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Workplace:Federal Reserve Bank of New York, (more information at EDIRC)
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Working Papers

2025

  1. Career Conversations with the Junior Economic Club of New York City
    Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Downloads
  2. Economic Outlook with a Focus on Regional Business Conditions
    Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Downloads

2024

  1. Disinflation... and Whose Inflation?
    Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Downloads
  2. Welcome Remarks: PhD Excellence Initiative
    Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Downloads

2023

  1. Online Appendix to "Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences"
    Online Appendices, Review of Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2023) Downloads View citations (2) (2023)
  2. The Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks: Household Financial Distress Matters
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads

2021

  1. Incarceration, Earnings, and Race
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads
  2. Online Appendix to "Stock Market Participation: The Role of Human Capital"
    Online Appendices, Review of Economic Dynamics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Stock Market Participation: The Role of Human Capital, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2023) Downloads View citations (7) (2023)

2020

  1. COVID-19 and Financial Distress: Employment Vulnerability
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads
  2. COVID-19 and Financial Distress: Vulnerability to Infection and Death
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads
  3. Financial Distress and the Second Wave of COVID-19 Infections
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads
  4. Household Financial Distress and the Burden of 'Aggregate' Shocks
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads
    Also in Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2020) Downloads
  5. How Will COVID-19 Affect the Spending of Financially Distressed Households?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads
  6. How will COVID-19 Affect Financial Assets, Delinquency and Bankruptcy?
    On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Downloads View citations (1)

2019

  1. Aggregate Implications of Household Financial Distress
    2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
  2. Consumption in the Great Recession: The Financial Distress Channel
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads
    Also in Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2019) Downloads
  3. Who Values Access to College?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2019) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Who Values Access to College?, Richmond Fed Economic Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2020) Downloads View citations (2) (2020)

2018

  1. Investment Opportunities and Economic Outcomes: Who Benefits From College and the Stock Market?
    2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads
  2. The Persistence of Financial Distress
    2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2017) Downloads View citations (4)
    Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2017) Downloads View citations (1)
    2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2016) Downloads View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2017) Downloads

    See also Journal Article The Persistence of Financial Distress, The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2019) Downloads View citations (14) (2019)

2017

  1. College or the Stock Market, or College and the Stock Market?
    FEDS Notes, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) Downloads View citations (4)

2016

  1. Bankruptcy and Delinquency in a Model of Unsecured Debt
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (16)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2012) Downloads View citations (20)

    See also Journal Article BANKRUPTCY AND DELINQUENCY IN A MODEL OF UNSECURED DEBT, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2018) Downloads View citations (14) (2018)
  2. Investment Opportunities and the Sources of Lifetime Inequality
    2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads

2015

  1. Learn Now, Save Later: College and Household Portfolios
    2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads
  2. Stock Market Investment: The Role of Human Capital
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) Downloads
    Also in Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2015) Downloads

2014

  1. Does Redistribution Increase Output? The Centrality of Labor Supply
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Does redistribution increase output? The centrality of labor supply, Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society (2017) Downloads View citations (8) (2017)
  2. Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulations, and Consumer Debt
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2014) Downloads View citations (15)

    See also Journal Article Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulation, and Consumer Debt, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) Downloads View citations (17) (2015)
  3. Risky, Lumpy Human Capital in Household Portfolios
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Single Mothers and the Earned Income Tax Credit: Insurance Without Disincentives?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (4)
  5. Young Unskilled Women and the Earned Income Tax Credit: Insurance Without Disincentives?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (1)

2013

  1. The supply of college-educated workers: the roles of college premia, college costs, and risk
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (11)

2011

  1. A quantitative theory of information and unsecured credit
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (23)
    Also in 2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article A Quantitative Theory of Information and Unsecured Credit, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2012) Downloads View citations (68) (2012)
  2. Loan guarantees for consumer credit markets
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads
    See also Journal Article Loan Guarantees for Consumer Credit Markets, Economic Quarterly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2014) Downloads (2014)

2010

  1. The Earned Income Tax Credit: Insurance Without Disincentives?
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (2)

2009

  1. Are harsh penalties for default really better?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Credit and self-employment
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article Credit and self-employment, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (11) (2011)

2007

  1. Unsecured Credit and Self-Employment
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (3)

2004

  1. Fresh start or head start? Uniform bankruptcy exemptions and welfare
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Fresh start or head start? Uniform bankruptcy exemptions and welfare, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2006) Downloads View citations (32) (2006)
  2. Unsecured debt with public insurance: from bad to worse
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Unsecured debt with public insurance: From bad to worse, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2006) Downloads View citations (32) (2006)

2003

  1. Risky higher education and subsidies
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Risky higher education and subsidies, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier (2005) Downloads View citations (55) (2005)

