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Overview

Simon Gilchrist is affiliated with New York University in the United States and focuses on research within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their scholarly work spans several key subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, and Accounting.

Their publication record includes contributions to prominent venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, where six papers have appeared. Additionally, they have published in the Journal of Monetary Economics twice, AEA Papers and Proceedings twice, as well as in the Working Paper Series and the Journal of International Economics.

Research topics addressed by Simon Gilchrist include banking stability, regulation, and efficiency; insurance and financial risk management; housing market and economics; global financial crisis and policies; monetary policy and economic impact; state capitalism and financial governance; and financial markets and investment strategies.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on corporate credit risk, monetary policy, and bond markets. Notable publications include:

  • The Fed Takes On Corporate Credit Risk: An Analysis of the Efficacy of the SMCCF, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Fed takes on corporate credit risk: An analysis of the efficacy of the SMCCF, 2024, Journal of Monetary Economics
  • The Fed Takes on Corporate Credit Risk: An Analysis of the Efficacy of the SMCCF, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Financial heterogeneity and monetary union, 2023, Journal of Monetary Economics
  • The Term Structure of the Excess Bond Premium: Measures and Implications, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Egon Zakrajšek, Bin Wei, Vivian Z. Yue, Guihai Zhao, and Zhanwei Yue. This network reflects ongoing joint contributions particularly in areas intersecting financial economics and monetary policy.

Best Publications

  • The Financial Accelerator in a Quantitative Business Cycle Framework

    Ben S. Bernanke;Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • The Financial Accelerator in a Quantitative Business Cycle Framework

    Ben S. Bernanke;Mark Gertler;Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • The Financial Accelerator and the Flight to Quality

    Ben Bernanke;Mark Gertler;Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist

  • Monetary Policy, Business Cycles, and the Behavior of Small Manufacturing Firms

    Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • The Financial Accelerator and the Flight to Quality

    Ben Bernanke;Mark Gertler;Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist

  • Credit Spreads and Business Cycle Fluctuations

    Simon Gilchrist;Egon Zakrajšek

  • Monetary policy, business cycles and the behavior of small manufacturing firms

    Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • Evidence on the Role of Cash Flow for Investment

    Simon Gilchrist;Charles P. Himmelberg

  • Uncertainty, Financial Frictions, and Investment Dynamics

    Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist;Jae W Sim;Egon Zakrajšek

  • The role of credit market imperfections in the monetary transmission mechanism: arguments and evidence

    Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities are Useful: A Comment on Kaplan and Zingales

    Steven M. Fazzari;R. Glenn Hubbard;Bruce C. Petersen

  • External Constraints on Monetary Policy and the Financial Accelerator

    Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist;Fabio Massimo Natalucci

  • Uncertainty, Financial Frictions, and Investment Dynamics

    Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist;Jae W. Sim;Egon Zakrajsek

  • Credit Market Shocks and Economic Fluctuations: Evidence from Corporate Bond and Stock Markets

    Simon Gilchrist;Vladimir Yankov;Egon Zakrajsek

  • Investment: Fundamentals and Finance

    Simon Gilchrist;Charles Himmelberg

  • Credit Market Shocks and Economic Fluctuations: Evidence from Corporate Bond and Stock Markets

    Simon Gilchrist;Vladimir Yankov;Egon Zakrajsek

  • Inflation Dynamics During the Financial Crisis

    Simon Gilchrist;Raphael Schoenle;Jae W. Sim;Egon Zakrajsek

  • The Macroeconomic Impact of Financial and Uncertainty Shocks

    Dario Caldara;Cristina Fuentes-Albero;Simon Gilchrist;Egon Zakrajšek

  • Monetary policy and asset prices

    Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist;John V. Leahy;John V. Leahy

  • Investment: Fundamentals and Finance

    Simon Gilchrist;Charles Himmelberg

  • Do Stock Price Bubbles Influence Corporate Investment

    Simon Gilchrist;Charles P. Himmelberg;Gur Huberman

  • Inflation Dynamics During the Financial Crisis

    Simon Gilchrist;Raphael Schoenle;Jae W. Sim;Egon Zakrajsek

  • Credit Risk in the Euro Area

    Simon Gilchrist;Benoit Mojon

  • Monetary Policy and Real Borrowing Costs at the Zero Lower Bound

    Simon Gilchrist;David López-Salido;Egon Zakrajšek

  • Putty-Clay and Investment: A Business Cycle Analysis

    Simon Gilchrist;John Williams

  • What Happened: Financial Factors in the Great Recession

    Mark Gertler;Simon Gilchrist

  • Do Stock Price Bubbles Influence Corporate Investment

    Charles P. Himmelberg;Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist;Gur Huberman

Frequent Co-Authors

Egon Zakrajsek
Egon Zakrajsek Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Mark Gertler
Mark Gertler New York University
John C. Williams
John C. Williams Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ben S. Bernanke
Ben S. Bernanke Brookings Institution
Jon Faust
Jon Faust Johns Hopkins University
Gur Huberman
Gur Huberman Columbia University
Benoit Mojon
Benoit Mojon Bank for International Settlements
Jonathan H. Wright
Jonathan H. Wright Johns Hopkins University
J. David López-Salido
J. David López-Salido Federal Reserve System
John A. Williams
John A. Williams University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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