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Working Papers

2009

1. Should risky firms offer risk-free DB pensions?
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

2007

2. Why Do Firms Offer Risky Defined Benefit Pension Plans?
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2007)

2005

3. A Quantitative Exploration of the Opportunistic Approach to Disinflation
   CFS Working Paper Series, Center for Financial Studies View citations
   Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1997) View citations
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2006)

2001

4. Fiscal Policy and Social Security Policy During the 1990s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1999

5. Alternative Strategies for Aggregating Prices in the CPI
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Review (1997)
6. Quality Improvement in Health Care: A Framework for Price and Output Measurement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)

1997

7. Interactions between the seasonal and business cycles in production and inventories
   Working Paper Series, Macroeconomic Issues, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1997)
8. Mismeasurement in the Consumer Price Index: An Evaluation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (1996)

1996

9. Generating Non-Standard Multivariate Distributions with an Application to Mismeasurement in the CPI
   NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
10. STATISTICS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: IMPROVING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
    Data, EconWPA
11. The opportunistic approach to disinflation
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Finance (2002)

1995

12. A Comparison of Alternative Instruments Variables Estimators of a Dynamic Linear Model
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (1996)
13. Do Firms Smooth the Seasonal in Production in a Boom? Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
14. Why Firms Smooth Seasonals in a Boom
    Working Papers, Ohio State University, Department of Economics View citations

1994

15. A Comparison of Alternative Instrumental Variables Estimators of Dynamic Linear Model
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems
    Also in Macroeconomics, EconWPA (1994) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (1996)
16. Employee Decisions with Respect to 401(k) Plans: Evidence From Individual-Level Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
17. Judging instrument relevance in instrumental variables estimation
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1996)

1993

18. Some Evidence on Finite Sample Behavior of an Instrumental Variables Estimator of the Linear Quadtratic Inventory Model
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1993) View citations

1992

19. Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence From the Composition of External Finance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)
20. Production and inventory control at the General Motors Corporation during the 1920s and 1930s
    Working Paper Series, Macroeconomic Issues, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1990)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)

1991

21. Does consumer sentiment affect household spending? If so why?
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    See also Software Item (1994)

1990

22. Income tax refunds and the timing of consumption expenditure
    Working Paper Series / Economic Activity Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
23. What do we know about consumption?
    Working Paper Series / Economic Activity Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

1987

24. Social security benefits, consumption expenditure, and the life cycle hypothesis
    Working Paper Series / Economic Activity Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1989)
25. The substainability of government deficits: implications of the present- value borrowing constraint
    Working Paper Series / Economic Activity Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1989)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Discounting State and Local Pension Liabilities
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 538-42
2. Monetary policy in the financial crisis: a speech at the Conference in Honor of Dewey Daane, Nashville, Tennessee, April 18, 2009
   Web Site, 2009

2007

3. Four images of Ned Gramlich
   Proceedings, 2007, 253-255

2006

4. A quantitative exploration of the opportunistic approach to disinflation
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006, 53, (8), 1877-1893 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
5. Reforming the Defined-Benefit Pension System
   Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2006, 37, (2006-1), 235-304 View citations

2002

6. The Opportunistic Approach to Disinflation
   International Finance, 2002, 5, (1), 47-71 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1999

7. Quality Improvement in Health Care: A Framework for Price and Output Measurement
   American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 333-337 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

8. Policy Watch: The Introduction of Indexed Government Debt in the United States
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (1), 219-27 View citations

1997

9. Alternative strategies for aggregating prices in the CPI
   Review, 1997, (May), 113-125 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)
10. Econometric models and the monetary policy process
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1997, 47, (1), 1-37 View citations
11. Interactions between the Seasonal and Business Cycles in Production and Inventories
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (5), 884-92 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

12. A Comparison of Alternative Instrumental Variables Estimators of a Dynamic Linear Model
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1996, 14, (3), 281-93 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
    Working Paper (1994)
13. Judging Instrument Relevance in Instrumental Variables Estimation
    International Economic Review, 1996, 37, (2), 283-98 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
14. Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (1), 310-14 View citations

1994

15. Does Consumer Sentiment Forecast Household Spending? If So, Why?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (5), 1397-1408 View citations
    See also Software Item (1994)
16. Estimation and inference in the linear-quadratic inventory model
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1994, 18, (3-4), 897-908 View citations

1993

17. Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (1), 78-98 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
18. Production and Inventory Control at the General Motors Corporation during the 1920's and 1930's
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (3), 383-401 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
19. The Welfare Gain from the Introduction of Indexed Bonds: Comment
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1993, 25, (3), 632-35
20. The effect of sampling error on the time series behavior of consumption data
    Journal of Econometrics, 1993, 55, (1-2), 235-265 View citations

1992

21. The Construction of U.S. Consumption Data: Some Facts and Their Implications for Empirical Work
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (4), 922-41 View citations

1991

22. Household spending and saving: measurement, trends, and analysis
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1991, (Jan), 1-17

1989

23. Seasonal Fluctuations and the Life Cycle-Permanent Income Model of Consumption: A Correction
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (4), 988-91 View citations
24. Social Security Benefits, Consumption Expenditure, and the Life Cycle Hypothesis
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (2), 288-304 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)
25. The Sustainability of Government Deficits: Implications of the Present-Value Borrowing Constraint
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1989, 21, (3), 291-306 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)

Chapters

2006

1. Comment on "Reducing the Risk of Investment-Based Social Security Reform"
   A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2006

2005

2. Discussion of 'What Caused the Decline in US Business Cycle Volatility?'
   A chapter in The Changing Nature of the Business Cycle, 2005

2001

3. Measuring the value of Cataract Surgery
   A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 411-438 View citations

1996

4. Mismeasurement in the Consumer Price Index: An Evaluation
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1996, Volume 11, 1996, pp 93-154 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)

Software Items

1994

1. RATS code for Does Consumer Sentiment Forecast Household Spending? If So, Why?
   QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles
   See also Working Paper (1991)
   Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)