Daniel E. Sichel

Wellesley College

Professor

106 Central St.

Wellesley, MA 02181

United States

NBER

Research Associate

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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1.

Information Technology and Productivity: Where are We Now and Where are We Going?

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 28 Jul 2002
Daniel E. Sichel and Stephen D. Oliner
Wellesley College and American Enterprise Institute
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Productivity, information technology, growth accounting

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The Resurgence of Growth in the Late 1990s: Is Information Technology the Story?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Sep 2000
Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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growth, productivity, computers, information technology, investment

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Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?

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Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Mar 2013
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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labor productivity growth, information technology growth

Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-36
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Labor productivity, innovation, information technology

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Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

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Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-24
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Nov 2006
Carol A. Corrado, Daniel E. Sichel and Charles R. Hulten
The Conference Board, Wellesley College and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Economic growth, investment, intangibles, capital, productivity, economic measurement

Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w11948
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Carol A. Corrado, Charles R. Hulten and Daniel E. Sichel
The Conference Board, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Wellesley College
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The Evolution of Household Income Volatility

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The Evolution of Household Income Volatility

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Sep 2012
Karen E. Dynan, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Daniel E. Sichel
Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School and Wellesley College
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income volatility, income dynamics, household income, household economic security

The Evolution of Household Income Volatility

FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-61
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Dec 2007
Daniel E. Sichel, Karen E. Dynan and Douglas W. Elmendorf
Wellesley College, Harvard University and Harvard Kennedy School
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Household income, labor income, volatility, PSID, Great Moderation

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Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework

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Citation 90

Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework

FEDS Working Paper No. 2004-65
Posted: 12 Jul 2021
Carol A. Corrado, Charles R. Hulten and Daniel E. Sichel
The Conference Board, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wellesley College

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Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Dec 2004
Carol A. Corrado, Daniel E. Sichel and Charles R. Hulten
The Conference Board, Wellesley College and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Investment, capital, productivity, economic measurement, economic growth

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Can Financial Innovation Help to Explain the Reduced Volatility of Economic Activity?

FEDs Working Paper No. 2005-54
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Karen E. Dynan, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Daniel E. Sichel
Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School and Wellesley College
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Economic fluctuations, volatility, financial innovation, financial deregulation

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Explaining a Productive Decade

FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-63
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 15 Jul 2008
Stephen D. Oliner, Daniel E. Sichel and Kevin J. Stiroh
American Enterprise Institute, Wellesley College and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Productivity, information technology, total factor productivity, sources of growth, intangible capital

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Shifting Trends in Semiconductor Prices and the Pace of Technological Progress

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-44
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Dec 2006
Daniel E. Sichel, Stephen D. Oliner and Ana M. Aizcorbe
Wellesley College, American Enterprise Institute and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
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Semiconductor prices, productivity growth, technological progress, technology trends

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2003-20
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 May 2004
Mark E. Doms, Wendy E. Dunn, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Computers

How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

NBER Working Paper No. w10521
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2022
Mark E. Doms, Wendy E. Dunn, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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A Primer on the Macroeconomic Implications of Population Aging

FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-01
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Mar 2007
Daniel E. Sichel, Larry Slifman and Louise Sheiner
Wellesley College, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Population aging, social security, medicare, living standards

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Getting Smart About Phones: New Price Indexes and the Allocation of Spending between Devices and Services Plans in Personal Consumption Expenditures

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Getting Smart About Phones: New Price Indexes and the Allocation of Spending between Devices and Services Plans in Personal Consumption Expenditures

FEDS Working Paper No. 2019-012
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 25 May 2019
David M. Byrne, Daniel E. Sichel and Ana M. Aizcorbe
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Wellesley College and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
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Cell phone, Hedonic indexes, Mobile phone, Personal consumption expenditures, Price indexes, Quality adjustment, Smartphone

Getting Smart About Phones: New Price Indexes and the Allocation of Spending between Devices and Services Plans in Personal Consumption Expenditures

NBER Working Paper No. w25645
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Ana M. Aizcorbe, David M. Byrne and Daniel E. Sichel
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Wellesley College
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Time-to-Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects

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Time-to-Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects

FEDS Working Paper No. 2012-34
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Jun 2012
Stephen D. Oliner, Daniel E. Sichel and Jonathan N. Millar
American Enterprise Institute, Wellesley College and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Time to plan, gestation lags, construction, investment, commercial real estate

Time-to-Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects

AEI Economic Policy Working Paper No. 2012-06
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Feb 2013
Jonathan N. Millar, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Time-to-Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects

NBER Working Paper No. w19408
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Jonathan N. Millar, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Time-To Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects

FEDS Working Paper No. 2012-34
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 May 2017
Jonathan N. Millar, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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How Fast are Semiconductor Prices Falling?

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How Fast are Semiconductor Prices Falling?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2017-005
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Jan 2017
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Economic development, technological change, and growth, Industrial production, Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles, Productivity, Measurment, Hedonic price index, Quality adjustment, Microprocessor

How Fast are Semiconductor Prices Falling?

NBER Working Paper No. w21074
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Intangible Capital and U.S. Economic Growth

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 55, Issue 3, pp. 661-685, September 2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Jun 2023
Carol A. Corrado, Charles R. Hulten and Daniel E. Sichel
The Conference Board, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Wellesley College
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The Equilibrium Real Policy Rate Through the Lens of Standard Growth Models

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Paper Series Current Policy Perspectives Paper No. 17-6
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Nov 2017
Daniel E. Sichel and J. Christina Wang
Wellesley College and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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monetary policy, productivity, natural rate of interest, growth models

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The Rise of Cloud Computing: Minding Your P’S, Q's and K's

NBER Working Paper No. w25188
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2023
David M. Byrne, Carol A. Corrado and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, The Conference Board and Wellesley College
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Prices of High-Tech Products, Mismeasurement, and Pace of Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w23369
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 May 2017 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
David M. Byrne, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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Household Innovation and R&D: Bigger Than You Think

Review of Income and Wealth, Series 67, Number 3, September 2021
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jul 2022
Daniel E. Sichel and Eric A. von Hippel
Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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household innovation, innovation, intangible capital, research and development

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Productivity Measurement: Racing to Keep Up

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Productivity Measurement: Racing to Keep Up

NBER Working Paper No. w25558
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
Daniel E. Sichel
Wellesley College
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Productivity Measurement: Racing to Keep Up

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 11, pp. 591-614, 2019
Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Daniel E. Sichel
Wellesley College

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Measuring Infrastructure in Bea's National Economic Accounts

NBER Working Paper No. w27446
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Jennifer Bennett, Robert Kornfeld, Daniel E. Sichel and David Wasshausen
Roswell Police Department, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Wellesley College and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
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Household Innovation, R&D, and New Measures of Intangible Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w25599
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Daniel E. Sichel and Eric A. von Hippel
Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Price of Nails Since 1695: A Window into Economic Change

NBER Working Paper No. w29617
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Daniel E. Sichel
Wellesley College
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Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-24
Posted: 12 Jul 2021
Carol A. Corrado, Charles R. Hulten and Daniel E. Sichel
The Conference Board, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wellesley College

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Own-Account it Equipment Investment

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Own-Account it Equipment Investment

FEDS Notes No. 2017-10-04-2
Posted: 12 Jul 2021
David M. Byrne, Carol A. Corrado and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, The Conference Board and Wellesley College

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Own-Account IT Equipment Investment

FEDS Notes No. 2017-10-04-2 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2071
Posted: 16 Oct 2017
David M. Byrne, Carol A. Corrado and Daniel E. Sichel
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, The Conference Board and Wellesley College

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How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates

Posted: 14 Jan 2005
Mark E. Doms, Wendy E. Dunn, Stephen D. Oliner and Daniel E. Sichel
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College

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Depreciation, computers, capital measurement

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The Productivity Slowdown: Is a Growing Unmeasurable Sector the Culprit?

The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 79, No. 3, August 1997
Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Daniel E. Sichel
Wellesley College

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