Journal Articles

2023

  1. Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2023, 51, 677-697 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Online Appendix to "Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences", Online Appendices (2023) Downloads View citations (2) (2023)
    Software Item Code and data files for "Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences", Computer Codes (2023) Downloads (2023)
  2. Opinion: Investing in Women's Careers
    Econ Focus, 2023, 23, (3Q), 31-32 Downloads
  3. Opinion: Unique Challenges in the Housing Market
    Econ Focus, 2023, (1Q), 36 Downloads
  4. Opinion: Why Do Bank Runs Happen?
    Econ Focus, 2023, 23, (2Q), 32 Downloads
  5. Opinion: Why Is Returning to the Office Contentious?
    Econ Focus, 2023, 23, (4Q), 31-32 Downloads
  6. Stock Market Participation: The Role of Human Capital
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2023, 47, 1-18 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Online Appendix to "Stock Market Participation: The Role of Human Capital", Online Appendices (2021) Downloads (2021)

2022

  1. Opinion: Following Through
    Econ Focus, 2022, 22, (3Q), 36 Downloads
  2. Opinion: Inflation and the Road Ahead for Research
    Econ Focus, 2022, 22, (4Q), 32 Downloads
  3. Opinion: Our Work on Rural Economies
    Econ Focus, 2022, (1Q), 32 Downloads
  4. Opinion: Unwinding Pandemic Monetary Policy
    Econ Focus, 2022, (2Q), 36 Downloads
  5. The Pandemic, Child Care and Women’s Labor Force Participation
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2022, 22, (16) Downloads

2021

  1. Risk, the College Premium, and Aggregate Human Capital Investment
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2021, 13, (2), 168-213 Downloads View citations (6)
  2. The Evolving Relationship between COVID-19 and Financial Distress
    Economic Bulletin, 2021, (February 24, 2021), 3 Downloads View citations (1)

2020

  1. Who Values Access to College?
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2020, 20, (03) Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2020, (20-03), 5 (2020) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Working Paper Who Values Access to College?, Working Paper (2019) Downloads View citations (1) (2019)

2019

  1. The Persistence of Financial Distress
    The Review of Financial Studies, 2019, 32, (10), 3851-3883 Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2019, (March) (2019) Downloads View citations (14)

    See also Working Paper The Persistence of Financial Distress, 2018 Meeting Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (3) (2018)
  2. Whom Will Opportunity Zones Help?
    Econ Focus, 2019, (1Q), 32-32 Downloads

2018

  1. BANKRUPTCY AND DELINQUENCY IN A MODEL OF UNSECURED DEBT
    International Economic Review, 2018, 59, (2), 593-623 Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Bankruptcy and Delinquency in a Model of Unsecured Debt, Working Paper (2016) Downloads View citations (16) (2016)
  2. TFP, Prosperity, and the FOMC
    Econ Focus, 2018, (1Q), 40-40 Downloads
  3. What Have We Learned since the Financial Crisis?
    Econ Focus, 2018, (3Q), 36-36 Downloads

2017

  1. Does Redistribution Increase Output?
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2017, (January) Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Does redistribution increase output? The centrality of labor supply
    Quantitative Economics, 2017, 8, (3), 761-808 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Does Redistribution Increase Output? The Centrality of Labor Supply, Working Paper (2014) Downloads View citations (9) (2014)
  3. Opinion: Do Low Interest Rates Punish Savers?
    Econ Focus, 2017, (3Q), 40-40 Downloads
  4. Opinion: Publicly Provided Data and the Fed
    Econ Focus, 2017, (1Q), 40-40 Downloads

2016

  1. The Payoff from the Earned Income Tax Credit
    Econ Focus, 2016, (2Q), 40-40 Downloads

2015

  1. Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulation, and Consumer Debt
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2015, 18, (1), 32-52 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulations, and Consumer Debt, 2014 Meeting Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (14) (2014)
    Software Item Code and data files for "Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulation, and Consumer Debt", Computer Codes (2014) Downloads (2014)
  2. Land of Opportunity: Economic Mobility in the United States
    Economic Quarterly, 2015, (2Q), 169-191 Downloads
    Also in Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2013, (July) (2013) Downloads
  3. OPINION: Why Do College Graduates Earn More?
    Econ Focus, 2015, (2Q), 44-44 Downloads
  4. Opinion: The Importance of Researcher Independence
    Econ Focus, 2015, (4Q), 44-44 Downloads
  5. Systemic Risk and the Pursuit of Efficiency
    Economic Quarterly, 2015, (1Q), 23-47 Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Annual Report, 2009, 4-20 (2009) Downloads View citations (2)
  6. Understanding Living Wills
    Economic Quarterly, 2015, (3Q), 193-223 Downloads View citations (2)

2014

  1. Expanding the Scope of Workforce Development
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2014, (May) Downloads
  2. Loan Guarantees for Consumer Credit Markets
    Economic Quarterly, 2014, (4Q), 297-352 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Loan guarantees for consumer credit markets, Working Paper (2011) Downloads (2011)

