Program:  Energy Prices and the U.S. Economy

At the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Stephen Brown conducts and manages economic research and analysis. His management responsibilities include energy economics, microeconomic public policy and the Bank's publications Economic and Financial Policy Review and Southwest Economy.

Brown joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 1981, after working as an energy economist for Brookhaven National Laboratory and teaching economics at several universities. In addition to his principal position at the Dallas Fed, Brown is an adjunct professor of economics at Southern Methodist University and Tulane University.

His research focuses primarily on energy, environmental and natural resource economics, microeconomic public policy and economic conditions. Brown is the author of numerous articles on economic policy, economic theory and business conditions. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in such publications as Economic Inquiry, Review of Regional Studies, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Business Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic and Financial Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Public Choice.

Brown holds a B.S. in economics from California Polytechnic State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.