Publications

Innovation and Imitation

with Eric Brunet and Mildred Hager 

Pure and Applied Functional Analysis, December 2022, Volume 7, Number 6, 2041-2063.  Volume in honor of Roy Radner.


Heterogenous Dynasties and Long-Run Mobility


with Alberto Bisin and Ricardo T. Fernholz


Economic Journal,  April 2022,  132,  906-925.

Reconciling Models of Diffusion and Innovation:  A Theory of the Productivity  Distribution and Technology Frontier  

with Jesse Perla and Chris Tonetti, 

 Econometrica, September 2021, 89, 2261-2301.

The Anatomy of Sentiment-Driven Fluctuations

with Sushant Acharya and Zhen Huo

Journal of Economic Theory, 195, July 2021.

Revenue Diversion, The Allocation of Talent and Income Distribution 

with Mildred Hager,  

Mathematical Social Sciences,  112,  July 2021, 138-144.

Optimal Positive Capital Taxes at Interior Steady States

with Bálint Szőke,  American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 13, 114-150, 2021.

Wealth Distribution and Social Mobility in the US: A Quantitative Approach

with A. Bisin and M. Luo  

American Economic Review, 109, 1623-47, 2019.

Financial Markets, the Real Economy, and Self-fulfilling Uncertainties

with Xuewen Liu and Pengfei Wang, 

Journal of Finance, 74, 2019, 1503-1557.

Sentiments and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States 

with Mark Spiegel,

The Economic Journal, 129, 2019, pages 715–733.

A Vintage Model with Endogenous Growth and Human Capital

International Journal of Economic Theory, 15, 2019, 27-35.ad

Adverse Selection  and Self-Fulfilling Business Cycles

with F. Dong and P. Wang

Journal of Monetary Economics, 2018, 94, 114-130 .

Skewed Wealth Distributions

with A. Bisin. 

Journal of Economic Literature, 56, December 2018, 1261-91

Earnings Inequality and Other Determinants of Wealth Inequality 

with Alberto Bisin and Mi Luo 

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 107, 2017, 593-597

Uncertainty and Sentiment-Driven Equilibria

with P. Wang and Y. Wen

In Sunspot and Non-linear Dynamics: Essays in Honor of Jean-Michel Grandmont,  K. Nishimura, A. Venditti and N. Yannelis, eds., "Studies in Economic Theory" series, Springer Verlag, 2017.

NBER Working Paper 18878 http://www.nber.org/papers/w18878 

Endogenous Information Acquisition and Countercyclical Uncertainty

with X. Liu and P. Wang

Journal of Economic Theory, 165, 2016, 601–642

Sentiments, Financial Markets, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

With X. Liu and P. Wang

Journal of Financial Economics, 2016, vol. 120, issue 2, 420-443.

Chaotic Banking Crises and Banking Regulations

With J. Miao and P. Wang

Economic Theory 61, 2016, 393-422.

The Distribution of Wealth in the Blanchard-Yaari Model

With A. Bisin and S. Zhu

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20 (2), March 2016, pp 466-481.

The Wealth Distribution in Bewley Economies with Capital Income Risk

With A. Bisin and S. Zhu

Journal of Economic Theory, 159, Part A, 2015, 489-515. 

Private Information and Sunspots in Sequential Asset Markets

With Pengfei Wang

Journal of Economic Theory, 158, Part B, 2015, 558–584.

Sentiments and Aggregate Fluctuations

With P. Wang and Y. Wen

Econometrica 83, 2015, pages 549–585. 

Liquidity Traps and Expectation Dynamics: Fiscal Stimulus or Fiscal Austerity? 

With G. Evans and S. Honkapohja

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 45, 2014, 220-23. 

Multiple Equilibria in the Aghion-Howitt Model

Ricerche Economiche, 68, 2014, 112–116. 

Learning, Large Deviations and Rare Events

With C. Dave

Review of Economic Dynamics, 17(3), 2014, 367-382.

Catch-up and Fall-Back Through Innovation and Imitation

With J. Perla and C. Tonetti

Journal of Economic Growth, 19, 2014, 1-35.

