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Kenneth Kletzer

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Terminal Degree:1982 Department of Economics; University of California-Berkeley (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Economics Department
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Joshua Aizenman & Kenneth Kletzer, 2008. "The Life Cycle of Scholars and Papers in Economics -- the "Citation Death Tax"," NBER Working Papers 13891, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Aizenman, Joshua & Kletzer, Kenneth, 2007. "Economic Growth with Constraints on Tax Revenues and Public Debt: Implications for Fiscal Policy and Cross-Country Differences," Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt9421k9hq, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz.
  3. Kletzer, Kenneth, 2005. "Aid and Sanctions," Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt5hq5d9gp, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz.
  4. Kletzer, Kenneth, 2005. "International Financial Integration, Sovereignty and Constraints on Macroeconomic Policies," Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt8n31g89q, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz.
  5. Kenneth Kletzer, 2005. "Sovereign Debt, Volatility and Insurance," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 330, Central Bank of Chile.
  6. Barry Eichengreen & Kenneth Kletzer & Ashoka Mody, 2005. "The IMF in a World of Private Capital Markets," NBER Working Papers 11198, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Renu Kohli & Kenneth Kletzer, 2004. "Exchange RAte Dynamics with Financial Repression: A Test of Exchange Rate Models for India," International Finance 0405013, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  8. Kletzer, Kenneth, 2004. "Liberalizing Capital Flows in India: Financial Repression, Macroeconomic Policy and Gradual Reforms," Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt3kj2w649, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz.
  9. Robert Dekle & Kenneth Kletzer, 2004. "Deposit Insurance, Regulatory Forbearance and Economic Growth: Implications for the Japanese Banking Crisis," CESifo Working Paper Series 1136, CESifo.
  10. Barry Eichengreen & Kenneth M. Kletzer & Ashoka Mody, 2003. "Crisis resolution: next steps," Pacific Basin Working Paper Series 03-05, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  11. Robert Dekle & Kenneth Kletzer, 2003. "The Japanese Banking Crisis and Economic Growth: Theoretical and Empirical Implications of Deposit Guarantees and Weak Financial Regulation," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-225, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
  12. Robert Dekle & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2002. "Financial intermediation, agency, and collateral and the dynamics of banking crises: theory and evidence for the Japanese banking crisis," Pacific Basin Working Paper Series 2002-10, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  13. Joshua Aizenman & Kenneth M. Kletzer & Brian Pinto, 2002. "Sargent-Wallace Meets Krugman-Flood-Garber, or: Why Sovereign Debt Swaps Don't Avert Macroeconomic Crises," NBER Working Papers 9190, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. Robert Dekle & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2001. "Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises: Theory and Empirical Evidence from East Asia," NBER Working Papers 8322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. Kenneth M. Kletzer & Brian D. Wright, 2000. "Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter," International Finance 0003004, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  16. Kletzer, Kenneth & von Hagen, Jurgen, 2000. "Monetary Union and Fiscal Federalism," CEPR Discussion Papers 2615, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  17. Menzie D. Chinn & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2000. "International Capital Inflows, Domestic Financial Intermediation and Financial Crises under Imperfect Information," NBER Working Papers 7902, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Kletzer, Kenneth M., 2000. "The effectiveness of self-protection policies for safeguarding emerging market economies from crises," ZEI Working Papers B 08-2000, University of Bonn, ZEI - Center for European Integration Studies.
  19. Kenneth M. Kletzer & Mark M. Spiegel, 1999. "Sterilization costs and exchange rate targeting," Pacific Basin Working Paper Series 99-03, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  20. Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1998. "Monetary union, asymmetric productivity shocks and fiscal insurance: An analytic discussion of welfare issues," ZEI Working Papers B 06-1998, University of Bonn, ZEI - Center for European Integration Studies.
  21. Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1997. "Macroeconomic stabilization with a common currency: Does European Monetary Unification create a need for fiscal insurance of federalism?," ZEI Working Papers B 04-1997, University of Bonn, ZEI - Center for European Integration Studies.
