CurriculumVitae(April2017)
DANIELJ.WILSON
101MarketSt.,MailStop1130•SanFrancisco,CA94105•(415)974‐3423
[email protected]
www.frbsf.org/economic‐research/economists/daniel‐wilson
EDUCATION
PH.D.
M.A.
B.A.
ECONOMICS,UniversityofMaryland
ECONOMICS,UniversityofMaryland
ECONOMICS,UniversityofVirginia
2001
1998
1995
POSITIONSHELD
FederalReserveBankofSanFrancisco
RESEARCHADVISOR
SENIORECONOMIST
ECONOMIST
UniversityofMichigan,DepartmentofEconomics
VISITINGLECTURER(INTERMEDIATEMACROECONOMICS)
UniversityofBarcelona,BarcelonaInstituteofEconomics(IEB)
VISITINGSCHOLAR
SanFrancisco,California
2013‐PRESENT
2007–2013
2001–2007
AnnArbor,Michigan
FALL2012
Barcelona,Spain
MAY2009
PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES
BoardofEditors,AmericanEconomicJournal:EconomicPolicy
2017‐PRESENT
FIELDSOFSPECIALIZATION
PublicFinance,EmpiricalMacroeconomics,AppliedMicroeconomics
REFEREEDPUBLICATIONS
“TheEffectofStateTaxesontheGeographicalLocationofTopEarners:EvidencefromStarScientists.”
NBERWP21120&FRBSFWP2015‐06,February2016.Forthcoming,AmericanEconomicReview
(withEnricoMoretti).
“AreStateGovernmentsRoadblockstoFederalStimulus?EvidenceFromHighwayGrantsinthe2009
RecoveryAct.”AmericanEconomicJournal:EconomicPolicy,9(2),May2017(withSylvainLeduc).
“StateIncentivesforInnovation,StarScientistsandJobs:EvidencefromBiotech.”JournalofUrban
Economics,79(1),January2014,pp.20‐38(withEnricoMoretti).
“RoadstoProsperityorBridgestoNowhere?TheoryandEvidenceontheImpactofPublic
InfrastructureInvestment.”NBERMacroeconomicsAnnual,2012,Vol.27(2013),DaronAcemoglu,
JonathanParker,andMichaelWoodford,editors,pp.89‐142(withSylvainLeduc).
“RelativeStatusandWell‐Being:EvidencefromU.S.SuicideDeaths.”ReviewofEconomicsand
Statistics,95(5),December2013,pp.1480‐1500(withMaryDalyandNormJohnson).
“FiscalSpendingJobsMultipliers:Evidencefromthe2009AmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct.”
AmericanEconomicJournal:EconomicPolicy,4(3),August2012,pp.251‐282.
“DarkContrasts:TheParadoxofHighRatesofSuicideinHappyPlaces.”JournalofEconomicBehavior
andOrganization,80(3),December2011,pp.435‐442(withAndrewOswald,MaryDaly,andStephen
Wu).
“CanLowerTaxesBeBought?TheRoleofBusinessRent‐SeekinginTaxCompetitionAmongU.S.
States.”NationalTaxJournal,63(4,Part2),Dec.2010,pp.967‐994(withRobertChirinko).
“BeggarThyNeighbor?TheIn‐State,Out‐of‐State,andAggregateEffectsofR&DTaxCredits.”Review
ofEconomicsandStatistics,91(2),May2009,pp.431‐36.
“Happiness,Unhappiness,andSuicide:AnEmpiricalAssessment.”JournaloftheEuropeanEconomic
Association,7(2‐3),April2009,pp.539‐49(withMaryDaly).
“ITandBeyond:TheContributionofHeterogeneousCapitaltoProductivity.”JournalofBusinessand
EconomicStatistics,27(1),Jan.2009,pp.52‐70.
“StateInvestmentTaxIncentives:AZero‐SumGame?”JournalofPublicEconomics92(12),Dec.2008,
pp.2362‐2384(withRobertChirinko).
“InvestmentBehaviorofU.S.FirmsoverHeterogeneousCapital:ASnapshot.”ReviewofIncomeand
Wealth54(2),June2008,pp.269‐78.
