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Andrea Raffo
Economist

 Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
925 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64198
Email: Andrea.Raffo@kc.frb.org


Currently on leave at the Federal Reserve Board  (Oct 2007)

 

Andrea Raffo is an Economist in the Economic Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the department in September 2005. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Bocconi University in 1999, an M.A. degree from Bocconi University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. His current research interests include international business cycles, current account dynamics, international differences in labor supply and fiscal policy.

Publications in professional journals and books 

"Net Exports, Consumption Volatility and International Business Cycle Models"
Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.

Appendix [PDF 172K]

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review articles

"Work and Taxes: Allocation of Time in OECD Countries," with Lee Ohanian and Richard Rogerson, Third Quarter 2007.    (Summary | Article  PDF 194K) 

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Research Working Papers

"Long-Term Changes in Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004," with Lee Ohanian and Richard Rogerson, RWP 06-16   (PDF 582 K  | Abstract)

"Net Exports, Consumption Volatility and International Real Business Cycle Models,"
RWP 06-01  (PDF 542K | Abstract)

Comments and Discussions

Discussion of "Oil Shocks and external Adjustment" by Bodenstein, Erceg and Guerrieri, System Committee Meetings in International Economics, October 2007

Discussion of "The Marginal Worker and the Aggregate Elasticity of Labor Supply" by Gourio and Noual, Macroeconomic Workshop on Microfoundations of Labor Markets and Implications for Aggregate Employment Dynamics, September 2007.

Discussion of "Intertemporal Disturbances" by Primiceri et al. [2006], SCM Meetings, April 2006   [PDF Slides 280K]


Work in progress

"Technology Shocks, Terms of Trade and International Risk-Sharing" [coming soon]

"Sticky Information and Real Exchange Rate," with Y. Yakhin [coming soon]

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