  22. Kenneth Kletzer, 1997. "Volatility, External Debt, and Fiscal Risk: Simulations of the Impact of Shocks on Fiscal Adjustment for Thirteen Latin American Countries," Research Department Publications 4092, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  23. Kenneth Kletzer, 1997. "Volatilidad, deuda externa y riesgo fiscal: simulación de los efectos de las sacudidas sobre el ajuste fiscal de 13 países latinoamericanos," Research Department Publications 4093, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  24. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1996. "Monetary union and macroeconomic stabilization," Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory 96-03, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  25. Kenneth M. Kletzer & Mark M. Spiegel, 1996. "Speculative capital inflows and exchange rate targeting in the Pacific Basin," Pacific Basin Working Paper Series 96-05, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  26. W.H. Buiter & K Kletzer, 1995. "Capital Mobility," CEP Discussion Papers dp0245, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  27. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1995. "Capital Mobility, Fiscal Policy and Growth under Self-Financing of Human Capital Formation," NBER Working Papers 5120, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Michael P. Dooley & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1994. "Capital Flight, External Debt and Domestic Policies," NBER Working Papers 4793, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  29. Willem H. Buiter & K.M. Kletzer, 1994. "Ponzi Finance, Government Solvency and the Redundancy or Usefulness of Public Debt," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1070, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
  30. Srinivasan, T.N. & Kletzer, K., 1994. "Price Normalization and Equilibria in General Equilibrium Models of International Trade Under Imperfect Competition," Papers 710, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  31. Michael P. Dooley & Eduardo Fernandez-Arias & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1994. "Recent Private Capital Inflows to Developing Countries: Is the Debt Crisis History?," NBER Working Papers 4792, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  32. Dooley, Michael & Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo & Kletzer, Kenneth & DEC, 1994. "Is the debt crisis history? Recent private capital inflows to developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1327, The World Bank.
  33. Buiter, W.H. & Kletzer, K.M., 1992. "Permanent International Productivity Growth Differentials in an Integrated Global Economy. The Role of Households, Non-Tradeness, Self- Financing and Fiscal Policy," Papers 664, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  34. Engel, C. & Kletzer, K.M., 1992. "Distribution of rents and Growth," Discussion Papers in Economics at the University of Washington 92-10, Department of Economics at the University of Washington.
  35. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1992. "Government Solvency, Ponzi Finance and the Redundancy and Usefulness of Public Debt," NBER Working Papers 4076, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  36. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1992. "Permanent International Productivity Growth Differentials in an Integrated Global Economy," NBER Working Papers 4220, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  37. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1991. "Persistent Differences in National Productivity Growth Rates with A Com-mon Technology and Free Capital Mobility: The Roles of Private Thrift, ..," NBER Working Papers 3637, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  38. Kletzer, K.M. & Newbery, D.M., 1991. "Smoothing Primary Exporters' Price Risks: Bonds, Futures, Options and Insurance," Papers 647, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  39. Buiter, Willem H. & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1991. "Persistent Differences in National Productivity Growth Rates with a Common Technology and Free Capital Mobility," CEPR Discussion Papers 542, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  40. Buiter, W.H. & Kletzer, K.M., 1991. "Persistent Differences In National Productivity Growth Rates With A Common Technology And Free Capital Mobility. The Role Of Private Thrift, Public Debt, Capita," Papers 627, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  41. Kletzer, Kenneth M. & Newbery, David M. & Wright, Brian D., 1990. "Alternative instruments for smoothing the consumption of primary commodity exporters," Policy Research Working Paper Series 558, The World Bank.
  42. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1990. "Fiscal Policy Interdependence and Efficiency," NBER Working Papers 3328, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  43. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1990. "The Welfare Economics of Cooperative and Noncooperative Fiscal Policy," NBER Working Papers 3329, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  44. Kletzer, K.M. & Wright, B.D., 1990. "Sovereign Debt Renegotiation In A Consumption-Smoothing Model," Papers 610, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  45. Buiter, Willem H. & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1990. "Reflections on the Fiscal Implications of a Common Currency," CEPR Discussion Papers 418, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  46. Diwan, Ishac*Kletzer, Ken, 1990. "Voluntary choices in concerted deals : mechanics and attributes of the menu approach," Policy Research Working Paper Series 527, The World Bank.