“WhatDoWeKnowabouttheInterstateEconomicEffectsofStateTaxIncentives?,”Georgetown
JournalofLawandPublicPolicyIV(1),Winter2006,pp.133‐64(withKirkStark).
“ImportingTechnology,”JournalofMonetaryEconomics51(1),Jan.2004(withFrancescoCaselli).
“QuantifyingEmbodiedTechnologicalChange,”ReviewofEconomicDynamics7(1),January2004,pp.
1‐26(withPlutarchosSakellaris).
“EmbodyingEmbodimentinaStructural,MacroeconomicInput‐OutputModel,”EconomicSystems
Research15(3),September2003,pp.371‐98.
“IsEmbodiedTechnologicalChangetheResultofUpstreamR&D?Industry‐LevelEvidence,”Reviewof
EconomicDynamics5,April2002,pp.285‐317.
“EstimatingReturnsToScale:Lo,StillNoBalance,”JournalofMacroeconomics22(2),Spring2000,pp.
285‐314.
WORKINGPAPERS
“MeasuringNewsSentiment.”FRBSFWorkingPaper2017‐01,January2017(withAdamShapiroand
MoritzSudhof).
“TheEconomicEffectsofWeather:EvidencefromBigDataonSmallPlaces.”FRBSFWorkingPaper
2016‐21,September2016.
“TaxCompetitionAmongU.S.States:RacingtotheBottomorRidingonaSeesaw?”FRBSFWorking
Paper2008‐03,August2015.Revise&Resubmit,JournalofPublicEconomics(withRobert
Chirinko).
“JobCreationTaxCredits,FiscalForesight,andJobGrowth:EvidencefromU.S.States.”FRBSFWorking
Paper2010‐25,February2016(withRobertChirinko).UnderReview.
“InequalityandMortality:NewEvidenceonanOldQuestion.”FRBSFWorkingPaper2013‐13,May
2013.(withMaryDaly).
“AStateLevelDatabasefortheManufacturingSector:ConstructionandSources.”FRBSFWorking
paper2009‐21,October2009(withRobertChirinko).
WORKINPROGRESS
“TheDecliningLaborShare:TheViewfromtheStates”(withRobertChirinkoandOwenZidar),
presentedat2015AEAMeetings.
“EconomicOutbreaks:EstimatingHowLocalEconomicShocksSpreadAcrossTimeandSpace”(with
BartHobijn)
“TheLocalFiscalMultiplierofthe2009U.S.RecoveryAct:AComprehensiveRetrospectiveAnalysis
BasedonCross‐StateVariation.”
OTHERPUBLICATIONS
“What’sintheNews?ANewEconomicIndicator”FRBSFEconomicLetter2017‐10(withAdam
Shapiro).
“HowImportantIsInformationfromFOMCMinutes?”FRBSFEconomicLetter2016‐37(withFernando
Nechio).
“ClearingtheFog:TheEffectsofWeatheronJobs,”FRBSFEconomicLetter2016‐29(withCatherine
vanderList).
“ResidualSeasonalityandMonetaryPolicy,”FRBSFEconomicLetter2015‐27(withGlennRudebusch
andBenPyle).
“ThePuzzleofWeakFirst‐QuarterGDPGrowth”FRBSFEconomicLetter2015‐16(withGlenn
RudebuschandTimMahedy).
“CompetingforJobs:LocalTaxesandIncentives”FRBSFEconomicLetter2015‐06.
“InfrastructureSpendingasFiscalStimulus:AssessingtheEvidence.”ReviewofEconomicsand
Institutions,5(1),Winter2014,pp.1‐24(withSylvainLeduc).
“InnovationandIncentives:EvidencefromBiotech”FRBSFEconomicLetter2014‐37(withEnrico
Moretti).
“FuelingRoadSpendingwithFederalStimulus”FRBSFEconomicLetter2014‐25(withSylvainLeduc).
“Taxes,Transfers,andStateEconomicDifferences”FRBSFEconomicLetter2013‐36(withIsrael
Malkin).
