Christos Makridis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

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Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2020
Joao Granja, Christos Makridis, Constantine Yannelis and Eric Zwick
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Finance, Students and University of Chicago - Finance
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PPP, stimulus, loan guarantees, CARES, COVID-19, coronavirus

Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-52
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 27 Apr 2020
Joao Granja, Christos Makridis, Constantine Yannelis and Eric Zwick
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Finance, Students and University of Chicago - Finance
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Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

NBER Working Paper No. w27095
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 May 2020
Joao Granja, Christos Makridis, Constantine Yannelis and Eric Zwick
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Finance
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The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 US GDP Impact

Special Edition Policy Brief
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Apr 2020
Christos Makridis and Jonathan Hartley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Students
Downloads 412 (77,168)
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GDP, economic indicators, healthcare, coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, public health, economics, quarantine, economy, economic crisis

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The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 U.S. GDP

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2020
Christos Makridis and Jonathan Hartley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Students
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coronavirus, COVID-19, real GDP, economic growth

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Firm Reputation Following Financial Misconduct: Evidence from Employee Ratings

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Firm Reputation Following Financial Misconduct: Evidence from Employee Ratings

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2019
Yuqing Zhou and Christos Makridis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Anderson School of Management, Students and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 215 (151,580)
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Financial Misconduct, Firm Reputation, Employee Ratings

Financial Misconduct and Changes in Employee Satisfaction

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2019
Yuqing Zhou and Christos Makridis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Anderson School of Management, Students and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial Misconduct, Employee Satisfaction, Misconduct Predicting

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The Distribution of Non-Wage Benefits: Maternity Benefits and Gender Diversity

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2019
Tim Liu, Christos Makridis, Paige Ouimet and Elena Simintzi
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Non-Wage Compensation, Compensation, Corporate Finance

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Measuring the Economic Effects of Data Breaches on Firm Outcomes: Challenges and Opportunities

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2018
Christos Makridis and Benjamin Dean
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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Cyber Crime, Data Breaches, Productivity, Information Security

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Do Right-to-Work Laws Work? Evidence from Individual Well-Being and Economic Sentiment

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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right-to-work, sentiment, union, well-being, welfare

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(Why) Is There a Public/Private Pay Gap?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2020
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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careers, development and training, earnings, management, public-private pay gap

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Can You Feel the Heat? Extreme Temperatures, Stock Returns, and Economic Sentiment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 182 (177,136)
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beliefs, climate, sentiment, temperature

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Sentimental Business Cycles and the Protracted Great Recession

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 172 (186,196)
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beliefs, business cycles, consumption, sentiments, well-being

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Does Culture Pay? Evidence from Crowdsourced Employee Engagement Data

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 24 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2018
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Organizational practices, job satisfaction, turnover, compensating differentials, productivity

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The Local Effects of Foreclosures

Number of pages: 108 Posted: 14 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2019
Christos Makridis and Michael Ohlrogge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and New York University School of Law
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Employment, Foreclosures, Labor Markets, Mortgages, Uncertainty

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On the Cyclicality of Real Wages and Employment: New Evidence and Stylized Facts from Performance Pay and Fixed Wage Jobs

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 14 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2020
Christos Makridis and Maury Gittleman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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business cycle, compensation, employment, incentives, pay for performance

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Structural Transformation and the Rise of Information Technology

Prepared for the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference Series on Public Policy, 2017
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2018
Giovanni Gallipoli and Christos Makridis
Vancouver School of Economics, UBC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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information technology, productivity, skill premia, structural transformation

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Ties that Bind (and Social Distance): How Social Capital Helps Communities Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Ties that Bind (and Social Distance): How Social Capital Helps Communities Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 May 2020 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
Christos Makridis and Cary Wu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and York University
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COVID-19, public health, social capital, social distancing, trust

Ties That Bind (and Social Distance): How Social Capital Helps Communities Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 May 2020
Christos Makridis and Cary Wu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and York University
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COVID-19, expectations, social capital, social distancing

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Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 22 May 2019
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Christos Makridis
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Strategy Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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incentives, innovation, management, productivity, research and development

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Foreclosure Spillovers and Individual Well-Being: Evidence from the Great Recession

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 21 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2019
Christos Makridis and Michael Ohlrogge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and New York University School of Law
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foreclosures, housing market, life satisfaction, well-being

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Does Religious Affiliation Protect People's Well-being? Evidence from the Great Recession After Correcting for Selection Effects

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2020
Christos Makridis, Byron Johnson and Harold Koenig
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Baylor University - Institute for Studies of Religion and Duke University
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Well-being, life satisfaction, social capital, business cycle, financial circumstances

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Rise of the 'Quants' in Financial Services: Regulation and Crowding Out of Routine Jobs

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2020
Christos Makridis and Alberto G. Rossi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Georgetown University
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fintech, financial services, STEM workers, regulation, STEM

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Do Product Market Reforms Raise Innovation? Evidence from Micro-data Across 12 Countries

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2019
Anastasia Litina, Christos Makridis and Georgios Tsiachtsiras
University of Ioannina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Barcelona
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competition; digital economy; product market reforms; innovation; regulation; research & development

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The Social Value of a Ridesharing Platform

