David Beckworth

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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1.

Praying for a Recession: The Business Cycle and Protestant Religiosity in the United States

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2009
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Downloads 774 (70,365)
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Religiosity, Church Attendance, Business Cycle, Economic Conditions, Recession, Yield Curve, Protestant Church Growth

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The Prospect of Fiscal Dominance in the United States: A New Quantity Theory Perspective

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Feb 2022
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Downloads 555 (107,757)
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Fiscal Dominance, Fiscal Theory of the Price Level with a Bubble, Safe Assets, Dollar Dominance

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The Safe Asset Shortage and the Low Inflation of 2010-2019: A Money Demand View

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Mar 2022
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Federal Reserve, low-inflation mystery, safe asset shortage, excess money demand

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The Productivity Gap: Monetary Policy, the Subprime Boom, and the Post-2001 Productivity Surge

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2015
George Selgin, David Beckworth and Berrak Buyukkarabacak
The Cato Institute, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Ozyegin University
Downloads 409 (155,491)
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Productivity, neutral interest rate, output gap, business cycle, Taylor Rule, subprime boom

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COVID-19 Pandemic, Direct Cash Transfers, and the Federal Reserve

Mercatus Center Research Paper Series, Special Edition Policy Brief (2020)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 31 Mar 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Federal Reserve, monetary policy, economic, federal government, COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), pandemic

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Permanent versus Temporary Monetary Base Injections: Implications for Past and Future Fed Policy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2017
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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LSAPs, QE, ZLB, Permanent Monetary Base Injections, Quantity Theory of Money, New Keynesian, Permanent, Nominal GDP Targeting

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Nominal GDP Targeting and the Taylor Rule on an Even Playing Field

AIER Sound Money Project Working Paper No. 2018-10
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
David Beckworth and Joshua R. Hendrickson
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and University of Mississippi
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Nominal GDP Targeting, Imperfect Information, Monetary Policy

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One Nation Under the Fed? The Asymmetric Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy and Its Implications for the United States as an Optimal Currency Area

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2009
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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optimal currency area, regional effects of monetary policy, U.S. monetary policy, vector autoregressions

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Can Monetary Policy Influence Long Term Interest Rates? It Depends

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2011
David Beckworth, Kenneth P. Moon and J. Holland Toles
Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Texas State University, San Marcos - Department of Finance and Economics and Texas State University, San Marcos
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Monetary Policy, Treasury Yield Curve, Long-term Interest Rates, Vector Auto Regressions

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Nominal GDP as the Stance of Monetary Policy: A Practical Guide

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Dec 2018
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Nominal GDP, Stance of Monetary Policy, Sticky-Price NGDP Forecast

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Inflation Targeting: A Monetary Policy Regime Whose Time Has Come and Gone

MERCATUS RESEARCH
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jul 2018
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Better Risk Sharing Through Monetary Policy?: The Financial Stability Case for a Nominal GDP Target

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2019
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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NGDP Targeting, Financial Stability, State-Contingent Debt Contracts, Panel VAR, Local Projection

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Facts, Fears, and Functionality of NGDP Level Targeting: A Guide to a Popular Framework for Monetary Policy

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Oct 2019
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting, monetary policy frameworks

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The Knowledge Problem in Monetary Policy: The Case for Nominal GDP Targeting

Mercatus on Policy Series
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Sep 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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monetary policy, nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting, imperfect information, knowledge problem

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The Stance of Monetary Policy: The NGDP Gap

Mercatus Policy Brief Series: The NGDP Gap Fact Sheet
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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monetary policy, nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting

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An Operating Framework for the 21st Century

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Transaction Asset Shortages

AIER Sound Money Project Working Paper No. 2018–08
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2018
David Beckworth and Joshua R. Hendrickson
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and University of Mississippi
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transaction assets, safe assets, asset shortages, Bayesian estimation, Divisia monetary aggregates

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The Great Divorce: The FED’s Move to a Floor System and the Implications for Bank Portfolios

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2019
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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IOER, Federal Reserve, floor system, corridor system, bank portfolio

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The Monetary Policy Origins of the Eurozone Crisis

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jun 2017
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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The Fate of FAIT: Salvaging the FED’s Framework

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Oct 2022
David Beckworth and Patrick Horan
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Federal Reserve, monetary policy, inflation, flexible average inflation targeting

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What Would Milton Friedman Say About Financial Stability?

Mercatus Symposium, 2022
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Sep 2022
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Milton Friedman, financial stability, nominal income, financial crises

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The Neutral Level of NGDP and the NGDP Gap: Q3 2020

Mercatus NGDP Gap Fact Sheet
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 12 Nov 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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monetary policy, nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting

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The Neutral Level of NGDP and the NGDP Gap: Q1 2020

Mercatus NGDP Gap Fact Sheet
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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monetary policy, nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting

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'The Fate of FAIT: Salvaging the Fed's Framework'

AIER Sound Money Project Working Paper No. 2024-08
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Mar 2024
David Beckworth and Patrick Horan
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Federal Reserve, monetary policy, inflation, flexible average inflation targeting

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The Neutral Level of NGDP and the NGDP Gap: Q2 2020

Mercatus NGDP Gap Fact Sheet
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2020
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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monetary policy, nominal GDP targeting, NGDP, nominal income targeting

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The Fed’s 2024–25 Framework Review: Optimizing the Dual Mandate Through Nominal GDP Level Targeting

Federal Reserve Framework Review Series (Mercatus Center)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Dec 2024
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Federal Reserve, monetary policy, inflation, economic policy

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The Dynamic Effect of Economic Shocks on Religiosity: Evidence from the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Mar 2025
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Facts, Fears, and Functionality of Nominal GDP Level Targeting: A Guide to a Popular Monetary Policy Framework

Posted: 13 Jun 2019
David Beckworth
Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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Nominal GDP Targeting, Nominal Income Targeting, Monetary Policy Framework, Target