“FiscalHeadwinds:IstheOtherShoeAbouttoDrop?”FRBSFEconomicLetter2013‐16.
“HighwayGrants:RoadstoProsperity?”FRBSFEconomicLetter2012‐35.
“U.S.FiscalPolicy:HeadwindorTailwind?”FRBSFEconomicLetter2012‐20.
“GovernmentSpending:AnEconomicBoost?”FRBSFEconomicLetter2012‐04.
“EmpiricalMacroeconomicsUsingGeographicalData:GuestEditors’Introduction,”B.E.Journalof
Macroeconomics,12(2),March1212(withChrisFoote,ErikHurst,andAtifMian).
“What’sinYourWallet?TheFutureofCash”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2011‐33.
“IstheRecentProductivityBoomOver?FRBSFEconomicLetter,2010‐28.
“FiscalCrisesoftheStates:CausesandConsequences”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2010‐20.
“TheU.S.andWorldEconomicGeographyBeforeandAftertheDownturn:ConferenceSummary”
FRBSFEconomicLetter,2010‐13.
“StateBusinessTaxesandInvestment:State‐by‐StateSimulations”FRBSFEconomicReview,2010
(withRobertChirinko).
“AreFiscalStimulusFundsGoingtothe"Right"States?”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2009‐14.
“TaxCreditsforJobCreationandRetention:WhatCanWeLearnfromtheStates?”FRBSFEconomic
Letter,2009‐08.
“ResearchontheEffectsofFiscalStimulus:SymposiumSummary”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2008‐20.
“RecentTrendsinEconomicVolatility:ConferenceSummary”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2008‐16.
“UserCost”inDarity,WilliamA.,Jr.InternationalEncyclopediaoftheSocialSciences,2ndedition.
Detroit:MacmillanReferenceUSA,2008.
“StateInvestmentTaxIncentives:WhataretheFacts?”NTAProceedingsof99thAnnualConferenceon
Taxation,2007,pp.36‐44(withRobertChirinko).
“StateInvestmentTaxIncentives:AFewFacts”StateTaxNotes43(8),February26,2007(withRobert
Chirinko).
“RelativeComparisonsandEconomics:EmpiricalEvidence”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2007‐30.
“ChangesinIncomeInequalityacrosstheUS”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2007‐26.
“MicroandMacroDataIntegration:TheCaseofCapital”,in:Jorgenson,Landefeld,andNordhaus,eds.,
ANewArchitecturefortheU.S.NationalAccounts,U.ofChicagoPress,2006(withR.Becker,J.
Haltiwanger,R.Jarmin,andS.Klimek).
“TheMysteryofFallingStateCorporateIncomeTaxes”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2006‐35.
“ProductivityGrowth:CausesandConsequences–ConferenceSummary”FRBSFEconomicLetter,
2006‐2.
“TheRiseandSpreadofStateR&DTaxCredits”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2005‐26.
“AreStateR&DTaxCreditsConstitutional?AnEconomicPerspective”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2005‐
11.
“DoDifferencesinCountries’CapitalCompositionMatter?”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2004‐09.
“Arewerunningoutofnewideas?ALookatPatentsandR&D”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2003‐26.
“WheretoFindtheProductivityGainsfromInnovation?”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2003‐04.
“ProductivityintheTwelfthDistrict”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2002‐33.
“ETC(embodiedtechnologicalchange),etc.”FRBSFEconomicLetter,2002‐33.
INVITEDPRESENTATIONS
SocietyofEconomicDynamics,Toulouse,France,June2016.Presented“TheEffectofStateTaxesonthe
GeographicalLocationofTopEarners:EvidencefromStarScientists.”
InternationalInstituteofPublicFinance,LakeTahoe,NV,August2015.Presented“JobCreationTax
Credits,FiscalForesight,andJobGrowth:EvidencefromU.S.States.”
UrbanEconomicAssociation,Portland,OR,Nov.2015.Presented“Taxation,Migration,andInnovation:
DoStarScientistsMoveinResponsetoInterstateTaxDifferentials?”
