Dirk Krueger

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics

Assistant Professor

Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science

133 South 36th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6297

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How Do Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity Affect Laffer Curves?

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How Do Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity Affect Laffer Curves?

PIER Working Paper No. 14-039
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2019
Hans Aasnes Holter, Dirk Krueger and Serhiy Stepanchuk
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Laffer Curve, Progressive Taxation, Heterogeneous Households

How Does Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity Affect Laffer Curves?

CFS Working Paper No. 490
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Hans Aasnes Holter, Dirk Krueger and Serhiy Stepanchuk
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Progressive Taxation, Fiscal Policy, Laff er Curve, Government Debt

How Does Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity Affect Laffer Curves?

NBER Working Paper No. w20688
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Nov 2014
Hans Aasnes Holter, Dirk Krueger and Serhiy Stepanchuk
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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How Does Tax Progressivity and Household Heterogeneity Affect Laffer Curves?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10259
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Nov 2014
Hans Aasnes Holter, Dirk Krueger and Serhiy Stepanchuk
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Fiscal Policy, Government Debt, Laffer Curve, Progressive Taxation

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Consumption Over the Life Cycle: Some Facts from Consumer Expenditure Survey Data

PIER Working Paper No. 02-044
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Dec 2002
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Consumption, Life Cycle Profiles, Durables, Nonparametric Estimation, Bootstrap, Partially Linear Models

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Skill-Specific Rather than General Education: A Reason for Slow European Growth?

USC FBE Working Paper No. 02-7
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Jul 2002
Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Southern California
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Education policy, Technology adoption, Balanced growth, Eurosclerosis

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Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Implicit Guarantees for Government-Sponsored Enterprises

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-15
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Oct 2005
Karsten Jeske and Dirk Krueger
Mellon Capital Management - Research and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Housing, mortgage market, default risk

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On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods, Second Version

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On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods, Second Version

PIER Working Paper No. 15-004, Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2553231
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Jan 2015
Rong Hai, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Memorable Goods, Consumption Volatility, Welfare Cost

On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods, Second Version

PIER Working Paper No. 14-012
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 17 Apr 2014
Rong Hai, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Memorable Goods, Consumption Volatility, Welfare Cost

On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 08/2013-027
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 09 Sep 2013
Rong Hai, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Memorable goods, consumption volatility, welfare cost

On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods

NBER Working Paper No. w19386
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 30 Aug 2013
Rong Hai, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9623
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Sep 2013
Rong Hai, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
University of Miami - School of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Consumption Volatility, Memorable Goods, Welfare Cost

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When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and When is it Not)?

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When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and When is it Not)?

Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 145, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
Dirk Krueger and Hanno N. Lustig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Market Incompleteness, Asset Pricing

When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and When is it Not)?

NBER Working Paper No. w12634
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2010
Hanno N. Lustig and Dirk Krueger
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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The Irrelevance of Market Incompleteness for the Price of Aggregate Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5936
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Jan 2007
Dirk Krueger and Hanno N. Lustig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Risk premium, idiosyncratic income risk, incomplete markets

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Economic Inequality and the Emergence of Child Labor Laws

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 246
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Nov 2002
Dirk Krueger and Jessica Tjornhom Donohue
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and State Street Associates
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Child Labor Legislation, Wealth Inequality, Transition

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Competitive Risk Sharing Contracts with One-Sided Commitment

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Competitive Risk Sharing Contracts with One-Sided Commitment

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Nov 2003
Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Long-term contracts, Risk Sharing, Limited Commitment,

Competitive Risk Sharing Contracts with One-Sided Commitment

NBER Working Paper No. w10135
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Dirk Krueger and Harald Uhlig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Competitive Risk Sharing Contracts with One-Sided Commitment

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Feb 2004
Dirk Krueger and Harald Uhlig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Does Income Inequality Lead to Consumption Inequality? Evidence and Theory

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Does Income Inequality Lead to Consumption Inequality? Evidence and Theory

NBER Working Paper No. w9202
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2010
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Does Income Inequality Lead to Consumption Inequality? Evidence and Theory

NYU Working Paper No. S-MF-02-07
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Limited Enforcement, Risk Sharing, Consumption Inequality

Does Income Inequality Lead to Consumption Inequality? Evidence and Theory

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Nov 2002
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Limited enforcement, risk sharing, consumption inequality

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Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

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Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

PIER Working Paper No. 12-047
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Dec 2012
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Health, Insurance, Incentive

Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

PIER Working Paper No. 14-023
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2016
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Purdue University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Health Risks, Social Insurance, Health Effort Choices

Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 11/2012-043
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Nov 2012
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Health, insurance, incentive

Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

NBER Working Paper No. w18572
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Dec 2012
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Purdue University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks: On the Trade-Off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9239
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Health, Incentives, Insurance, No-Prior-Condition-Legislation, Wage Discrimination

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On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance

SAFE Working Paper No. 110
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 26 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2015
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Progressive Taxation, Education Subsidy, Transitional Dynamics

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Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

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Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

SAFE Working Paper No. 201
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 20 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2019
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Idiosyncratic Risk, Taxation of Capital, Overlapping Generations, Precautionary Saving, Pecuniary Externality

Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

PIER Working Paper No. 18-004
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 26 Feb 2018
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Idiosyncratic Risk, Taxation of Capital, Overlapping Generations, Precautionary Saving, Pecuniary Externality

Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk (Optimale Kapitalsteuern im OLG-Modell mit nicht versicherbarem idiosynkratischen Einkommensrisiko)

MEA Discussion Paper No. 02-2018
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2019
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Idiosyncratic Risk, Taxation of Capital, Overlapping Generations, Precautionary Saving, Pecuniary Externality

Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 18-014
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 18 Apr 2018
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Idiosyncratic Risk, Taxation of Capital, Overlapping Generations, Precautionary Saving, Pecuniary Externality

Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w24335
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 21 Feb 2018
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12717
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Idiosyncratic Risk, Overlapping Generations, precautionary saving, Taxation of Capital

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High Marginal Tax Rates on the Top 1%?

CFS Working Paper No. 473
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Oct 2014
Fabian Kindermann and Dirk Krueger
University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Progressive Taxation, Top 1%, Social Insurance, Income Inequality

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Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Oct 2016
Harold L. Cole, Soojin Kim and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Health Risks, Social Insurance, Health Effort Choices

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On the Distributional Consequences of Child Labor Legislation

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On the Distributional Consequences of Child Labor Legislation

NBER Working Paper No. w10347
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Mar 2004 Last Revised: 12 May 2014
Dirk Krueger and Jessica Tjornhom Donohue
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and State Street Associates
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On the Distributional Consequences of Child Labor Legislation

International Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 785-815, August 2005
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jul 2005
Dirk Krueger and Jessica Tjornhom Donohue
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and State Street Associates
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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3259
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Matthias Doepke and Dirk Krueger
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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child labor, education, labor restrictions

Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w12665
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 12 May 2014
Matthias Doepke and Dirk Krueger
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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On the Optimal Progressivity of the Income Tax Code

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On the Optimal Progressivity of the Income Tax Code

NBER Working Paper No. w11044
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2010
Juan C. Conesa and Dirk Krueger
Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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On the Optimal Progressivity of the Income Tax Code

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5040
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Juan C. Conesa and Dirk Krueger
Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Progressive taxation, optimal taxation, flat taxes, social insurance, transition

On the Optimal Progressivity of the Income Tax Code

CFS Working Paper No. 2005/10
Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Juan C. Conesa and Dirk Krueger
Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics

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Progressive taxation, optimal taxation, flat taxes, social insurance, transition

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Optimal Progressive Taxation and Education Subsidies in a Model of Endogenous Human Capital Formation

MEA Discussion Paper No. 267
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Progressive Taxation, Capital Taxation, Optimal Taxation

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Us-Europe Differences in Technology-Driven Growth: Quantifying the Role of Education

NBER Working Paper No. w10001
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2015
Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Southern California
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Skill-Specific Rather then General Education: A Reason for Us-Europe Growth Differences?

NBER Working Paper No. w9408
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Southern California
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High Marginal Tax Rates on the Top 1%? Lessons from a Life Cycle Model with Idiosyncratic Income Risk

PIER Working Paper No. 14-036
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2014
Fabian Kindermann and Dirk Krueger
University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Progressive Taxation, Top 1%, Social Insurance, Income Inequality

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Consumption Over the Life Cycle: Facts from Consumer Expenditure Survey Data

NBER Working Paper No. w9382
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises

PIER Working Paper No. 11-034
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Karsten Jeske, Dirk Krueger and Kurt Mitman
Mellon Capital Management - Research, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and IIES
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Housing, Mortgage Market, Default Risk, Government-Sponsored Enterprises

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Computing Stochastic Dynamic Economic Models with a Large Number of State Variables: A Description and Application of a Smolyak-Collocation Method

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Computing Stochastic Dynamic Economic Models with a Large Number of State Variables: A Description and Application of a Smolyak-Collocation Method

NBER Working Paper No. t0345
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2007
Ben Malin, Dirk Krueger and Felix Kubler
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Computing Stochastic Dynamic Economic Models with a Large Number of State Variables: A Description and Application of a Smolyak-Collocation Method

