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New York Area Workshop on Monetary Policy
On November 20, 2009, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is sponsoring the fall 2009 meeting of the Monetary Policy Workshop.
 
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Recent Articles
Staff Reports A Bayesian Approach to Estimating Tax and Spending Multipliers
This paper outlines a simple Bayesian methodology for estimating tax and spending multipliers in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model.
By Matthew Denes and Gauti Eggertsson, Staff Reports 403, November 2009
Staff Reports What Fiscal Policy is Effective at Zero Interest Rates?
This paper shows that tax cuts can deepen a recession if the short-term nominal interest rate is zero, according to a standard New Keynesian business cycle model.
By Gauti Eggertsson, Staff Reports 402, November 2009
Staff Reports Do Colleges and Universities Increase Their Region's Human Capital?
The authors investigate whether the degree production and research and development (R&D) activities of colleges and universities are related to the amount and types of human capital present in the metropolitan areas where the institutions are located.
By Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz, Staff Reports 401, October 2009
Staff ReportsLabor Supply Heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Comovement
This paper shows that a neoclassical model consistent with observed heterogeneity in labor supply and consumption can generate comovement in the absence of TFP shocks.
By Stefano Eusepi and Bruce Preston, Staff Reports 399, October 2009
Staff ReportsMonetary Tightening Cycles and the Predictability of Economic Activity
In this article, the authors investigate the ability of financial indicators to discriminate between tightening cycles that are followed by declining real activity and those that are not.
By Arturo Estrella and Tobias Adrian, Staff Reports 397, September 2009
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