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Working Papers

2019

1. The Impact of Credit Risk Mispricing on Mortgage Lending during the Subprime Boom
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (1)

2016

2. A Quantitative Model of "Too Big to Fail,"' House Prices, and the Financial Crisis
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2013

3. Mortgage Guarantees and House Price Inflation: A Quantitative Analysis
   2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2012

4. Durable Goods Production and Inventory Dynamics: An Application to the Automobile Industry
   2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
5. Exchange rate pass-through, markups, and inventories
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (3)

2011

6. The production impact of "cash-for-clunkers": implications for stabilization policy
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article THE PRODUCTION IMPACT OF “CASH-FOR-CLUNKERS”: IMPLICATIONS FOR STABILIZATION POLICY, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2013) View citations (23) (2013)

2008

7. Durable goods inventories and the Great Moderation
   Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (4)
8. Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (172)
   Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2008) View citations (123)
   See also Journal Article Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (176) (2008)
9. Measuring Long-Run Consumption Risk
   2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
10. What drives housing prices?
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (14)

2007

11. Housing Prices and Growth
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (5)

2005

12. Labor Supply and the Changing Household
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2003

13. Tariffs and the Great Depression Revisited
    Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics View citations (9)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003) View citations (9)
14. Tracking the new economy: using growth theory to detect changes in trend productivity
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Tracking the new economy: Using growth theory to detect changes in trend productivity, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (80) (2007)

2000

15. Finite horizons, political economy, and growth
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    Also in RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) (1996) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Finite Horizons, Political Economy, and Growth, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2001) View citations (1) (2001)

1999

16. What Inventory Behavior Tells Us About Business Cycles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1999)
    Research Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1998) View citations (14)
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) (1996) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article What Inventory Behavior Tells Us about Business Cycles, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (152) (2000)

1998

17. Skilled labor-augmenting technical progress in U.S. manufacturing
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (44)
    Also in Research Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1997) View citations (1)
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) (1997) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Skilled Labor-Augmenting Technical Progress in U. S. Manufacturing, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1998) View citations (43) (1998)

1997

18. Education, political instability, and growth
    Research Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (2)
    Also in RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) (1996)

1994

19. Tarrifs and Aggregate Economic Activity: Lessons from the Great Depression
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Tariffs and aggregate economic activity: Lessons from the Great Depression, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1996) View citations (79) (1996)

1993

20. Pricing bank loans
    Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (1)
21. The Design of Bank Loan Contracts, Collateral, and Renegotiation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)

1990

22. A CHI-SQUARE TEST FOR UNIT ROOT
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article A chi-square test for a unit root, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1990) View citations (6) (1990)
23. THE SEASONAL AND CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR OF INVENTORIES
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (4)

1989

24. CREDIBLE BORROWING CONSTRAINTS WITH RENEGOTIABLE DEBT
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
25. THE POSITIVE ECONOMICS OF METHODOLOGY
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989)
    See also Journal Article The Positive Economics of Methodology, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (1996) View citations (6) (1996)

1988

26. MORAL HAZARD, IMPERFECT RISK-SHARING, AND THE BEHAVIOR OF ASSET RETURNS
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Moral hazard, imperfect risk-sharing, and the behavior of asset returns, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1990) View citations (8) (1990)

Undated

27. The Design of Bank Loan Contracts, Collateral, and Renegotiation (Revised: 2-96)
    Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (5)
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
28. The Design of Bank Loan Contracts, Collateral, and Renegotiation (Revision of 1-93)
    Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2013

1. THE PRODUCTION IMPACT OF “CASH-FOR-CLUNKERS”: IMPLICATIONS FOR STABILIZATION POLICY
   Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, (1), 288-303 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper The production impact of "cash-for-clunkers": implications for stabilization policy, Staff Reports (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2009

2. Productivity swings and housing prices
   Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2009, 15, (Jul) View citations (7)

2008

3. Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (4), 155-80 View citations (176)
   See also Working Paper Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (172) (2008)

