
Jon Samuels
Ph.D. Candidate
Office: Mergenthaler Hall 440
Phone: (617) 271-8656
Email: jon.samuels@jhu.edu
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
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Thesis Title: "Essays on Technology and Forecasting" - Download Abstract (PDF)
Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth and Productivity, Economics of Information Technology
Main Advisor: Professor Jon Faust
Research:
"The Production Frontier and Macro Dynamics" (job market paper) - [PDF]
"Forecasting with Large Datasets: Trimming Predictors and Forecast Combination" (joint with Rodrigo Sekkel) - [PDF]"Semiconductors and U.S. Economic Growth"
"Information Technology and U.S. Productivity Growth: Evidence from a Prototype Industry Production Account" (joint with Dale Jorgenson and Mun Ho); Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 36, No. 2, October 2011, pp.159-175. [link]
"Industry Origins of the American Productivity Resurgence" (joint with Dale Jorgenson, Mun Ho, and Kevin Stiroh); Economics System Research, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 2007, pp. 229-252. [link]
Associations:
IQSS Harvard University, EUKLEMS, World KLEMS, American Economic Association
Teaching:
Teaching Assistant to Professor Louis Maccini, Elements of Macroeconomics
Teaching Assistant to Professor Robert Martin, International Monetary Economics
Teaching Assistant to Professor Barbara Morgan, Comparative Economic SystemsReferences:
Professor Jon Faust - faustj@jhu.edu
Professor Dale Jorgenson - djorgenson@harvard.edu
Professor Jonathan Wright - wrightj@jhu.edu
