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Interview with Professor Christopher D. Carroll

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  • Christopher D. Carroll

    (Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University)

  • Áron Kiss

    (Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission)

  • István Kónya

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank (the central bank of Hungary))

Abstract

Christopher D. Carroll is an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore and research associate at NBER. He obtained his BA from Harvard University in 1986 and his PhD from MIT in 1990. He first worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board and later took a job at Johns Hopkins University. He was also a member of the Council of Economic Advisors in 1997-1998 and 2009-2010. His research field is macroeconomics, in particular the consumption and saving decisions of households. He is particularly interested in how theoretical models can be reconciled with household and aggregate data. He has several publications in leading economic journals, and he is also editor of the entries of Encyclopedia Britannica on consumption. He received the TIAA-CREF/Samuelson award in 1998 for his work on the precautionary saving motive.

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  • Christopher D. Carroll & Áron Kiss & István Kónya, 2014. "Interview with Professor Christopher D. Carroll," MNB Bulletin (discontinued), Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), vol. 9(1), pages 58-64, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mnb:bullet:v:9:y:2014:i:1:p:58-64
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    Keywords

    DSGE models; heterogeneous households; mortgages;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - General
    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E60 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General

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