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Working Papers

2013

1. Are Government Spending Multipliers Greater During Periods of Slack? Evidence from 20th Century Historical Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2013)
2. The Cyclical Behavior of the Price-Cost Markup
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2012

3. Government Spending and Private Activity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2012)

2010

4. Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2010)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2011)
5. Oil, Automobiles, and the U.S. Economy: How Much have Things Really Changed?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Chapter (2011)

2009

6. Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's All in the Timing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2011)
7. The Rug Rat Race
   2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2010)

2008

8. Time Spent in Home Production in the 20th Century: New Estimates from Old Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2007

9. Measures of Per Capita Hours and their Implications for the Technology-Hours Debate
   2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2009)

2006

10. A Century of Work and Leisure
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (14)
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2005) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2009)

2005

11. Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
12. Tracking the source of the decline in GDP volatility: an analysis of the automobile industry
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (33)

2004

13. The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis using Long-Run Restrictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Chapter (2006)
14. Why Do Computers Depreciate?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2007)
15. Why Do Real and Nominal Inventory-Sales Ratios Have Different Trends
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2004)

2002

16. Is The Technology-Driven Real Business Cycle Hypothesis Dead? Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations Revisted
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2005)
17. Is the Technology-Driven Real Business Cycle Hypothesis Dead?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (113)

2000

18. Market Responses to Interindustry Wage Differentials
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2000) View citations (2)
19. The Cost Channel of Monetary Transmission
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (83)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2000)
    See also Chapter (2002)

1999

20. Costly Capital Reallocation and the Effects of Government Spending
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1998)

1998

21. Displaced Capital
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations (16)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (19)

1997

22. Inventories
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)
    See also Chapter (1999)

1994

23. Cross-Country Evidence on the Link Between Volatility and Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (149)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1995)

1993

24. Foreign Competition, Market Power and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
25. How Important is the Credit Channel in the Transmission of Monetary Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1993)
26. Stochastic Trends and Short-Run Relationships Between Financial Variables and Real Activity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1992

27. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994)

1991

28. Liquidity Constraints and Intertemporal Consumer Optimization: Theory and Evidence From Durable Goods
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1995)
29. Technology Commitment and the Cost of Economic Fluctuations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
30. The Source of Fluctuations in Money: Evidence From Trade Credit
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1992)

Journal Articles

2013

1. Are Government Spending Multipliers Greater during Periods of Slack? Evidence from Twentieth-Century Historical Data
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 129-34
2. Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Criterion for the John Bates Clark Medal
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 772-73

2011

3. Can Government Purchases Stimulate the Economy?
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49, (3), 673-85 View citations (29)
4. Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's all in the Timing
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (1), 1-50 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
5. Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending
   American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2011, 3, (1), 36-59 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

6. The Rug Rat Race
   Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2010, 41, (1 (Spring)), 129-199 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

7. A Century of Work and Leisure
   American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009, 1, (2), 189-224 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
8. Measures of per Capita Hours and Their Implications for the Technology-Hours Debate
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2009, 41, (6), 1071-1097 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
9. Time Spent in Home Production in the Twentieth-Century United States: New Estimates from Old Data
   The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (01), 1-47 View citations (4)

2007

10. The roles of comovement and inventory investment in the reduction of output volatility - discussion
    Proceedings, 2007, (Nov)

2006

11. Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (5), 1876-1889 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

12. Estimating the effects of fiscal policy in OECD countries - comments
    Proceedings, 2005 View citations (5)
13. Is the technology-driven real business cycle hypothesis dead? Shocks and aggregate fluctuations revisited
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, 52, (8), 1379-1399 View citations (101)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

14. Why Do Real and Nominal Inventory-Sales Ratios Have Different Trends?
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2004, 36, (5), 959-63 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2001

15. Displaced Capital: A Study of Aerospace Plant Closings
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (5), 958-992 View citations (72)
16. Measuring systematic monetary policy (commentary)
    Review, 2001, (Jul), 113-144

1998

17. Costly capital reallocation and the effects of government spending
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1998, 48, (1), 145-194 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1996

18. Comovement in cities A comment
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1996, 44, (1), 207-214

1995

19. Cross-Country Evidence on the Link between Volatility and Growth
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1138-51 View citations (266)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
20. Foreign Competition, Market Power, and Wage Inequality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (4), 1075-1110 View citations (104)
21. Liquidity Constraints and Intertemporal Consumer Optimization: Theory and Evidence from Durable Goods
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1995, 27, (1), 272-87 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1994

22. Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (3), 593-624 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
23. Time-Series Evidence on the
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 10-16 View citations (20)

1993

24. How important is the credit channel in the transmission of monetary policy?
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1993, 39, (1), 1-45 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
25. Segment Shifts and Capacity Utilization in the U.S. Automobile Industry
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 213-18 View citations (21)

1992

26. The source of fluctuations in money: Evidence from trade credit
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1992, 30, (2), 171-193 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

27. Nonconvex Costs and the Behavior of Inventories
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (2), 306-34 View citations (72)

1989

28. Inventories as Factors of Production and Economic Fluctuations
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (3), 338-54 View citations (66)

1984

29. The effects of market organization on conspiracies in restraint of trade
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (2), 191-222 View citations (23)

Chapters

2012

1. Comment on "Roads to Prosperity or Bridges to Nowhere? Theory and Evidence on the Impact of Public Infrastructure Investment"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2012, Volume 27, 2012, pp 147-153
2. Government Spending and Private Activity
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 19-55
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

3. Oil, Automobiles, and the U.S. Economy: How Much Have Things Really Changed?
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2010, Volume 25, 2011, pp 333-367 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2008

4. Comment on "In Search of the Transmission Mechanism of Fiscal Policy"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007, Volume 22, 2008, pp 237-246

2007

5. Why Do Computers Depreciate?
   A chapter in Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches, 2007, pp 121-150 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

6. The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis Using Long-Run Restrictions
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2004, 2006, pp 17-73 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2002

7. The Cost Channel of Monetary Transmission
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2001, Volume 16, 2002, pp 199-256 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

8. Inventories
   Chapter 13 in Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1, Part B, pp 863-923 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (1997)