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William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics



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"Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels." Steven J. Davis and James A. Kahn; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22(4), pp. 155-80.

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Business Volatility, Job Destruction, and Unemployment; Steven J. Davis, R. Jason Faberman, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin and Javier Miranda; NBER Working Paper Series No. 14300; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14300

Adjusted Estimates of Worker Flows and Job Openings in Jolts; Steven J. Davis, R. Jason Faberman, John C. Haltiwanger and Ian Rucker; NBER Working Paper Series No. 14137; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.

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Interpreting the Great Moderation: Changes in the Volatility of Economic Activity at the Macro and Micro Levels; Steven J. Davis and James A. Kahn; NBER Working Paper Series No. 14048; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14048

Electricity Pricing to U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-2000; Steven J. Davis, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger and Mary Streitwieser; NBER Working Paper Series No. 13778; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13778

"Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded Versus Privately Held Firms." Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin and Javier Miranda; NBER/Macroeconomics Annual, 2007, 21(1), pp. 107-56.

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Measuring the Dynamics of Young and Small Businesses: Integrating the Employer and Nonemployer Universes; Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, C. J. Krizan, Javier Miranda, Alfred Nucci and Kristin Sandusky; NBER Working Paper Series no 13226; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13226

Economic Performance and Work Activity in Sweden after the Crisis of the Early 1990s; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; NBER working paper series ; no. w12768; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12768

"The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links." Steven J. Davis, Jason R. Faberman and John Haltiwanger; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20(3), pp. 1.

Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded Versus Privately Held Firms; Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin and Javier Miranda; NBER working paper series ; no. w12354; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12354

The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links; Steven J. Davis, Jason Faberman and John C. Haltiwanger; NBER working paper series ; no. w12167; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12167

War in Iraq Versus Containment; Steven J. Davis, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel; NBER working paper series ; no. w12092; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12092

"Borrowing Costs and the Demand for Equity over the Life Cycle." Steven J. Davis, Felix Kubler and Paul Willen; The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88(2), pp. 348.

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"Comment on 'Job Loss, Job Finding, and Unemployment in the U.S. Economy over the Past Fifty Years'." Steven J. Davis; NBER/Macroeconomics Annual, 2005, 20(1), pp. 139-57.

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The Climate for Business Development and Employment Growth in Puerto Rico; Steven J. Davis and Luis Rivera-Batiz; NBER Working Papers Series no. 11679; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11679

"Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy." Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; Labour Economics, 2005, 12, pp. 345.

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"Comments on the Welfare Consequences of the Increase in Inequality in the United States," Steven J. Davis, in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2003. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004, pp.

Tax Effects on Work Activity, Industry Mix and Shadow Economy Size : Evidence from Rich-Country Comparisons; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; NBER working paper series no. 10509.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W10509

"Entry, Pricing, and Product Design in an Initially Monopolized Market." Steven J. Davis, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel; Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112(1), pp. S188-225.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/380084

"Economic Perspectives on Software Design: PC Operating Systems and Platforms," Steven J. Davis, Jack MacCrisken and Kevin M Murphy, in D. S. Evans: Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy: Selected Essays. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2002, pp.

Borrowing Costs and the Demand for Equity over the Life Cycle; Steven J. Davis, Felix Kubler and Paul Willen; NBER working paper series no. 9331.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w9331

"Income Shocks, Asset Returns, and Portfolio Choice," Steven J. Davis and Paul Willen, in O. S. Mitchell: Innovations in Retirement Financing. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002, pp. 20-49

"Stocks and Bonds in the Portfolio Life Cycle." Steven J. Davis and Raj Mehra, Financial Times, June 4, 2001.

