Two new research papers on uneven shocks and monetary and fiscal policies, presented during the August 27th Jackson Hole conference.

New research on a) which machine learning model is more efficient in predicting credit default; and b) how to extract information from consumers’ behavior.

Three new papers present innovative research on how to measure inflation and inflation expectations.

How to calculate the social discount rate in a risky world.

Why the current US inflation increase might not be temporary.

Three new and interesting research papers on: which country pays the highest capital taxes, should capital be taxed at all, and what is behind people’s views on tax policy?

A look at ECB’s collateral framework; is there an optimal fiscal policy when public debt is used as collateral?

Will working from home stick? What will the effect on productivity and lifetime income be?

Saez, Zucman, Acemoglu and Auerbach propose three different ways to tax corporations as part of the debate on how to reduce the large government debt of advanced economies.

New research on what measure of r-g matters and whether r

April 15, 2021