Lee E. Ohanian

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

Box 951477

8283 Bunch Hall

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (45)

1.

The Decline of the U.S. Rust Belt: A Macroeconomic Analysis

FRB Atlanta CQER Working Paper No. 14-5
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Simeon Alder, David Lagakos and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Rust Belt, competition, productivity, unionization, monopoly

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Unemployment, Negative Equity, and Strategic Default

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Jul 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department
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unemployment, employment, job loss, assets, mortgage, modifications, default, strategic, strategic default, negative equity, trigger, single trigger, double trigger, liquidity constraint, mortgage default, delinquency, PSID, mortgage distress, financial liquidity, negative equity and unemployment

Dynamic Equilibrium Economies: A Framework for Comparing Models and Data

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Jul 1997
Jeremy Berkowitz, Francis X. Diebold and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Houston - Department of Finance, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Dynamic Equilibrium Economies: A Framework for Comparing Models and Data

NBER Working Paper No. t0174
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Francis X. Diebold, Lee E. Ohanian and Jeremy Berkowitz
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Houston - Department of Finance
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Common-Sense Policy Reforms for California Housing

Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 920
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Sep 2021
Lee E. Ohanian and Cato Institute
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Cato Institute
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Housing, California, Policy Reform, Urban Growth, Housing Affordability, Zoning, Taxing, Environmental Policy

Long-Term Changes in Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004

FRB of Kansas City Working Paper No. 06-16
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Dec 2006
Andrea Raffo, Lee E. Ohanian and Richard Rogerson
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Labor supply, wedges, taxes

Long-Term Changes in Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004

NBER Working Paper No. w12786
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 23 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Lee E. Ohanian, Andrea Raffo and Richard Rogerson
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Can't Pay or Won't Pay?: Unemployment, Negative Equity, and Strategic Default

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 15-13
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 25 Nov 2015
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department
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Can't Pay or Won't Pay? Unemployment, Negative Equity, and Strategic Default

NBER Working Paper No. w21630
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department
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The Consequences of Bretton Woods’ International Capital Controls and the High Value of Geopolitical Stability

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2020-42
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Princeton University and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Bretton Woods, International Payments, Capital Flows

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The Lack of European Productivity Growth: Causes and Lessons for the U.S.

PIER Working Paper No. 18-024
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Sep 2018
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Productivity growth, Europe's economic performance, economic policy

Deflation and the International Great Depression: A Productivity Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. w11237
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 May 2005 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2022
Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian and Ron Leung
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Universite de Montreal
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Deflation and the International Great Depression: A Productivity Puzzle

Posted: 24 Jul 2008
Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian and Ron Leung
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Universite de Montreal

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Great Depression, Deflation, Productivity Shocks, Monetary Shocks

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The Neoclassical Growth of China

CESifo Working Paper No. 10499
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Tsinghua University - Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
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China, East Asia, economic growth, Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model, TFP catch up

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Latin America in the Rearview Mirror

NBER Working Paper No. w11008
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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What - or Who - Started the Great Depression?

NBER Working Paper No. w15258
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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The Impact of Cartelization, Money, and Productivity Shocks on the International Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w18823
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Neoclassical Models in Macroeconomics

NBER Working Paper No. w22122
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 28 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Gary D. Hansen and Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Tarnishing the Golden and Empire States: Land-Use Restrictions and the U.S. Economic Slowdown

NBER Working Paper No. w23790
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Kyle Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian and Edward C. Prescott
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department
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Competitive Pressure and the Decline of the Rust Belt: A Macroeconomic Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w20538
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Simeon Alder, David Lagakos and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
Downloads 67 (646,760)
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The Great Recession in the Shadow of the Great Depression: A Review Essay on “Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession and the Uses and Misuses of History”

NBER Working Paper No. w22239
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 May 2016 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Foreclosure Delay and U.S. Unemployment

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2012-017A
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Jun 2012
Lee E. Ohanian and Kyle Herkenhoff
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
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Mortgage, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Delay, Default, Informal Default, Unemployment, Recovery, Consumption Smoothing

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money after 75 Years: The Importance of Being in the Right Place at the Right Time

NBER Working Paper No. w16631
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2022
Matthew N. Luzzetti and Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Accounting for the Duality of the Italian Economy

CESifo Working Paper No. 10470
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
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Italian economy, macroeconomic wedges, regional fiscal redistribution, regional convergence

Accounting for the Duality of the Italian Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w31299
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
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Bretton Woods and the Reconstruction of Europe

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2019-30
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Nov 2019
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Bretton Woods, International Payments, Capital Flows

Bad Investments and Missed Opportunities? Postwar Capital Flows to Asia and Latin America

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2015-8
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Dec 2015
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Investments, capital flows, Asia, Latin America

Bad Investments and Missed Opportunities? Postwar Capital Flows to Asia and Latin America

NBER Working Paper No. w21744
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Aggregate Hours Worked in OECD Countries: New Measurement and Implications for Business Cycles

NBER Working Paper No. w17420
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Lee E. Ohanian and Andrea Raffo
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Why Have Business Cycle Fluctuations Become Less Volatile?

