Senior Vice President and Deputy Director of Research
Ph.D. Economics
The University of Iowa
1989
M.S. Economics
Carnegie Mellon University
1985
M.S. Industrial Engineering
National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
1983
B.E. Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, India
1981
B.S. Physics
University of Bombay, India
1978
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Senior Vice President and Deputy Director of Research
Recent Publication in the Journal of International Economics: Capital Accumulation and Dynamic Gains from Trade
"TFP, Capital Deepening, and Gains from Trade"
with
Ana Maria Santacreu and Michael J. Sposi
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2023
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.105.150-76
"Stability and Equilibrium Selection in Learning Models: A Note of Caution"
with
YiLi Chien and In-Koo Cho
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Fourth Quarter 2021
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.103.477-88
"Convergence to Rational Expectations in Learning Models: A Note of Caution"
with
YiLi Chien and In-Koo Cho
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2021
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.103.351-65
"Asset Pricing Through the Lens of the Hansen-Jagannathan Bound"
with
Christopher Otrok
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2020
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.102.255-69
"Return to Capital in a Real Business Cycle Model"
with
Paul Gomme and Peter Rupert
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Fourth Quarter 2017
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2017.337-350
"Why Are Life-Cycle Earnings Profiles Getting Flatter?"
with
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Third Quarter 2017
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2017.245-257
"Price Equalization Does Not Imply Free Trade"
with
Piyusha Mutreja, Raymond Riezman, and Michael J. Sposi
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Fourth Quarter 2015
https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2015.323-39
"The Role of Infant Mortality in Closing the Life Expectancy Gap"
with
Amy Smaldone
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2024, No. 3
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2024.3
"How the Death Rate Affects the Aging of the US Population"
with
Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2023, No. 8
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2023.8
"Long-Term Trends in Gasoline Prices"
with
Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2022, No. 14
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2022.14
"Geographic Dispersion in U.S. Employment"
with
Iris Arbogast and Jesse LaBelle
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2022, No. 9
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2022.9
"Geographic Dispersion in COVID-19 Death Rates across the United States"
with
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 36
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.36
"COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: Comparing the Eighth Federal Reserve District and the U.S."
with
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 28
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.28
"Geographic Disparity in the U.S. Population"
with
Ryan Mather
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 27
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.27
"The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part II"
with
Makenzie Peake and Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 25
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.25
"The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part I"
with
Makenzie Peake and Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 24
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.24
"Geographic Disparity in U.S. Output"
with
Brian Reinbold
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 5
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.5
"Value-Added Trade vs. Gross Trade"
with
Brian Reinbold
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2020, No. 3
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2020.3
"The Housing Supply Puzzle: Part 3, Price Gaps"
with
Evan Karson and Joseph McGillicuddy
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 11
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.11
"The Housing Supply Puzzle: Part 2, Rental Demand"
with
Evan Karson and Joseph McGillicuddy
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 10
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.10
"The Housing Supply Puzzle: Part 1, Divergent Markets"
with
Evan Karson and Joseph McGillicuddy
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2018, No. 9
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2018.9
"Labor Compensation and Labor Productivity: Recent Recoveries and the Long-Term Trend"
with
Lin Shao
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2016, No. 16
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2016.16
"Have Labor Costs Slowed the Recovery?"
with
Lin Shao
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2016, No. 14
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2016.14
"Secular Stagnation and Returns on Capital"
with
Paul Gomme and Peter Rupert
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2015, No. 19
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2015.19
"Accounting for Discouraged Workers in the Unemployment Rate"
with
Lin Shao
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2014, No. 9
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2014.9
"Discouraged Workers: What Do We Know?"
with
Lin Shao
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2014, No. 6
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2014.6
"Unemployment Benefits: How Much Money Goes Unclaimed?"
with
David L. Fuller and Yuzhe Zhang
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2013, No. 18
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2013.18
"What Flattened the Earnings Profile of Recent College Graduates?"
with
Yu-Chien Kong
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2013, No. 14
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2013.14
"Bouncing Back from the Great Recession: The United States Versus Europe"
with
Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2012, No. 32
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2012.32
"Unemployment Insurance Fraud"
with
David L. Fuller and Yuzhe Zhang
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2012, No. 28
https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2012.28
"Who’s Driving a Recent Decline in Life Expectancy?"
with
Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Third
Quarter 2023
"World Population: What Helps Explain the Explosion?"
with
Iris Arbogast
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Third
Quarter 2022
"Why Was the Decline in U.S. Trade Larger This Time? A Global View"
with
Lin Shao and Michael J. Sposi
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Fourth
Quarter 2013, Vol. 21, No. 4
"Who Is Concealing Earnings and Still Collecting Unemployment Benefits?"
with
David L. Fuller and Yuzhe Zhang
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Second
Quarter 2013, Vol. 21, No. 2
"Who Is Concealing Earnings and Still Collecting Unemployment Benefits?"
with
David L. Fuller and Yuzhe Zhang
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Second
Quarter 2013, Vol. 21, No. 2
"Unemployment Insurance: Payments, Overpayments and Unclaimed Benefits"
with
David L. Fuller and Yuzhe Zhang
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Fourth
Quarter 2012, Vol. 20, No. 4
"Earnings Growth Over a Lifetime: Not What It Used To Be"
with
Yu-Chien Kong
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Second
Quarter 2012, Vol. 20, No. 2
"Earnings Growth Over a Lifetime: Not What It Used To Be"
with
Yu-Chien Kong
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist,
Second
Quarter 2012, Vol. 20, No. 2
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