Financial Constraints, Endogenous Markups and Self Fulfilling Equilibria 

With P. Wang

Journal of Monetary Economics 60 (2013) 789-805.

Income and democracy: Evidence from nonlinear estimations

With A. Corvalan and M. Spiegel

Economics Letters 118 (2013) 489–492. 

Regime Switching, Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria

In Macroeconomics at the Service of Public Policy, eds. Thomas Sargent and Jouko Vilmunen, Oxford Univ. Press, 2013, Festschrift for Seppo Honkapohja. 

Optimal Migration

With B. Jovanovic 

International Economic Review 5, 2012, 321-348.

The Distribution of Wealth and Fiscal Policy in Economies with Finitely-Lived Agents

With A. Bisin and S. Zhu 

Econometrica (79) 2011, 123- 157. 

Handbook of Social Economics

Edited with A. Bisin and M. Jackson, Elsevier, New York 2011. 

Social Construction of Preferences: Advertising

With A. Bisin

Handbook of Social Economics, (eds. Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin and Matt Jackson), Elsevier, 2011.  

Present-Bias, Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting, and Fixed Costs 

With A. Bisin and A. Schotter

Games and Economic Behaviour, 69 (2010), 205-223. 

Economic Growth Under Political Accountability

With A. Przeworski

International Journal of Economic Theory, (1), March 2010, 77-95.

Moderate Inflation and the Deflation-Depression Link

With M. Spiegel

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 41 (2009) 787-798. 

Bifurcation and sunspots in the continuous time equilibrium model with capacity utilization

With K. Nishimura, T. Shigoka

International Journal of Economic Theory 4 (2008) 337-355.

Choice and Process: Theory ahead of Measurement 

With Alberto Bisin

In The Handbook of Economic Methodology, Andrew Caplin and Andrew Schotter, eds, Oxford University Press, 2008, 320-335.

Chaotic Dynamics in Economics

Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008.

Dynamic Economic Equilibrium under Redistribution

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 13, 2007, 107-120. 

Persistence of Business Cycles in Multisector Real Business Cycle Models (Festschrift for Jean-Michel Grandmont)

With R. Perli and P. Sakellaris

International Journal of Economic Theory, 2, 181-198, 2006. 

Redistribution, Taxes and the Median Voter 

With M. Bassetto

Review of Economic Dynamics, 9, 211-223, (2006). 

The Political Economy of Redistribution under Democracy 

With A. Przeworski

Economic Theory, 29, 2006, 271-290.

Introduction to Monetary Policy and Capital Accumulation

With C. Carlstrom and T. Fuerst

Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 123, Issue 1, July 2005.

The Design of Monetary and Fiscal Policy: A Global Perspective 

With S. Eusepi

Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 123, Issue 1, July 2005. 

Modelling Internal Commitment Mechanisms and Self-Control: A Neuroeconomics Approach to Consumption-Saving Decisions

With A. Bisin

Games and Economic Behaviour, 52, (2005), 460-492. 

Human Capital and Technology Diffusion

With M. Spiegel

Handbook of Economic Growth, Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf, eds., NorthHolland, Amsterdam, 2005. 

Interest Rate Policy in Continuous Time with Discrete Delays 

Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 36, 1-16, 2004. 

Indeterminacy, Aggregate Demand and the Real Business Cycle 

With Y. Wen

Journal of Monetary Economics,  51, 503-530, 2004. 

Backward-Looking Interest-Rate Rules, Interest-Rate Smoothing, and Macroeconomic Instability

With S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe

Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 35, 1379- 1413, (2003). 

The Tradeoff Between Inequality and Growth 

Annals of Economics and Finance 4, 491–507 (2003).

Vintage Models, Fluctuations and Growth  

With B. Hobijn

In Knowledge, Information and Expectations in Macroeconomics: Essays in Honor of Edmund S. Phelps, P. Aghion, R. Frydman, J. Stiglitz, M. Woodford, eds., Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2003.

Indeterminacy and Cycles in Two-Sector Discrete-Time Models

With K. Nishimura and A. Venditti

Economic Theory, 20, 2002, 217-235. 

Chaotic Interest Rate Rules 

With S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe 

American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 92, 2002, 72-78.

