Briefing
2019 Richmond Fed Research Digest
Rhodes, Karl; Harnish, Molly (2019)
Summaries of work by economists in the Bank’s Research Department published externally from June 1, 2018, through May 31, 2019
Research Digest

Journal Article
Testing charter cities: Can new cities with better rules accelerate economic growth in Honduras and other developing nations?
Rhodes, Karl (2012-04)
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Econ Focus , Volume 16 , Issue 2Q/3Q , Pages 20-23

Journal Article
The end of nowhere: what can ghost towns teach us about saving small communities?
Rhodes, Karl (2011-07)
Related links:> https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2011/q3/feature2_weblinks.cfm
Econ Focus , Volume 15 , Issue 3Q , Pages 20-23

Briefing
Using Inventories to Help Explain Post-1984 Business Cycles
Lubik, Thomas A.; Rhodes, Karl; Sarte, Pierre-Daniel G.; Schwartzman, Felipe (2016-06)
Real business cycle (RBC) models have been highly successful at explaining business cycles that occurred before 1984. But since then, shifts in comovements and relative volatilities of key economic aggregates have challenged their preeminence. One possible refinement of the standard RBC model is to include multiple stages of production. This extension allows researchers to use inventory data to estimate the discount rate that firms use to assess future income streams. The results indicate that variations in the discount rate reflect financial frictions that have become significant drivers of ...
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue June

Briefing
Putting the Beveridge Curve Back to Work
Rhodes, Karl; Lubik, Thomas A. (2014-09)
After the recession of 2007-09, the Beveridge curve seemed to shift significantly outward as the job-vacancy rate increased with no corresponding decrease in the unemployment rate. A new time-varying analysis of the Beveridge curve from the early 1950s through 2011 could lend support to the idea that skill mismatch due to technological change is the most likely driver of the curve's outward shifts, including its most recent movement. This analysis suggests that expansionary monetary policy has done little in recent years to reduce the unemployment rate.
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue Sept

Journal Article
Coal Crunch Massive Mining Layoffs Hit WV
Rhodes, Karl (2014-04)
Regional News
Econ Focus , Issue 2Q , Pages 3-3

Briefing
2017 Richmond Fed Research Digest
Sablik, Timothy; Rhodes, Karl (2017)
Summaries of work by economists in the Bank’s Research Department published externally from June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017
Research Digest

Journal Article
Car Wars: Internal combustion cars zoomed past electrics more than 100 years ago, but is the horseless road race really over?
Rhodes, Karl (2014-10)
Econ Focus , Issue 4Q , Pages 30-33

Journal Article
The road to recovery : retraining programs throughout the Fifth District are preparing displaced manufacturing workers for new niches in the global economy
Rhodes, Karl (2004-07)
Econ Focus , Volume 8 , Issue Sum , Pages 12-17

Briefing
All Mortgages Are Not Created Equal
Rhodes, Karl; Robinson, Breck L. (2013-01)
Housing experts have studied the relative performance of different types of mortgages during the housing crisis. But foreclosure analysis often overlooks distinctions between mortgages issued to occupant owners and those issued to non-occupant owners. This Economic Brief highlights the impact of non-occupant-owner mortgages on the housing crisis.
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue Jan