Dr. Jesse Zinn

Associate Professor of Economics

Office: T-265
Accounting, Economics, and Finance
College of Business
JesseZinn@clayton.edu

Biography

Dr. Zinn joined the College of Business at Clayton State University in 2014. He earned his PhD in economics from University of California, Santa Barbara and has research interests in macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public economics. He has published research articles studying mathematical models on psychological biases, the money multiplier, and real interest rates.

Education

Ph D, Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013

Intellectual Contributions

Jesse Aaron Zinn, The Heart of Monetary Economics: A Novel Diagram Depicting the Relationships Between Aggregate Monetary Variables, Journal of Economics Teaching – April 2025

Jesse Aaron Zinn, A Few Insights regarding Producer Surplus, Teaching Business and Economics – April 2025

Jesse Aaron Zinn, Information-Theoretic Foundation for the Weighted Updating Model, Review of Behavioral Economics – February 26 2019

Jesse Aaron Zinn, An Alternative Framework for a Textbook Analysis of the Comparative Statics of the Money Multiplier, Economics Bulletin – November 7 2018

Jesse Aaron Zinn, A Lower Bound on Real Interest Rates, Business Quest – November 7 2018

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Reza Kheirandish, Jesse Zinn, H Lari Arjomand, Nikki M. Finlay, Gay Solomon, Affordable Learning Textbook Transformation , University System of Georgia, State, 25800, Funded – January 2015 to May 2016

Presentations

Jesse Aaron Zinn, The Heart of Monetary Economics, 35th Annual Teaching Economics Conference, Robert Morris University and W. W. Norton & Company – February 23 2024

Jesse Aaron Zinn, The Money Multiplier and Other Measures of Financial Sector Performance, Southern Economic Association 92nd Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association – November 2022

Jesse Aaron Zinn, Critical Thinking in Economics, International Conference on Higher Education & Industry September 10 2019

Jesse Aaron Zinn, An Information-Theoretic Foundation for the Weighted Updating Model, 2017 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Econometric Society – June 18 2017

Jesse Aaron Zinn, An Information-Theoretic Foundation for the Weighted Updating Model, Behavioral Models of Politics, Duke University – May 20 2017

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

College, Research Committee, Chairperson – September 1 2018 to Present

University, Library Committee, Committee Member – September 01 2019 to Present

College, Assurance of Learning Committee, Committee Member – September 18 2020 to July 31 2023

University, Institutional Review Board, Committee Member – August 1 2017 to July 31 2020

Service to the Community

Other, Fayette County Board of Education January 11 2023