Fellow Researchers Profile

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki

International Senior Fellow

Professor, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics

Profile

Education

1981-1985 Harvard University, Ph.D. Economics, June 1985. (Doctoral Thesis: Macroeconomics of Monopolistic Competition)
1978-1981 University of Tokyo, Ph.D. Program
1974-1978 University of Tokyo, B.A. Economics, March 1978

Career

2019-20, 2015-16, 2010-11 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, LSE
2013-Present Academic Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2012-Present Harold H. Helm í20 Professor of Economics and Banking, Princeton University
2006-Present Professor, Department of Economics, Princeton University.
2006-Present Academic Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
1997-2006 Professor, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science.
2005-06 Senior Economist and Resident Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2000-01 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts of Institute of Technology
1991-1997 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota.
1995-96 BP/LSE Visiting Centennial Professor, LSE
1985-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1989-1991 Lecturer, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Publications

  • "Credit Booms, Financial Crises and Macroprudential Policy," with Mark Gertler and Andrea Prestipino, in Review of Economic Dynamics (2020) 37, S8-S33.
  • "A Macroeconomic Model with Financial Panics," with Mark Gertler and Andrea Prestipino in Review of Economic Studies (2020) 87, 240-288.
  • "Banking Panics as Endogenous Disasters and the Welfare Gains from Macroprudential Policy," with Mark Gertler and Andrea Prestipino in American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, (2020) 110, 1-7.
  • "Liquidity, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy," with John Moore in Journal of Political Economy (2019), 127(6), 2926-2965.
  • "The Great Escape?" with Marco Del Negro, Gauti Eggertsson and Andrea Ferrero, in American Economic Review (2017), 107(3), 824-857.
  • "Wholesale Banking and Bank Runs in Macroeconomic Modelling of Financial Crises," with Mark Gertler and Andrea Prestipino, in Handbook of Macroeconomics Volume 2B, edited by John Taylor and Harald Uhlig. (2016) Amsterdam: Elsevier. ìAnticipated Banking Panicsîwith Mark Gertler and Andrea Prestipino, in American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings (2016), 106(5), 554-559.
  • "Banking, Liquidity and Bank Runs in an InÖnite Horizon Economy" with Mark Gertler, American Economic Review (2015), 105(7), 2011-2043.
  • "Financial Crises, Bank Risk Exposure and Government Financial Policy," with Mark Gertler and Albert Queralto, Journal of Monetary Economics (2012), 59, S17-S34.
  • "Winners and Losers in Housing Markets," with Alex Michaelides and Kalin Nikolov in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2011), 255-296.
  • "Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis," with Mark Gertler, in Handbook of Monetary Economics, Volume 3A, edited by Benjamin Friedman and Michael Woodford, Amsterdam: Elsevier (2011).
  • "Capital Flows and Asset Prices," with Kosuke Aoki and Gianluca Benigno, in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, edited by R. Clarida and F. Giavazzi, Chicago: Chicago University Press (2008). ]
  • "A Model of Job and Worker Flow," with Ricardo Lagos, in Journal of Political Economy (2007), 770-819.
  • "Liquidity and Asset Prices," with John Moore, in International Economic Review, 46 (2005), 317-349. Reprinted in Liquidity and Crises, edited by F. Allen, E. Carletti, J. Krahnen and M. Tyrell, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2011), 377-405. 2
  • "Financial Deepening," with John Moore, in Journal of European Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 3 (April-May 2005), 701-713.
  • "Balance-Sheet Contagion," with John Moore, in American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 85 (2002), 46-50.
  • "Evil is the Root of All Money," with John Moore, in American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 85 (2002), 62-66.
  • "Credit and Business Cycles," Japanese Economic Review, 49 (1998), 19-36. Japanese Translation reprinted in Survey on Modern Economics 1998, edited by M. Otsuki et al., Tokyo: Toyokeizai-Shimposha (1998), 29-51.
  • "Credit Cycles," with John Moore, Journal of Political Economy, 105 (1997), 211- 248. Reprinted in Credit, Intermediation, and Macroeconomy, edited by S. Bhattacharya, A. Boot and A. Tharker, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2004), 798-832.
  • "Private Sector Development in Transition Economies," with Zuzana Brixiova, in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, edited by B. McCallum and C. Plosser, Amsterdam: North-Holland (1997), 241-279.
