Full Allied Social Sciences Association program, with links to some papers, here.
Author Archives: Menzie Chinn
What Happened in Wisconsin in January 2011?
I don’t think it’s structural change associated with the recession.
The Year in Review, 2015: The Ascent of the Blowhard
and yet more fantastical pseudo public policy analysis
Wisconsin Employment Falls in November, Continues to Lag
Governor Walker blames the workers.
Guest Contribution: “Emerging Markets Facing Higher U.S. Interest Rates: Smooth Sailing or Perfect Storm?”
Today we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Carlos Arteta, M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, Marc Stocker, and Lei Sandy Ye, all of the World Bank. This blog represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent World Bank Group views or policy.
Guest Contribution: “The Paris Agreement on Climate Change, C’est Bon”
Today we are fortunate to have a guest contribution written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University, and former Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99. An earlier version was published by Project Syndicate.
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Guest Contribution: “U.S. Monetary Expectations and Emerging Market Debt Flows”
Today we are fortunate to have a guest post written by Eric Fischer, PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Guest Contribution: “Does legislating a rule for the Federal Reserve make sense?”
Today we are fortunate to have a guest contribution written by Carl E. Walsh, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Estimating Shock Dependent Exchange Rate Pass-Through
We propose a new focus: incorporating the underlying shocks that cause exchange rate fluctuations when evaluating how these fluctuations ‘pass through’ into import and consumer prices.
Mass Shooting Casualties, by Religion of Perpetrator: Muslim vs. Non-Muslim
Update, 6/12/2016, 4:15PM Pacific:
Here are two figures, with data updated to 6/12.
Figure 0a: 12 month moving average of mass shooting casualties; deaths inflicted by non-Muslims (dark red), wounded inflicted by non-Muslims (pink), deaths inflicted by Muslims (dark blue), wounded inflicted by Muslims (light blue). June observation for data through June 12. Source: Mother Jones, news reports for June 2016 and author’s calculations. Tabulations of religion of perpetrator by author.
Figure 0b: Cumulative sum of mass shooting casualties, beginning in 1982M08; deaths inflicted by non-Muslims (dark red), wounded inflicted by non-Muslims (pink), deaths inflicted by Muslims (dark blue), wounded inflicted by Muslims (light blue). June observation for data through June 12. Source: Mother Jones, news reports for June 2016 and author’s calculations. Tabulations of religion of perpetrator by author.