Senior Economist and Special Assistant to the President
Ph.D. Economics
Northwestern University
2004
M.A. Economics
Northwestern University
2000
M.A. Economics
Universitá Commerciale L. Bocconi
Milan, Italy
1997
B.A. Economics
Universitá Commerciale L. Bocconi
Milan, Italy
1996
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Laura Taylor
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Phone: (314) 444-8783
Senior Economist and Special Assistant to the President
"Externalities, Endogenous Productivity, and Poverty Traps,"
with Levon Barseghyan.
European Economic Review, 85, pp. 112-126, June 2016.
Working Paper
"A Flexible Finite-Horizon Alternative to Long-run Restrictions with an Application to Technology Shocks,"
with Neville Francis, Michael T. Owyang and Jennifer E. Roush.
Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(4), pp. 638-647, October 2014.
Online Appendix
Working Paper
"Cross-country Income Convergence Revisited,"
with Levon Barseghyan.
Economics Letters, 113(3), pp. 244-7, December 2011.
Working Paper
"Entry Costs, Industry Structure, and Cross-Country Income and TFP Differences,"
with Levon Barseghyan.
Journal of Economic Theory, 146(5), pp. 1828-51, September 2011.
Previously circulated under the title "Entry Costs, Misallocation, and Cross-Country Income and TFP Differences"
Working Paper
"Sticky Wages and Sectoral Labor Comovement,"
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 33(3), pp. 538-53, March 2009.
Updated quality-adjusted price of equipment and of investment data
Working Paper