2013

  1. Implications of Risks and Rewards in College Decisions
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2013, (June) Downloads

2012

  1. A Quantitative Theory of Information and Unsecured Credit
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2012, 4, (3), 153-83 Downloads View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper A quantitative theory of information and unsecured credit, Working Paper (2011) Downloads View citations (23) (2011)
  2. Debt default and the insurance of labor income risks
    Economic Quarterly, 2012, 98, (4Q), 255-307 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Land of opportunity? Economic mobility in the United States. 2012 annual report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
    Annual Report, 2012, 4-23 Downloads View citations (1)
  4. The spice of life: allowing for heterogeneity in macro models
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2012, (Apr) Downloads View citations (1)

2011

  1. Credit and self-employment
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2011, 35, (3), 363-385 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Credit and self-employment, Working Paper (2009) Downloads View citations (31) (2009)
  2. The cost of unanticipated household finance shocks: two examples
    Economic Quarterly, 2011, 97, (4Q), 431-450 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. The earned income tax credit: recipients, labor force participation, and credit constraints
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2011, (Mar) Downloads

2010

  1. Earned income tax credit recipients: income, marginal tax rates, wealth, and credit constraints
    Economic Quarterly, 2010, 96, (3Q), 229-258 Downloads View citations (10)

2009

  1. Consumption smoothing and the measured regressivity of consumption taxes
    Economic Quarterly, 2009, 95, (Win), 75-100 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Opinion: Why efficiency matters...even if you value equality
    Econ Focus, 2009, 13, (Fall), 44 Downloads
  3. Rationalizing financial literacy policy
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2009, (Mar) Downloads
  4. Recent fiscal policy and the manipulation of aggregate economic activity
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2009, (Aug) Downloads
  5. Self-employment rates and business size: the roles of occupational choice and credit market frictions
    Annals of Finance, 2009, 5, (3), 495-519 Downloads View citations (6)
  6. The case for direct methods to address CO2 emissions and other negative environmental externalities
    Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2009, (Oct) Downloads
  7. Unsecured credit markets are not insurance markets
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009, 56, (1), 83-103 Downloads View citations (36)

2008

  1. Credit access, labor supply, and consumer welfare
    Economic Quarterly, 2008, 94, (Win), 17-44 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Default, insurance, and debt over the life-cycle
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55, (4), 752-774 Downloads View citations (40)

2007

  1. Implications of some alternatives to capital income taxation
    Economic Quarterly, 2007, 93, (Win), 31-55 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Opinion: In praise of theory
    Econ Focus, 2007, 11, (Spr), 60 Downloads

2006

  1. Credit exclusion in quantitative models of bankruptcy: does it matter?
    Economic Quarterly, 2006, 92, (Win), 17-49 Downloads View citations (11)
  2. Fresh start or head start? Uniform bankruptcy exemptions and welfare
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2006, 30, (11), 2051-2079 Downloads View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Fresh start or head start? Uniform bankruptcy exemptions and welfare, Working Paper (2004) Downloads View citations (8) (2004)
  3. Unsecured debt with public insurance: From bad to worse
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006, 53, (4), 797-825 Downloads View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Unsecured debt with public insurance: from bad to worse, Working Paper (2004) Downloads View citations (4) (2004)

2005

  1. Equilibrium models of personal bankruptcy: a survey
    Economic Quarterly, 2005, 91, (Spr), 73-98 Downloads View citations (20)
  2. Opinion: The economics of bankruptcy
    Econ Focus, 2005, 9, (Sum), 56 Downloads
  3. Risky higher education and subsidies
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2005, 29, (6), 979-1023 Downloads View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Risky higher education and subsidies, Working Paper (2003) Downloads View citations (2) (2003)

2004

  1. Shame as it ever was: stigma and personal bankruptcy
    Economic Quarterly, 2004, 90, (Spr), 1-19 Downloads View citations (47)

2003

  1. Unemployment insurance and personal bankruptcy
    Economic Quarterly, 2003, 89, (Spr), 33-53 Downloads View citations (2)

2002

  1. Welfare implications of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2002, 49, (8), 1567-1595 Downloads View citations (151)

2001

  1. The growth of unsecured credit: are we better off?
    Economic Quarterly, 2001, (Sum), 11-33 Downloads View citations (15)

Books

2014

  1. Big Ideas in Macroeconomics: A Nontechnical View, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (2)

Software Items

2023

  1. Code and data files for "Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences"
    Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Incarceration, Employment and Earnings: Dynamics and Differences, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2023) Downloads View citations (2) (2023)

2014

  1. Code and data files for "Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulation, and Consumer Debt"
    Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulation, and Consumer Debt, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) Downloads View citations (17) (2015)
 
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