October

10/22/2009
U.S. Macroeconomic Policy: Steps Toward Recovery - Panel Discussion

10/2/2009
Paul Krugman Lecture
An economist and prolific writer who divides his energies among many pursuits....

10/2-3/2009
Keynote speaker for the Festschrift in Honor of Alan Deardorff
The first day is comprised of a series of panels that will reflect on Alan’s contributions...

September

9/15/2009
China challenges US tire tariffs
The Detroit News
University of Michigan economics professor Robert M. Stern says the Chinese are "playing tit for tat" in the ongoing trade skirmish. ...

9/11/2009
White House Reports Stimulus Saved One Million Jobs
Wall Street Journal
Macroeconomics professor Matthew Shapiro, of the University of Michigan, said that the council faced a difficult task but that it had taken a "reasonable...

9/3/2009
Taxing Rich Wouldn't Close the Gap, but Would Shrink It
Wall Street Journal
... we could raise more money from high-income people...and still have a strong economy, says Joel Slemrod, a University of Michigan tax economist. ...

August

8/25/2009
Evidence that the College Chase Is Crazier in the Northeast
Wall Street Journal Blogs
In a paper distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research, John Bound and Brad Hershbein of the University of Michigan and Bridget Terry Long of ...

8/25/2009
Admissions Competition vs. Learning
Inside Higher Ed
The study -- released by the National Bureau of Economic Research -- is by John Bound and Brad Hershbein of the University of Michigan and Bridget Terry ...

8/24/2009
Union Workers Hit Harder By High State Taxes, Study Finds
Wall Street Journal Blogs
The study by R. Alison Felix, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and James R. Hines Jr., a University of Michigan professor, ...

8/21/2009
City Residents Pay More... Taxes
Atlantic Online
That's according to an important new study by University of Michigan economist and MPI associate David Albouy in the Journal of Political Economy, ...

8/19/2009
City Slickers Pay Too Much Tax
CBS MoneyWatch.com
Or, at least, that's the conclusion of University of Michigan economist David Albouy. In a recent study, Albouy found that workers in big cities pay about ...

8/18/2009
Economist backs RBA policy approach to inflation
Trading Room
Another conference paper, by Lutz Kilian of the University of Michigan, emphasised the centrality of keeping inflation expectations anchored to withstand ...

8/4/2009
More cash for clunkers
Baltimore Sun
University of Michigan economists Matthew D. Shapiro and Joel B. Slemrod concluded that about a third of the 2008 rebate checks were spent, with the rest of ...

July

7/17/2009
Companies with more women in senior management roles make more money
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
In fact, an economist at the University of Michigan, Scott Page, uses mathematical models to demonstrate that a diverse group will solve a complicated ...

7/15/2009
How much should you risk on foreign stocks?
...predicts Linda Tesar, chairman of the University of Michigan's economics department...
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/international-invest-guide-foreign-stocks-buy-un-american.html?feed=rss_finance

June

6/19/2009
Tech Payoff for Companies Remains Elusive, Study Finds
New York Times - United States
Scott E. Page, an economist at the University of Michigan, who looked at the Deloitte index, said questions could be raised about some of its metrics and ...

April

4/15/2009
What I Learned in My 16 Years on the Tax Beat
MarketWatch - USA
Joel Slemrod, an economics professor at the University of Michigan, estimates that the time and money individuals spend on tax compliance now comes to about ...

March

3/24/2009
Consumers could subvert energy conservation
USA Today - USA
... and a 2008 study by University of Michigan economist Lucas Davis found that people given energy-efficient washing machines washed more clothes. ....

3/23/2009
Millionaires' audit chances fell 36% last year
USA Today - USA
7% for those earning $40000 to $50000, according to a 2008 analysis by Joel Slemrod, a University of Michigan economics professor, and IRS economist Andrew ...

3/22/2009
Annual University of Michigan survey sees more tough times ahead
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Looking forward, Fulton and Grimes predict our local economy will be kept afloat by the state government industry - chiefly the University of Michigan and ...

3/22/2009
Despite turmoil, University of Michigan experts on target
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
by Stefanie Murray | The Ann Arbor News Even with all the unexpected economic turmoil that dominated 2008, University of Michigan economists George Fulton

February

2/27/2009
Economists: Fed Won Risky Battle With Energy Price Surge
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
The paper was authored by Ethan Harris of Barclays Capital, Bruce Kasman of JP Morgan Chase, along with Matthew Shapiro of the University of Michigan and ...

2/27/2009
Fed's Yellen: long-run inflation forecasts useful
Reuters - USA
... Business School forum. The paper, by Ethan Harris of Barclays Capital, Bruce Kasman of JPMorgan Chase, Matthew Shapiro of the University of Michigan and ...

2/6/2009
When will Beltway types learn to pay their taxes?
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
Andrew Johns of the IRS and Joel Slemrod, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, co-wrote a study on tax non-compliance that found ...

2/1/2009
Payroll tax cuts may lift spirits
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... even if just a little, than the rebate checks sent to taxpayers in 2001 and 2008, according to University ofMichigan economist Matthew Shapiro. ...

January

1/26/2009
Rebates Not the Answer to Economic Woes
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
Economics professors Matthew Shapiro and Joel Slemrod of the University of Michigan claim that President Barack Obama should not rely on tax rebates in his ...

1/25/2009
Conservative Plan Isn't About "Recovery"
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
... little 'bang for the buck' as economic stimulus," according to a new study by University of Michigan economists Matthew D. Shapiro and Joel Slemrod. ...

1/23/2009
Does Stimulus Stimulate?
Forbes - NY,USA
According to a new paper by University of Michigan economists Matthew Shapiro and Joel Slemrod, only a third of the money was spent, thus providing very ...

1/22/2009
UM economists say tax rebates won't fix economy
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
by Stefanie Murray | The Ann Arbor News Tax rebates are a weak economic stimulus, according to two economists at the University of Michigan who studied how ...

1/16/2009
University of Michigan economist explains what led to dire ...
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson,MI,USA
... must stimulate aggregate demand and "gear up the production, consumption machine," said Tom Weisskopf, a University of Michigan professor of economics. ...

1/13/2009
Death and Taxes, Still Inevitability
Barron's - USA
... in The Review of Economics and Statistics, Wojciech Kopczuk of the University of British Columbia and Joel Siemrod of the University of Michigan found ...