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Academic Economic Thoughts
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- With Karsten Jeske and Pedro Silos, "Productivity, Energy Prices and the Great Moderation: A New Link", working paper #2008-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, March 2008 [Read Abstract – Paper PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "What Determines the Output Drop after an Energy Price Increase: Household or Firm Energy Share?", working paper #2007-20, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, August 2007 [Read Abstract – Paper PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "Taylor Rules with Headline Inflation: A Bad Idea", working paper #2007-14, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, July 2007 [Read Abstract – Paper PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "How Resilient Is the Modern Economy to Energy Price Shocks", Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, Third Quarter: 21-32,2006 [Read Abstract – Paper PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "Energy Price Shocks and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Consumer Durables", working paper #2006-9,Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, August 2006 [Read Abstract – Paper PDF]
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Journal Articles |
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- With M. Lieberman, "Assessing the Resource Base of US and Japanese Auto Producers: A Stochastic Frontier Production Approach," Management Science, 51(7):1060-1075, 2005 (Also published in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2005 Academy of Management Meeting.) [Read paper - PDF]
- With J.T. Guo, "Declining Share of Small Firms in U.S. Output: Causes and Consequences," Economic Inquiry, 39(3): 651-662, 2001. [Read article - PDF]
- "Firm Size and Productivity Differential: Theory and Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Firms," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 44(3):263-269, 2001. [Read article - PDF]
- With G. Gerdes, "Estimating Technological Change using a Stochastic Frontier Production Function: Evidence From U.S. Firm-Level data," Journal of Productivity Analysis, 8: 431-446, 1997.[Read article - PDF]
- "Asymmetric Information and Debt Financing: The Empirical Importance of Size and balance Sheet Factors," International Journal of the Economics of Business, 4(2): 189-202, 1997. [Read article - PDF]
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Book |
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- Firm Size, Financial Intermediation and Business Cycles, Commonwealth Publishers, London and New Delhi, 1996, 182 pages. [Read excerpt - PDF]
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Non-Refereed Articles |
- With Karsten Jeske, "How Resilient Is the Modern Economy to Energy Price Shocks", Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, Third Quarter: 21-32,2006 [Read paper - PDF]
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Georgia State University's Economic Forecasting Center Economics at Work- The Journal of the National Association for Business Economics, January 2004: [Read article - PDF] |
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Economic Impact Reports |
- "Predicting Cable TV Industry Advertising Revenues." (October 2004). Report prepared for Turner Broadcasting Corporation.
- With G.U. Krueger "Ventura County Housing in Short-Supply Squeeze: How Long Will it Last?" (2000). Report prepared for Amgen Corporation.
- With G. Freeman and K. Ackbarali, "Redeveloping Obsolete Industrial Land with Modern Manufacturing Facilities: The Job, Wage and Tax Implications for State and Local Government" (2000). LA Economic Development Corporation policy report.
- With L. Kimbell and T. Lieser, "An Analysis of the Impact of Aerospace Industry Downsizing on California's Economy" (1996). Report prepared for Northrop Corporation.
- With L. Kimbell and T. Lieser, "The Impact of Automobile Import Restrictions on the California Economy" (1996). Report prepared for California Automobile Import Alliance.
- With L. Kimbell and N. Pedrozo, "The Impact of Future Oil Price Shocks on the California Economy" (1994). Report prepared for California Energy Commission.
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Working Papers |
- With Karsten Jeske and Pedro Silos, "Productivity, Energy Prices and the Great Moderation: A New Link", working paper #2008-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, March 2008 [Read Paper - PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "What Determines the Output Drop after an Energy Price Increase: Household or Firm Energy Share?", working paper #2007-20, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, August 2007 [Read Paper - PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "Taylor Rules with Headline Inflation: A Bad Idea", working paper #2007-14, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, July 2007 [Read paper - PDF]
- With Karsten Jeske, "Energy Price Shocks and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Consumer Durables", working paper #2006-9,Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, August 2006 [Read paper - PDF]
- With P. Jochumzen, "Stochastic Frontier Production Function with Errors-in-Variables," working paper #99-07, Lund University, Sweden. Under review at Journal of Econometrics. [Read paper - PDF]
- "Firm Size, Credit Market Imperfections and the Business Cycle," To be submitted to Canadian Journal of Economics.