NBER Working Paper No. w12079
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 May 2006 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Gary D. Hansen, Andres F. Arias and Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombia and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Short-Run Independence of Monetary Policy Under Pegged Exchange Rates and Effects of Money on Exchange Rates and Interest Rates

NBER Working Paper No. w4517
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2022
Alan C. Stockman and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Rochester - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Labor Market Dysfunction During the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w17313
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2023
Kyle Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Does Neoclassical Theory Account for the Effects of Big Fiscal Shocks? Evidence from World War Ii

NBER Working Paper No. w12130
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2022
Ellen R. McGrattan and Lee E. Ohanian
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Research Department and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Does Neoclassical Theory Account for the Effects of Big Fiscal Shocks? Evidence from World War II

Posted: 01 Aug 2008
Ellen R. McGrattan and Lee E. Ohanian
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Research Department and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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Neoclassical Theory, Fiscal Shocks, World War II

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Short-Run Effects of Money When Some Prices are Sticky

FRB Richmond Economic Quarterly, vol. 80, no. 3, Summer 1994, pp. 1-23
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Nov 2012
Lee E. Ohanian and Alan C. Stockman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Rochester - Department of Economics
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The Direction of Capital Flows

Economic Synopses, Issue 22, pp. 1-2, 2016
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 02 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Labor Market Dysfunction During the Great Recession

Cato Papers on Public Policy Vol. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Mar 2013
Kyle Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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mortgage modifications, economic recovery from great recession, Home Affordable Modification Program, 2009 financial crisis, Loan Modification Program, US government policy, United States labor and unemployment, labor market

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Revisiting Capital-Skill Complementarity, Inequality, and Labor Share

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1319
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Jun 2021
Lee E. Ohanian, Musa Orak and Shihan Shen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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The Impact of Foreclosure Delay on U.S. Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w21532
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
Kyle Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Revisiting Capital-Skill Complementarity, Inequality, and Labor Share

NBER Working Paper No. w28747
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Lee E. Ohanian, Musa Orak and Shihan Shen
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling of Long and Short-Run Historical Events

NBER Working Paper No. w28090
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Gary D. Hansen, Lee E. Ohanian and Fatih Ozturk
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Neoclassical Growth of China

NBER Working Paper No. w31351
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Tsinghua University - Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
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When to Appease and When to Punish: Hitler, Putin, and Hamas

NBER Working Paper No. w32280
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Apr 2024
David Levine and Lee E. Ohanian
Washington University in St. Louis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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The Impact of Commercial Real Estate Regulations on U.S. Output

NBER Working Paper No. w31895
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 27 Nov 2023
U.S. Census Bureau, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Arizona State University (ASU)
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The Impact of Bretton Woods International Capital Controls on the Global Economy and the Value of Geopolitical Stability: A General Equilibrium Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w31595
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Yale University and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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Is There a Trend Break in U.S. GNP? A Macroeconomic Perspective

Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Lutz Kilian and Lee E. Ohanian
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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Unit Roots, Trend-Breaks, Transitory Shocks

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Complex Eigenvalues and Trend-Reverting Fluctuations

Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Costas Azariadis, James Bullard and Lee E. Ohanian
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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Eigenvalues, Life Cycle, Economies, Cyclical Fluctuations

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The Demand for Money and the Nonneutrality of Money

Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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Velocity, Money Shocks, Liquidity, Sticky Prices

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Back to the Future with Keynes

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 28 Jun 2008
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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New Deal Policies and the Persistence of the Great Depression: A General Equilibrium Analysis

Posted: 08 Jul 2004
Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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The Defining Moment: A Review Essay

Posted: 22 Dec 1998
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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Post-War British Economic Growth and the Legacy of Keynes

Simon School of Business Working Paper MP 95-04
Posted: 13 Jun 1998
Thomas F. Cooley and Lee E. Ohanian
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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