AEAMeetings,Boston,MA,Jan2015.Presented“TheDecliningLaborShare:TheViewfromtheStates”
NTAMeetings,Tampa,FL,Nov2014.Presented“Taxation,Migration,andInnovation:DoStar
ScientistsMoveinResponsetoInterstateTaxDifferentials?”
MigrationWorkshop,BarcelonaGraduateSchoolofEconomicsSummerForum,June17,2014.
Presented“Taxation,Migration,andInnovation:DoStarScientistsMoveinResponsetoInterstateTax
Differentials?”
IZAAnnualMigrationConference,May31,Bonn,Germany.Presented“Taxation,Migration,and
Innovation:DoStarScientistsMoveinResponsetoInterstateTaxDifferentials?”
WorkshoponFiscalFederalism,BarcelonaInstituteofEconomics(IEB),Barcelona,June14,2013.
Presented“AreStateGovernmentsRoadblockstoFederalStimulus?EvidenceFromHighwayGrantsin
the2009RecoveryAct.”
SocietyofEconomicDynamics,Cyprus,June21‐24,2012.Presented“RoadstoProsperityorBridgesto
Nowhere?TheoryandEvidenceontheImpactofPublicInfrastructureInvestment.”
NBERMacroeconomicsAnnualConference,Cambridge,MA,April20,2012.Presented“Roadsto
ProsperityorBridgestoNowhere?TheoryandEvidenceontheImpactofPublicInfrastructure
Investment.”
WesternRegionalScienceAssociation,Kauai,HI,Feb.10,2012.Presented“FiscalSpendingJobs
Multipliers:Evidencefromthe2009AmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct.”
NBERSummerInstitute,WorkshoponPublicEconomics,Taxation,andSocialInsurance,Cambridge,MA,
July26,2011.Presenting“FiscalSpendingJobsMultipliers:Evidencefromthe2009American
RecoveryandReinvestmentAct.”
ASSAMeetings,AEAsession“Taxes”Denver,Jan.7,2011.Presented“JobCreationTaxCredits:
Whether,When,andWhere?”
NationalTaxAssociationMeetings,Chicago,Nov.20,2010.Presented“FiscalSpendingJobs
Multipliers:Evidencefromthe2009AmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct.”
EconometricSocietyWorldCongress,Shanghai,Aug.18,2010.Presented“TaxCompetitionamongU.S.
States:RacingtotheBottomorRidingonaSee‐saw?”
UniversityofWashingtonConferenceonRegionalInstitutionsforInnovationandProductivity,Seattle,
April9,2010.Presented“TechnologyInnovations:PoweringorPummelingtheEconomy?”
UrbanEconomicAssociation,SanFrancisco,Nov.19,2009.Presented“JobCreationTaxCredit:
Whether,When,andWhere?”
NorthAmericanRegionalScienceAssociation,Denver,Nov.19,2009.Presented“JobCreationTax
Credit:Whether,When,andWhere?”
CSIP“HappinessandEconomics”Workshop,SanFrancisco,Sept.11,2009.Presented“WhatCan
HappinessResearchLearnfromSuicideData?”
WesternRegionalScienceAssociationMeetings,Napa,CA,Feb.24,2009.Presented“CanLowerTaxes
BeBought?TheRoleofBusinessRent‐SeekinginTaxCompetitionAmongU.S.States.”
UniversityofTennesseeConferenceonMobilityAndTaxPolicy:DoYesterday’sTaxesFitTomorrow’s
Economy?,Knoxville,Oct.2,2008.Presented“CanLowerTaxesBeBought?TheRoleofBusiness
Rent‐SeekinginTaxCompetitionAmongU.S.States.”
EuropeanEconomicAssociationMeetings,Milan,Aug.31,2008.Presented“Happiness,Unhappiness,
andSuicide.”
WesternRegionalScienceAssociationMeetings,Kona,HI,Feb.20,2008.Presented“TaxCompetition
andFactorMobility:EvidencefromtheU.S.States.”
ASSAMeetings,AEAsession“TaxesandFactorMobility,”NewOrleans,Jan.6,2008.Presented“Tax
CompetitionandFactorMobility:EvidencefromtheU.S.States.”
