Edward S. Knotek II
Economist
Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
925 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64198
Email: Edward.Knotek@kc.frb.org

Biography	Curriculum vitae (PDF, 31 K)
Research Working Papers

Ed Knotek is an Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the Economic Research Department in August, 2005.

Mr. Knotek received a B.A. in mathematics-economics and Spanish from Denison University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Knotek's research interests focus on price dynamics, in particular the causes and consequences of price rigidity and the interplay between inflation and information.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review articles

"How Useful is Okun's Law?" Fourth Quarter 2007. (Summary | Article PDF 364K)

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Research Working Papers

"A Tale of Two Rigidities: Sticky Prices in a Sticky-Information Environment," RWP 06-15 (PDF 532K | Abstract)

"Regime Changes and Monetary Stagflation," RWP 06-05 (PDF 588K | Abstract)

"Convenient Prices, Currency, and Nominal Rigidity: Theory with Evidence from Newspaper Prices," RWP 05-11 (PDF 838K | Abstract)