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Bio: My research and teaching interests include macroeconomic theory, public economic theory, and mathematical economics. I have been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Working Papers
Time Inconsistency and Retirement Choice (with T. Scott Findley). Manuscript | Slides
Social Security is NOT a Substitute for Annuities (with Lei (Nick) Guo and Roozbeh Hosseini). Manuscript | Slides | Technical Appendix
Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Time-Inconsistent Policies (with Lei (Nick) Guo). Manuscript
Roosevelt and Prescott Come to an Agreement (with Lei (Nick) Guo). Revise and resubmit at Macroeconomic Dynamics. Manuscript
Interacting Mechanisms of Time Inconsistency (with T. Scott Findley). Manuscript
Selected Publications
Limited Computational Ability and Social Security. International Tax and Public Finance, forthcoming (with T. Scott Findley).
Optimal Irrational Behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011 (with James A. Feigenbaum and Emin Gahramanov).
Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Social Security: Revisited in Continuous Time. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2011.
Optimal Irrational Behavior in Continuous Time. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010 (with James A. Feigenbaum).
Short Horizons, Time Inconsistency, and Optimal Social Security. International Tax and Public Finance, 2009 (with T. Scott Findley).
Overconfidence and Consumption over the Life Cycle. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008 (with Kevin X.D. Huang).
Short-Term Planning and the Life-Cycle Consumption Puzzle. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007 (with David Aadland).
Fixed Endpoint Optimal Control. Economic Theory, 2005 (with Saket Pande).