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Simona Elena Cociuba

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First Name:Simona
Middle Name:Elena
Last Name:Cociuba
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RePEc Short-ID:pco360
http://simona.cociuba.googlepages.com/
Terminal Degree:2007 Department of Economics; University of Minnesota (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Department of Economics
University of Western Ontario

London, Canada
https://economics.uwo.ca/
RePEc:edi:deuwoca (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Simona E. Cociuba, 2018. "The Collapse and Recovery of the Capital Share in East Germany After 1989," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 20185, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  2. Simona E. Cociuba & James C. MacGee, 2018. "Demographics and Sectoral Reallocations: A Search Theory with Immobile Workers," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 20182, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  3. Cociuba, Simona & Shukayev, Malik & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2016. "Managing Risk Taking with Interest Rate Policy and Macroprudential Regulations," Working Papers 2016-17, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.
  4. Simona Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2013. "Interest Rate Policy and Financial Regulation: How to Control Excessive Risk Taking?," 2013 Meeting Papers 584, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  5. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Collateralized Borrowing and Risk Taking at Low Interest Rates?," University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers 20121, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute.
  6. Simona Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Heterogeneity and Long-Run Changes in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20124, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
  7. Simona Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2011. "Do Low Interest Rates Sow the Seeds of Financial Crises?," Staff Working Papers 11-31, Bank of Canada.
  8. Simona E. Cociuba & Ananth Ramanarayanan, 2011. "International Risk Sharing with Endogenously Segmented Asset Markets," 2011 Meeting Papers 853, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  9. Simona E. Cociuba, 2010. "Transitional dynamics of output and factor income shares: lessons from East Germany," Globalization Institute Working Papers 43, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  10. Simona E. Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2010. "Trends in U.S. hours and the labor wedge," Globalization Institute Working Papers 53, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  11. Simona E. Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2008. "Driving forces of the Canadian economy: an accounting exercise," Globalization Institute Working Papers 06, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Articles

  1. Simona E. Cociuba, 2019. "The Collapse And Recovery Of The Capital Share In East Germany After 1989," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(4), pages 2035-2057, October.
  2. Cociuba, Simona E. & Ramanarayanan, Ananth, 2019. "International risk sharing with endogenously segmented asset markets," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 61-78.
  3. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2019. "Managing Risk Taking With Interest Rate Policy And Macroprudential Regulations," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(2), pages 1056-1081, April.
  4. Cociuba, Simona E. & Prescott, Edward C. & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2018. "US hours at work," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 87-90.
  5. Cociuba, Simona E. & Shukayev, Malik & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2016. "Collateralized borrowing and risk taking at low interest rates," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 62-83.
  6. Cociuba, Simona E. & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2015. "Heterogeneity and long-run changes in aggregate hours and the labor wedge," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 75-95.
  7. Simona E. Cociuba, 2011. "Upstream capital flows: why emerging markets send savings to advanced economies," Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, vol. 6(may).
  8. Simona E. Cociuba, 2010. "Financial crisis revives interest in special drawing rights," Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, vol. 5(oct).
  9. Simona E. Cociuba, 2009. "Seeking stability: what's next for banking regulation?," Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, vol. 4(apr).

Citations

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  1. Simona E. Cociuba, 2010. "Transitional dynamics of output and factor income shares: lessons from East Germany," Globalization Institute Working Papers 43, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Factor Shares in Transition
      by Agent Continuum in Agent Continuum on 2010-02-08 21:06:47
  2. Simona E. Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2010. "Trends in U.S. hours and the labor wedge," Globalization Institute Working Papers 53, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Labor Supply Heterogeneity
      by Agent Continuum in Agent Continuum on 2010-08-02 10:00:24

Working papers

  1. Simona E. Cociuba & James C. MacGee, 2018. "Demographics and Sectoral Reallocations: A Search Theory with Immobile Workers," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 20182, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. KIKUCHI Shinnosuke & KITAO Sagiri, 2020. "Welfare Effects of Polarization: Occupational Mobility over the Life-cycle," Discussion papers 20043, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).

