Economics Faculty Directory
Ryan Chahrour
Associate Professor
Ryan Chahrour
Ph.D.
Contact
Maloney Hall 393
Telephone: 617-552-0902
Email: ryan.chahrour@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Swarthmore College
- Ph.D., Columbia University
Courses
ECON2202 Macro Theory
ECON8860 Advanced Macro
Expertise
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Economics
External Resources
Department
Selected Publications
"Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Customer Markets", 2015, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 47: 617-672
"Public Communication and Information Acquisition", 2014, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 6:3, 73-101
"A Model-Based Evaluation of the Debate on the Size of the Tax Multiplier", 2012, with Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé and Martin Uribe, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
"Sales and Price Spikes in Retail Scanner Data", 2011, Economics Letters
Working Papers
Working Paper 1017. Ryan Chahrour (Boston College) and Kyle Jurado (Duke University), "Optimal Foresight." (09/2020; PDF)
Working Paper 992. Ryan Chahrour, Sanjay Chugh, The Ohio State University, and Tristan Potter, Drexel University, "Anticipated Productivity and the Labor Market." (01/2020; PDF)
Working Paper 935. Ryan Chahrour and Kyle Jurado, Duke University, "Recoverability", (11/2017; PDF)
Working Paper 934. Ryan Chahrour and Rosen Valchev, Boston College, "International Medium of Exchange: Privilege and Duty", (10/6/17; PDF)
Working Paper 925. Ryan Chahrour, and Robert Ulbricht, Toulouse School of Economics, "Information-driven Business Cycles: A Primal Approach", (03/2017; PDF)
Working Paper 917. Ryan Chahrour, and Kyle Jurado, Duke University, "News or Noise? The Missing Link" (11/2017; PDF)
Working Paper 888. Ryan Chahrour, and Luminita Stevens, University of Maryland, "Equilibrium Price Dispersion and the Border Effect" (12/2015; PDF)
Working Paper 873. Ryan Chahrour and Gaetano Gaballo (Banque de France, Monetary Policy Division), "On the Nature and Stability of Sentiments" (02/2015; PDF)
Working Paper 867. Ryan Chahrour, Sanjay Chugh, The Ohio State University, and Tristan Potter, Drexel University, "Searching for Wages in an Estimated Labor Matching Model" (rev. 12/2016: PDF)
Working Paper 866. Ozge Akinci (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and Ryan Chahrour, "Good News is Bad News: Leverage Cycles and Sudden Stops" (12/2014: PDF)
Working Paper 854. Ryan Chahrour and Justlin Svec,College of the Holy Cross, "Optimal Capital Taxation and Consumer Uncertainty" (04/2014: PDF; forthcoming, Journal of Macroeconomics)