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Working Papers

2022

1. Interest Spreads and Margins in Collateral Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Beliefs
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

2019

2. Monetary Policy and Durable Goods
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (6)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2016) View citations (21)
   2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2016) View citations (21)

2016

3. Interest Rates or Haircuts? Prices Versus Quantities in the Market for Collateralized Risky Loans
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (1)

2014

4. Whither News Shocks?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
   See also Journal Article Whither News Shocks?, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (39) (2015)
   Chapter Whither News Shocks?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (48) (2014)

2013

5. Bubbles and Leverage: A Simple and Unified Approach
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

2009

6. Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (410) (2012)
7. News Shocks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
8. The Japanese Bubble: A 'Heterogeneous' Approach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2005

9. Sticky Price Models and Durable Goods
   Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article Sticky-Price Models and Durable Goods, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (189) (2007)

2004

10. Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (677)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (674)
    See also Journal Article Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (682) (2004)

2003

11. Do Flexible Durable Goods Prices Undermine Sticky Price Models?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (54)
    Also in Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (51)

2002

12. What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?
    Working Papers, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (30)
    See also Chapter What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private-Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (64) (2003)
    Journal Article What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (2003) View citations (75) (2003)

2001

13. Accounting for the Black-White Wealth Gap: A Nonparametric Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (100)
    See also Journal Article Accounting for the Black-White Wealth Gap: A Nonparametric Approach, Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association (2002) View citations (212) (2002)
14. Do We Really Know that Oil Caused the Great Stagflation? A Monetary Alternative
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (408)
    See also Chapter Do We Really Know That Oil Caused the Great Stagflation? A Monetary Alternative, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (382) (2002)

2000

15. A Monetary Explanation Of The Great Stagflation Of The 1970s
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (6)
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2000) View citations (5)

1995

16. Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity: An Experimental Approach in the Health and Retirement Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (324)

1992

17. Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1994) View citations (568) (1994)
18. Why Does the Stock Market Fluctuate?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Why Does the Stock Market Fluctuate?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1993) View citations (166) (1993)

1989

19. Bull and Bear Markets in the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Bull and Bear Markets in the Twentieth Century, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1990) View citations (19) (1990)
20. Real Wages Over The Business Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)

1988

21. Forecasting Pre-World War I Inflation: The Fisher Effect Revisited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
22. The Seasonal Cycle and the Business Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (90)
    See also Journal Article The Seasonal Cycle and the Business Cycle, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (158) (1989)

1987

23. The Worldwide Change in the Behavior of Interest Rates and Prices in 1914
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The worldwide change in the behavior of interest rates and prices in 1914, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1988) View citations (14) (1988)

1986

24. The Fisher Hypothesis and the Forecastability and Persistence of Inflation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Fisher hypothesis and the forecastability and persistence of inflation, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1987) View citations (203) (1987)
25. Why Don't the Prices of Stocks and Bonds Move Together?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Why Don't the Prices of Stocks and Bonds Move Together?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1989) View citations (122) (1989)

1985

26. Gibson's Paradox and the Gold Standard
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Gibson's Paradox and the Gold Standard, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1988) View citations (52) (1988)

1984

27. Ricardian Consumers With Keynesian Propensities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Ricardian Consumers with Keynesian Propensities, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1986) View citations (105) (1986)

Undated

28. Forecasting Pre-World War I Inflation: The Fisher Effect and the Gold Standard
    J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley, Economics Department View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Forecasting Pre-World War I Inflation: The Fisher Effect and the Gold Standard, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1991) View citations (26) (1991)

Journal Articles

2021

1. The global saving glut and the fall in U.S. real interest rates: A 15-year retrospective
   Economic Perspectives, 2021, (EP-2021-1), 15 View citations (4)
2. What drives gold prices?
   Chicago Fed Letter, 2021, (464), 6 View citations (2)

2015

3. Whither News Shocks?
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2015, 29, (1), 225 - 264 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Whither News Shocks?, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (52) (2014)
   Chapter Whither News Shocks?, NBER Chapters, 2014, 225-264 (2014) View citations (48) (2014)

2014

4. The Natural Rate of Interest and Its Usefulness for Monetary Policy
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 37-43 View citations (147)

