James S. Costain
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First Name: James
Middle Name: S.
Last Name: Costain
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RePEc Short-ID: pco11
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Postal Address: Servicio de Estudios, Banco de España, Calle Alcala 48, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Phone: (34) 91-338-5732
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- Banco de España
Location: Madrid, Spain
Homepage: http://www.bde.es/
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Handle: RePEc:edi:bdegves (more details at EDIRC)
Works
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Working papers
- James Costain & Beatriz de Blas, 2012. "Smoothing shocks and balancing budgets in a currency union," Banco de España Working Papers 1207, Banco de España.
- Costain, James & de Blas, Beatriz, 2012. "The role of fiscal delegation in a monetary union: a survey of the political economy issues," Working Papers in Economic Theory 2012/11, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History).
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011.
"Distributional dynamics under smoothly state-dependent pricing,"
Working Paper Series
1333, European Central Bank.
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011. "Distributional dynamics under smoothly state-dependent pricing," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-50, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011.
"Precautionary price stickiness,"
Working Paper Series
1375, European Central Bank.
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011. "Precautionary price stickiness," Banco de España Working Papers 1122, Banco de España.
- James Costain & Juan F. Jimeno & Carlos Thomas, 2010. "Employment fluctuations in a dual labor market," Banco de España Working Papers 1013, Banco de España.
- Kai Christoffel & James Costain & Gregory de Walque & Keith Kuester & Tobias Linzert & Stephen Millard & Olivier Pierrard, 2009. "Wage, inflation and employment dynamics with labour market matching," Banco de España Working Papers 0918, Banco de España.
- James Costain & Antón Nákov, 2009. "Dynamics of the price distribution in a general model of state-dependent pricing," Banco de España Working Papers 0831, Banco de España.
- Kai Christoffel & James Costain & Gregory de Walque & Keith Kuester & Tobias Linzert & Stephen Millard & Olivier Pierrard, 2009.
"Inflation dynamics with labour market matching: assessing alternative specifications,"
Working Papers
09-6, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
- Kai Christoffel & James Costain & Gregory de Walque & Keith Kuester & Tobias Linzert & Stephen Millard & Olivier Pierrard, 2009. "Inflation dynamics with labour market matching: assessing alternative specifcations," BCL working papers 38, Central Bank of Luxembourg.
- Kai Christoffel & James Costain & Gregory de Walque & Keith Kuester & Tobias Linzert & Stephen Millard & Olivier Pierrard, 2009. "Inflation dynamics with labour market matching : assessing alternative specifications," Working Paper Research 164, National Bank of Belgium.
- Kai Christoffel & James Costain & Gregory de Walque & Keith Kuester & Tobias Linzert & Stephen Millard & Olivier Pierrard, 2009. "Inflation dynamics with labour market matching: assessing alternative specifications," Working Paper Series 1053, European Central Bank.
- Christoffel, Kai & Costain, James & de Walque, Gregory & Kuester, Keith & Linzert, Tobias & Millard, Stephen & Pierrard, Olivier, 2009. "Inflation dynamics with labour market matching: assessing alternative specifications," Bank of England working papers 375, Bank of England.
- James Costain & Antón Nákov, 2008.
"Price adjustments in a general model of state-dependent pricing,"
Banco de España Working Papers
0824, Banco de España.
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011. "Price Adjustments in a General Model of State‐Dependent Pricing," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 43, pages 385-406, 03.
- James Costain & Beatriz de-Blas-Perez, 2006. "Productivity Shocks and the Business Cycle: Reconciling Recent VAR Evidence," 2006 Meeting Papers 698, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- James Costain & Marcel Jansen, 2006.
"Employment fluctuations with downward wage rigidity: the role of moral hazard,"
Banco de España Working Papers
0632, Banco de España.
- James Costain & Marcel Jansen, 2010. "Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 112(4), pages 782-811, December.
- Costain, James & Jansen, Marcel, 2009. "Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard," IZA Discussion Papers 4344, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- James Costain & Marcel Jansen, 2006. "Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity," Computing in Economics and Finance 2006 204, Society for Computational Economics.
- Marcel Jansen & James Costain, 2004. "A dynamic matching model with downward wage rigidity," 2004 Meeting Papers 547, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2004.
"Stabilization versus insurance: Welfare effects of procyclical taxation under incomplete markets,"
Economics Working Papers
890, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Aug 2005.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2004. "Stabilization versus insurance: welfare effects of procyclical taxation under incomplete markets," Working Papers 234, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
- James Costain & Michael Reiter, 2005. "Stabilization versus Insurance: Welfare Effects of Procyclical Taxation Under Incomplete Markets," 2005 Meeting Papers 704, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- James S. Costain, 2003.
"A Herding Perspective On Global Games And Multiplicity,"
Economics Working Papers
we032908, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía.
- James S. Costain, 2007. "A Herding Perspective on Global Games and Multiplicity," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 7(1), pages 22.
- Costain, James S., . "A herding perspective on global games and multiplicity," Open Access publications from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid info:hdl:10016/289, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2003.
"Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance, and the Calibration of Matching Models,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
1008, CESifo Group Munich.
