Author Page for Robert Lester

On the Welfare Effects of Phasing Out Paper Currency

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2021

Julio Garin, William D. Lastrapes and Robert Lester

Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Colby College - Department of Economics

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Easing for Whom? Central Bank Asset Purchases and Household Inequlity

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Feb 2021

Robert Lester, Ronald Mau and Kevin Rinz

Colby College - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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Are Supply Shocks Contractionary at the ZLB? Evidence from Utilization-Adjusted TFP Data

NBER Working Paper No. w22311

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022

Julio Garin, Robert Lester and Eric R. Sims

Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Colby College - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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Raise Rates to Raise Inflation? Neo-Fisherianism in the New Keynesian Model

NBER Working Paper No. w22177

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2023

Julio Garin, Robert Lester and Eric R. Sims

Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Colby College - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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On the Desirability of Nominal GDP Targeting

NBER Working Paper No. w21420

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023

Julio Garin, Robert Lester and Eric R. Sims

Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Colby College - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Jul 2026

Chadwick Curtis, Julio Garin, Michael Gelman and Robert Lester

University of Richmond - E. Claiborne Robins School of Business - Economics, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College and Colby College - Department of Economics

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Jul 2026

Chadwick Curtis, Julio Garin, Michael Gelman and Robert Lester

University of Richmond - E. Claiborne Robins School of Business - Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Claremont McKenna College and Colby College - Department of Economics

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

Posted: 17 Jul 2026

Michael Gelman, Julio Garin, Robert Lester and Chadwick Curtis

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Colby College - Department of Economics and University of Richmond - E. Claiborne Robins School of Business - Economics

Robert Lester

Colby College - Department of Economics

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Scholarly Papers (8)

On the Welfare Effects of Phasing Out Paper Currency

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Easing for Whom? Central Bank Asset Purchases and Household Inequlity

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Are Supply Shocks Contractionary at the ZLB? Evidence from Utilization-Adjusted TFP Data

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Raise Rates to Raise Inflation? Neo-Fisherianism in the New Keynesian Model

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On the Desirability of Nominal GDP Targeting

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

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Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership

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