  47. Kletzer, Kenneth, 1989. "Inefficient Private Renegotiation of Sovereign Debt," CEPR Discussion Papers 357, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  48. Kletzer, K.M., 1988. "Sovereign Debt Renegotiation Under Asymmetric Information," Papers 555, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
  49. Charles Engel & Kenneth Kletzer, 1988. "Tariffs and Saving in a Model with New Families," NBER Working Papers 2521, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  50. Charles Engel & Kenneth Kletzer, 1987. "Trade Policy under Endogenous Credibility," NBER Working Papers 2449, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  51. Charles Engel & Kenneth Kletzer, 1987. "Saving and Investment in an Open Economy with Non-Traded Goods," NBER Working Papers 2141, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  52. Charles Engel & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1986. "International Borrowing to Finance Investment," NBER Working Papers 1865, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  53. Charles Engel & Kenneth Kletzer, 1986. "Tariffs, Saving and the Current Account," NBER Working Papers 1869, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  54. Kenneth Kletzer and Pranab Bardhan., 1986. "Credit Markets and Patterns of International Trade," Economics Working Papers 8612, University of California at Berkeley.
  55. Goldman, Steven M. & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1980. "Epsilon-Rational Consistent Equilibria and Decentralization," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt8xz1c498, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
  56. Kenneth M. Kletzer, "undated". "Macroeconomic Stabilization with a Common Currency:," EPRU Working Paper Series 97-22, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Fisher, Walter H. & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 2011. "Growth, dynamics, and economic policy: Special JEDC issue in honor of Stephen J. Turnovsky," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(9), pages 1387-1392, September.
  2. Joshua Aizenman & Kenneth Kletzer, 2011. "The life cycle of scholars and papers in economics - the 'citation death tax'," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(27), pages 4135-4148.
  3. Kenneth Kletzer, 2006. "Taxes and stabilization in contemporary macroeconomic models," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 13(4), pages 351-371, August.
  4. Eichengreen, Barry & Kletzer, Kenneth & Mody, Ashoka, 2006. "The IMF in a world of private capital markets," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 30(5), pages 1335-1357, May.
  5. Joshua Aizenman & Kenneth M. Kletzer & Brian Pinto, 2005. "Sargent-Wallace meets Krugman-Flood-Garber, or: why sovereign debt swaps do not avert macroeconomic crises," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 115(503), pages 343-367, April.
  6. Kletzer, Kenneth, 2005. "International Financial Integration, Sovereignty, and Constraints on Macroeconomic Policies," Monetary and Economic Studies, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, vol. 23(S1), pages 165-186, October.
  7. Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2004. "Resolving sovereign debt crises with collective action clauses," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue feb.20.
  8. Kletzer, Kenneth & Spiegel, Mark M., 2004. "Sterilization costs and exchange rate targeting," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 23(6), pages 897-915, October.
  9. Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2004. "Liberalizing Capital Flows in India: Financial Repression, Macroeconomic Policy, and Gradual Reforms," India Policy Forum, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 1(1), pages 227-275.
  10. Dekle, Robert & Kletzer, Kenneth, 2003. "The Japanese banking crisis and economic growth: Theoretical and empirical implications of deposit guarantees and weak financial regulation," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 305-335, September.
  11. Robert Dekle & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2002. "Financial intermediation, agency and collateral and the dynamics of banking crises: theory and evidence for the Japanese banking crisis," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue Sep.
  12. Brian D. Wright & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 2000. "Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(3), pages 621-639, June.
  13. Menzie D. Chinn & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1999. "International capital inflows, domestic financial intermediation and financial crises under imperfect information," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue Sep.
  14. Kenneth M. Kletzer & Mark M. Spiegel, 1997. "The costs of managing speculative capital inflows in the Pacific Basin," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue mar28.
  15. Dooley, Michael & Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1996. "Is the Debt Crisis History? Recent Private Capital Inflows to Developing Countries," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Group, vol. 10(1), pages 27-50, January.
  16. Kenneth M. Kletzer & Mark M. Spiegel, 1996. "Speculative capital inflows and exchange rate targeting in the Pacific Basin: theory and evidence," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, pages 409-435.
  17. Willem H. Buiter & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1995. "Capital Mobility, Fiscal Policy, and Growth under Self-Financing of Human Capital Formation," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 28(s1), pages 163-194, November.
