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Working Papers

2021

1. Consistent Evidence on Duration Dependence of Price Changes
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
2. Internal and External Effects of Social Distancing in a Pandemic
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. View citations (32)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (222)
   Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2020) View citations (218)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (217)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2021)

2020

3. The Emergence of Market Structure
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department.
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (11)
4. Unpaired Kidney Exchange: Overcoming Double Coincidence of Wants without Money
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (5)
   Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2020) View citations (2)
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2020) View citations (3)

2019

5. Liquidity and Price Dispersion in Markets with Information Heterogeneity
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2017

6. High Wage Workers Work for High Wage Firms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
7. Measuring Sorting with Time-Varying Characteristics
   2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2016

8. Decomposing Duration Dependence in a Stopping Time Model
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
9. Meeting Technologies in Decentralized Asset Markets
   2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (3)

2015

10. Efficiency and Information Transmission in Bilateral Trading
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Dynamics (2019)
11. The Accelerated Failure Time Model: Estimation and Testing using Price Change and Labor Market Data
    2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
12. The Proportional Hazard Model: Estimation and Testing using Price Change and Labor Market Data
    2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)

2014

13. Markets with Multidimensional Private Information
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in 2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2013) View citations (2)
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2012) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (2018)
14. The net benefit from employment and duration dependence in the exit rate from unemployment
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2013

15. Private Information and the Mortgage Market: Evidence and a Theory of Crises
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile
    See also Chapter (2014)
    Journal Article in Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy) (2013)

2012

16. Dynamic Adverse Selection: A Theory of Illiquidity, Fire Sales, and Flight to Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2014)
17. Human Capital and Unemployment
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2011

18. Competitive Equilibrium in Asset Markets with Adverse Selection
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)

2010

19. Search in Macroeconomic Models of the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Chapter (2011)

2009

20. Adverse Selection in Competitive Search Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    Also in 2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2009) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2010)
21. Unemployment and Human Capital
    2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)

2008

22. Search and Rest Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in EIEF Working Papers Series, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) (2008) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2011)

2007

23. Plenary Session
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
24. Reassessing the Ins and Outs of Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (247)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Dynamics (2012)

2006

25. On the Optimal Timing of Benefits with Heterogeneous Workers and Human Capital Depreciation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
26. Reservation Wages and Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007)
27. Stock-Flow Matching Model: A Quantitative Analysis
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2005

28. A Theory of the Matching Function
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
29. Liquidity and Insurance for the Unemployed
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2005) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
30. Mismatch
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2007)

2004

31. Business Cycles, Wage Setting, and Asymmetric Information
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
32. Search-Theoretic Models of the Labor Market-A Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
33. The Consequences of Rigid Wages in Search Models
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (187)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2004)

2003

34. The Cyclical Behavior of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies: Evidence and Theory
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)

2001

35. Changes in Unemployment Duration and Labor Force Attachment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (87)
36. The Assignment of Workers to Jobs In an Economy with Coordination Frictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2005)

1999

37. Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2000)
38. The Impact of Young Workers on the Aggregate Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001)

1998

39. Assortive Matching and Search
    Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory View citations (2)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations (4)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2000)
40. Efficient Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1999)
41. Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1999)

1997

42. Efficient Wage Dispersion
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (8)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (8)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Comment
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2022, 36, (1), 56 - 67

2021

2. Internal and external effects of social distancing in a pandemic
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2021, 196, (C) View citations (47)
   See also Working Paper (2021)

2019

3. Efficiency and information transmission in bilateral trading
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2019, 33, 154-176 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2018

4. Markets with Multidimensional Private Information
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2018, 10, (2), 250-74 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2017

5. Labor Markets
   Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (6), 1834 - 1840

2014

6. Dynamic Adverse Selection: A Theory of Illiquidity, Fire Sales, and Flight to Quality
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (7), 1875-1908 View citations (90)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2013

7. Comment
   NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2013, 27, (1), 78 - 84
8. Report: Ad Hoc Search Committee for the Editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 774-774
9. private information in the mortgage market: evidence and a theory of crises
   Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy), 2013, 16, (2), 68-95
   See also Working Paper (2013)
   Chapter (2014)

