Alisdair McKay

Boston University - Department of Economics

270 Bay State Road

Boston, MA 02215

United States

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1.

The Evolution of Commuting Patterns in the New York City Metro Area

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2005
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 11 Nov 2005
Jason Bram and Alisdair McKay
Independent and Boston University - Department of Economics
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commuting, worker flows, New York, work location

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Rational Inattention to Discrete Choices: A New Foundation for the Multinomial Logit Model

CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 442
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jul 2011
Filip Matějka and Alisdair McKay
Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Boston University - Department of Economics
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rational inattention, discrete choice, logit model

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News Shocks and Business Cycles

FRB Richmond Economic Quarterly, vol. 96, no. 4, Fourth Quarter 2010, pp. 373-397
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Per Krusell and Alisdair McKay
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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The Brevity and Violence of Contractions and Expansions

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The Brevity and Violence of Contractions and Expansions

NBER Working Paper No. w12400
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 13 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Alisdair McKay and Ricardo Reis
Boston University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Brevity and Violence of Contractions and Expansions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5756
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 17 Aug 2006
Ricardo Reis and Alisdair McKay
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Business cycles, economic expansions and contractions, asymmetric cycles, unemployment

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Housing Wealth Effects: The Long View

NBER Working Paper No. w24729
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Adam M. Guren, Alisdair McKay, Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson
Boston University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Department of Economics
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Optimal Automatic Stabilizers

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Optimal Automatic Stabilizers

NBER Working Paper No. w22359
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Alisdair McKay and Ricardo Reis
Boston University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Optimal Automatic Stabilizers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11337
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Jun 2016
Alisdair McKay and Ricardo Reis
Boston University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Counter-cyclical fiscal policy, distortionary taxes., redistribution

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The Role of Automatic Stabilizers in the U.S. Business Cycle

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The Role of Automatic Stabilizers in the U.S. Business Cycle

NBER Working Paper No. w19000
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Alisdair McKay and Ricardo Reis
Boston University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Role of Automatic Stabilizers in the U.S. Business Cycle

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9454
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 02 May 2013
Alisdair McKay and Ricardo Reis
Boston University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Countercyclical fiscal policy, Fiscal multipliers, Heterogeneous agents

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The Power of Forward Guidance Revisited

NBER Working Paper No. w20882
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Alisdair McKay, Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson
Boston University - Department of Economics, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Department of Economics
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The Discounted Euler Equation: A Note

NBER Working Paper No. w22129
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Alisdair McKay, Emi Nakamura and Jon Steinsson
Boston University - Department of Economics, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Department of Economics
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Lumpy Durable Consumption Demand and the Limited Ammunition of Monetary Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w26175
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2023
Alisdair McKay and Johannes Wieland
Boston University - Department of Economics and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics
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