Research Papers by Topic
Empirical Monetary Economics and Macro-Finance
“The Labor Demand and Labor Supply Channels of Monetary Policy” (with
Sebastian Graves and Christopher Huckfeldt)
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at University of Illinois)
“The Macroeconomic Effects of the Federal Reserve’s Conventional and Unconventional Monetary
Policies,” forthcoming in the IMF Economic Review.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at UC San
Diego) –
(shorter presentation at
Norges Bank/IMF conference)
“Speeches by the Fed Chair Are More Important than FOMC Announcements: An Improved High-Frequency Measure
of U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks” (with Vishuddhi Jayawickrema)
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
the NBER Summer Institute)
“The Federal Funds Market, Pre- and Post-2008,” published in the Research Handbook of Financial
Markets (Refet Gürkaynak and Jonathan Wrigth, eds.), 2023, 220-236.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
the Research Handbook of Financial Markets Conference)
“The Importance of Fed Chair Speeches as a Monetary Policy Tool,” published in The American
Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 113, May 2023, 394-400.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at the AEA Meetings)
“A Reassessment of Monetary Policy Surprises and High-Frequency Identification;” (with Michael
Bauer), published in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 37, 2023, 87-155.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at the NBER Macroeconomics Annual Conference) –
(shorter presentation at the AEA Meetings)
“An Alternative Explanation for the ‘Fed Information Effect’” (with Michael Bauer),
published in The American Economic Review 113, March 2023, 664-700. (Previous versions circulated
uner the title, “The Fed’s Response to Economic News Explains the ‘Fed Information
Effect’.”
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(online appendix) –
(presentation at
Empirical Monetary Economics Conference)
“Measuring the Effects of Federal Reserve Forward Guidance and Asset Purchases on Financial
Markets,” published in the Journal of Monetary Economics 118, March 2021, 32–53, winner of
the JME 2022 Best Paper Prize.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(nontechnical summary, NBER Digest) –
(presentation at Dallas Fed) –
(shorter presentation at the
Econometric Society World Congress) –
(Business
Insider, 5/22/17) –
(spreadsheet
containing set of monetary policy shocks estimated in the
paper)
“The Federal Reserve Is Not Very Constrained by the Lower Bound on Nominal Interest Rates,” published in
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2018, 555–572.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at Brookings Institution)
“Measuring the Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy on Asset Prices,” in Albagli, Elias, Diego
Saravia, and Michael Woodford (eds.), Series on Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies 24: Monetary
Policy through Asset Markets, Lessons from Unconventional Measures and Implications for an Integrated World
(Santiago, Chile: Banco Central de Chile, 2016), 105--130.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(NBER Working Paper version) –
(presentation at
Central Banking conference, Santiago, Chile)
“Measuring the Effect of the Zero Lower Bound on Medium- and Longer-Term Interest Rates” (with John
Williams), published in The American Economic Review 104, October 2014, pp. 3154-3185.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(nontechnical summary, VoxEU) –
(presentation at UC
Davis) –
(shorter presentation at
AEA Meetings, San Diego) –
(Econbrowser 2/15/12) –
(Reuters
2/14/12)
“Measuring the Effect of the Zero Lower Bound on Yields and Exchange Rates in the U.K. and Germany,” (with
John Williams), published in Journal of International Economics 92, April 2014, pp. S2-S21 (lead article).