CanadianPublicEconomicsGroupSession,CanadianEconomicAssoc.Meetings,Halifax,May31,2007.
Presented“BeggarThyNeighbor?TheIn‐State,Out‐of‐State,andAggregateEffectsofR&DTax
Credits.”
NorthAmericanRegionalScienceCouncilMeetings,Toronto,Nov.18,2006.Presented“State
InvestmentTaxIncentives:AZero‐SumGame?”
NationalTaxAssociationMeetings,Boston,Nov.16,2006.Presented“StateInvestmentTaxIncentives:
WhataretheFacts?”
AmericanEnterpriseInstitute,Conferenceon“FederalResearchTaxCredit:ANewLeaseonLife,”
Washington,D.C.,Nov.15,2007.Presented“EffectivenessofR&DTaxCredits:Evidencefromthe
States.”
SOLEMeetings,Cambridge,MA,May5,2006.Presented“WhoDoWeLookTo?RelativeIncome,
ReferenceGroups,andUtility?”
ASSAMeetings,AEAsession“RelativeIncomeandUtility,”Boston,Jan.6,2006.Presented“KeepingUp
withtheJonesesandStayingAheadoftheSmiths:EvidencefromSuicideData.”
NorthAmericanRegionalScienceCouncilMeetings,LasVegas,Nov.10,2005.Presented“BeggarThy
Neighbor?TheIn‐Statevs.Out‐of‐StateImpactofStateR&DTaxCredits.”
InequalityandUtility:ExperimentalandEmpiricalApproaches,MiReWorkshop,Paris‐JourdanSciences
Economiques(PSE),Paris,June10‐11,2005.Presented“KeepingUpwiththeJonesesandStaying
AheadoftheSmiths:EvidencefromSuicideData.”
SOLE/EALEMeetings,SanFrancisco,CA,June3‐5,2005.Presented“KeepingUpwiththeJonesesand
StayingAheadoftheSmiths:EvidencefromSuicideData.”
ASSAMeetings,SGEsession“Technology:Diffusion,Productivity,andPrices,”Philadelphia,PA,January7,
2005.Presented“ITandBeyond:TheContributionofHeterogeneousCapitaltoProductivity.”
NBERSummerInstitute,“MacroeconomicsandProductivity”(organizedbyBasuandBerndt),
Cambridge,MA,July21,2004.Presented“ITandBeyond:TheContributionofHeterogeneousCapital
toProductivity.”
ArchitecturefortheNationalAccountsConference,(organizedbyJorgenson,Landefeld,andNordhaus),
Washington,DC,April16‐17,2004.Presented“MicroandMacroDataIntegration:TheCaseofCapital”
(co‐authoredwithBecker,Haltiwanger,Jarmin,andKlimek).
R&D,Education,andProductivity(organizedbyBerndt,Hulten,Mairesse,andTrajtenberg),Paris,
France,August26,2003.Presented“ImportingTechnology”(co‐authoredwithFrancescoCaselli).
Carnegie‐RochesterConferenceonPublicPolicy,Rochester,NY,April25,2003.Presented“Importing
Technology”(co‐authoredwithFrancescoCaselli).
TechnologicalChange,conferencesponsoredbyFederalReserveBankofSanFrancisco,November14,
2002.Presented“ImportingTechnology”(co‐authoredwithFrancescoCaselli).
14thInternationalConferenceonInput‐OutputTechniques,Montreal,Quebec,Canada,October14,2002.
Presented“EmbodyingEmbodimentinaStructural,MacroeconomicInput‐OutputModel.”
ASSAMeetings,AEAsession“NewPerspectivesontheEmbodimentHypothesis,”Atlanta,GA,January6,
2002.Presented“QuantifyingEmbodiedTechnologicalChange”(co‐authoredwithPlutarchos
Sakellaris).
ProductivityGrowth:ANewEra?,conferencesponsoredbyFederalReserveBankofNewYork,
November2,2001.Presented“IsEmbodiedTechnologicalChangetheResultofUpstreamR&D?
