Ellen McGrattan

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McGrattan, Ellen R; Prescott, Edward C (2010). "Unmeasured Investment and the Puzzling US Boom in the 1990s" (PDF). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. 2 (4): 88–123. doi:10.1257/mac.2.4.88. ISSN   1945-7707. S2CID   152747062.
  • McGrattan, Ellen R.; Prescott, Edward C. (2017). "On financing retirement with an aging population" (PDF). Quantitative Economics. 8 (1): 75–115. doi: 10.3982/QE648 . ISSN   1759-7323. S2CID   12155232.
  • Bhandari, Anmol; McGrattan, Ellen R. (2019). Sweat Equity in U.S. Private Business (Technical report). doi: 10.21034/sr.560 .
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    Ellen McGrattan
    Born (1962-10-04) October 4, 1962 (age 61)
    NationalityAmerican
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Thesis Computation and Application of Equilibrium Models with Distortionary Taxes (1989)