My current research focuses on theoretical and empirical models on the origin and
transmission mechanisms of the recent financial crisis.

Articles

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New Approaches to Ranking Economics Journals (with Yolanda K. Kodrzycki), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions) (2006)
We develop a flexible, citations- and reference-intensity-adjusted ranking technique that allows a specified set of...
 

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Focus on high-tech: what's in a name?: gauging high-tech activity, Regional Review (2004)
The Boston metro area fares well when assessing a region’s high-tech capacity by its share...
 

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Gauging Metropolitan "High-Tech" and "I-Tech" Activity (with Karen Chapple, Ann Markusen, Daisaku Yamamoto, and Gregory Schrock ), Economic Development Quarterly (2004)
In the past few years, a number of new studies have published high-tech rankings of...
 

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Rejoinder: High-Tech Rankings, Specialization, and Relationship to Growth (with Daisaku Yamamoto , Karen Chapple, Ann Markusen , and Greg Schrock ), Economic Development Quarterly (2004)
 

Contributions to Books

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High Tech Activity and Urban Economic Development: Implications for Shanghai (with Ann Markusen), Global Aspirations/Local Actions: Shanghai’s Renaissance in Comparative Perspective (2009)
 

Editing and Commentary

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Update New England (2005)
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/update-ne/index.htm
 

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Update New England (2004)
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/update-ne/
 

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Update New England (2003)
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/update-ne/