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Jean-Paul L'Huillier

Associate Professor of Economics
Jean-Paul  L'Huillier
jpl@brandeis.edu
781-736-4010
Sachar International Center, S-001D

Departments/Programs

Economics
International Business School

Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

Expertise

Primary: Macroeconomics (Information Frictions, Monetary Economics, Business Cycles)
Secondary: Experimental Economics

Profile

Jean-Paul L'Huillier is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brandeis University, and previously was a visiting Faculty member at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An expert in the study of business cycles, his recent research concentrates on how to perform suitable monetary policies in environments of chronic liquidity traps, and on understanding medium-term macroeconomic boom-bust cycles. He has published more than 10 academic articles in refereed journals including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Monetary Economics, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. His recent research has been cited by prominent international media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Le Monde. Webpage

Courses Taught

ECON 82b Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 304a Advanced Macroeconomics II
ECON 307f Applied Methods I
ECON 399a Dissertation Workshop

Awards and Honors

Nominated for "Académico de Número de la Academia Boliviana de Ciencias Económicas" (2018 - 2021)

Scholarship

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Phelan, Gregory; Wieman, Hunter. "Technology Shocks and Predictable Minsky Cycles.

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Singh, Sanjay; Yoo, Donghoon. "Diagnostic Expectations and Macroeconomic Volatility.

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul. "Consumer Imperfect Information and Endogenous Price Rigidity." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2020).

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Schoenle, Raphael. "Raising the Inflation Target: What Are the Effective Gains in Policy Room?.

Flemming, Jean; L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Piguillem, Facundo. "Macro-Prudential Taxation in Good Times." Journal of International Economics 121 (2019).

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Shakhnov, Kirill; Simon, Laure. "Short- and Long-Run News: Evidence from Giant Mineral Discoveries.

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Yoo, Donghoon. "Where is the GE? Consumption Dynamics in DSGEs." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2019).

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Zame, William R.. "Optimally Sticky Prices: Foundations.

Cao, Dan; L'Huillier, Jean-Paul. "Technological Revolutions and the Three Great Slumps: A Medium-Run Analysis." Journal of Monetary Economics 96. (2018): 93-108.

Blanchard, Olivier; Lorenzoni, Guido; L'Huillier, Jean-Paul. "Short-Run Effects of Lower Productivity Growth. A Twist on the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis." Journal of Policy Modeling (2017).

L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Yoo, Donghoon. "Bad News in the Great Depression, the Great Recession, and Other U.S. Recessions: A Comparative Study." Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2017).

Blanchard, Olivier; L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Lorenzoni, Guido. "News, Noise, and Fluctuations: An Empirical Exploration." American Economic Review (2013).



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