Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Finance
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-3565.
Academic Interests
General: macroeconomic theory, public economic theory, optimal control theory.
Particular: public pensions and other issues in life-cycle consumption and saving.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, Utah State University, 2003.
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Utah State University, 1998.
Selected Activities and Awards
Eldon J. Gardner Teacher of the Year, Utah State University, 2011.
Teacher of the Year, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, 2011.
Founder, Quantitative Society for Pensions and Saving (QSPS), 2008.
Young Economists Award of the International Institute of Public Finance, 2008.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Short-Term Visiting Scholar, 2008.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Short-Term Visiting Scholar, 2006.
Some Recent Seminars
BYU, Central European Program in Economic Theory, Midwest Economic Theory, QSPS, Society for Computational Economics, UCLA, University of Pittsburgh, Venice International University.
Recent Referee Service
European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
Unpublished Papers
Actuarial Fairness in Redistributive Pension Systems
Proof of the Maximum Principle for Two-Stage Fixed Endpoint Optimal Control
Limited Computational Ability and Social Security
Rawls, Pensions, and Demographic Shocks
Interacting Mechanisms of Time Inconsistency
Roosevelt and Prescott Come to an Agreement
Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Time-Inconsistent Policies
Selected Publications
"Optimal Irrational Behavior." James A. Feigenbaum, Frank N. Caliendo, and Emin Gahramanov. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011.
"Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Social Security: Revisited in Continuous Time." Frank N. Caliendo. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2011.
"Optimal Irrational Behavior in Continuous Time." James A. Feigenbaum and Frank N. Caliendo. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010.
"Short Horizons, Time Inconsistency, and Optimal Social Security." T. Scott Findley and Frank N. Caliendo. International Tax and Public Finance, 2009.
"Short-Term Planning and the Life-Cycle Consumption Puzzle." Frank N. Caliendo and David Aadland. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007.
"Fixed Endpoint Optimal Control." Frank N. Caliendo and Saket Pande. Economic Theory, 2005.
Links of Interest
Click to learn more about the Quantitative Society for Pensions and Saving (QSPS).