Raveendranathan Gajendran, Assistant Professor
Gajendran Raveendranathan
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Department of Economics
Area(s) of Interest:
Biography
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economics
Teaching
ECON 701 - Summer 2022
ECON 700 - Winter 2022
ECON 752 - Winter 2022
ECON 766 - Fall 2021
ECON 3H03 - Fall 2021
ECON 752 - Winter 2021
ECON 4A03 - Winter 2021
ECON 766 - Fall 2020
ECON 3H03 - Fall 2020
ECON 752 - Winter 2020
ECON 4A03 - Winter 2020
ECON 3H03 - Fall 2019
ECON 752 - Winter 2019
ECON 4A03 - Winter 2019
ECON 3H03 - Fall 2018
ECON 752 - Winter 2018
ECON 4A03 - Winter 2018
ECON 3H03 - Fall 2017
Research
Published Papers
"Firm Entry and Exit during Recessions," with Joao Ayres (2021), Review of Economic Dynamics (Accepted).
"Revolving Credit Lines and Targeted Search," (2020), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
"Implications of Increasing College Attainment for Aging in General Equilibrium," with J. C. Conesa, Daniela V. Costa, Timothy J. Kehoe, and Vegard Nygaard (2020), European Economic Review.
"Macroeconomic Effects of Medicare," with J. C. Conesa, Daniela V. Costa, Parisa Kamali, Timothy J. Kehoe, Vegard Nygaard, and Akshar Saxena (2018), Journal of the Economics of Ageing.
"The Stages of Economic Growth Revisited, Part 1: A General Framework and Taking Off into Growth," with Daniela Costa and Timothy J. Kehoe (2016), Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Economic Policy Papers.
"The Stages of Economic Growth Revisited, Part 2: Catching Up to and Joining the Economic Leader," with Daniela Costa and Timothy J. Kehoe (2016), Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Economic Policy Papers.
Working Papers
"Who Bears the Welfare Costs of Monopoly? The Case of the Credit Card Industry," with Kyle Herkenhoff (2021). Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies
"The Unprecedented Fall in U.S. Revolving Credit," with Georgios Stefanidis (2022). Revise and Resubmit, International Economic Review.
"The Cost of Trade Disruptions at Different Stages of Development," with Juan C. Conesa, Matthew J. Delventhal, Pau S. Pujolas, and Gajendran Raveendranathan (2021). Revise and Resubmit, International Economic Review.
"The Impact of U.S. Employer-sponsored Insurance in the 20th Century," with Vegard M. Nygaard, (2022).
"Over-optimism about graduation and college financial aid," with Emily G. Moschini and Ming Xu, (2022).
"Designing "Win-Win" Rate Caps," with Georgios Stefanidis (2022).