2012

5. Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (4), 1343-77 View citations (410)
   See also Working Paper Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (12) (2009)

2011

6. News shocks and business cycles
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2011, 58, (3), 273-289 View citations (419)

2007

7. Sticky-Price Models and Durable Goods
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (3), 984-998 View citations (189)
   See also Working Paper Sticky Price Models and Durable Goods, Macroeconomics (2005) View citations (23) (2005)

2004

8. Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (4), 115-134 View citations (682)
   See also Working Paper Oil and the Macroeconomy Since the 1970s, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (677) (2004)

2003

9. What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?
   EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2003, 165-288 View citations (75)
   See also Chapter What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private-Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, NBER Chapters, 2003, 165-225 (2003) View citations (64) (2003)
   Working Paper What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, Working Papers (2002) View citations (4) (2002)

2002

10. Accounting for the Black-White Wealth Gap: A Nonparametric Approach
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2002, 97, 663-673 View citations (212)
    See also Working Paper Accounting for the Black-White Wealth Gap: A Nonparametric Approach, NBER Working Papers (2001) View citations (100) (2001)

1997

11. Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity: An Experimental Approach in the Health and Retirement Study
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (2), 537-579 View citations (1386)

1995

12. The Timing and Magnitude of Retail Store Markdowns: Evidence from Weekends and Holidays
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (2), 321-352 View citations (205)

1994

13. Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (1), 1-25 View citations (568)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (27) (1992)

1993

14. Why Does the Stock Market Fluctuate?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (2), 291-311 View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper Why Does the Stock Market Fluctuate?, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (4) (1992)

1991

15. Forecasting Pre-World War I Inflation: The Fisher Effect and the Gold Standard
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (3), 815-836 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Forecasting Pre-World War I Inflation: The Fisher Effect and the Gold Standard, J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers View citations (3)

1990

16. Bull and Bear Markets in the Twentieth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (2), 265-281 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Bull and Bear Markets in the Twentieth Century, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (1) (1989)

1989

17. The Seasonal Cycle and the Business Cycle
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (3), 503-34 View citations (158)
    See also Working Paper The Seasonal Cycle and the Business Cycle, NBER Working Papers (1988) View citations (90) (1988)
18. Why Don't the Prices of Stocks and Bonds Move Together?
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1132-45 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Why Don't the Prices of Stocks and Bonds Move Together?, NBER Working Papers (1986) View citations (9) (1986)

1988

19. Gibson's Paradox and the Gold Standard
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (3), 528-50 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper Gibson's Paradox and the Gold Standard, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (4) (1985)
20. The worldwide change in the behavior of interest rates and prices in 1914
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (5), 1123-1147 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper The Worldwide Change in the Behavior of Interest Rates and Prices in 1914, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (2) (1987)

1987

21. The Fisher hypothesis and the forecastability and persistence of inflation
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1987, 19, (1), 3-24 View citations (203)
    See also Working Paper The Fisher Hypothesis and the Forecastability and Persistence of Inflation, NBER Working Papers (1986) View citations (1) (1986)

1986

22. Ricardian Consumers with Keynesian Propensities
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 676-91 View citations (105)
    See also Working Paper Ricardian Consumers With Keynesian Propensities, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (6) (1984)

1983

23. An empirical note on money, government debt and inflation
    Economics Letters, 1983, 12, (2), 153-156

Chapters

2014

1. Whither News Shocks?
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2014, Volume 29, 2014, pp 225-264 View citations (48)
   See also Journal Article Whither News Shocks?, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (39) (2015)
   Working Paper Whither News Shocks?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (52) (2014)

2003

2. What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private-Label Products Tell Us about Markups?
   A chapter in Scanner Data and Price Indexes, 2003, pp 165-225 View citations (64)
   See also Journal Article What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (2003) View citations (75) (2003)
   Working Paper What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private Label Products Tell Us about Markups?, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (4) (2002)

2002

3. Do We Really Know That Oil Caused the Great Stagflation? A Monetary Alternative
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2001, Volume 16, 2002, pp 137-198 View citations (382)
   See also Working Paper Do We Really Know that Oil Caused the Great Stagflation? A Monetary Alternative, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (408) (2001)