Lars Ljungqvist (born May 12, 1959) is a
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economist
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Ljungqvist's faculty page
probably best known as the author of ''Recursive Macroeconomic Theory'', a standard graduate level textbook
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of modern macroeconomics, with Thomas J. Sargent.
Ljungqvist is a macro economist with seminal papers on labour: European unemployment, wage structures, information asymmetries and international trade. He held teaching positions at SUNY and was senior economist at Fed Reserve Bank of Chicago.
He is seasonal visiting professor at New York University where he lectures the macro PhD and MBA courses at Stern, and permanent Professor at Stockholm School of Economics.
Selected publications
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References
External links
CV at New York UniversityMIT Press's page for ''Recursive Macroeconomic Theory''
1959 births
Living people
Swedish economists
New classical economists
Stockholm School of Economics alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
New York University faculty
Stockholm School of Economics faculty
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