Russell Cooper

Professor of Economics

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Email:  russell.cooper@eui.eu . russellcoop@gmail.com 

Tel. [+39] 055 4685 925/954
Fax [+39] 055 4685 902
Secretary: julia.valerio@eui.eu  

Postal address:

Department of Economics
Villa San Paolo
Via della Piazzuola 43
50133 Florence - Italy

Short Biographical Sketch

Prof. Cooper joined the Institute in September 2009 from the University of Texas where he is the Fred Hofheinz Regents Professor of Economics.

He was previously Professor of Economics at Boston University, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Iowa and Assistant Professor at Yale University. He is Fellow of the Econometric Society.

He has published in journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Political Economy.  

Fields of Research

• macroeconomics
• international economics
• applied econometrics
• industrial organization

Recent Publications in Refereed Journals

• “The Cost of Labor Adjustment: Inferences from the Gap, “NBER Working Paper #10006, 2003. Joint with Jonathan Willis), forthcoming, Review of Economic Dynamics.
• “Regional Debt in Monetary Unions: Is it Inflationary?” (joint with Hubert Kempf and Dan Peled) forthcoming, European Economic Review.
• “Comment on The Economics of Labor Adjustment: Mind the Gap: Evidence from a Monte Carlo Experiment: Reply”, (joint with Jonathan Willis), forthcoming American Economic Review.
• “Sustaining Cooperation with Joint Ventures,” (joint with Thomas Ross), Journal of Law,Economics and Organization, 2007.
• “Is it is or is it Ain't my Obligation? Regional Debt in a Fiscal Federation,” (joint with Hubert Kempf and Dan Peled), International Economic Review, 49 (2008), 1469- 1504.