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at Bank of England) –
(shorter
presentation at Hong Kong Monetary Authority conference)
“Let’s Twist Again: A High-Frequency Event-Study Analysis of Operation Twist and Its Implications
for QE2,” published in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2011, pp. 151-188.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at Stanford
University) –
(The Economist 4/2/11) –
(Economist.com 3/18/11) –
(New
York Times 9/10/11) –
(Boston Globe 9/21/11) –
(Econbrowser 1/23/11) –
(Dow Jones 4/25/11) –
(CNBC 8/5/11) –
(Fox
Business 8/10/11) –
(CNN 8/19/11) –
(Wall Street Journal 9/15/11) –
(WSJ Editorial 9/21/11) –
(NPR
9/21/11) –
(Econbrowser 9/23/11) –
(FT Editorial 10/02/11)
“The Sensitivity of Long-Term Interest Rates to Economic News: Evidence and Implications for Macroeconomic
Models” (with Refet Gürkaynak and Brian Sack), published in The American Economic Review 95,
March 2005, pp. 425-436.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Econbrowser 7/12/07) –
(Forbes
11/22/05) –
(Reuters
2/22/05) –
(Financial Times
11/20/03)
“Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words? The Response of Asset Prices to Monetary Policy Actions and
Statements” (with Refet Gürkaynak and Brian Sack), published in International Journal of Central
Banking 1, May 2005, pp. 55-93 (premier issue).
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(data appendix) –
(Globe & Mail
5/20/05) –
(CNN 5/19/05)
“Futures Prices as Risk-Adjusted Forecasts of Monetary Policy” (with Monika Piazzesi), published
in Journal of Monetary Economics 55, May 2008, pp. 677-691.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(New York Times
11/4/07) –
(Econbrowser 10/31/06)
“Market-Based Measures of Monetary Policy Expectations” (with Refet Gürkaynak and Brian Sack),
published in Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 25, April 2007, pp. 201-212.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Does Inflation Targeting Anchor Long-Run Inflation Expectations? Evidence from Long-Term Bond
Yields in the U.S., U.K., and Sweden,” (with Refet Gürkaynak and Andrew Levin), published
in Journal of the European Economic Association 8, December 2010, pp. 1208-1242.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation slides)
–
(Econbrowser 9/20/07) –
(Bloomberg 8/11/06) –
(Reuters 8/11/06)
“Inflation Targeting and the Anchoring of Inflation Expectations in the Western Hemisphere,” (with
Refet Gürkaynak, Andrew Levin, and Andrew Marder), published in Frederic Mishkin and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
(eds.), Series on Central Banking, Analysis and Economic Policies X: Monetary Policy under Inflation
Targeting (Santiago, Chile: Banco Central de Chile), 2007, pp. 415-465.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Bloomberg 4/3/07)
“Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area,” (with Michael Ehrmann, Marcel
Fratzscher, and Refet Gürkaynak), published in Review of Economics and Statistics 93, February 2011,
pp. 350-364.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Atlanta presentation)
“Macroeconomic Implications of Changes in the Term Premium,” (with Glenn Rudebusch and Brian Sack),
published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Review 89, July/August 2007, pp. 241-269.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(FRB St. Louis conference
presentation) –
(shorter presentation at AEA
Meetings, Chicago) –
(Econbrowser 11/13/06) –
(Dow Jones 10/19/06)
“The Bond Yield ‘Conundrum’ from a Macro-Finance Perspective,” (with Glenn Rudebusch and
Tao Wu), published in Monetary and Economic Studies (Special Edition) 24, December 2006, pp. 83-109.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation slides) –
(Econbrowser 12/20/06)
“Have Increases in Federal Reserve Transparency Improved Private Sector Interest Rate Forecasts?”
published in Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 38, April 2006, pp. 791-819.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Do Federal Reserve Policy Surprises Reveal Superior Information About the Economy?” (with Jon Faust
and Jonathan Wright), published in Contributions to Macroeconomics 4, 2004, article 10, Berkeley
Electronic Press.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(New York Times
8/18/02)
“Econometric Estimation when the ‘True’ Model Forecasts or Errors Are Observed,” working
paper, 2006.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Operation Twist and the Effect of Large-Scale Asset Purchases,” published as Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter 20011-13.
(nontechnical survey article)
“Convergence of Long-Term Bond Yields in the Euro Area,” published as Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco Economic Letter 2008-37.
(nontechnical survey article)
“What We Do and Don't Know About the Term Premium,” published as Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco Economic Letter 2007-21.
(nontechnical survey article)
“Would an Inflation Target Help Anchor U.S. Inflation Expectations?” published as Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter 2006-20.
(nontechnical survey article)
Macro-Finance Models
“A Macroeconomic Model of Equities and Real, Nominal, and Defaultable Debt.”
