Jonathan L. Willis
Assistant Vice President and Economist
Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
1 Memorial Drive
Kansas City, MO 64198
Email: jonathan.willis@kc.frb.org
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Curriculum vitae (PDF, 218 K) |
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Jon Willis is an Assistant Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the Economic Research Department in September 2000. A native of Iowa, Jon received a B.A. degree in economics from Grinnell College in 1993 and a Ph.D. degree in economics from Boston University in 2001. Jon conducts research on labor market dynamics over the business cycle and the relationship between the price-setting behavior of firms and inflation dynamics. In addition to working at the Bank, he has served as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin. |
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"The Cost of Labor Adjustment: Inferences from the Gap," with Russell Cooper, Review of Economic Dynamics, forthcoming. "Mind the (Approximation) Gap: A Robustness Analysis," with Russell Cooper, American Economic Review, forthcoming. "Sticky Information and Sticky Prices," with Peter Klenow, Journal of Monetary Economics, September 2007. "Search Frictions: Matching Aggregate and Establishment Observations, "Magazine Prices Revisited," Journal of Applied Econometrics, April 2006. "A Comment on the Economics of Labor Adjustment: Mind the Gap," American Economic Review, September 2004. |
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review articles |
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"What Happened to the Gains From Strong Productivity Growth?" with Julie Wroblewski, First Quarter 2007. (Summary | Article PDF 111K) "What Impact Will E-Commerce Have on the U.S. Economy?" Second Quarter 2004. (Summary | Article PDF 193K) "Implications of Structural Changes in the U.S. Economy for Pricing Behavior and Inflation Dynamics," First Quarter 2003. (Summary | Article PDF 143K) |
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"Mind the (Approximation) Gap: A Robustness Analysis," with Russell Cooper, RWP 09-02. (PDF 1,078K | Abstract) "Search Frictions: Matching Aggregate and Establishment Observations," with Russell Cooper and John Haltiwanger, RWP 06-14 (PDF 579K | Abstract) "Sticky Information and Sticky Prices," with Peter J. Klenow, RWP 06-13. (PDF 550K | Abstract) "Real Rigidities and Nominal Price Changes," with Peter J. Klenow, RWP 06-03. (PDF 522K | Abstract) "Dynamics of Labor Demand: Evidence from Plant-level Observations and Aggregate Implications," with Russell Cooper and John Haltiwanger, RWP 03-12. (PDF 368K | Abstract) "The Economics of Labor Adjustment: Mind the Gap," with Russell Cooper, RWP 03-05. (PDF 365K | Abstract) "The Cost of Labor Adjustment: Inferences from the Gap," RWP 02-11. (PDF 562K | Abstract) "Magazine Prices Revisited," RWP 01-15. (PDF 236K | Abstract) "The Economics of Labor Adjustment: Mind the Gap," RWP 01-06. (PDF 740K | Abstract) "Estimation of Adjustment Costs in a Model of State-Dependent Pricing," RWP 00-07. (PDF 366K | Abstract) |
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"General Equilibrium of a Monetary Model with State-Dependent Pricing," (PDF 297K) |