- "Credit Market Risk and Small Firm Share: A Numerical General Equilibrium Analysis", To be submitted to Small Business Economics.
- With M. Lieberman, "Comparative Efficiency of U.S. and Japanese Automakers: A Stochastic Frontier Production Analysis," working paper, Center for International Business Economic Research, Anderson Graduate School of Management. To be submitted to Strategic Management Journal.
- With J. Prabhu, "The Competitive Advantage of Being Small: A Strategic, Efficiency Versus Risk Approach".
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| Economic Thoughts |
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Keynote Speeches |
- Keynote speech given at Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 2005 [view pdf] [view html]
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Op-Ed Pieces |
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- "Big Airlines Ought to Stop Flying Solo", published in the Atlanta Journal - Constitution, December 9, 2004
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Technical Notes |
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"Elasticity of Hiring at Firm Level", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, November 2004 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"What Produces Jobs: A Statistical Analysis", excerpt from Forecast of the Nation, August 2004 [ view pdf] [ view html] |
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Opinions |
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2006
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"An Afterthought on GM", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, August 2006 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Bet on the Stewardship of the Fed", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, August 2006 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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With Kristin W. Diver "Why Georgia Depends on Delta", August 2006 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Why are Oil Prices So High?", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation,May 2006 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Why Haven't High Oil Prices Produced a Recession", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, May 2006 [ view pdf] [ view html]
2005
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"Oil Shocks and Energy Conservation", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, November 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Housing Bubble Myths: Florida and California", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, November 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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With Kristin W. Diver "Delta: Past, Present and Future", November 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"A Quick and Dirty Analysis of the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the US, the Southeast and Georgia", September 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Oil: Myths, Realities and Conjectures", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, August 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Housing Bubble: Reality and Solutions", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, August 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Who is engaged in a Trade related Faustian Bargain?", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, June 2005 [ view pdf.][ view html]
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"Is GM Just in Business to Pay their Worker's Pension?", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, June 2005 [ view pdf.][ view html]
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"Portfolio Implications from the May 2005 Forecast", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, June 2005 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Why Outsourcing Scares the Middle Class?", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, February 2005 [ view pdf][ view html]
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With Kristin W. Diver: "BRAC 2005: The Looming Georgia Storm", excerpt from the Forecast of Georgia and Atlanta, February 2005 [ view pdf][ view html]
2004
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"Bill Gross and His Beef with the CPI Index", excerpt from the Forecast of the Nation, November 2004 [ view pdf] [ view html]
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"Will Any President Before 2012 Solve the Deficit Problem?", excerpt from the Nation, November 2004 [ view pdf] [ view html] |
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Academic Activities |
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Conference Presentation
- July 2005, Western Economic Association Meetings in San Francisco.
- June 2001, 22nd International Symposium on Forecasting in ATlanta
- August 2000, 8th World Congress of the Econometric Society in Seattle.
- July 2000, Society for Computing in Economics and Finance meetings in Barcelona, Spain.
- August 1999, 12th World Congress of the International Economic Association in Argentina.
- October 1998, Third Biennial Georgia Productivity Workshop at University of Georgia.
- June 1998, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society in Montreal.
- May 1998, EKONOMETRGAR 98 (Econometrics Conference) at University of Lund, Sweden.
- July 1997, Western Economic Association Meetings in Seattle.
- January 1997, Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society in New Orleans.
- December 1996, South-East Asian Econometric Meetings in India.
- August 1995, 7th World Congress of the Econometric Society in Tokyo.
- June 1994, Society for Economic Dynamics and Control meetings in Los Angeles.
Refereed For
- Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
- Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
- Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization
- Journal of Financial Research
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Pacific Basin Finance Journal.
- Review of Development Economics
- Southern Economic Journal
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