- Costain, James S. & Reiter, Michael, 2008. "Business cycles, unemployment insurance, and the calibration of matching models," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 1120-1155, April.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2003. "Business cycles, unemployment insurance and the calibration of matching models," Economics Working Papers 872, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Oct 2006.
- James Costain & Michael Reiter, 2005. "Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance and the Calibration of Matching Models," Working Papers 215, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
- James Costain and Michael Reiter, 2001. "Stabilization versus Insurance," Computing in Economics and Finance 2001 161, Society for Computational Economics.
- Antonio Ciccone & James Costain, 2001.
"On payoff heterogeneity in games with strategic complementarities,"
Economics Working Papers
546, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Feb 2002.
- Antonio Ciccone & James Costain, 2004. "On payoff heterogeneity in games with strategic complementarities," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 56(4), pages 701-713, October.
- James S. Costain, 1998. "On the quantitative importance of wage bargaining models," Economics Working Papers 262, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- James S. Costain, 1998. "A simple model of multiple equilibria based on risk," Economics Working Papers 407, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Jul 1999.
- James Costain, 1997. "Unemployment insurance with endogenous search intensity and precautionary saving," Economics Working Papers 243, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Articles
- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011.
"Price Adjustments in a General Model of State‐Dependent Pricing,"
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 43, pages 385-406, 03.
- James Costain & Antón Nákov, 2008. "Price adjustments in a general model of state-dependent pricing," Banco de España Working Papers 0824, Banco de España.
- James Costain & Marcel Jansen, 2010.
"Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
Wiley Blackwell, vol. 112(4), pages 782-811, December.
- James Costain & Marcel Jansen, 2006. "Employment fluctuations with downward wage rigidity: the role of moral hazard," Banco de España Working Papers 0632, Banco de España.
- Costain, James & Jansen, Marcel, 2009. "Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard," IZA Discussion Papers 4344, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Costain, James S. & Reiter, Michael, 2008.
"Business cycles, unemployment insurance, and the calibration of matching models,"
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 1120-1155, April.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2003. "Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance, and the Calibration of Matching Models," CESifo Working Paper Series 1008, CESifo Group Munich.
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2003. "Business cycles, unemployment insurance and the calibration of matching models," Economics Working Papers 872, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Oct 2006.
- James Costain & Michael Reiter, 2005. "Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance and the Calibration of Matching Models," Working Papers 215, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
- James S. Costain, 2007.
"A Herding Perspective on Global Games and Multiplicity,"
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics,
Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 7(1), pages 22.
- James S. Costain, 2003. "A Herding Perspective On Global Games And Multiplicity," Economics Working Papers we032908, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía.
- Costain, James S., . "A herding perspective on global games and multiplicity," Open Access publications from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid info:hdl:10016/289, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
- Antonio Ciccone & James Costain, 2004.
"On payoff heterogeneity in games with strategic complementarities,"
Oxford Economic Papers,
Oxford University Press, vol. 56(4), pages 701-713, October.
- Antonio Ciccone & James Costain, 2001. "On payoff heterogeneity in games with strategic complementarities," Economics Working Papers 546, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Feb 2002.
NEP Fields
26 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2007-01-13 2009-08-22
- NEP-CBA: Central Banking (11) 2008-11-25 2009-01-24 2009-04-05 2009-05-23 2009-08-08 2009-09-05 2009-09-05 2011-04-30 2011-09-05 2011-10-01 2011-11-21 Author is listed
- NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2012-03-28
- NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (2) 2011-09-05 2011-10-01
- NEP-CTA: Contract Theory & Applications (1) 2009-08-22
- NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2001-05-16
- NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (21) 1998-09-14 1998-09-14 2004-05-02 2005-09-29 2005-10-15 2005-12-01 2007-02-24 2008-11-25 2009-01-24 2009-04-05 2009-05-23 2009-08-08 2009-08-22 2009-09-05 2009-09-05 2010-05-02 2011-04-30 2011-09-05 2011-10-01 2011-11-21 2012-03-28 Author is listed
- NEP-GTH: Game Theory (2) 2001-05-02 2003-06-16
- NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2011-10-01
- NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (4) 2000-03-06 2005-09-29 2005-10-15 2005-12-01
- NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (9) 2006-07-15 2007-02-24 2009-04-05 2009-05-23 2009-08-08 2009-08-22 2009-09-05 2009-09-05 2010-05-02 Author is listed
- NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty (2) 1998-09-14 1998-09-14
- NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (19) 2005-09-29 2005-10-15 2005-12-01 2006-07-15 2007-01-13 2007-02-24 2008-11-25 2009-01-24 2009-04-05 2009-05-23 2009-08-08 2009-08-22 2009-09-05 2009-09-05 2010-05-02 2011-04-30 2011-09-05 2011-10-01 2012-03-28 Author is listed
- NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2001-05-16
- NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (5) 2009-01-24 2009-09-05 2009-09-05 2011-04-30 2011-11-21 Author is listed
- NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2005-10-15 2005-12-01
- NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 1998-09-14
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Most cited item
- James S. Costain & Michael Reiter, 2003. "Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance, and the Calibration of Matching Models," CESifo Working Paper Series 1008, CESifo Group Munich.
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- James Costain & Anton Nakov, 2011. "Precautionary price stickiness," Working Paper Series 1375, European Central Bank.
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