Avoiding Liquidity Traps 

With S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe

Journal of Political Economy, 110, June 2002, 535-563. 

Public Spending and Optimal Taxes Without Commitment 

With A. Rustichini and A. Velasco

Review of Economic Design, 6, volume in honor of Roy Radner, 2001, 371-396.

The Perils of Taylor Rules

With S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe

Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 96, Jan 2001, 40-69.

Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria 

With S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe

American Economic Review, 91, March 2001, 167-186.

Unpublished Appendix to  Monetary Policy an Multiple Equilibria 

The Role of Financial Development in Growth and Investment

With M. Spiegel

Journal of Economic Growth, 5 (2000), 341-360. 

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism

With R. Farmer

Review of Economic Dynamics, 3 (2000), 523-550. 

Indeterminacy under Constant Returns to Scale in Multisector Economies

With K. Nishimura and Q. Meng

Econometrica, 68 (2000), 1541-1548.

Indeterminacy and Sunspots in Macroeconomics

With R. Farmer 

Handbook for Macroeconomics, eds. John Taylor and Michael Woodford, North-Holland, New York, volume 1A, 387- 448, 1999.

Indeterminacy Arising in Multisector Economies

With K. Nishimura

The Japanese Economic Review, 50 (1999), 485-506.

Indeterminacy and Sunspots with Constant Returns

With K. Nishimura 

Journal of Economic Theory, 81 (1998), 58-96. 

Introduction: Mini-Symposium on Sunspots in Macroeconomics

Journal of Economic Theory, 81 (1998), 1-6. 

Optimal Taxes Without Commitment

With A. Rustichini

Journal of Economic Theory, 77 (1997), 231-259. 

Indeterminacy and Sector-Specific Externalities

With Roger Farmer

Journal of Monetary Economics, 37, (1996) 397-419. 

On the Optimal and Best Sustainable Taxes in an Open Economy 

With A. Velasco

European Economic Review, 40, (1996), 135-154. 

Social Conflict and Growth

With A. Rustichini

Journal of Economic Growth, 1, (1996), 125-142. 

On the Political Economy of Immigration

European Economic Review, 40, (1996), 1737-1744. 

On Growth and Indeterminacy: Some Theory and Evidence

With J. Gali

Carnegie Rochester Series in Public Policy, 43, (1995), 163-212. 

Monopolistic Competition, Indeterminacy and Growth

With R. Perli and D. Xie

Ricerche Economiche 48, (1994), 279-298. 

The Role of Human Capital and Political Instability in Economic Development

With M. Spiegel

Journal of Monetary Economics, 34, (1994), 143-173. 

Introduction: Symposium on Growth, Fluctuations and Sunspots: Confronting the Data

With A. Rustichini

Journal of Economic Theory, 63, (1994), 1-19. 

Uniqueness and Indeterminacy: On the Dynamics of Endogenous Growth

With R. Perli

Journal of Economic Theory, 63, (1994), 113-142. 

Indeterminacy and Increasing Returns

With Roger Farmer

Journal of Economic Theory, 63, (1994), 19-41. 

A Note on a New Class of Solutions to Dynamic Programming Problems Arising in Economic Growth

With Aldo Rustichini

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 18, (1994), 808-813. 

Endogenous Fertility and Growth

With K. Nishimura

In General Equilibrium, Growth, and Trade II, in R. Becker et al., eds., Academic Press, San Diego, (1993), 237-247.

A Vintage Capital Model of Growth and Investment: Theory and Evidence

With A. Rustichini

General Equilibrium, Growth and Trade II, R. Becker et al., eds., Academic Press, San Diego, (1993), 248-300. 

Il ruolo del capitale umano e dell'instabilita politica nello sviluppo economico

With Mark Spiegel

Rivista di Politica Economica, 82, (1992), 55-95. 

Cycles and Chaos in Economic Equilibrium

Edited volume, 

Princeton University Press, (1992). 

Joint Exploitation of a Productive Asset: A Game Theoretic Formulation

With Roy Radner 

Economic Theory, 2, 155-190 (1992). 

Vintage Capital, Investment and Growth

With A. Rustichini

Journal of Economic Theory 55, (1991), 323-339. 