Economic Perspectives on Software Design: Pc Operating Systems and Platforms; Steven J. Davis, Jack MacCrisken and Kevin M. Murphy; NBER working paper series no. 8411.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w8411

The Quality Distribution of Jobs and the Structure of Wages in Search Equilibrium; Steven J. Davis; NBER working paper series no. 8434; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W8434

Entry, Pricing and Product Design in an Initially Monopolized Market; Steven J. Davis, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel; NBER working paper series no. 8547; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W8547

"Sectoral Job Creation and Destruction Responses to Oil Price Changes." Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger; Journal of Monetary Economics, 2001, 48(3), pp. 465-512.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00086-1

Income Shocks, Asset Returns, and Portfolio Choice; Steven J. Davis and Paul Willen; Pension Research Council Working paper series no 2000-5; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

On the Gains to International Trade in Risky Financial Assets; Steven J. Davis, Jeremy Nalewaik and Paul Willen; NBER working paper series no. 7796.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w7796

Occupation-Level Income Shocks and Asset Returns : Their Covariance and Implications for Portfolio Choice; Steven J. Davis and Paul Willen; NBER working paper series no. 7905.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W7905

Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; NBER working paper series no. 7502.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W7502

"Reorganization: A Comment." Steven J. Davis; Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2000, 52, pp. 23-31.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2231(00)00015-4

"Small Business and Job Creation: Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing the Facts," Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh, in P. Westhead and M. Wright: Advances in Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2000, pp. 476-94

"A Competitive Perspective on Internet Explorer." Steven J. Davis and Kevin M. Murphy; American Economic Review, 2000, 90(2, Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association), pp. 184-87.

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Sectoral Job Creation and Destruction Reponses to Oil Price Changes; Steven J. Davis and John C. Haltiwanger; NBER working paper series no. 7095.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w7095

"Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industry Distribution of Employment." Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; Small Business Economics, 1999, 12(1), pp. 59-83.

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"Gross Job Flows," Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger, in O. Ashenfelter and D. Card: Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam; New York and Oxford: Elsevier Science North-Holland, 1999, pp. 2711-805

"On the Driving Forces Behind Cyclical Movements in Employment and Job Reallocation." Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger; American Economic Review, 1999, 89(5), pp. 1234-58.

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"Comment on in Search of Stolper-Samuelson Linkages between International Trade Theory and Lower Wages," Steven J. Davis, in S. Collins: Imports, Exports, and the American Worker. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998, pp. 203-06

Job Creation and Destruction Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998

"Measuring Gross Worker and Job Flows," Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger, in J. Haltiwanger, M. E. Manser and R. Topel: Labor Statistics Measurement Issues. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998, pp. 77-119

"Job Reallocation and the Business Cycle: New Facts for an Old Debate: Discussion," Steven J. Davis, in J. C. Fuhrer and S. Schuh: Beyond Shocks: What Causes Business Cycles? Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1998, pp. 349-57

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Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industrial Distribution of Employment; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; Working paper ;; no. 482; Stockholm, Sweden: Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 1997.

Regional Labor Fluctuations : Oil Shocks, Military Spending, and Other Driving Forces Steven J. Davis, Prakash Loungani and Ramamohan Mahidhara; Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research, 1997

Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industry Distribution of Employment; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; NBER working paper series no. 6246.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1997.

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Regional Labor Fluctuations : Oil Shocks, Military Spending, and Other Driving Forces; Steven J. Davis, Prakash Loungani and Ramamohan Mahidhara; International finance discussion papers no. 578;; Washington, D.C.: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1997.

"Sorting, Learning, and Mobility When Jobs Have Scarcity Value: A Comment." Steven J. Davis; Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1997, 46, pp. 327-37.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2231(97)00013-4

"Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden," Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson, in R. B. Freeman, R. Topel and B. Swedenborg: The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1997, pp. 353-97

Reprinted in:
D. B. Audretsch; SMEs in the Age of Globalization. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.; Elgar, 2003, 491-535

Företagandets Villkor. Spelregler För Sysselsättning Och Tillväxt (Entrepreneurial and Business Conditions: Rules of the Game for Employment and Growth), Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 1996

Job Creation and Destruction Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 1996

"Small Business and Job Creation: Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing the Facts." Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; Small Business Economics, 1996, 8(4), pp. 297-315.

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"Employer Size and the Wage Structure in U S Manufacturing." Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger; Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), pp. 323-67.

On the Driving Forces Behind Cyclical Movement, in Employment and Job Reallocation; Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger; NBER Working Papers no.5775; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996.

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"Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption." Orazio Attanasio and Steven J. Davis; Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104(6), pp. 1227-62.

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Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; Working paper no. 436; Stockholm: Industriens Utredningsinstitut, 1995.

Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden; Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; NBER working paper series no. 5237.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1995.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W5237

Employer Size and the Wage Structure in U.S. Manufacturing; Steven J. Davis and John C. Haltiwanger; NBER working paper series no. 5393.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1995.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W5393

Measuring Gross Worker and Job Flows; Steven J. Davis and John C. Haltiwanger; NBER working paper series no. 5133.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1995.

http://www.nber.org/papers/W5133

Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption; Orazio P. Attanasio and Steven J. Davis; Working papers in economics ;; E-94-3; Palo Alto, Ca.: Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace Domestic Studies Program, 1994.

"The Jobs Myth." Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; Forecast, 1994, (January/February), pp. 40-41.

Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption; Orazio P. Attanasio and Steven J. Davis; NBER working paper series no. 4771.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1994.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/4771

"Small Business and Job Creation: Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing the Facts," Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh, in L. C. Solmon and A. R. Levenson: Labor Markets, Employment Policy, and Job Creation. Boulder and London: Westview Press, 1994, pp. 169-99

"Small Business and Job Creation: Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing the Facts." Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; Business Economics, 1994, 29(3), pp. 13-21.

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Small Business and Job Creation : Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing the Facts; Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh; NBER working paper series no. 4492.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1993.

http://papers.nber.org/papers/4492

"Borrowing Constraints and Two-Sided Altruism with an Application to Social Security." David Altig and Steven J. Davis; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1993, 17(3), pp. 467-94.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-1889(93)90007-F

"International Trade and American Wages in the 1980s: Giant Sucking Sound or Small Hiccup?" Robert Z. Lawrence, Matthew J. Slaughter, Robert E. Hall, Steven J. Davis and Robert H. Topel; Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Microeconomics, 1993, 1993(2), pp. 161-226.

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Cross-Country Patterns of Change in Relative Wages; Steven J. Davis; NBER working papers series no. 4085.; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1992.

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"Cross-Country Patterns of Change in Relative Wages," Steven J. Davis, in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer: NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 1992. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 1992, pp. 239-92

"Gross Job Creation, Gross Job Destruction, and Employment Reallocation." Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger; The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107(3), pp. 819-63.

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Reprinted in:
Z. J. Acs: Small Firms and Economic Growth. Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, 1996, pp. 97-141
"The Timing of Intergenerational Transfers, Tax Policy, and Aggregate Savings." David Altig and Steven J. Davis; American Economic Review, 1992, 82(5), pp. 1199-220.

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Published Versus Sample Statistics from the Asm: Implications for the Lrd; John Haltiwanger, Steven J. Davis and Scott Schuh; Center for Economic Studies discussion paper; US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, 1991.

"Gross Job Creation and Destruction: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications," Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger, in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1990. Cambridge, Mass. and London: MIT Press, 1990, pp. 123-68

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P. N. Junankar: The Economics of Unemployment. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2000, pp. 490-535

Allocative Disturbances and Temporal Asymmetry in Unemployment Rate Fluctuations; Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 88-57;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1988.

Social Security, Government Debt, and the Interaction between Borrowing Constraints and Intergenerational Altruism; David Altig and Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 88-58;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1988.

"Fluctuations in the Pace of Labor Reallocation." Steven J. Davis; Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1987, 27, pp. 335.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-2231(87)90013-3

Allocative Disturbances and Specific Capital in Real Business Cycle Theories; Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 87-45;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1987.

Fluctuation in the Pace of Labor Reallocation; Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 87-46;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1987.

"Allocative Disturbances and Specific Capital in Real Business Cycle Theories." Steven J. Davis; American Economic Review, 1987, 77(2, Papers and Proceedings of the Ninety-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association), pp. 326-32.

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Allocative Disturbances, Aggregate Disturbances, and Unemployment Rate Fluctuations; Steven Joseph Davis; Ph.D Dissertation, Brown University, 1986.

Sectoral Shifts and the Dynamic Behavior of Unemployment : A Theoretical Analysis; Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 86-35;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1986.

Allocative Disturbances and Temporal Asymmetry in Labor Market Flucturations; Steven J. Davis; Working paper series.; Economics and econometrics ;; 86-38;; Chicago: H.G.B. Alexander Foundation, 1986.

 

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