  2. Cociuba, Simona & Shukayev, Malik & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2016. "Managing Risk Taking with Interest Rate Policy and Macroprudential Regulations," Working Papers 2016-17, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Denis Gorea & Oleksiy Kryvtsov & Tamon Takamura, 2016. "Leaning Within a Flexible Inflation-Targeting Framework: Review of Costs and Benefits," Discussion Papers 16-17, Bank of Canada.
    2. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Collateralized Borrowing and Risk Taking at Low Interest Rates?," University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers 20121, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute.
    3. Darracq Pariès, Matthieu & Körner, Jenny & Papadopoulou, Niki, 2019. "Empowering central bank asset purchases: The role of financial policies," Working Paper Series 2237, European Central Bank.
    4. Festić Mejra, 2019. "International Environment: Recovery and Resolution Regimes as the Pillar of the Banking Union," Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, Sciendo, vol. 65(2), pages 30-40, June.

  3. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Collateralized Borrowing and Risk Taking at Low Interest Rates?," University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers 20121, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute.

    Cited by:

    1. Pierre-Richard Agénor & Luiz A. Pereira da Silva, 2021. "Capital requirements, risk-taking and welfare in a growing economy," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 60(2), pages 167-192, December.
    2. Maryam Farboodi & Gregor Jarosch & Guido Menzio, 2016. "Intermediation as Rent Extraction," PIER Working Paper Archive 16-026, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, revised 01 Dec 2016.
    3. Salisu, Afees A. & Vo, Xuan Vinh, 2021. "The behavior of exchange rate and stock returns in high and low interest rate environments," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 138-149.
    4. Amira Hakim & Eleftherios Thalassinos, 2021. "Risk Sharing, Macro-Prudential Policy and Welfare in an Overlapping Generations Model (OLG) Economy," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(4B), pages 585-611.
    5. Laséen, Stefan & Pescatori, Andrea & Turunen, Jarkko, 2017. "Systemic Risk: A New Trade-Off for Monetary Policy?," Working Paper Series 341, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden).
    6. Carvallo, Oscar & Pagliacci, Carolina, 2016. "Macroeconomic shocks, bank stability and the housing market in Venezuela," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 174-196.
    7. Zhi, Bangdong & Wang, Xiaojun & Xu, Fangming, 2022. "Managing inventory financing in a volatile market: A novel data-driven copula model," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    8. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2019. "Managing Risk Taking With Interest Rate Policy And Macroprudential Regulations," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(2), pages 1056-1081, April.
    9. Mr. Itai Agur & Ms. Maria Demertzis, 2013. "Leaning Against the Wind and the Timing of Monetary Policy," IMF Working Papers 2013/086, International Monetary Fund.
    10. Gilbert Colletaz & Grégory Levieuge & Alexandra Popescu, 2018. "Monetary policy and long-run systemic risk-taking," Post-Print hal-02162296, HAL.
    11. Mr. Itai Agur & Ms. Maria Demertzis, 2015. "Will Macroprudential Policy Counteract Monetary Policy’s Effects on Financial Stability?," IMF Working Papers 2015/283, International Monetary Fund.
    12. Drees, Burkhard & Eckwert, Bernhard & Várdy, Felix, 2013. "Cheap money and risk taking: Opacity versus fundamental risk," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 114-129.
    13. Dr. Stephan Imhof & Cyril Monnet & Shengxing Zhang, 2018. "The Risk-Taking Channel of Liquidity Regulations and Monetary Policy," Working Papers 2018-13, Swiss National Bank.
    14. Simona Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2013. "Interest Rate Policy and Financial Regulation: How to Control Excessive Risk Taking?," 2013 Meeting Papers 584, Society for Economic Dynamics.

  4. Simona Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Heterogeneity and Long-Run Changes in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20124, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).

    Cited by:

    1. David Coble, 2015. "The Labor Wedge: New Facts Based on US Microdata," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 751, Central Bank of Chile.

  5. Simona Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2011. "Do Low Interest Rates Sow the Seeds of Financial Crises?," Staff Working Papers 11-31, Bank of Canada.