  18. Michael P. Dooley & Kenneth M. Kletzer, 1994. "Capital flight, external debt, and domestic policies," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, pages 29-37.
  19. Kletzer, Ken & Newbery, David M & Wright, Brian D, 1992. "Smoothing Primary Exporters' Price Risks: Bonds, Futures, Options and Insurance," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 44(4), pages 641-671, October.
  20. Buiter, Willem H & Kletzer, Kenneth M, 1992. "Who's Afraid of the Public Debt?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(2), pages 290-294, May.
  21. Buiter, Willem H. & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1992. "Fiscal policy coordination as fiscal federalism : Economic integration, public goods and efficiency in growing economies," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(2-3), pages 647-653, April.
  22. Diwan, Ishac & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1992. "Voluntary Choices in Concerted Deals: The Menu Approach to Debt Reduction in Developing Countries," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Group, vol. 6(1), pages 91-108, January.
  23. Buiter, Willem H. & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1991. "The welfare economics of cooperative and noncooperative fiscal policy," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 215-244.
  24. Buiter, Willem H. & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1991. "Persistent differences in national productivity growth rates with a common technology and free capital mobility: The roles of private thrift, public debt, capital taxation, and policy toward human cap," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 5(4), pages 325-353, December.
  25. Engel, Charles & Kletzer, Kenneth M., 1991. "Trade policy under endogenous credibility," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 213-228, October.
  26. Engel, Charles & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1990. "Tariffs and saving in a model with new generations," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1-2), pages 71-91, February.
  27. Buiter, Willem & Kletzer, Kenneth & Srinivasan, T. N., 1989. "Some thoughts on the Brady plan: Putting a fourth leg on the donkey?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 17(10), pages 1661-1664, October.
  28. Engel, Charles & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1989. "Saving and Investment in an Open Economy with Non-traded Goods," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 30(4), pages 735-752, November.
  29. Kletzer, Kenneth & Bardhan, Pranab, 1987. "Credit markets and patterns of international trade," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(1-2), pages 57-70, October.
  30. Kletzer, Kenneth M, 1984. "Asymmetries of Information and LDC Borrowing with Sovereign Risk," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 94(374), pages 287-307, June.
  31. Bardhan, Pranab & Kletzer, Ken, 1984. "Quality variations and the choice between foreign and indigenous goods or technology," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 323-330, April.
  32. Bardhan, Pranab & Kletzer, Ken, 1984. "Dynamic effects of protection on productivity," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(1-2), pages 45-57, February.
  33. Goldman, Steven M & Kletzer, Kenneth M, 1982. "Decentralization and Epsilon-Rational Competitive Equilibria," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 50(1), pages 137-143, January.

Chapters

  1. Kenneth Kletzer, 2006. "Sovering Debt, Volatility, and Insurance," Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, in: Ricardo Caballero & César Calderón & Luis Felipe Céspedes & Norman Loayza (Series Editor) & Klaus Sc (ed.),External Vulnerability and Preventive Policies, edition 1, volume 10, chapter 10, pages 327-352, Central Bank of Chile.
  2. Robert Dekle & Kenneth Kletzer, 2002. "Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises: Theory and Empirical Evidence from East Asia," NBER Chapters, in: Preventing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets, pages 507-558, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 13 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-IFN: International Finance (4) 2001-06-14 2002-09-21 2003-05-08 2004-05-26
  2. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2001-06-14 2004-05-02 2004-05-26
  3. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (2) 2005-11-05 2006-03-18
  4. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (2) 2005-09-11 2006-03-18
  5. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2003-05-08 2003-05-29
  6. NEP-RMG: Risk Management (2) 2002-09-21 2003-11-30
  7. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (2) 2003-05-29 2004-05-02
  8. NEP-ACC: Accounting & Auditing (1) 2004-12-21
  9. NEP-AFR: Africa (1) 2005-03-20
  10. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2003-05-29
  11. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2005-11-05
  12. NEP-CWA: Central & Western Asia (1) 2004-05-16
  13. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2007-01-23
  14. NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (1) 2008-03-25
  15. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2003-05-29
  16. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2007-01-23
  17. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2001-06-14
  18. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2008-03-25

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