NBER Working Paper No. w13517
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2012
Ben Malin, Dirk Krueger and Felix Kubler
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Inequality Trends for Germany in the Last Two Decades: A Tale of Two Countries

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Inequality Trends for Germany in the Last Two Decades: A Tale of Two Countries

MEA Discussion Paper No. 184
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 03 Sep 2009
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Dirk Krueger and Mathias C. Sommer
Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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Inequality, German Unification

Inequality Trends for Germany in the Last Two Decades: A Tale of Two Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w15059
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2010
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Dirk Krueger and Mathias C. Sommer
Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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Intergenerational Redistribution in the Great Recession

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Intergenerational Redistribution in the Great Recession

FRB Atlanta CQER Working Paper No. 2014-1
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 30 Mar 2015
Andrew S. Glover, Jonathan Heathcote, Dirk Krueger and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
University of Texas at Austin, Minneapolis Fed, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Recessions, overlapping generations, asset prices, aggregate risk

Intergenerational Redistribution in the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w16924
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 11 Apr 2011
Andrew S. Glover, Jonathan Heathcote, Dirk Krueger and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
University of Texas at Austin, Minneapolis Fed, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Intergenerational Redistribution in the Great Recession

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8329
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 18 Apr 2011
Andrew S. Glover, Jonathan Heathcote, Dirk Krueger and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
University of Texas at Austin, Minneapolis Fed, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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aggregate risk, asset prices, overlapping generations and recessions

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On the Welfare Consequences of the Increase in Inequality in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w9993
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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A Dynamic Model of Housing Demand: Estimation and Policy Implications

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A Dynamic Model of Housing Demand: Estimation and Policy Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w15955
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 May 2010 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2010
Patrick Bajari, Phoebe Chan, Dirk Krueger and Daniel Miller
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Wheaton College, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Clemson University
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A Dynamic Model of Housing Demand: Estimation and Policy Implications

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7911
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Patrick Bajari, Phoebe Chan, Dirk Krueger and Daniel Miller
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Wheaton College, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Clemson University
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Financing Constraints, House Price Decline, Housing Demand, Transaction Costs

A Dynamic Model of Housing Demand: Estimation and Policy Implications

International Economic Review, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 409-442, 2013
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Apr 2013
Patrick Bajari, Phoebe Chan, Dirk Krueger and Daniel Miller
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Wheaton College, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Clemson University
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Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!

NBER Working Paper No. w12880
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Juan C. Conesa, Sagiri Kitao and Dirk Krueger
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, City University of New York, CUNY Hunter College - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity

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Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity

NBER Working Paper No. w22319
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 13 Jun 2016
Dirk Krueger, Kurt Mitman and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, IIES and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11308
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 07 Jun 2016
Dirk Krueger, Kurt Mitman and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, IIES and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Recessions, Social Insurance, Wealth Inequality

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Cross Sectional Facts for Macroeconomists

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Cross Sectional Facts for Macroeconomists

NBER Working Paper No. w15554
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2010
Dirk Krueger, Fabrizio Perri, Luigi Pistaferri and Giovanni L. Violante
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics, Stanford University and New York University, Department of Economics
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Cross Sectional Facts for Macroeconomists

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7582
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Dirk Krueger, Fabrizio Perri, Luigi Pistaferri and Giovanni L. Violante
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics, Stanford University and New York University, Department of Economics
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consumption, income, long-run trends in inequality, wages, wealth

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Demographic Change, Relative Factor Prices, International Capital Flows, and Their Differential Effects on the Welfare of Generations

NBER Working Paper No. w13185
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2010
Alexander Ludwig, Dirk Krueger and Axel H. Börsch-Supan
Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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On the Consequences of Demographic Change for Rates of Returns to Capital, and the Distribution of Wealth and Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w12453
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2010
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Pareto Improving Social Security Reform When Financial Markets are Incomplete?

NBER Working Paper No. w9410
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Dirk Krueger and Felix Kubler
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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On the Welfare Cost of Consumption Fluctuations in the Presence of Memorable Goods

PIER Working Paper No. 13-046
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 25 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2013
Hai Rong, Dirk Krueger and Andrew Postlewaite
Independent, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Memorable Goods, Consumption Volatility, Welfare Cost

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Public Versus Private Risk Sharing

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Public Versus Private Risk Sharing

NBER Working Paper No. w15582
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2010
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Public Versus Private Risk Sharing

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7625
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Incomplete Markets, Insurance, Limited Enforcement, Progressive taxation

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Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!

