Alexander W. Richter

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Senior Economist

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1.

Covid-19: A View from the Labor Market

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2010
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Apr 2020
Joshua Bernstein, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Pandemic, Vacancies, Unemployment Rate, Separation Rate, Nonlinear Solution, COVID-19

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Income Inequality and Current Account Imbalances

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Income Inequality and Current Account Imbalances

IMF Working Paper No. 12/8
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Feb 2012
Michael Kumhof, Claire Lebarz, Romain G. Rancière, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
CEPR, International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Southern California, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Credit demand, Cross country analysis, Current account deficits, Domestic debt, Economic models, Income distribution

Income Inequality and Current Account Imbalances

IMF Working Paper No. 12/8
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
Michael Kumhof, Claire Lebarz, Romain G. Rancière, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
CEPR, International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Southern California, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Credit demand, Domestic debt, Economic models, Income distribution, current account, current account deficit, private credit, current account balance, current account imbalances, current account deficits, current accounts, current account surpluses, current account balances, global current account, global current account imbalances

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Declining U.S. Labor Force Participation Rates Stand Out

Economic Letter, Vol. 13, Issue 6, pp. 1-4, 2018
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Alexander W. Richter, Daniel Chapman and Emil Mihaylov
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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The Zero Lower Bound and Endogenous Uncertainty

The Economic Journal
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2016
Michael Plante, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian Estimation; Monetary Policy; Uncertainty; Zero Lower Bound

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Macroeconomic Responses to Uncertainty Shocks: The Perils of Recursive Orderings

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Macroeconomic Responses to Uncertainty Shocks: The Perils of Recursive Orderings

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2223
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Nov 2022
Lutz Kilian, Michael Plante and Alexander W. Richter
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Cholesky Decomposition, endogeneity, uncertainty, business cycle

Macroeconomic Responses to Uncertainty Shocks: The Perils of Recursive Orderings

CESifo Working Paper No. 10121
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Dec 2022
Lutz Kilian, Michael Plante and Alexander W. Richter
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Cholesky decomposition, orthogonalization, simultaneity, endogeneity, uncertainty, business cycle

Macroeconomic Responses to Uncertainty Shocks: The Perils of Recursive Orderings

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 687, 2023
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Feb 2023
Lutz Kilian, Michael Plante and Alexander W. Richter
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Cholesky decomposition; orthogonalization; simultaneity; endogeneity; uncertainty; business cycle

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Are Nonlinear Methods Necessary at the Zero Lower Bound?

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Are Nonlinear Methods Necessary at the Zero Lower Bound?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2016
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian Estimation, Model Comparison, Zero Lower Bound, Particle Filter

Are Nonlinear Methods Necessary at the Zero Lower Bound?

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1606
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian estimation, model comparisons, zero lower bound, particle filter

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Quantitative Effects of Fiscal Foresight

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Quantitative Effects of Fiscal Foresight

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2015
Eric M. Leeper, Eric M. Leeper, Alexander W. Richter and Todd B. Walker
Indiana University at Bloomington - Department of EconomicsUniversity of Virginia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics
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News Shocks, Survey Data, DSGE

Quantitative Effects of Fiscal Foresight

NBER Working Paper No. w16363
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2023
Eric M. Leeper, Eric M. Leeper, Alexander W. Richter and Todd B. Walker
Indiana University at Bloomington - Department of EconomicsUniversity of Virginia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics
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Accuracy, Speed and Robustness of Policy Function Iteration

Computational Economics, Vol. 44, Issue 4, 2014
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
Alexander W. Richter, Nathaniel A. Throckmorton and Todd B. Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, William & Mary and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics
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Policy Function Iteration, Zero-Lower Bound, Epstein-Zin preferences

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A New Way to Quantify the Effect of Uncertainty

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1705
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Endogenous uncertainty, stochastic volatility, particle filter, zero lower bound