2007

4. Macroeconomic implications of changes in micro volatility
   Proceedings, 2007, (Nov)
5. Tracking the new economy: Using growth theory to detect changes in trend productivity
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (6), 1670-1701 View citations (80)
   Also in Proceedings, 2003, (Nov) (2003) View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Tracking the new economy: using growth theory to detect changes in trend productivity, Staff Reports (2003) View citations (7) (2003)

2006

6. Tracking productivity in real time
   Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2006, 12, (Nov) View citations (9)

2002

7. Has inventory volatility returned? A look at the current cycle
   Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2002, 8, (May) View citations (9)
8. Introduction
   Economic Policy Review, 2002, 8, (Nov), 1-4
9. On the causes of the increased stability of the U.S. economy
   Economic Policy Review, 2002, 8, (May), 183-202 View citations (155)
10. Productivity Growth: A New Era?
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (2), 237-242 View citations (3)

2001

11. Finite Horizons, Political Economy, and Growth
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2001, 4, (1), 1-25 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Finite horizons, political economy, and growth, Staff Reports (2000) (2000)

2000

12. An empirical model of inventory investment by durable commodity intermediaries: A comment
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2000, 52, (1), 215-220 View citations (1)
13. Explaining the gap between new home sales and inventories
    Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2000, 6, (May) View citations (6)
14. The Design of Bank Loan Contracts
    The Review of Financial Studies, 2000, 13, (2), 331-64 View citations (91)
15. What Inventory Behavior Tells Us about Business Cycles
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (3), 458-481 View citations (152)
    See also Working Paper What Inventory Behavior Tells Us About Business Cycles, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (1) (1999)

1998

16. Skilled Labor-Augmenting Technical Progress in U. S. Manufacturing
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 1281-1308 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Skilled labor-augmenting technical progress in U.S. manufacturing, Staff Reports (1998) View citations (44) (1998)

1997

17. Birth, Death, and Dynamic Inefficiency in an Endogenous Growth Model
    International Economic Journal, 1997, 11, (3), 85-102

1996

18. Tariffs and aggregate economic activity: Lessons from the Great Depression
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1996, 38, (3), 427-467 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Tarrifs and Aggregate Economic Activity: Lessons from the Great Depression, RCER Working Papers (1994) View citations (3) (1994)
19. The Positive Economics of Methodology
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (1), 64-76 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper THE POSITIVE ECONOMICS OF METHODOLOGY, RCER Working Papers (1989) View citations (1) (1989)

1992

20. A consistent test for the null of stationarity against the alternative of a unit root
    Economics Letters, 1992, 39, (1), 7-11 View citations (15)
21. Why is Production More Volatile than Sales? Theory and Evidence on the Stockout-Avoidance Motive for Inventory-Holding
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (2), 481-510 View citations (124)

1990

22. A chi-square test for a unit root
    Economics Letters, 1990, 34, (1), 37-42 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper A CHI-SQUARE TEST FOR UNIT ROOT, RCER Working Papers (1990) View citations (6) (1990)
23. Moral hazard, imperfect risk-sharing, and the behavior of asset returns
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1990, 26, (1), 27-44 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper MORAL HAZARD, IMPERFECT RISK-SHARING, AND THE BEHAVIOR OF ASSET RETURNS, RCER Working Papers (1988) View citations (10) (1988)

1988

24. Social security, liquidity, and early retirement
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 35, (1), 97-117 View citations (60)

1987

25. Inventories and the Volatility of Production
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (4), 667-79 View citations (222)

1986

26. Gasoline Prices and the Used Automobile Market: A Rational Expectations Asset Price Approach
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (2), 323-339 View citations (45)

1985

27. Another Look at Free Banking in the United States [New Evidence on the Free Banking Era]
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (4), 881-85 View citations (9)

Chapters

2009

1. The Sustainable Economic Development of Traditional Peoples
   Chapter 13 in Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics, 2009

2003

2. Distinguishing trends from cycles in productivity
   A chapter in Monetary policy in a changing environment, 2003, vol. 19, pp 443-462