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Research Working Papers

Working papers cover a wide range of economic topics, including monetary policy, payment methods, banking and more.

Recent Papers

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Threshold Endogeneity in Threshold VARs: An Application to Monetary State Dependence

A new method refines the threshold vector autoregressive model used to study the effects of monetary policy.

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Which Types of Unbanked Households Are More (or Less) Likely to Open a Bank Account?

Unbanked households are more likely to open a bank account if they had one before and have access to digital payment methods.

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Understanding Models and Model Bias with Gaussian Processes

Using counterfactual reasoning and Gaussian process models can help detect bias in machine learning models.

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Drought and Cattle: Implications for Ranchers

Drought has a temporary positive effect on rancher revenues, but a negative effect on cattle herd sizes and earnings.

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R&D Capital and the Idea Production Function

Developing new ideas requires not only researchers but also R&D capital—that is, targeted investment in research equipment.

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Janus’s Money Demand and Time Inconsistency: A New Impossibility Theorem?

A new model of money demand incorporates consumers’ past and future habits to shed light on time inconsistency in monetary policy.

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Equilibrium Evictions

Restricting landlords’ ability to evict may reduce housing supply, so paying delinquent tenants’ rent is a better policy.

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The Missing Tail Risk in Option Prices

Investors in the oil market consistently underestimate the likelihood of very low oil prices.

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Employer Credit Checks: Poverty Traps versus Matching Efficiency

Banning pre-employment credit screening may help people improve bad credit scores but may reduce firms’ overall productivity.