswana," World Development, 1991.

_________, (with Heywood Fleisig) "The Benefits and Costs of Official Export Credit Programs," in The Structure and Evolution of Recent U.S. Trade Policy, Robert E. Baldwin and Anne O. Krueger, eds., NBER, 1984.

Other

Country Experience

Malawi, Botswana, Zambia