2012

10. Reassessing the Ins and Outs of Unemployment
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15, (2), 127-148 View citations (665)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
11. Wage rigidities and jobless recoveries
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2012, 59, (S), S65-S77 View citations (64)

2011

12. Search and Rest Unemployment
    Econometrica, 2011, 79, (1), 75-122 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2010

13. Adverse Selection in Competitive Search Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 2010, 78, (6), 1823-1862 View citations (187)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
14. Stock-flow matching
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, 145, (4), 1325-1353 View citations (16)

2009

15. Convergence in Macroeconomics: The Labor Wedge
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009, 1, (1), 280-97 View citations (201)

2008

16. Comment on: "New Keynesian perspectives on labor market dynamics" by Tommy Sveen and Lutz Weinke
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55, (5), 931-935 View citations (4)
17. Liquidity and Insurance for the Unemployed
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (5), 1922-42 View citations (129)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
18. The Probability of Finding a Job
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 268-73 View citations (67)

2007

19. Daron Acemoglu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (1), 191-208 View citations (1)
20. Mismatch
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (4), 1074-1101 View citations (46)
    Also in Proceedings, 2006 (2006)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
21. Reservation Wages and Unemployment Insurance
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (3), 1145-1185 View citations (119)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

22. On-the-job search and strategic bargaining
    European Economic Review, 2006, 50, (4), 811-830 View citations (107)

2005

23. Discussion of Robert E. Hall's REStat Lecture "Employment Efficiency and Sticky Wages: Evidence from Flows in the Labor Market"
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (3), 408-410 View citations (6)
24. The Assignment of Workers to Jobs in an Economy with Coordination Frictions
    Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (5), 996-1025 View citations (263)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
25. The Cyclical Behavior of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (1), 25-49 View citations (2084)
26. The cyclicality of hires, separations, and job-to-job transitions
    Review, 2005, 87, (Jul), 493-508 View citations (63)

2004

27. The Consequences of Rigid Wages in Search Models
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2, (2-3), 469-479 View citations (190)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2002

28. The Research Agenda: Labor Market Frictions and Business Cycles
    EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 2002, 4, (1)

2001

29. Matching, Search, and Heterogeneity
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2001, 1, (1), 1-18 View citations (43)
30. The Impact of Young Workers on the Aggregate Labor Market
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (3), 969-1007 View citations (151)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

31. Assortative Matching and Search
    Econometrica, 2000, 68, (2), 343-370 View citations (455)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
32. Productivity gains from unemployment insurance
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (7), 1195-1224 View citations (256)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
33. Wage and Technology Dispersion
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), 585-607 View citations (93)

1999

34. Efficient Unemployment Insurance
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (5), 893-928 View citations (412)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
35. Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
    International Economic Review, 1999, 40, (4), 827-49 View citations (238)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

Books

2010

1. Labor Markets and Business Cycles
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (180)

Chapters

2021

1. Comment on "Why Has the US Economy Recovered So Consistently from Every Recession in the Past 70 Years?"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2021, volume 36, 2021, pp 56-67

2014

2. Private Information in the Mortgage Market: Evidence and a Theory of Crises
   Chapter 4 in Macroeconomic and Financial Stability: challenges for Monetary Policy, 2014, vol. 19, pp 117-150
   See also Journal Article in Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy) (2013)
   Working Paper (2013)

2012

3. Comment on "Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2012, Volume 27, 2012, pp 78-84

2011

4. Search in Macroeconomic Models of the Labor Market
   Elsevier View citations (112)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

5. The Labor Wedge
   A chapter in Labor Markets and Business Cycles, 2010 View citations (2)

2009

6. Comment on "The Timing of Labor Market Expansions: New Facts and a New Hypothesis"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2008, Volume 23, 2009, pp 59-71 View citations (1)

1999

7. Why Is the US Unemployment Rate So Much Lower?
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1998, volume 13, 1999, pp 11-74 View citations (22)

Editor

1. Journal of Political Economy
   University of Chicago Press