Ezra Karger

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

230 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60604

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (11)

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Reciprocal Scoring: A Method for Forecasting Unanswerable Questions

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of Oxford - Future of Humanity Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Psychology and University of Pennsylvania
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forecasting tournaments, causal inference, policy evaluation, elicitation, COVID-19

Heterogeneity in the Marginal Propensity to Consume: Evidence from COVID-19 Stimulus Payments

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2020-15
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2021
Ezra Karger and Aastha Rajan
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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COVID-19, stimulus payments, high-frequency data, marginal propensity to consume

Heterogeneity in the Marginal Propensity to Consume: Evidence from Covid-19 Stimulus Payments

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP 2020-15
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Jun 2020
Ezra Karger and Aastha Rajan
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Covid-19, CARES Act, high-frequency data, stimulus payments, marginal propensity to consume

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Patent Citations and Stock Performance: Constructing a Dynamic Industry Classification

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2015
Sebastien Gay and Ezra Karger
The University of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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classifications, stocks, industry, cluster, return, growth, Industrial Organisation, patents

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Improving Judgments of Existential Risk: Better Forecasts, Questions, Explanations, Policies

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2022
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IE University and University of Pennsylvania
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Forecasting, Prediction, Existential Risk

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Antitrust Enforcement Increases Economic Activity

George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy & the State Working Paper No. 332, HEC Paris Research Paper No. FIN-2023-1488
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2023
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Boston College, HEC Paris, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics
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antitrust enforcement, economic activity, employment, business formation

Antitrust Enforcement Increases Economic Activity

NBER Working Paper No. w31597
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Boston College, HEC Paris, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Melbourne
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The Returns to Public Library Investment

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2021-06
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2021
Gregory Gilpin, Ezra Karger and Peter Nencka
Montana State University - Bozeman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Miami University of Ohio
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public libraries, capital spending, test scores

Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-113
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2023
Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger and Derek A. Neal
Washington University in St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2022-02
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2022
Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger and Derek A. Neal
Washington University in St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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recidivism, sentencing decisions, heterogeneity

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Classifying Industries into Tradable/Nontradable via Geographic Radius Served

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2023
Simcha Barkai and Ezra Karger
Boston College and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Tracking U.S. Consumers in Real Time with a New Weekly Index of Retail Trade

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2021-05
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2021
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - Economic Research
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School Closures During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w28246
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics, University of California, Davis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Miami University of Ohio and Miami University of Ohio - Department of Economics
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School Closures During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15575
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Dec 2020
University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics, University of California, Davis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Miami University of Ohio and Miami University of Ohio - Department of Economics
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Early Predictors of Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Involvement

NBER Working Paper No. w32428
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 May 2024
Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger and Derek Neal
Washington University in St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Chicago
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