Valerie A. Ramey
Department of Economics, 0508
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508
Tel: 858/534-2388
Fax: 858/534-7040
E-Mail: 
WWW: http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/~vramey
NBER Program Affiliations:
EFG
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ME
NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Institutional Affiliation: University of California at San Diego
Information about this author at RePEc
NBER Working Papers and Publications
February 2019 | Ten Years after the Financial Crisis: What Have We Learned from the Renaissance in Fiscal Research?
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June 2018 | Comment on "The Transformation of Manufacturing and the Decline in U.S. Employment"
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2018, volume 33, Martin Eichenbaum and Jonathan A. Parker, editors
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December 2017 | Introduction to "Education, Skills, and Technical Change: Implications for Future U.S. GDP Growth"
with Charles R. Hulten
in Education, Skills, and Technical Change: Implications for Future U.S. GDP Growth, Charles R. Hulten and Valerie A. Ramey, editors
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February 2016 | Macroeconomic Shocks and Their Propagation
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January 2015 | News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries
with Rabah Arezki, Liugang Sheng: w20857
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November 2014 | Government Spending Multipliers in Good Times and in Bad: Evidence from U.S. Historical Data
with Sarah Zubairy: w20719
Published: Government Spending Multipliers in Good Times and in Bad: Evidence from US Historical Data Valerie A. Ramey and Sarah Zubairy Journal of Political Economy 2018 126:2, 850-901
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June 2013 | The Cyclical Behavior of the Price-Cost Markup
with Christopher J. Nekarda: w19099
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February 2013 | Are Government Spending Multipliers Greater During Periods of Slack? Evidence from 20th Century Historical Data
with Michael T. Owyang, Sarah Zubairy: w18769
Published: Owyang, Michael T., Valerie A. Ramey, and Sarah Zubairy. 2013. "Are Government Spending Multipliers Greater during Periods of Slack? Evidence from Twentieth-Century Historical Data." American Economic Review, 103(3): 129-34.
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July 2012 | Comment on "Roads to Prosperity or Bridges to Nowhere? Theory and Evidence on the Impact of Public Infrastructure Investment"
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2012, Volume 27, Daron Acemoglu, Jonathan Parker, and Michael Woodford, editors
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February 2012 | Government Spending and Private Activity
in Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi, editors
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January 2012 | Government Spending and Private Activity
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May 2011 | Oil, Automobiles, and the U.S. Economy: How Much Have Things Really Changed?
with Daniel J. Vine
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2010, Volume 25, Daron Acemoglu and Michael Woodford, editors
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September 2010 | Home Production
NBER Reporter 2010 number 3
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June 2010 | Oil, Automobiles, and the U.S. Economy: How Much have Things Really Changed?
with Daniel J. Vine: w16067
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February 2010 | Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending
with Christopher J. Nekarda: w15754
Published: Christopher J. Nekarda & Valerie A. Ramey, 2011. "Industry Evidence on the Effects of Government Spending," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 3(1), pages 36-59, January. citation courtesy of 
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October 2009 | Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's All in the Timing
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Published: Valerie A. Ramey, 2011. "Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It's all in the Timing," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 126(1), pages 1-50. citation courtesy of 
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August 2009 | The Rug Rat Race
with Garey Ramey: w15284
Published: Garey Ramey & Valerie A. Ramey, 2010. "The Rug Rat Race," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 41(1 (Spring), pages 129-199. citation courtesy of 
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June 2008 | Comment on "In Search of the Transmission Mechanism of Fiscal Policy"
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007, Volume 22, Daron Acemoglu, Kenneth Rogoff and Michael Woodford, editors
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May 2008 | Time Spent in Home Production in the 20th Century: New Estimates from Old Data
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Published: Ramey, Valerie A., 2009. "Time Spent in Home Production in the Twentieth-Century United States: New Estimates from Old Data," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(01), pages 1-47, March.
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October 2007 | Why Do Computers Depreciate?
with Michael J. Geske, Matthew D. Shapiro
in Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches, Ernst R. Berndt and Charles R. Hulten, editors
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September 2006 | The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis Using Long-Run Restrictions
with Neville Francis
in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2004, Richard H. Clarida, Jeffrey Frankel, Francesco Giavazzi and Kenneth D. West, editors
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May 2006 | A Century of Work and Leisure
with Neville Francis: w12264
Published: Valerie A. Ramey & Neville Francis, 2009.