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The Zero Lower Bound: Frequency, Duration, and Numerical Convergence

The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2015
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Monetary policy; zero lower bound; convergence; minimum state variable solution; policy function iteration

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The Zero Lower Bound, the Dual Mandate, and Unconventional Dynamics

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 55, 2015
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
William T. Gavin, Benjamin D. Keen, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division, University of Oklahoma - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Monetary Policy; Zero Lower Bound; Nonlinear Solution Method; Capital

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Valuation Risk Revalued

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Valuation Risk Revalued

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1808
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Oliver de Groot, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Epstein-Zin Utility, Valuation Risk, Equity Premium Puzzle, Risk-Free Rate Puzzle

Valuation Risk Revalued

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14588
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 May 2020
Oliver de Groot, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Asset Pricing, Equity premium puzzle, recursive utility, Risk-Free Rate Puzzle

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Finite Lifetimes, Long-term Debt and the Fiscal Limit

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 51, 2015
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2015
Alexander W. Richter
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Finite lifetime, long-term debt, policy uncertainty, fiscal limit, entitlement reform

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Countercyclical Fluctuations in Uncertainty are Endogenous

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2109
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Jul 2021
Joshua Bernstein, Michael Plante, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Uncertainty Shocks, Endogenous Uncertainty, Variance Decomposition, Nonlinear

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Is Rotemberg Pricing Justified by Macro Data?

Economics Letters, Vol. 149, 2016
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2016
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian Estimation, Calvo Pricing, Rotemberg Pricing, Zero Lower Bound

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The Business Cycle Mechanics of Search and Matching Models

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2026
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Aug 2020
Joshua Bernstein, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Real Business Cycles, Estimation, Unemployment, Separation Rate, Vacancies

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Uncertainty Shocks in a Model of Effective Demand: Comment

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1706
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2018
Alexander W. Richter, Oliver de Groot and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and William & Mary
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Stochastic Volatility, Epstein-Zin Preferences, Uncertainty, Economic Activity

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The Matching Function and Nonlinear Business Cycles

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2201
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Feb 2022
Joshua Bernstein, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and College of William and Mary
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Matching Function, Matching Elasticity, Nonlinear, Finding Rate, Unemployment

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Entry and Exit, Unemployment, and the Business Cycle

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2018
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Joshua Bernstein, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Unemployment, Firm Dynamics, Nonlinear, Skewness, Tail Risk, Uncertainty

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Forward Guidance and the State of the Economy

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1612
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2019
Benjamin D. Keen, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
University of Oklahoma - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Forward guidance, zero lower bound, news shocks, global solution method

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The Consequences of an Unknown Debt Target

European Economic Review, Vol. 78, 2015
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian Learning, Limited Information, Fiscal policy, Welfare, Anticipated Utility

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Fed's Effective Lower Bound Constraint on Monetary Policy Created Uncertainty

Economic Letter, Vol. 12, Issue 11, pp. 1-4, 2017
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2018
Michael Plante, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Complementarity and Macroeconomic Uncertainty

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2009
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Apr 2020
Tyler Atkinson, Michael Plante, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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State-Dependent, Time-Varying Volatility, CES Production, Nonlinear Estimation

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The Zero Lower Bound and Estimation Accuracy

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1804
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Tyler Atkinson, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary
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Bayesian Estimation, Projection Methods, Particle Filter, OccBin, Inversion Filter

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Jointly Estimating Macroeconomic News and Surprise Shocks

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2304
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 May 2023
Lutz Kilian, Michael Plante and Alexander W. Richter
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Structural VAR, total factor productivity (TFP), productivity shock, news, expectation

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The Stimulative Effect of Forward Guidance

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2013-38
Posted: 26 Dec 2013
William T. Gavin, Benjamin D. Keen, Alexander W. Richter and Nathaniel A. Throckmorton
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and William & Mary

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Monetary Policy, Forward Guidance, Zero Lower Bound, Global Solution Method