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Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5929
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Dec 2006
Juan Carlos Conesa, Sagiri Kitao and Dirk Krueger
University of Barcelona, City University of New York, CUNY Hunter College - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Progressive taxation, capital taxation, optimal taxation

Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!

CFS Working Paper No. 2006/21
Posted: 07 Oct 2006
Juan Carlos Conesa, Sagiri Kitao and Dirk Krueger
University of Barcelona, City University of New York, CUNY Hunter College - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics

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Progressive Taxation, Capital Taxation, Optimal Taxation

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Pareto Improving Social Security Reform When Financial Markets are Incomplete

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5039
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Dirk Krueger and Felix Kubler
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Social security reform, aggregate fluctuations, intergenerational risk sharing, incomplete markets

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Private Insurance Markets or Redistributive Taxes?

NYU Working Paper No. S-MF-99-07
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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High Marginal Tax Rates on the Top 1%? Lessons from a Life Cycle Model with Idiosyncratic Income Risk

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High Marginal Tax Rates on the Top 1%? Lessons from a Life Cycle Model with Idiosyncratic Income Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w20601
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Oct 2014
Fabian Kindermann and Dirk Krueger
University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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High Marginal Tax Rates on the Top 1%? Lessons from a Life Cycle Model with Idiosyncratic Income Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10208
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Oct 2014
Fabian Kindermann and Dirk Krueger
University of Bonn - Faculty of Law & Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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income inequality, progressive taxation, social insurance, top 1%

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On the Consequences of Demographic Change for Rates of Return to Capital, and the Distribution of Wealth and Welfare

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5834
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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Population aging, international capital flows, distribution of welfare

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Evaluating Asset Pricing Models with Limited Commitment Using Household Consumption Data

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Evaluating Asset Pricing Models with Limited Commitment Using Household Consumption Data

NBER Working Paper No. w13650
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2007
Dirk Krueger, Hanno N. Lustig and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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Evaluating Asset Pricing Models with Limited Commitment Using Household Consumption Data

CFS Working Paper No. 2006/22
Posted: 07 Oct 2006
Dirk Krueger, Hanno N. Lustig and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics

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Limited Commitment, Equity Premium, Stochastic Discount Factor, Household Consumption Data

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Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises

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Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises

NBER Working Paper No. w17537
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 07 May 2015
Karsten Jeske, Dirk Krueger and Kurt Mitman
Mellon Capital Management - Research, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and IIES
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Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8624
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Nov 2011
Karsten Jeske, Dirk Krueger and Kurt Mitman
Mellon Capital Management - Research, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and IIES
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Default Risk, Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Housing, Mortgage Market

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Origins and Consequences of Child Labour Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5953
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Jan 2007
Matthias Doepke and Dirk Krueger
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Child labour, inequality, welfare, political economy

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On the Distribution of the Welfare Losses of Large Recessions

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On the Distribution of the Welfare Losses of Large Recessions

NBER Working Paper No. w22458
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Aug 2016
Dirk Krueger, Kurt Mitman and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, IIES and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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On the Distribution of the Welfare Losses of Large Recessions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11413
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Aug 2016
Dirk Krueger, Kurt Mitman and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, IIES and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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great recession, Social Insurance, Wealth Inequality

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On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance: Progressive Taxation Versus Education Subsidies in General Equilibrium

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On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance: Progressive Taxation Versus Education Subsidies in General Equilibrium

NBER Working Paper No. w21538
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 08 Sep 2015
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance: Progressive Taxation Versus Education Subsidies in General Equilibrium

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10806
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 08 Sep 2015
Dirk Krueger and Alexander Ludwig
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
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education subsidy, progressive taxation, transitional dynamics

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How Much Consumption Insurance in Bewley Models with Endogenous Family Labor Supply?

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How Much Consumption Insurance in Bewley Models with Endogenous Family Labor Supply?

NBER Working Paper No. w24472
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Chunzan Wu and Dirk Krueger
University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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How Much Consumption Insurance in Bewley Models with Endogenous Family Labor Supply?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12828
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Apr 2018
Dirk Krueger and Chunzan Wu
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania
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Bewley Models, Consumption Insurance, Labor Supply

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Risk Sharing: Private Insurance Markets or Redistributive Taxes?

Posted: 17 Aug 2008
Dirk Krueger and Fabrizio Perri
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics

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Risk Sharing, Redistributive Taxation, Incomplete Markets

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Pareto Improving Social Security Reform When Financial Markets are Incomplete!?

CFS Working Paper No. 2005/12
Posted: 06 May 2005
Dirk Krueger and Felix Kubler
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Zurich

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Social Security Reform, Aggregate Fluctuations, Intergenerational Risk Sharing, Incomplete Markets