    Cited by:

    1. Sami Alpanda & Gino Cateau & Césaire Meh, 2014. "A Policy Model to Analyze Macroprudential Regulations and Monetary Policy," Staff Working Papers 14-6, Bank of Canada.
    2. Apel, Mikael & Claussen, Carl Andreas, 2012. "Monetary policy, interest rates and risk-taking," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue 1, pages 68-83.
    3. Oleksiy Kryvtsov & Miguel Molico & Ben Tomlin, 2015. "On the Nexus of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Recent Developments and Research," Discussion Papers 15-7, Bank of Canada.
    4. Manthos D. Delis & Iftekhar Hasan & Nikolaos Mylonidis, 2017. "The Risk‐Taking Channel of Monetary Policy in the U.S.: Evidence from Corporate Loan Data," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 49(1), pages 187-213, February.
    5. Ekin Ayse Ozsuca & Elif Akbostanci, 2012. "An Empirical Analysis of the Risk Taking Channel of Monetary Policy in Turkey," ERC Working Papers 1208, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Dec 2012.
    6. Pablo D'Erasmo, 2014. "Capital Requirements in a Quantitative Model of Banking Industry Dynamics," 2014 Meeting Papers 476, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    7. Ashima Goyal & Akhilesh K. Verma, 2020. "Cross border flows, financial Intermediation and interactions of policy rules in a small open economy model," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2020-008, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.

  6. Simona E. Cociuba & Ananth Ramanarayanan, 2011. "International Risk Sharing with Endogenously Segmented Asset Markets," 2011 Meeting Papers 853, Society for Economic Dynamics.

    Cited by:

    1. Robert Kollmann, 2012. "Limited asset market participation and the consumption-real exchange rate anomaly," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 45(2), pages 566-584, May.
    2. Malin Gardberg, 2022. "Financial reforms and low‐income households' impact on international consumption risk sharing," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(3), pages 375-395, December.
    3. Curatola, Giuliano & Dergunov, Ilya, 2023. "International capital markets with interdependent preferences: Theory and empirical evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 403-421.

  7. Simona E. Cociuba, 2010. "Transitional dynamics of output and factor income shares: lessons from East Germany," Globalization Institute Working Papers 43, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

    Cited by:

    1. Knobel, Alexander, 2013. "The risks of fiscal policy in countries rich in natural resources," Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, pages 29-38, October.

  8. Simona E. Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2010. "Trends in U.S. hours and the labor wedge," Globalization Institute Working Papers 53, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

    Cited by:

    1. Murat Tasci & Andrea Pescatori, 2011. "Search Frictions and the Labor Wedge," 2011 Meeting Papers 371, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    2. Carlos Zarazaga & Finn Kydland, 2012. "Fiscal Sentiment and the Weak Recovery from the Great Recession: A Quantitative Exploration," 2012 Meeting Papers 1139, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    3. Mr. Murat Tasci & Mr. Andrea Pescatori, 2011. "Search Frictions and the Labor Wedge," IMF Working Papers 2011/117, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Pedro Brinca, 2013. "Distortions in the Neoclassical Growth Model: A Cross-Country Analysis," GEMF Working Papers 2013-24, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.
    5. Carlos E. Zarazaga, 2014. "Macroelasticities and the U.S. sequestration budget cuts," Working Papers 1412, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

  9. Simona E. Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2008. "Driving forces of the Canadian economy: an accounting exercise," Globalization Institute Working Papers 06, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

    Cited by:

    1. Juan Carlos Conesa & Pau S. Pujolas, 2019. "The Canadian productivity stagnation, 20022014," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 52(2), pages 561-583, May.
    2. Simona Cociuba & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2012. "Heterogeneity and Long-Run Changes in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20124, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
    3. Dooyeon Cho & Antonio Doblas-Madrid, 2013. "Business Cycle Accounting East and West: Asian Finance and the Investment Wedge," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 16(4), pages 724-744, October.
    4. Dooyeon Cho & Dong-Eun Rhee, 2015. "An assessment of inflation targeting in a quantitative monetary business cycle framework: evidence from four early adopters," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(32), pages 3395-3413, July.
    5. Otsu Keisuke, 2010. "A Neoclassical Analysis of the Asian Crisis: Business Cycle Accounting for a Small Open Economy," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 1-39, July.
    6. Jacek Rothert & Mohammad Rahmati, 2014. "Business Cycle Accounting in a Small Open Economy," Departmental Working Papers 46, United States Naval Academy Department of Economics.
    7. Keisuke Otsu, 2012. "How well can business cycle accounting account for business cycles?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(2), pages 1774-1784.

