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Sheila Dow

Professor of Economics

University of Stirling

Biography	M.A. (St Andrews), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Glasgow) Research Assistant at Simon Fraser University 1969, Research Assistant at University of Manitoba 1972-73, Teaching Assistant at McMaster 1977-78, Tutor at Glasgow 1978-79, Lecturer at Stirling 1979-88, Reader 1988-96, Professor 1996-
Research Interests	Economic methodology: open systems; pluralism History of economic thought: David Hume; Adam Smith; the Scottish Political Economy Tradition; Keynes Theory of money and banking and monetary policy: structural endogenous money theory; policy-making under uncertainty; banking in transition economies Regional and international finance: the regional impact of monetary policy
Teaching	ECN3BK Domestic and International Banking ECN3TM Economic Thought and Methodology BFIP26 Money, Banking and the Economy SGPE options
Selected publications	Dow, S C (2007) ‘Variety of Methodological Approach in Economics’, Journal of Economic Surveys 21(3), 447-19. Dow, SC and Montagnoli, A (2007) ‘The Regional Transmission of UK Monetary Policy’, Regional Studies 41(6), 797-808. Chick, V and Dow, S C (2005), ‘The Meaning of Open Systems’, Journal of Economic Methodology, 12(3), 363-81. Dow, A C and Dow, S C (2005) ‘The Application of Development Economics: General Principles and Context Specificity’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29, 1129-43. Dow, S C (2004) ‘Uncertainty and Monetary Policy’, Oxford Economic Papers, 56, 539-561. Dow, S C (2004) ‘Structured Pluralism’, Journal of Economic Methodology, 11 (3), 275-90. Dow, S C (2002) Economic Methodology: An Inquiry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chick, V and Dow, S C (2002) ‘Monetary Policy with Endogenous Money and Liquidity Preference: A Nondualistic Treatment’, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 24(4), 587-608. Dow, S C (2002) ‘Hume and Critical Realism’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26(6), 683-97. Dow, S C (2002) ‘Interpretation: The Case of Hume’, History of Political Economy, 34(2), 399-420. Chick, V and Dow, S C (2001) ‘Formalism, Logic and Reality: A Keynesian Analysis’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 25.6.705-22. Dow, S C (1997) Scottish Political Economy and Modern Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44(4), 368-83. Dow, S C (1996) Why the Financial System Should be Regulated, Economic Journal, 104.436.698-707.

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Email Address: s.c.dow@stir.ac.uk

Homepage: http://www.economics.stir.ac.uk/People/staff/Dow/dow.htm

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