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics) –
(shorter presentation at
Bank of Canada/FRB San Francisco conference, San Francisco)
“Implications of Labor Market Frictions for Risk Aversion and Risk Premia,” published in
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 12, April 2020, 194–240.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at Bilkent
University, Ankara)
“Risk Aversion, Risk Premia, and the Labor Margin with Generalized Recursive Preferences,”
published in Review of Economic Dynamics 28, April 2018, pp. 290-321.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
Birkbeck College, London) –
(shorter presentation at
Macro-Finance Society Workshop, Ohio State)
“Risk Aversion and the Labor Margin in Dynamic Equilibium Models,” published in The American Economic
Review 102, June 2012, pp. 1663-1691.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(longer working paper version) –
(presentation at UC
Berkeley) –
(shorter presentation at
SCE meetings, San Francisco)
“The Bond Premium in a DSGE Model with Long-Run Real and Nominal Risks” (with Glenn Rudebusch),
published in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 4, January 2012, pp. 105-43.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(working paper version) –
(presentation at Bank of
Italy) –
(shorter presentation at AEA
Meetings, Atlanta)
“Examining the Bond Premium Puzzle with a DSGE Model,” (with Glenn Rudebusch), published
in Journal of Monetary Economics 55, October 2008, pp. 111-126.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at WFA
Meeting, Hawaii) –
(computer code)
“Macroeconomic Implications of Changes in the Term Premium,” (with Glenn Rudebusch and Brian Sack),
published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Review 89, July/August 2007, pp. 241-269.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(FRB St. Louis conference
presentation) –
(shorter presentation at AEA
Meetings, Chicago) –
(Econbrowser 11/13/06) –
(Dow Jones 10/19/06)
“The Bond Yield ‘Conundrum’ from a Macro-Finance Perspective,” (with Glenn Rudebusch and
Tao Wu), published in Monetary and Economic Studies (Special Edition) 24, December 2006, pp. 83-109.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation slides) –
(Econbrowser 12/20/06)
“Inflation Targeting and the Anchoring of Inflation Expectations in the Western Hemisphere,” (with
Refet Gürkaynak, Andrew Levin, and Andrew Marder), published in Frederic Mishkin and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
(eds.), Series on Central Banking, Analysis and Economic Policies X: Monetary Policy under Inflation
Targeting (Santiago, Chile: Banco Central de Chile), 2007, pp. 415-465.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Bloomberg 4/3/07)
“The Sensitivity of Long-Term Interest Rates to Economic News: Evidence and Implications for Macroeconomic
Models” (with Refet Gürkaynak and Brian Sack), published in The American Economic Review 95,
March 2005, pp. 425-436.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Econbrowser 7/12/07) –
(Forbes
11/22/05) –
(Reuters
2/22/05) –
(Financial Times
11/20/03)
Perturbation Methods
“Higher-Order Perturbation Solutions to Dynamic, Discrete-Time Rational Expectations Models” (with
Gary Anderson and Andrew Levin).
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(Perturbation AIM code & examples)
“A Macroeconomic Model of Equities and Real, Nominal, and Defaultable Debt.”
