Professional Experience

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 1989 - present

• • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 1998 - 2006

• • Senior Economist

    Bank for International Settlements

  • 2003 - 2004

• • Special Assistant to Vice Chairman Alan Blinder

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 1994 - 1995

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 1989 - 1997

• • Research Fellow

    Brookings Institution

  • 1988 - 1989

• • Research Assistant

    World Bank

  • 1985 - 1986

Publications

• Lebow, David E., and Jeremy B. Rudd (2008). "Inflation Measurement," in Durlauf, Steven N., Lawrence E. Blume eds., The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Lebow, David E., and Jeremy B. Rudd (2006). "Inflation Measurement," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-43. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E., and Jeremy B. Rudd (2003). "Measurement Error in the Consumer Price Index: Where do we Stand?" Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 159-201.
• Lebow, David E., Raven E. Saks, and Beth Anne Wilson (2003). "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Evidence from the Employment Cost Index," Advances in Macroeconomics, Vol. 3, no. 1.
• Lebow, David E., and Jeremy B. Rudd (2001). "Measurement Error in the Consumer Price Index: Where do we Stand?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2001-61. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E., Raven E. Saks, and Beth Anne Wilson (1999). "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Evidence from the Employment Cost Index," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-31. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David, Louise Sheiner, Larry Slifman, and Martha Starr-McCluer (1999). "Recent Trends in Compensation Practices," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-32. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Blinder, Alan S., Elie R. D. Canetti, David E. Lebow, and Jeremy B. Rudd (1998). Asking about prices: A new approach to understanding price stickiness. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
• Lebow, David E., and Daniel E. Sichel (1995). "Is the Shift Toward Employment in Services Stabilizing?" in Harker, Patrick,T. ed., The Service Productivity and Quality Challenge. Boston; Dordrecht and London: Kluwer Academic, pp. 81-112.
• Lebow, David E., David J. Stockton, and William L. Wascher (1995). "Inflation, Nominal Wage Rigidity, and the Efficiency of Labor Markets," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 95-45. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Cohen, Darrel, and David Lebow (1994). "Fiscal Rules and Monetary Policy," Working Paper Series 148. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E. (1993). "Import Competition and Wages: The Roles of the Nontradable Goods Sector," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 552-558.
• Lebow, David E. (1993). "Monetary Policy at Near-Zero Interest Rates," Working Paper Series 136. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E. (1993). "The Covariability of Productivity Shocks Across Industries," Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 483-510.
• Lebow, David E. (1992). "Imperfect Competition and Business Cycles: An Empirical Investigation," Economic inquiry, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 177-193.
• Lebow, David E., and Daniel E. Sichel (1992). "Is the Shift Toward Employment in Services Stabilizing?" Working Paper Series 123. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E., John M. Roberts, and David J. Stockton (1992). "Economic Performance Under Price Stability," Working Paper Series 125. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E. (1991). "Import Competition and Wages: The Role of the Nontradable Goods Sector," Working Paper Series 115. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Feltenstein, Andrew, David Lebow, and Sweder van Wijnbergen (1990). "Savings, Commodity Market Rationing, and the Real Rate of Interest in China," Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 234-252.
• Lebow, David E. (1990). "Imperfect Competition and Business Cycles: An Empirical Investigation," Working Paper Series 104. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David E. (1990). "The Covariability of Productivity Shocks Across Industries," Working Paper Series 102. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Lebow, David (1989). "Market Power, Productivity, and Business Cycles: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics," Ph.D dissertation, Princeton University.
• Feltenstein, Andrew, David Lebow, and Anne Sibert (1988). "An Analysis of the Welfare Implications of Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes: An Intertemporal Model with an Application," Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 611-629.
• Feltenstein, Andrew, David Lebow, and Anne Sibert (1986). "An Analysis of the Welfare Implications of Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes: An Intertemporal Model with an Application," International Finance Discussion Papers 273. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

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