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Kent Smetters

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First Name:Kent
Middle Name:
Last Name:Smetters
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RePEc Short-ID:psm21
http://irm.wharton.upenn.edu/Smetters2.htm
The Wharton School 3641 Locust Walk, CPC 302 Philadelphia, PA 19131-6218 U.S.A.
Terminal Degree:1995 Department of Economics; Harvard University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(in no particular order)

Financial Institutions Center
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
http://fic.wharton.upenn.edu/
RePEc:edi:fiupaus (more details at EDIRC)

Pension Research Council
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
http://www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/
RePEc:edi:prupaus (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Peter Q. Blair & Kent Smetters, 2021. "Why Don’t Elite Colleges Expand Supply?," NBER Working Papers 29309, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Florian Scheuer & Kent Smetters, 2014. "Could a Website Really Have Doomed the Health Exchanges? Multiple Equilibria, Initial Conditions and the Construction of the Fine," NBER Working Papers 19835, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Kent Smetters & Xingtan Zhang, 2013. "A Sharper Ratio: A General Measure for Correctly Ranking Non-Normal Investment Risks," NBER Working Papers 19500, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Felix Reichling & Kent Smetters, 2013. "Optimal Annuitization with Stochastic Mortality Probabilities," NBER Working Papers 19211, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Daniel Gottlieb & Kent Smetters, 2012. "Narrow Framing and Life Insurance," NBER Working Papers 18601, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Kent Smetters & Walter E. Theseira, 2011. "A Matter of Trust: Understanding Worldwide Public Pension Conversions," NBER Working Papers 17015, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Daniel Gottlieb & Kent Smetters, 2011. "Grade Non-Disclosure," NBER Working Papers 17465, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Jialun Li & Kent Smetters, 2011. "Optimal Portfolio Choice with Wage-Indexed Social Security," NBER Working Papers 17025, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2008. "The Optimal Design of Social Security Benefits," Working Papers wp197, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
  10. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2006. "Social Security Privatization with Income-Mortality Correlation," Working Papers wp140, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
  11. Jeffrey Brown & Kevin Hassett & Kent Smetters, 2006. "Top Ten Myths Of Social Security Reform," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wp2005-11, Center for Retirement Research.
  12. Jagadeesh Gokhale & Kent Smetters, 2005. "Measuring Social Security's Financial Problems," NBER Working Papers 11060, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. Kent Smetters, 2005. "Social Security Privatization with Elastic Labor Supply and Second-Best Taxes," NBER Working Papers 11101, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. Kent Smetters, 2005. "Insuring Against Terrorism: The Policy Challenge," NBER Working Papers 11038, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2005. "Does Social Security Privatization Produce Efficiency Gains?," NBER Working Papers 11622, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  16. Kent Smetters, 2003. "The (Interesting) Dynamic Properties of the Neoclassical Growth Model with CES Production," NBER Technical Working Papers 0290, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2003. "Consumption Taxes and Economic Efficiency in a Stochastic OLG Economy," NBER Working Papers 9492, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Kent Smetters, 2003. "Is the Social Security Trust Fund Worth Anything?," NBER Working Papers 9845, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  19. Kent A. Smetters, 2003. "Trading with the Unborn: A New Perspective on Capital Income Taxation," NBER Working Papers 9412, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  20. Neil Doherty & Kent Smetters, 2002. "Moral Hazard in Reinsurance Markets," NBER Working Papers 9050, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  21. Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 2002. "Dropping Out of Social Security," Working Papers wp022, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
  22. Kent Smetters, 2002. "Controlling the Cost of Minimum Benefit Guarantees in Public Pension Conversions," NBER Working Papers 8732, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  23. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2002. "Ricardian Equivalence with Incomplete Household Risk Sharing," NBER Working Papers 8851, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  24. Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent Smetters, and Jan Walliser, 2001. "The Coming Generational Storm," Computing in Economics and Finance 2001 276, Society for Computational Economics.
  25. Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 2001. "Finding a Way Out of America's Demographic Dilemma," NBER Working Papers 8258, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  26. Kent Smetters & Jennifer Gravelle, 2001. "The Exchange Theory of Teenage Smoking and the Counterproductiveness of Moderate Regulation," NBER Working Papers 8262, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  27. Jane Gravelle & Kent Smetters, 2001. "Who Bears the Burden of the Corporate Tax in The Open Economy?," NBER Working Papers 8280, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Kent Smetters, 2001. "The Equivalence of the Social Security's Trust Fund Portfolio Allocation and Capital Income Tax Policy," NBER Working Papers 8259, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  29. Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent A. Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1998. "Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity," NBER Working Papers 6428, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  30. Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent A. Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1998. "Opting Out of Social Security and Adverse Selection," NBER Working Papers 6430, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  31. David E. Altig & Alan J. Auerbach & Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1997. "Simulating U.S. tax reform," Working Papers (Old Series) 9712, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  32. Kent Smetters, "undated". "Thinking About Social Security's Trust Fund," Pension Research Council Working Papers 97-21, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania.

