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Steven J. Davis
On Leave as William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, Booth School of Business
Steven J. Davis studies business dynamics, employment, labor market institutions, economic fluctuations, public policy and other topics. He is a former editor of the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and an elected fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, senior academic fellow with the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, advisor to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, and visiting scholar and consultant, respectively, with...
Related Working Papers
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- May 24, 2021The Distinctive Character of Policy-Driven Stock Market Jumps
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- Apr 21, 2021Introduction to The Asian Monetary Policy Forum: Insights for Central Bankers
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- Feb 3, 2021Firm-level Risk Exposures and Stock Returns in the Wake of COVID-19
- Jan 10, 2021COVID-19 Is a Persistent Reallocation Shock
- Jan 8, 2021COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward Technologies that Support Working from Home
- Dec 16, 2020Business-Level Expectations and Uncertainty
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- Sep 18, 202060 Million Fewer Commuting Hours Per Day: How Americans Use Time Saved by Working from Home
- Jun 29, 2020Economic Uncertainty Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Jun 25, 2020COVID-19 Is Also a Reallocation Shock
- Jun 16, 2020The Unprecedented Stock Market Reaction to COVID-19
- Apr 4, 2020COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty
- Feb 5, 2020Surveying Business Uncertainty
- Aug 28, 2019Rising Policy Uncertainty
- Mar 25, 2019Policy News and Stock Market Volatility
- Jan 16, 2019Dynamism Diminished: The Role of Housing Markets and Credit Conditions
- Oct 1, 2016An Index of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty
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- Oct 12, 2022Long Social Distancing
- Oct 4, 2022WFH… Gone Global
- Sep 13, 2022Working from Home Around the World
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