Research

 

working papers

Technological learning and labor market dynamics.
with martin gervais, nir jaimovich, and yaniv yedid-levi.  updated: october, 2011.

The demand for youth: implications for the hours volatility puzzle.
with nir jaimovich and seth pruitt.  updated: june, 2011.

 

publications

The young, the old, and the restless: demographics and business cycle volatility, american economic review, june 2009.   [doi]
with nir jaimovich.
see the write-up in the minneapolis fed's the region; see also the brief summaries in the richmond fed's around the fed, the american, and newsweek's blog.

Time consistent monetary policy with endogenous price rigidity, journal of economic theory, january 2008.   [doi]

The fiscal role of conscription in the US World War II effort, journal of monetary economics, september 2008.   [doi]
the supplementary material is available here.

State dependent pricing and business cycle asymmetries, international economic review, february 2007.   [doi]
with mick devereux.

Optimal fiscal and monetary policy with sticky prices, journal of monetary economics, april 2004.   [doi]
an extended version is available as ubc department of economics discussion paper 02-13.

Fluctuations in convex models of endogenous growth II: business cycle properties, review of economic dynamics, october 2005.   [doi]
with larry jones and rody manuelli.
an earlier version is available as nber working paper w7633 and federal reserve bank of minneapolis staff report 271.

Fluctuations in convex models of endogenous growth I: growth effects, review of economic dynamics, october 2005.   [doi]
with larry jones, rody manuelli, and ennio stacchetti.

 

awards

Bank of canada governor's award, first recipient, 2008.