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics) –
(shorter presentation at
Bank of Canada/FRB San Francisco conference, San Francisco)
“The Bond Premium in a DSGE Model with Long-Run Real and Nominal Risks” (with Glenn Rudebusch),
published in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 4, January 2012, pp. 105-43.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(working paper version) –
(Bank of Italy
presentation) –
(shorter presentation at AEA
Meetings, Atlanta)
“Examining the Bond Premium Puzzle with a DSGE Model,” (with Glenn Rudebusch), published
in Journal of Monetary Economics 55, October 2008, pp. 111-126.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(WFA presentation,
Hawaii) –
(computer code)
“Risk Aversion and the Labor Margin in Dynamic Equilibium Models,” published in The American
Economic Review 102, June 2012, pp. 1663-1691.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(longer working paper version) –
(UC Berkeley
presentation) –
(shorter presentation at
SCE meetings, San Francisco)
“Risk Aversion, Risk Premia, and the Labor Margin with Generalized Recursive Preferences,”
published in Review of Economic Dynamics 28, April 2018, pp. 290-321.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at
Birkbeck College, London) –
(shorter presentation at
Macro-Finance Society Workshop, Ohio State)
“Implications of Labor Market Frictions for Risk Aversion and Risk Premia,” published in
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 12, April 2020, 194–240.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(presentation at Bilkent
University, Ankara)
“Macroeconomic Implications of Changes in the Term Premium,” (with Glenn Rudebusch and Brian Sack),
published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Review 89, July/August 2007, pp. 241-269.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(FRB St. Louis conference
presentation) –
(shorter presentation at AEA
Meetings, Chicago) –
(Econbrowser 11/13/06) –
(Dow Jones 10/19/06)
VARs, Dynamic Factor Models, and FAVARs
“Monetary Policy Effectiveness in China: Evidence from a FAVAR Model,” (with John Fernald and
Mark Spiegel), published in Journal of International Money and Finance 49, December 2014, pp. 83-103.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Identifying VARs Based on High-Frequency Futures Data” (with Jon Faust and Jonathan Wright),
published in Journal of Monetary Economics 51, September 2004, pp. 1107-1131.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Identifying the Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks on Exchange Rates Using High-Frequency Data”
(with Jon Faust, John Rogers, and Jonathan Wright), published in Journal of the European Economic
Association 1, September 2003, pp. 1031-1057.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Do Federal Reserve Policy Surprises Reveal Superior Information About the Economy?” (with Jon Faust
and Jonathan Wright), published in Contributions to Macroeconomics 4, 2004, article 10, Berkeley
Electronic Press.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(New York Times
8/18/02)
Optimal Monetary Policy
“Optimal Time-Consistent Monetary Policy in the New Keynesian Model with Repeated Simultaneous Play”
(with Gauti Eggertsson), working paper, 2008.
(abstract) –
(full paper) –
(NBER Summer
Institute presentation) –
(shorter presentation at
SCE Meetings, Paris)
“Bayesian Optimal Policy in the Presence of Regime Change and Local Parameter Uncertainty,” working
paper, 2006.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Signal Extraction and Non-Certainty-Equivalence in Optimal Monetary Policy Rules,” published
in Macroeconomic Dynamics 8, January 2004, pp. 27-50.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Optimal Nonlinear Policy: Signal Extraction with a Non-Normal Prior,” published in Journal
of Economic Dynamics and Control 30, February 2006, pp. 185-203.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“NAIRU Uncertainty and Nonlinear Policy Rules” (with Laurence Meyer and Volker Wieland), published
in The American Economic Review 91, May 2001, pp. 226-231.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
Sectoral Shifts and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
“Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is the Firm's Point of View?” published
in Review of Economics and Statistics 86, February 2004, pp. 362-377.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“The Relative Price and Relative Productivity Channels for Aggregate Fluctuations,” published
in Contributions to Macroeconomics 6, 2006, article 10.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
Real Wage Cyclicality
“Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is the Firm's Point of View?” published
in Review of Economics and Statistics 86, February 2004, pp. 362-377.
(abstract) –
(full paper)
“Real Wage Cyclicality in the PSID,” published in Scottish Journal of Political Economy 54,
November 2007, pp. 617-647 (special issue on wage cyclicality).
(abstract) –
(full paper)
Non-Economics Publications
“Out-of-Ecliptic Tests of the Inverse Correlation Between Solar Wind Speed and Coronal Expansion
Factor” (with Neil Sheeley and Yi-Ming Wang), published in Journal of Geophysical Research 96,
August 1, 1991, pp. 13,861-13,868.
(full paper)
“MPTP and MPTP Analogs Induced Cell Death in Cultured Rat Hepatocytes Involving the Formation of
Pyridinium Metabolites” (with Yogendra Singh, Edward Sokolski, R. Krishnan Kutty, and Gopal Krishna),
published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 96, 1988, pp. 347-359.
(full paper)
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