Externalities and Growth Accounting 

With Boyan Jovanovic

American Economic Review, 81, (March 1991), 82-113. 

Homework in Macroeconomics 

With R. Rogerson and R. Wright

Journal of Political Economy, 99, (1991), 1166-1185. 

Equilibrium Cycling with Small Discounting 

With A. Rustichini

Journal of Economic Theory, 52,423-432 (1990). 

Stochastic Equilibrium Oscillations

With K. Nishimura

International Economic Review, 30, 85-102 (1989). 

Endogenous Fluctuations in the Barro-Becker Theory of Fertility

With K. Nishimura 

In Demographic Change and Economics Development, ed. A. Wenig, Springer-Verlag (1989). 

Chaos: Significance, Mechanisms and Economic Applications  

With W. Baumol

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 3, 77-105 (1989). 

Conjectural Equilibrium Bounds

With Clive Bull

In Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Social Sciences, eds., M. Galeotti, L. Geronazzo, and F. Gori, Pitagora Editrice Bologna, (1988). 

On Competitive Cycles in Productive Economies 

With Guy Laroque

Journal of Economic Theory, 45, 145-170, (1988). 

On Endogenous Cycles in Discrete-Time Optimal Growth Models

With K. Nishimura

In Optimal Control Theory and Economic Analysis 3, ed. G. Feichtinger, North Holland, 1988. 

The Dynamics of Efficient Intertemporal Allocations with Many Agents, Recursive Preferences and Production

With S. Jafarey and K. Nishimura

Journal of Economic Theory, 44, 301-320,(1988). 

Bargaining and the Evolution of Cooperation in a Dynamic Game

With G. Ferri

Economic Letters 24 (1987), 107-111. 

Global Equilibrium Dynamics with Stationary Recursive Preferences

With M. Majumdar and K. Nishimura

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 8(1987), 429-452.

Competitive Equilibrium Cycles

With K. Nishimura

Journal of Economic Theory, 35, 284-306, (1985). 

Cyclical Input Demands and the Adjustment Cost Theory of the Firm

With K. Nishimura

In Nonlinear Theories of Fluctuating Growth, Goodwin, R., Kruger, M., eds.; Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984,  73-85. 

The Paths of Optimal Economic Development 

With K. Nishimura

Keio Economic Studies, 20 (1983), 1-22. 

Job Search: The Choice of Intensity

With C. Bull

Journal of Political Economy, 91(1983), 747-764. 

The Optimal Quantity of Money; A Formal Treatment

With C. Bull

International Economic Review, 24 (1983), 101-111. 

Price Relations on Futures Markets for Storable Commodities

With M. J. P. Magill

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 91(1983), 567-591. 

A Characterization of Erratic Trajectories in the Overlapping Generations Model

With R. H. Day

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 4(1982), 37-55. 

Uncertainty and Chaos in Overlapping Generations Models

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decisions and Control, 1981, IEEE Control Systems Society, New York. 

Some New Results on the Dynamics of the Generalized Tobin Model

With T. Miyao

International Economic Review, 22(1981), 585-597. 

Stability of Equilibrium in Dynamic Models of Capital Accumulation

With K. Nishimura 

International Economic Review, 22(1981), 275-293. 

Rational Choice and Erratic Behavior

With R. H. Day

Review of Economic Studies, 48(1981), 459-472. 

Erratic Accumulation

With R. H. Day

Economic Letters, 6(1980), 113-117. 

Adaptive Monetary Policy and Rational Expectations

Journal of Economic Theory 23(1980), 261-266. 

The Hopf Bifurcation and Existence and Stability of Closed Orbits in Multisector Models of Optimal Economic Growth

With K. Nishimura

Journal of Economic Theory, 21(1979), 421-444. 

On the Uniqueness of Steady States in an Economy with Heterogeneous Capital Good

With K. Nishimura

International Economic Review, Vol. 20 (1979) 59-82. 

Pareto vs. Wicksell on Adjustment Costs in Consumption

Economic Letters, Vol. 2 (1979), 121-124. 

A Note on Optimal Growth with Intertemporally Dependent Preferences

Economics Letters, Vol. 1 (1978) 321-324.