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John G. Fernald

John G. Fernald

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
50
Citations
19944
World Ranking
1353
National Ranking
31

Overview

John G. Fernald is affiliated with INSEAD in France and has a research portfolio focused primarily on economics, econometrics, and finance, contributing to multiple fields including economics and econometrics, general economics, finance, political science, and general health professions.

Their research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Global trade and economics
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Economic Theory and Policy

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Robert Inklaar
  • Dimitrije Ruzic
  • Mehrdad Esfahani
  • Bart Hobijn
  • Huiyu Li

John G. Fernald's recent publications demonstrate a focus on productivity as well as the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic measurement issues. Notable recent papers are:

  • "Is China fudging its GDP figures? Evidence from trading partner data," 2020, Journal of International Money and Finance
  • "The Impact of COVID on Productivity and Potential Output," 2022, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • "The Productivity Slowdown in Advanced Economies: Common Shocks or Common Trends?," 2023, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • "The Productivity Slowdown in Advanced Economies: Common Shocks or Common Trends?," 2024, Review of Income and Wealth
  • "The Impact of COVID on Potential Output," 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series

The majority of their publications appear in the following venues:

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Income and Wealth
  • Journal of International Money and Finance
  • American Economic Journal Macroeconomics

Best Publications

  • Returns to scale in U.S. production: estimates and implications

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Returns to Scale in U.S. Production: Estimates and Implications

    Susanto Basu;Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Are technology improvements contractionary

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Miles S. Kimball

  • A quarterly, utilization-adjusted series on total factor productivity

    John G. Fernald

  • Are Technology Improvements Contractionary?

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  • Are Technology Improvements Contractionary

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Miles S. Kimball

  • Roads to Prosperity? Assessing the Link between Public Capital and Productivity

    John G. Fernald

  • Productivity and Potential Output Before, During, and After the Great Recession

    John G. Fernald

  • Puzzles in the Chinese stock market

    John G. Fernald;John H. Rogers

  • The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth, or Does Information Technology Explain Why Productivity Accelerated in the United States but Not in the United Kingdom?

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

  • Productivity growth in the 1990s: technology, utilization, or adjustment?

    Susanto Basu;Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Matthew D. Shapiro;Matthew D. Shapiro

  • The pre-Great Recession slowdown in productivity

    Gilbert Cette;John G. Fernald;Benoit Mojon

  • Are Apparent Productive Spillovers a Figment of Specification Error

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Aggregate productivity and aggregate technology

    Susanto Basu;Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Why Is Productivity Procyclical? Why Do We Care?

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Productivity Growth in the 1990s: Technology, Utilization, or Adjustment?

    Susanto Basu;Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Matthew D. Shapiro;Matthew D. Shapiro

  • Information and Communications Technology as a General-Purpose Technology: Evidence from US Industry Data

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald

  • Puzzles in the Chinese Stock Market

    John G. Fernald;John H. Rogers

  • The Future of US Economic Growth

    John G. Fernald;Charles I. Jones

  • Monetary Policy Effectiveness in China: Evidence from a FAVAR Model

    John G. Fernald;Mark M. Spiegel;Eric T. Swanson

  • The Disappointing Recovery of Output after 2009

    John G. Fernald;Robert E. Hall;James H. Stock;Mark W. Watson

  • Trend breaks, long-run restrictions, and contractionary technology improvements

    John G. Fernald

  • Was China the first domino? Assessing links between China and other Asian economies

    John Fernald;Hali Edison;Prakash Loungani

  • China and emerging Asia: comrades or competitors?

    Alan G. Ahearne;John G. Fernald;Prakash Loungani;John W. Schindler

  • The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information technology explain why productivity accelerated in the United States but not the United Kingdom?

    Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanto Basu
Susanto Basu Boston College
Òscar Jordà
Òscar Jordà Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mark M. Spiegel
Mark M. Spiegel Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mary C. Daly
Mary C. Daly Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Prakash Loungani
Prakash Loungani Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas Oulton
Nicholas Oulton London School of Economics and Political Science
Bart Hobijn
Bart Hobijn Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Matthew D. Shapiro
Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James H. Stock
James H. Stock Harvard University
Robert E. Hall
Robert E. Hall Hoover Institution

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