Alp Simsek

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

Associate Professor of Economics

50 Memorial Drive E52-552

The Morris and Sophie Chang Building

Cambridge, MA 02142

United States

http://https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/asimsek

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Faculty Research Fellow

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

http://https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/asimsek

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London

United Kingdom

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

  • National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

  • Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Complexity and Financial Panics

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Complexity and Financial Panics

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-17
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2016
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Financial network, complexity, uncertainty, flight to quality, cascades,crises, information cost, financial panic, credit crunch

Complexity and Financial Panics

NBER Working Paper No. w14997
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 May 2009 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2010
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Should Retail Investors' Leverage Be Limited?

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Should Retail Investors' Leverage Be Limited?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 23 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2018
Rawley Heimer and Alp Simsek
Boston College - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Leverage Constraints, Retail Trading, Speculation, Brokerage Sector, Bid-Ask Spreads, Welfare Criterion

Should Retail Investors' Leverage Be Limited?

NBER Working Paper No. w24176
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Jan 2018
Rawley Heimer and Alp Simsek
Boston College - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Fire Sales in a Model of Complexity

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Fire Sales in a Model of Complexity

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-28
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2011
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Fire sales, uncertainty, complexity, financial network, cascades, market freezes, crises, financial panic, credit crunch, externality

Fire Sales in a Model of Complexity

NBER Working Paper No. w15479
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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A Risk-Centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation

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A Risk-Centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 17-07
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2020
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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risk premium shocks, asset prices, aggregate demand, interest rate rigidity, booms and recessions, heterogeneous beliefs, speculation, monetary and macroprudential policy, the Fed put

A Risk-Centric Model of Demand Recessions and Macroprudential Policy

BIS Working Paper No. 733
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Jul 2018
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Risk premium shocks, asset prices, aggregate demand, interest rate rigidity booms and recessions, heterogeneous beliefs, speculation, monetary and macroprudential policy

A Risk-Centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation

NBER Working Paper No. w23614
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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A Risk-Centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13815
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2020
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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aggregate demand, asset prices, belief disagreements, booms and recessions, extrapolation, interest rate rigidity, monetary and macroprudential policy, Speculation, Time-varying risk premium, Uncertainty shocks

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A Welfare Criterion for Models with Distorted Beliefs

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Citation 59

A Welfare Criterion for Models with Distorted Beliefs

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Mar 2012
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Alp Simsek and Wei Xiong
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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A Welfare Criterion for Models with Distorted Beliefs

NBER Working Paper No. w20691
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Nov 2014
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Alp Simsek and Wei Xiong
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Moral Hazard and Efficiency in General Equilibrium with Anonymous Trading

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Moral Hazard and Efficiency in General Equilibrium with Anonymous Trading

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 10-8
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 May 2010 Last Revised: 25 May 2010
Daron Acemoglu and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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competitive equilibrium, double deviations, efficiency, general equilibrium theory, monitoring partition, moral hazard

Moral Hazard and Efficiency in General Equilibrium with Anonymous Trading

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7821
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 May 2010
Daron Acemoglu and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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competetive equilibrium, double deviations, efficiency, general equilibrium theory, monitoring partition, moral hazard

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A Model of Fickle Capital Flows and Retrenchment

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A Model of Fickle Capital Flows and Retrenchment

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 12 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2019
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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gross capital flows, global liquidity, fickleness, retrenchment, asset fire sales, capital controls, policy coordination, scarcity of safe assets, reach-for-safety, reach-for-yield

A Model of Fickle Capital Flows and Retrenchment

NBER Working Paper No. w22751
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 24 Oct 2016
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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A Model of Fickle Capital Flows and Retrenchment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13819
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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asset fire sales, capital controls, fickleness, Global liquidity, Gross capital flows, Policy Coordination, reach-for-safety, reach-for-yield, retrenchment, scarcity of safe assets

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Liquidity Trap and Excessive Leverage

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Citation 89

Liquidity Trap and Excessive Leverage

IMF Working Paper No. 14/129
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Aug 2014
Anton Korinek and Alp Simsek
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Darden School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Macroprudential Policy, Monetary policy, Liquidity, Demand, Borrowing, Debt markets, Economic recession, Equilibrium. Econometric models, Leverage, liquidity trap, zero lower bound, aggregate demand externality, efficiency, macroprudential policy, insurance, aggregate demand, inflation, real interest rate, contractionary monetary policy, inflation target, nominal interest rate, monetary policies, real interest rates, optimal monetary policy, aggregate demand effects, monetary fund, nominal interest rates, nominal variables, steady-state inflation, inflation dynamics, financial stability, central bank, inflation targeting

Liquidity Trap and Excessive Leverage

NBER Working Paper No. w19970
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Mar 2014
Anton Korinek and Alp Simsek
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Darden School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Prudential Monetary Policy

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Prudential Monetary Policy

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2019
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Speculation, leverage, aggregate demand, business cycle, effective lower bound, monetary policy, regulation, macroprudential policies, leaning against the wind

Prudential Monetary Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w25977
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Prudential Monetary Policy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13832
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2020
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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aggregate demand, Business cycle, effective lower bound, leaning against the wind, leverage, macroprudential policies, monetary policy, regulation, Shadow banks, Speculation

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Reach for Yield and Fickle Capital Flows

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Reach for Yield and Fickle Capital Flows

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 18-03
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Mar 2018
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Reach for Yield and Fickle Capital Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w24400
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Ricardo J. Caballero and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Stock Market Wealth and the Real Economy: A Local Labor Market Approach

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Stock Market Wealth and the Real Economy: A Local Labor Market Approach

Number of pages: 109 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2020
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
Harvard University Department of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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stock prices, consumption wealth effect, marginal propensity to consume, employment, wages, regional heterogeneity, time-varying risk premium, nominal rigidities, monetary policy

Stock Market Wealth and the Real Economy: A Local Labor Market Approach

NBER Working Paper No. w25959
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Jun 2019
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
Harvard University Department of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Stock Market Wealth and the Real Economy: A Local Labor Market Approach

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13856
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2020
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
Harvard University Department of Economics, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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consumption wealth effect, employment, marginal propensity to consume, monetary policy, nominal rigidities, regional heterogeneity, Stock Prices, Time-varying risk premium, wages

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Speculation and Risk Sharing with New Financial Assets

NBER Working Paper No. w17506
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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The Choice Channel of Financial Innovation

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The Choice Channel of Financial Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w21686
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Felipe Iachan, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
FGV, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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The Choice Channel of Financial Innovation

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Felipe Iachan, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
FGV, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Belief Disagreements, Speculation, Financial Innovation, Savings, Interest Rate, Risk Premium, Customization, Stock Market Participation

The Choice Channel of Financial Innovation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14361
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 11 Feb 2020
Felipe Iachan, Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
FGV, BI Norwegian Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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belief disagreements, Customization, financial innovation, interest rate, Risk premium, Savings, Speculation, Stock Market Participation

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Investment Hangover and the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w20569
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Oct 2014
Matthew Rognlie, Andrei Shleifer and Alp Simsek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Durability, Deadline, and Election Effects in Bargaining

NBER Working Paper No. w22284
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Alp Simsek and Muhamet Yildiz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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