Industry‐LevelEvidence.”
NBERSummerInstitute,“OutputandPriceMeasurement”(organizedbyBerndt,Hulten,andWilcox),
Cambridge,MA,July31,2001.Presented“IsEmbodiedTechnologicalChangetheResultofUpstream
R&D?Industry‐LevelEvidence.”
Invitedseminarseriespresentations(partiallist):U.ofPompeuFabra;UCBerkeley(Econ.and
Haas);U.ofMichigan;UCDavis;U.ofVirginia;U.ofMaryland;U.ofBarcelona;U.ofNevadaatReno;
FederalReserveBoard;FederalReserveBanksofSanFrancisco,NewYork,Boston,andChicago;
BureauofLaborStatistics;CenterforEconomicStudies(CensusBureau)BureauofEconomicAnalysis.
GRANTS/AWARDS
1. Co‐Principal(withRobertChirinko)on$26,500“RoadmapforanEntrepreneurialEconomy
Initiative”grantfromGeorgiaTechSchoolofManagement.
2. Co‐Principal(withRobertChirinko)on$10,000grantfromUpjohnInstitutefor“EmploymentTax
Credits:EvidencefromtheStates.”
3. NationalInstituteofAgingresearchsupport(datafunding)forproject,“RelativeStatusandWell‐
Being:EvidencefromU.S.SuicideDeaths.”
TEACHING
UniversityofMichigan
INTERMEDIATEMACROECONOMICS(ECON402)
(3hrs/weeklecture,335students;1hr/weekhonorsdiscussionsection,20students)
FALL2012
MEDIARELATIONS
LiveinterviewsonBloombergTVandNationalPublicRadio(MarketplaceandToThePoint).Also
appearedonCSPAN2.
InterviewedorcitedbyWallStreetJournal,NewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheEconomist,
CNBC,FinancialTimes,AFP,IlSol,LosAngelesTimes,SanFranciscoChronicle,andOaklandTribune.
PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
MemberofAmericanEconomicAssociation,EconometricSociety,NationalTaxAssociation,Urban
EconomicsAssociation
PROFESSIONALSERVICE
Refereefor:AmericanEconomicReview,Econometrica,QuarterlyJournalofEconomics,Reviewof
EconomicsandStatistics;ReviewofEconomicStudies;EconomicJournal;JournalofBusinessand
EconomicStatistics;JournalofEuropeanEconomicAssociation;EuropeanEconomicReview;Journalof
PublicEconomics;AmericanEconomicJournal:EconomicPolicy,AmericanEconomicJournal:Macro;
AmericanEconomicJournal:AppliedEconomics;JournalofUrbanEconomics;JournalofInternational
Economics;ReviewofEconomicDynamics;JournalofMoney,Credit,andBanking;JournalofEconomic
DynamicsandControl;NationalTaxJournal;InternationalTaxandPublicFinance;EconomicSystems
Research;JournalofProductivityAnalysis;CanadianJournalofEconomics;SouthernEconomicJournal;
JournalofMacroeconomics;PublicFinanceandManagement;EconomicDevelopmentQuarterly;
ResearchPolicy;HealthEconomics;HealthPolicy;andB.E.JournalofEconomicAnalysis&Policy.
ProposalreviewerforNationalScienceFoundation,CenterforEconomicStudies(U.S.CensusBureau),
andSwissNationalScienceFoundation.
ConsultedonIMFFiscalMonitor.
Co‐organizerofthebiennialconferencesponsoredbytheCenterfortheStudyofInnovationand
Productivity(CSIP)atFederalReserveBankofSanFrancisco,November2005and2007.
Co‐organizer(withChrisFoote,AtifMian,andErikHurst)ofjointBerkeleyElectronicJournal‐
MacroeconomicsandFederalReserveBankofSanFrancisco“ConferenceonEmpiricalMacroeconomics
UsingGeographicalData,”March18,2011.
Co‐organizerof2013AnnualConferenceofFederalReserveCommitteeonRegionalEconomicAnalysis
atFederalReserveBankofSanFrancisco,October2013.