Economists and Research Contacts
Aubhik Khan
Senior Economic Advisor and Economist
Phone:
(215) 574-3905
Fax: (215) 574-4303
E-mail: aubhik.khan@phil.frb.org
Personal web page: www.aubhik-khan.net
Curriculum vitae (PDF)
Working Papers
- "Idiosyncratic Shocks and the Role of Nonconvexities in Plant and Aggregate Investment Dynamics," with Julia K. Thomas, Working Paper 07-24, August 2007.
- "Inflation and Interest Rates with Endogenous Market Segmentation," with J. K. Thomas, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper 07-1.
Publications in Refereed Journals
- "Idiosyncratic Shocks and the Role of Nonconvexities in Plant and Aggregate Investment Dynamics," with J.K. Thomas, December 2007, forthcoming in Econometrica.
- "Explaining Inventories: A Business Cycle Assessment of the Stockout Avoidance and (S,s) Motives," with J.K. Thomas, Macroeconomic Dynamics Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 638-64, November 2007.
- "Inventories and the Business Cycle: An Equilibrium Analysis of (S,s) Policies," with J. K. Thomas, American Economic Review Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 1165-88, September 2007."
- "Optimal Monetary Policy, with R. G. King and A. L. Wolman, Review of Economic Studies 70 (October 2003), pp. 825-60.
- Nonconvex Factor Adjustments in Equilibrium Business Cycle Models: Do Nonlinearities Matter?," with Julia K. Thomas, Journal of Monetary Economics 50 (March 2003), pp. 331-60.
- Costly Technology Adoption and Capital Accumulation," with B. Ravikumar, Review of Economic Dynamics 5 (April 2002), pp. 489-502.
- Growth and Risk-Sharing Under Private Information," with B. Ravikumar, Journal of Monetary Economics 47 (June 2001), pp. 499-521.
- "Financial Development and Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Dynamics 5 (June 2001), pp. 413-33.
Other Publications
- "Adjustment Costs," with J. K. Thomas, forthcoming in S.N. Durlauf and L. E. Blume, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Palgrave Macmillan.
- "Are Data on Industry Evolution and Gross Job Turnover Relevant for Macroeconomics?," with A. Atkeson and L. Ohanian, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 44 (June 1996), pp. 215-250.
Work in Progress
- "Inventories with State-Dependent Pricing," joint with Julia Thomas
- "Financial and Economic Development," with Gian Luca Clementi and Rui Castro
- "Three Equations Generating an Industrial Revolution," with Michele Boldrin and Larry Jones.
- Enduring Relationships with Capital Accumulation, with B. Ravikumar.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review Articles
- "The Industrial Revolution and the Demographic Transition," First Quarter 2008.
- "The Role of Segmented Markets in Monetary Policy," Fourth Quarter 2006.
- "Why Are Married Women Working More? Some Macroeconomic Explanations," Fourth Quarter 2004.
- "The Role of Inventories in the Business Cycle," Third Quarter 2003.
- "Understanding the Life-Cycle of a Manufacturing Plant," Second Quarter 2002.
- "Understanding Changes in Aggregate Business Fixed Investment," Second Quarter 2001.
- The Finance and Growth Nexus, January/February 2000.


