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Working Papers

2009

1. Sophisticated Monetary Policies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

2. Are Structural VARs with Long-Run Restrictions Useful in Developing Business Cycle Theory?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
3. New Keynesian Models: Not Yet Useful for Policy Analysis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2007

4. On the Optimal Choice of a Monetary Policy Instrument
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. The Heterogeneous State of Modern Macroeconomics: A Reply to Solow
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

6. Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory is Shaping Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

7. Sudden Stops and Output Drops
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2004

8. Business Cycle Accounting
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
9. On the Desirability of Fiscal Constraints in a Monetary Union
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2003

10. Financial Crises as Herds: Overturning the Critiques
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
11. Hot money
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations

2002

12. Can sticky price models generate volatile and persistent real exchange rates?
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations
13. Expectation Traps and Monetary Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
14. Time Consistency and Free-Riding in a Monetary Union
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2001

15. How Severe is the Time Inconsistency Problem in Monetary Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

16. Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1998) View citations

1998

17. Sticky price models of the business cycle: can the contract multiplier solve the persistence problem?
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2000)

1997

18. Monetary Shocks and Real Exchange Rates in Sticky Price Models of International Business Cycles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
19. The poverty of nations: a quantitative exploration
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations

1996

20. Expectation Traps and Discretion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (1996) View citations
21. Matching Human Capital and Displacement
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)

1995

22. Inside Money, Outside Money and Short Term Interest Rates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Paper Series, Macroeconomic Issues, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1995)

1993

23. A contribution to the theory of pork barrel spending
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
24. Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Business Cycle Model
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1993) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1994)
25. Optimality of the Friedman Rule in Economies with Distorting Taxes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1993) View citations
26. Why are representative democracies fiscally irresponsible?
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1991

27. A reconsideration of the problem of social cost: free riders and monopolists
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
28. Optimal fiscal and monetary policy: some recent results
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1991)

1989

29. International coordination of fiscal policy in limiting economies
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1990)
30. Labor contracts in a model of imperfect competition
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1989)
31. Sustainable plans
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1990)
32. Sustainable plans and debt
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
33. Sustainable plans and mutual default
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

1988

34. Time consistency and policy
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1987

35. Seasonalities in security returns: the case of earnings announcements
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1984

36. Banking Panics
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations
37. Layoffs and Unemployment Compensation as Social Instruments
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science

1980

38. Equilibrium Contracts in a Monetary Economy
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations
39. Involuntary Unemployment and Implicit Contracts
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1983)

1979

40. Linear Stochastic Models with Decentralized Information
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science

Journal Articles

2000

1. Sticky Price Models of the Business Cycle: Can the Contract Multiplier Solve the Persistence Problem?
   Econometrica, 2000, 68, (5), 1151-1180 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)
2. research articles: A reconsideration of the problem of social cost: Free riders and monopolists
   Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (1), 1-22

1999

3. Comment on Private Money
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1999, 31, (3), 498-99
4. Nobel laureate Robert E. Lucas, Jr.; architect of modern macroeconomics
   Quarterly Review, 1999, (Spr), 2-12
   Also in Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (1), 171-86 (1998)
5. Taxing capital income: a bad idea
   Quarterly Review, 1999, (Sum), 3-17 View citations
6. Unemployment today in Europe and Japan: Lessons from the U.S. Great Depression
   Fedgazette, 1999, (Jul), 13

1997

7. Comment on "Inflation Forecasts and Monetary Policy."
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1997, 29, (4), 685-86 View citations
8. The Economics of Split-Ticket Voting in Representative Democracies
   American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (5), 957-76 View citations

1995

9. Inside Money, Outside Money, and Short-Term Interest Rates
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1995, 27, (4), 1354-86 View citations
   Also in Proceedings, 1994, 1354-1401 (1994) View citations
   See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

10. Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Business Cycle Model
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (4), 617-52 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1991

11. Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Some Recent Results
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1991, 23, (3), 519-39 View citations
    Also in Proceedings, 1991, 519-546 (1991) View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
12. Vintage Human Capital, Growth, and the Diffusion of New Technology
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (6), 1142-65 View citations

1990

13. International Coordination of Fiscal Policy in Limiting Economies
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (3), 617-36 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
14. Price Stability and Futures Trading in Commodities
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (2), 527-34 View citations
15. Sustainable Plans
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (4), 783-802 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1989

16. Labor Contracts in a Model of Imperfect Competition
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 358-63
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

17. Time consistency and optimal policy design
    Quarterly Review, 1988, (Fall), 17-31 View citations

1983

18. Involuntary Unemployment and Implicit Contracts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1983, 98, (3), 107-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1980)

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