Finn E. Kydland

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The Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship; University Professor of Economics, Nobel Laureate (2004)

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, labor economics.

Published Papers: 

• Endogenous Money, Inflation, and Welfare
  Review of Economic Dynamics, Forthcoming.
  (With: Espen Henriksen)
  
  
• Monetary Policy, Taxes, and the Business Cycle
  Journal of Monetary Economics 54, September 2007; 1587-1611.
  (With: William Gavin, M. Pakko)
  
  
• The Welfare Cost of Inflation in the Presence of Inside Money
  in D.E. Altig & E. Nosal (eds.) Monteary Policy in Low-Inflation Economies, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  (With: Scott Freeman, Espen Henriksen)
  
  
• Quantitative Aggregate Theory
  American Economic Review, 2006.
  
  
• Home Production Meets Time to Build
  Journal of Political Economy, 2001.
  (With: Paul Gomme, Peter Rupert)
  
  
• Monetary Aggregate and Output
  American Economic Review, 2000.
  (With: Scott Freeman)
  
  
• Endogenous Money Supply and the Business Cycle
  Review of Economic Dynamics, 1999.
  (With: William Gavin)
  
  
• The Gold Standard as a Rule: An Essay in Exploration
  Explorations in Economic History, 1995.
  (With: M. Bordo)
  
  
• Dynamics of the Trade Balance and the Terms of Trade: The J-Curve?
  American Economic Review, 1994.
  (With: D. Backus, P. Kehoe)
  
  
• International Real Business Cycles
  Journal of Political Economy, 1992.
  (With: D. Backus, P. Kehoe)
  
  
• Intertemporal Preferences and Labor Supply
  Econometrica, 1988.
  (With: V. Hotz, G. Sedlacek)
  
  

Awards:

• Doctor honoris causa, University of Stavanger - October, 2005
• Award of Distinguished Achievement, The Money Marketeers of New York University - October, 2005
• Visitante Ilustre, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán - November, 2006
• Doctor honoris causa, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - November, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of British Columbia - May, 2006
• Docteur honoris causa, Université du Québec á Montréal - May, 2005
• Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences - 2004
• Fellow, Econometric Society - 1992
• John Stauffer National Fellowship, Hoover Institution - 1982-1983
• Alexander Henderson Award, Carnegie Mellon - 1973

Editorial Boards:

• Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1996-

Consulting:

• Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Courses Taught:

• Business Cycles (47-810)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)