  • "Business Fixed Investment and the Business Cycles in Japan," with Kenneth West, in NBER Macroeconomic Annual, edited by B. Bernanke and J. Rotemberg, Cambridge: MIT Press (1996), 277-323.
  • "Buyers and Sellers: Should I Stay or Should I Go?" with Kenneth Burdett, Melvyn Coles and Randall Wright, American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 85 (May 1995), 281-286.
  • "Towards a Theory of International Currency," with Kiminori Matsuyama and Akihiko Matsui, Review of Economic Studies, 60 (1993), 283-307.
  • "A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Search, Production and Exchange," with Michele Boldrin and Randall Wright, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 17 (1993), 723-758.
  • "More on Money as a Medium of Exchange," with Timothy Kehoe and Randall Wright, Economic Theory, 3 (1993), 297-314.
  • "A Search-Theoretic Approach to Monetary Economics," with Randall Wright, American Economic Review, March, (1993), 63-77.
  • "A Contribution to the Pure Theory of Money," with Randall Wright, Journal of Economic Theory, 53-2 (1991), 215-235.
  • "On Money as a Medium of Exchange," with Randall Wright, Journal of Political Economy, 97 (1989), 927-54. 3
  • "Multiple Expectational Equilibria under Monopolistic Competition," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 103 (1988), 695-713.
  • "Monopolistic Competition and the E§ects of Aggregate Demand," with Olivier Blanchard, American Economic Review, 77 (1987), 647-66. Reprinted in New Keynesian Economics, edited by D. Romer and G. Mankiw, Cambridge: MIT Press (1991),
    and in Macroeconomics and Imperfect Competition, edited by J.P. Bennasy, Hant and BrookÖeld: Edward Elgar Publishing Company (1995).
  • "A Mechanism Design Approach to Financial Frictions," in Global Macro Economy and Finance, edited by F. Allen, M. Aoki, J-P. Fitoussi, N. Kiyotaki, R. Gordon and J. Stiglitz, Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 177-187. The Japanese translation reprinted in Frontiers of Comparative Institutional Analysis, edited by M. Aoki, M. Kandori and T. Okazaki, NTT Publishing Company (2016).
  • "Perspective on Modern Business Cycle Theory" in 75 Years History of Japanese Economic Association, edited by Japanese Economic Association. Tokyo: Yuhikaku (2010) in Japanese. The English translation reprinted in Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly (Third Quarter 2011), 195-208.
  • "Land Prices and Business Fixed Investment in Japan," with Kenneth West, in Longrun Growth and Short-run Stabilization: Essays in Memory of Albert Ando, edited by L. Klein, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Company (2006), 303-337.
  • "A Cost of UniÖed Currency," with John Moore, in Central Banking, Monetary Theory and Practice: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, edited by P. Mizen, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Company (2003), 247- 255.
  • "Theories of Money and Credit," in Modern Economic Theories: Essays in Honour of Takashi Negishi, edited by M. Itoh and K. Iwai, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press (1994), 247-210. In Japanese.
  • "Acceptability, Means of Payment, and Media of Exchange," with Randall Wright, in New Palgrave in Money and Finance, edited by P. Newman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1992). Reprinted in Quarterly Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Summer (1992).
  • "Money and Specialization," in Studies in Modern Economics: Essays in Honour of Hirofumi Uzawa, edited by K. Iwai and T. Onitsuka,Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, (1988), 82-99. In Japanese. 4
  • "Disequilibrium Dynamics of Flexible Exchange Rates," in Theory of International Finance, edited by T. Onitsuka and H. Uzawa, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press (1983), 99-121. In Japanese.

Papers

  • "Credit Horizons" with John Moore and Shengxing Zhang (2020).
  • "Housing, Distribution and Welfare" with Alexander Michaelides and Kalin Nikolov (2020).
  • "Intangibles, Inequality and Stagnation," with Shengxing Zhang (2018).
  • "Monetary and Financial Policies in Emerging Markets," with Kosuke Aoki and Gianluca Benigno, revised in (2020).
  • "Product Dynamics and Aggregate Shocks: Evidence from Japanese Product and Firm Level Data," with Robert Dekle, Atsushi Kawakami and Tsutomu Miyagawa. (2017).
  • "Dynamics of Firms and Trade in General Equilibrium" with Robert Dekle and Hyeok Jeong, revised in (2014).
  • "Inside Money and Liquidity," with John Moore, LSE, revised in (2018).
  • Manuscripts of Clarendon Lectures (2001), with John Moore.
    Lecture 1, "Evil is the Root of All Money."
    Lecture 2, "Liquidity, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy."
  • "Credit Chains," with John Moore, LSE, revised in (1997).