Lee E. Ohanian

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

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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 Notre Dame - 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
Kristopher Gerardi, Kyle Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian and Paul Willen
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

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Dynamic Equilibrium Economies: A Framework for Comparing Models and Data

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Dynamic Equilibrium Economies: A Framework for Comparing Models and Data

FEDS PAPER NUMBER: (97-23)
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 2010
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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Long-Term Changes in Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1956-2004

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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
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department
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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: 22 May 2007
Lee E. Ohanian, Andrea Raffo and Richard Rogerson
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department
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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: 01 Aug 2010
Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian, Alvaro Riascos and James A. Schmitz
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: 11 Sep 2010
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Deflation and the International Great Depression: A Productivity Puzzle

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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 2010
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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Can't Pay or Won't Pay?: Unemployment, Negative Equity, and Strategic Default

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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
Kristopher Gerardi, Kyle Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian and Paul Willen
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: 21 Oct 2015
Kristopher Gerardi, Kyle Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian and Paul Willen
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 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

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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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Why Have Business Cycle Fluctuations Become Less Volatile?

NBER Working Paper No. w12079
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 May 2006 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2010
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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12.

Neoclassical Models in Macroeconomics

NBER Working Paper No. w22122
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 28 Mar 2016
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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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
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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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
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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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: 21 May 2016
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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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
Lee E. Ohanian and Andrea Raffo
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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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: 21 May 2002
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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Does Neoclassical Theory Account for the Effects of Big Fiscal Shocks? Evidence from World War Ii

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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 2010
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

International Economic Review, Vol. 51, Issue 2, pp. 509-532, May 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
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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Labor Market Dysfunction During the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w17313
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2011
Kyle Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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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
Simeon Alder, David Lagakos and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Notre Dame - 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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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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Bad Investments and Missed Opportunities? Postwar Capital Flows to Asia and Latin America

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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
Lee E. Ohanian and Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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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: 30 Nov 2015
Lee E. Ohanian, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria and Mark L. J. Wright
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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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
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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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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The Direction of Capital Flows

Economic Synopses, Issue 22, pp. 1-2, 2016
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 02 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2018
Lee E. Ohanian, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria and Mark L. J. Wright
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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The Impact of Foreclosure Delay on U.S. Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w21532
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2015
Kyle Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Understanding Economic Crises: The Great Depression and the 2008 Recession

Economic Record, Vol. 86, Issue s1, pp. 2-6, September 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Lee E. Ohanian
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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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
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics 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

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 112, pp. 779-816, August 2004
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

Journal of Political Economy Vol. 107, No. 1, February 1999
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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