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2020
Christos Makridis and Yongwook Paik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and KAIST College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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sharing economy, welfare, hedonic pricing model, ridesharing, digital platform

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Stuck in the Seventies: Gas Prices and Consumer Sentiment

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2020
Carola Binder and Christos Makridis
Haverford College - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Consumer sentiment, macroeconomic expectations, selective attention, gas prices, behavioral macroeconomics

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Moving to Opportunity? The Geography of the Foreclosure Crisis and the Importance of Location

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 02 May 2018 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Christos Makridis and Michael Ohlrogge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and New York University School of Law
Downloads 79 (327,822)
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foreclosure, financial crisis, mobility, unemployment

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Housing Market Regulation and Labor Market Dynamism

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 May 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 78 (330,282)
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cost of living, housing market regulation, labor market dynamism, turnover

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Determinants of Cyber Readiness

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Aug 2018
Christos Makridis and Max Smeets
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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cyber security, cyber readiness, information technology, productivity

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Learning from Friends in a Pandemic: Social Networks and the Macroeconomic Response of Consumption

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 May 2020
Christos Makridis and Tao Wang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
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Aggregate Demand, Consumption, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Expectations, Peer Effects, Social Networks

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(Why) Are Housing Costs Rising?

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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housing affordability, labor costs, regulation, wages

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Is Recycling Effective? Evidence from California between 2004 and 2017

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2020
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Recycling and Conservation, Tiebout Sorting, Energy Consumption, Environmental Quality, Public Policy

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Does Housing Make I.T. Boom? The Collateral Channel, Information Technology, and Skilled Labor

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Sep 2017
Christos Makridis, Pei-Yu Chen and Bin Gu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Arizona State University (ASU) - Department of Information Systems and Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems
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Housing prices, information technology, collateral channel, skill bias

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Refined by Fire: The Great Depression and Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 May 2019 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2020
Christos Makridis and Erin McGuire
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Entrepreneurship; Growth; Great Depression; Behavioral Finance

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Time to Research? The Cyclicality of Time Use in R&D Among Private and Public Sector Workers

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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cyclicality, innovation, public and private sector, research & development

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Human Flourishing and Religious Liberty: Evidence from Over 150 Countries, 2006-2018

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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economic development, human flourishing, religious liberty, subjective well being

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Do Monetary Policy Announcements Shift Household Expectations?

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Do Monetary Policy Announcements Shift Household Expectations?

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 897, September 2019
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2020
Daniel J. Lewis, Christos Makridis and Karel Mertens
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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monetary policy shocks, central bank communication, information rigidities, consumer confidence, high-frequency identification

Do Monetary Policy Announcements Shift Household Expectations?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14360
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 11 Feb 2020
Karel Mertens, Daniel J. Lewis and Christos Makridis
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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central bank communication, consumer con dence, high frequency identi cation, informational rigidities, monetary policy shocks

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The Future of Work and Employee Job Attitudes and Well-Being

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Feb 2020
Christos Makridis and Joo Han
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Rutgers University
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Technological change; firm behavior; employee attitudes; managers.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-at-Home Orders

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The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-at-Home Orders

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 May 2020 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst and Christos Makridis
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 25 (547,876)

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Child care, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Early Care and Education, Stay-at-Home Orders

The Impact of Covid-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-at-Home Orders

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13261
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 May 2020
Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst and Christos Makridis
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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child care, coronavirus, COVID-19, early care and education, stay-at-home orders

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Labor Market Earnings of Veterans: Is Time in the Military More Valuable or Less than is Civilian Experience?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2020
Christos Makridis and Barry T. Hirsch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Georgia State University
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Military veterans, earnings levels and dispersion, work experience, licensing, public sector, occupation growth

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Do Monetary Policy Announcements Shift Household Expectations?

FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 1906
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Daniel J. Lewis, Christos Makridis and Karel Mertens
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Monetary policy shocks, central bank communication, information rigidities, consumer confidence, high frequency identification

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The (Non)Separability of Air Quality: Evidence from Millions of Households Across the United States

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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elasticity of air quality; hedonic prices; non-separability; willingness to pay

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Integrated Insiders or Alienated Outsiders? How Strong Norms in Organizations Relate to Contractors' Cultural Integration

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Jan 2020
Matthew Corritore and Christos Makridis
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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contractors, nonstandard work, organizations, culture

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Do Data Breaches Damage Reputation? Evidence from 43 Companies Between 2002 and 2018

Number of pages: 16
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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brand, cybersecurity, data breach, intangible capital, reputation

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Leveraging Machine Learning to Characterize the Role of Socio-economic Determinants of Physical Health and Well-being Among Veterans

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 May 2020
Christos Makridis, David Zhao and Gil Alterovitz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Stanford University, School of Engineering, Computer Science, Students and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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Artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical informatics, subjective well-being, veterans

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Beating the Heat: Temperature and Spatial Reallocation over the Short and Long-run

Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Christos Makridis and Tyler Ransom
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Oklahoma

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climate, productivity, reallocation, weather, growth

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Work and Grow Rich: The Dynamic Effects of Performance Pay Contracts

Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Christos Makridis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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human capital, skill premium, earnings inequality, on the job learning, pay for performance