Publications:
Albrecht, Brian C., Thomas Phelan, and Nick Pretnar. "Time use and heterogeneous markups." Journal of Economic Theory (2026). Published version.
Phelan, Thomas. "On the optimality of differential asset taxation." International Economic Review (2025). Published version; working paper; replication materials.
Eslami, Keyvan, and Thomas Phelan. "The Art of Temporal Approximation: An Investigation into Numerical Solutions to Discrete-and Continuous-Time Problems in Economics." Computational Economics (2024): 1-43. Published version; WP version; replication materials.
Thomas Phelan and Alexis Akira Toda. Optimal epidemic control in equilibrium with imperfect testing and enforcement. Journal of Economic Theory, 206:105570, December 2022. Published version; WP version; replication materials.
Thomas Phelan and Keyvan Eslami. Applications of Markov chain approximation methods to optimal control problems in economics. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 143:104437, October 2022. Published version; working paper; replication materials; corrigendum.
Working papers:
A Certified Howard Algorithm for Epstein-Zin Preferences (with Anmol Bhandari and Jaroslav Borovicka); working paper (November 2026).
Dormant papers:
The Optimal Taxation of Business Owners; working paper (March 2023); replication materials.
Federal Reserve Publications:
Ben R. Craig, Tom Phelan, Jan-Peter Siedlarek, and Jared Steinberg. Improving Epidemic Modeling with Networks. Economic Commentary, (2020-23), September 2020.
Ben R. Craig, Tom Phelan, Jan-Peter Siedlarek, and Jared Steinberg. Modeling Behavioral Responses to COVID-19. Economic Commentary, (2021-05), March 2021.
Ben R. Craig, Tom Phelan, Jan-Peter Siedlarek, and Jared Steinberg. Two Approaches to Predicting the Path of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is One Better? Economic Commentary, (2021-10), April 2021.
Jordan Manes, Emily Moschini, and Tom Phelan. Student Debt Incidence: Recent Data and Conceptual Issues. Economic Commentary, (2022-16), December 2022. replication materials.