Articles

  1. Cociuba, Simona E. & Ramanarayanan, Ananth, 2019. "International risk sharing with endogenously segmented asset markets," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 61-78.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Simona E. Cociuba & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2019. "Managing Risk Taking With Interest Rate Policy And Macroprudential Regulations," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(2), pages 1056-1081, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Cociuba, Simona E. & Prescott, Edward C. & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2018. "US hours at work," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 87-90.

    Cited by:

    1. Epstein, Brendan & Mukherjee, Rahul & Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan & Ramnath, Shanthi, 2020. "Trends in aggregate employment, hours worked per worker, and the long-run labor wedge," MPRA Paper 99289, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Matthew Greenblatt, 2020. "In-kind transfers and home production," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 1189-1211, December.
    3. Ferraro, Domenico & Peretto, Pietro F., 2020. "Innovation-led growth in a time of debt," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    4. Aubhik Khan & Ben Lidofsky, 2019. "Growth, Uncertainty and Business Cycles in an Overlapping Generations Economy," 2019 Meeting Papers 1459, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    5. Heejeong Kim, 2022. "Inequality, Disaster risk, and the Great Recession," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 45, pages 187-216, July.
    6. Zhang, Xiang, 2020. "Leisure and long-run risks: An empirical evaluation on value premium puzzle," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).

  4. Cociuba, Simona E. & Shukayev, Malik & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2016. "Collateralized borrowing and risk taking at low interest rates," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 62-83.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Cociuba, Simona E. & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2015. "Heterogeneity and long-run changes in aggregate hours and the labor wedge," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 75-95.

    Cited by:

    1. Epstein, Brendan & Mukherjee, Rahul & Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan & Ramnath, Shanthi, 2020. "Trends in aggregate employment, hours worked per worker, and the long-run labor wedge," MPRA Paper 99289, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Benjamin Bridgman, 2016. "Engines of Leisure," BEA Working Papers 0137, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    3. Gallen, Trevor S., 2018. "Is the labor wedge due to rigid wages? Evidence from the self-employed," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 184-198.
    4. Salem Abo-Zaid, 2021. "Taxation, credit frictions and the cyclical behavior of the labor wedge," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(4), pages 1777-1816, April.
    5. Brinca, Pedro & Costa-Filho, João & Loria, Francesca, 2020. "Business Cycle Accounting: what have we learned so far?," MPRA Paper 100180, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Zhang, Lini, 2018. "Credit crunches, individual heterogeneity and the labor wedge," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 65-88.

  6. Simona E. Cociuba, 2009. "Seeking stability: what's next for banking regulation?," Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, vol. 4(apr).

    Cited by:

    1. Ojo, Marianne, 2009. "Basel II and the Capital Requirements Directive: Responding to the 2008/09 Financial Crisis," MPRA Paper 17379, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Ojo, Marianne, 2009. "Reviewing regulatory objectives: should the scope of regulation be extended?," MPRA Paper 15547, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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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 16 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-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (13) 2008-04-12 2008-05-17 2010-02-05 2010-07-24 2010-11-13 2012-01-03 2012-07-23 2013-12-15 2016-03-06 2016-11-06 2016-11-06 2019-03-25 2019-10-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (11) 2008-05-17 2010-11-13 2012-01-03 2012-07-23 2012-09-22 2013-12-15 2016-03-06 2016-11-06 2016-11-06 2016-11-06 2019-03-25. Author is listed
  3. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (5) 2008-04-12 2008-05-17 2010-07-24 2010-11-13 2012-09-22. Author is listed
  4. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (4) 2012-01-03 2012-07-23 2013-12-15 2016-11-06
  5. NEP-BAN: Banking (2) 2012-07-23 2016-11-06
  6. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (2) 2012-01-03 2012-07-23
  7. NEP-RMG: Risk Management (2) 2016-11-06 2016-11-06
  8. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (2) 2010-02-05 2019-03-25
  9. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2010-02-05
  10. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2012-09-22
  11. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2010-02-05
  12. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2010-02-05
  13. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2019-03-25
  14. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2012-09-22

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