Articles

  1. Smetters, Kent, 2010. "Comment on: "Unfunded liabilities and uncertain fiscal financing" by Troy Davig, Eric M. Leeper, Todd B. Walker," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(5), pages 620-621, July.
  2. Kotlikoff, Laurence J. & Smetters, Kent & Walliser, Jan, 2007. "Mitigating America's demographic dilemma by pre-funding social security," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 247-266, March.
  3. Gravelle Jane G & Smetters Kent A., 2006. "Does the Open Economy Assumption Really Mean That Labor Bears the Burden of a Capital Income Tax?," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 6(1), pages 1-44, August.
  4. Smetters, Kent, 2006. "Risk sharing across generations without publicly owned equities," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(7), pages 1493-1508, October.
  5. Neil Doherty & Kent Smetters, 2005. "Moral Hazard in Reinsurance Markets," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 72(3), pages 375-391, September.
  6. Shinichi Nishiyama & Kent Smetters, 2005. "Consumption Taxes and Economic Efficiency with Idiosyncratic Wage Shocks," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 113(5), pages 1088-1115, October.
  7. Kent Smetters, 2004. "Is the Social Security Trust Fund a Store of Value?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(2), pages 176-181, May.
  8. Smetters, Kent & Walliser, Jan, 2004. "Opting out of social security," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(7-8), pages 1295-1306, July.
  9. Kent Smetters, 2003. "The (Interesting) Dynamic Properties of the Neoclassical Growth Model with CES Production," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 6(3), pages 697-707, July.
  10. Jagadeesh Gokhale & Kent Smetters, 2003. "Fiscal and generational imbalances: new budget measures for new budget priorities," Policy Discussion Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, issue Dec.
  11. Marie‐Eve Lachance & Olivia S. Mitchell & Kent Smetters, 2003. "Guaranteeing Defined Contribution Pensions: The Option to Buy Back a Defined Benefit Promise," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 70(1), pages 1-16, March.
  12. Smetters, Kent, 2002. "Controlling the cost of minimum benefit guarantees in public pension conversions," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(1), pages 9-33, March.
  13. Richard Brooks & Susan Helper & Patrick Bolton & David S. Scharfstein & Andrew Kamarck & Peter R. Orszag & Coleman Bazelon & Kent Smetters, 2000. "Correspondence," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 233-239, Spring.
  14. Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1999. "Privatizing Social Security in the U.S. -- Comparing the Options," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 2(3), pages 532-574, July.
  15. Smetters, Kent, 1999. "Ricardian equivalence: long-run Leviathan," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(3), pages 395-421, September.
  16. Coleman Bazelon & Kent Smetters, 1999. "Discounting Inside the Washington D.C. Beltway," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 13(4), pages 213-228, Fall.
  17. David E. Altig & Alan J. Auerbach & Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1998. "Assessing fundamental tax reform," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, issue Jan.
  18. Kotlikoff, Laurence J & Smetters, Kent A & Walliser, Jan, 1998. "Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(2), pages 137-141, May.

Chapters

  1. Andrew Biggs & Clark Burdick & Kent Smetters, 2009. "Pricing Personal Account Benefit Guarantees: A Simplified Approach," NBER Chapters, in: Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, pages 229-249, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Jagadeesh Gokhale & Kent Smetters, 2006. "Fiscal and Generational Imbalances: An Update," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 20, pages 193-223, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 2002. "Distributional Effects in a General Equilibrium Analysis of Social Security," NBER Chapters, in: The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform, pages 327-370, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Kent Smetters, 2001. "The Effect of Pay-When-Needed Benefit Guarantees on the Impact of Social Security Privatization," NBER Chapters, in: Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform, pages 91-112, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Mitchell, Olivia S. & Smetters, Kent (ed.), 2003. "The Pension Challenge: Risk Transfers and Retirement Income Security," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199266913.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 21 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (8) 2002-04-15 2005-01-23 2005-01-23 2005-02-13 2005-09-29 2006-02-05 2006-12-22 2007-04-28. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (7) 2001-05-02 2001-05-02 2003-02-18 2003-03-10 2005-09-29 2006-02-05 2007-04-28. Author is listed
  3. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (6) 2003-02-18 2005-01-23 2005-02-13 2005-04-30 2005-04-30 2006-12-22. Author is listed
  4. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (2) 2009-07-17 2011-05-14
  5. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2007-04-28 2014-02-02
  6. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (2) 2005-01-23 2012-12-15
  7. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2005-04-30 2009-07-17
  8. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2013-07-20
  9. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2003-03-10
  10. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2006-12-22
  11. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2003-03-10
  12. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2003-01-06
  13. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2006-12-22
  14. NEP-RMG: Risk Management (1) 2013-10-11
  15. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (1) 2013-10-11

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