Jon Samuels

Ph.D. Candidate

Office: Mergenthaler Hall 440
Phone: (617) 271-8656
Email: jon.samuels@jhu.edu
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

  • 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 Systems

    References:

    Professor Jon Faust - faustj@jhu.edu
    Professor Dale Jorgenson - djorgenson@harvard.edu
    Professor Jonathan Wright - wrightj@jhu.edu