"A Century of Work and Leisure,"
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
American Economic Association, vol. 1(2), pages 189-224, July.
citation courtesy of 
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October 2005 | Measures of Per Capita Hours and their Implications for the Technology-Hours Debate
with Neville Francis: w11694
Published: Neville Francis & Valerie A. Ramey, 2009.
"Measures of per Capita Hours and Their Implications for the Technology-Hours Debate,"
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(6), pages 1071-1097, 09.
citation courtesy of 
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September 2005 | Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry
with Daniel J. Vine: w11596
Published: Valerie A. Ramey & Daniel J. Vine, 2006. "Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(5), pages 1876-1889, December. citation courtesy of 
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October 2004 | Why Do Computers Depreciate?
with Michael J. Geske, Matthew D. Shapiro: w10831
Published: Berndt, Ernst and Charles Hulten (eds.) Hard to Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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August 2004 | Why Do Real and Nominal Inventory-Sales Ratios Have Different Trends
with Daniel J. Vine: w10703
Published: Ramey, Valerie A. and Daniel J. Vine. "Why Do Real And Nominal Inventory-Sales Rations Have Different Trends?," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2004, v36(5,Oct), 959-963. citation courtesy of 
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July 2004 | The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis using Long-Run Restrictions
with Neville Francis: w10631
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March 2004 | Tracking the Source of the Decline in GDP Volatility: An Analysis of the Automobile Industry
with Daniel J. Vine: w10384
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January 2002 | Is the Technology-Driven Real Business Cycle Hypothesis Dead?
with Neville Francis: w8726
Published: Francis, Neville and Valerie A. Ramey. "Is The Technology-Driven Real Business Cycle Hypothesis Dead? Shocks And Aggregate Fluctuations Revisited," Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, v52(8,Nov), 1379-1399.
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| The Cost Channel of Monetary Transmission
with Marvin J. Barth III
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2001, Volume 16, Ben S. Bernanke and Kenneth Rogoff, editors
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July 2000 | Market Responses to Interindustry Wage Differentials
with George J. Borjas: w7799
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April 2000 | The Cost Channel of Monetary Transmission
with Marvin J. Barth III: w7675
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April 1999 | Costly Capital Reallocation and the Effects of Government Spending
with Matthew D. Shapiro: w6283
Published: Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, vol. 48, 1998, pp. 1 145-194 citation courtesy of 
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October 1998 | Displaced Capital
with Matthew D. Shapiro: w6775
Published: Valerie A. Ramey & Matthew D. Shapiro, 2001. "Displaced Capital: A Study of Aerospace Plant Closings," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 109(5), pages 958-992, October.
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December 1997 | Inventories
with Kenneth D. West: w6315
Published:
- Ramey, Valerie A. & West, Kenneth D., 1999. "Inventories," Handbook of Macroeconomics, in: J. B. Taylor & M. Woodford (ed.), Handbook of Macroeconomics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 13, pages 863-923 Elsevier.
- Handbook of Macroeconomics, Taylor, John and Michael Woodford, eds., Amsterdam: North Holland, 1999, Vol.1B
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December 1994 | Cross-Country Evidence on the Link Between Volatility and Growth
with Garey Ramey: w4959
Published: American Economic Review, 85 (December 1995): 1138-1151 citation courtesy of 
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December 1993 | Foreign Competition, Market Power and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence
with George J. Borjas: w4556
Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (November 1995): 1075-1110
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March 1993 | How Important is the Credit Channel in the Transmission of Monetary Policy?
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Published: Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Fall 1993 citation courtesy of 
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February 1993 | Stochastic Trends and Short-Run Relationships Between Financial Variables and Real Activity
with Toru Konishi, Clive W.J. Granger: w4275
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June 1992 | Output Fluctuations at the Plant Level
with Timothy F. Bresnahan: w4105
Published: Bresnahan, Timothy F. and Valerie A. Ramey. "Output Fluctuations At The Plant Level," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, v109(3), 593-624. citation courtesy of 
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November 1991 | Liquidity Constraints and Intertemporal Consumer Optimization: Theory and Evidence From Durable Goods
with Eun Young Chah, Ross M. Starr: w3907
Published: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 27(1): 272-287, (February 1995) citation courtesy of 
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June 1991 | Technology Commitment and the Cost of Economic Fluctuations
with Garey Ramey: w3755
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| The Source of Fluctuations in Money: Evidence From Trade Credit
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Published: Journal of Monetary Economics, 30, November 1992,: 171-193 citation courtesy of 
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