Meet the Researchers

Aaron B. Flaaen
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2015
- International Trade Policy
- Global Supply Chains and Shock Transmission
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - presentSenior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2018 - 2020Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2018
- Disentangling the Effects of the 2018-2019 Tariffs on a Globally Connected U.S. Manufacturing Sector
Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce
Review of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming)
https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01498
See also » FRB Working Paper (2019) - Aggregation Bias in the Measurement of US Global Value Chains
Aaron Flaaen, Fariha Kamal, Eunhee Lee, and Kei-Mu Yi
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241022 - Supply vs Demand Factors Influencing Prices of Manufactured Goods
Robin Braun, Aaron Flaaen, and Sinem Hacioğlu-Hoke
FEDS Notes (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3465 - Bill of lading data in international trade research with an application to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aaron Flaaen, Flora Haberkorn, Logan Lewis, Anderson Monken, Justin Pierce, Rosemary Rhodes, and Madeleine Yi
Review of International Economics (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12657
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - New Measurement of Export Participation in US Manufacturing
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231076 - Business exit during the COVID-19 pandemic: Non-traditional measures in historical context
Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Aaron Flaaen, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Journal of Macroeconomics (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2022.103419
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - Bill of Lading Data in International Trade Research with an Application to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Aaron Flaaen, Flora Haberkorn, Logan Lewis, Anderson Monken, Justin Pierce, Rosemary Rhodes, and Madeleine Yi
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.066 - Business Exit During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Non-Traditional Measures in Historical Context
Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Aaron Flaaen, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.089r1 - Factors Affecting Recent U.S. Tariffs on Imports from China
Aaron Flaaen, Kathryn Langemeier, and Justin Pierce
FEDS Notes (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2863 - Multinationals, Offshoring, and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
Journal of International Economics (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103391 - The Production Relocation and Price Effects of US Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
Aaron Flaaen, Ali Hortaçsu, and Felix Tintelnot
American Economic Review (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20190611 - Disentangling the Effects of the 2018-2019 Tariffs on a Globally Connected U.S. Manufacturing Sector
Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2019.086 - Reconsidering the Consequences of Worker Displacements: Firm versus Worker Perspective
Aaron Flaaen, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Isaac Sorkin
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20170162
See also » FRB Working Paper (2018) - Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks: Firm-Level Evidence from the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
Review of Economics and Statistics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00750
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - Reconsidering the Consequences of Worker Displacements: Firm versus Worker Perspective
Aaron B. Flaaen, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Isaac Sorkin
NBER Working Paper Series (2017)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w24077
See also » FRB Working Paper (2018) - The Role of Transfer Prices in Profit-Shifting by U.S. Multinational Firms: Evidence from the 2004 Homeland Investment Act
Aaron Flaaen
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2017)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2017.055 - Multinationals Offshoring, and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series (2017) - The Role of Global Supply Chains in the Transmission of Shocks: Firm-Level Evidence from the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1765 - Unraveling the Oil Conundrum: Productivity Improvements and Cost Declines in the U.S. Shale Oil Industry
Ryan A. Decker, Aaron Flaaen, and Maria D. Tito
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1736 - Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks: Firm-Level Evidence from the 2011 Tohōku Earthquake
Christoph E. Boehm, Aaron Flaaen, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series (2015)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - Record Linkage Using Stata: Preprocessing, Linking, and Reviewing Utilities
Nada Wasi and Aaron Flaaen
Stata Journal (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867x1501500304 - How to Avoid Middle Income Traps? Evidence from Malaysia
Aaron Flaaen, Ejaz Ghani, and Saurabh Mishra
Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6427 - Trading with Asia's Giants
Aaron Flaaen, Barry Bosworth, and Susan Collins
Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199575077.001.0001 - Financial Crisis American Style
Barry Bosworth and Aaron Flaaen
Asian Economic Papers (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1162/asep.2009.8.3.146 - Trading with Asia's Giants
Aaron Flaaen, Barry Bosworth, and Susan Collins
ICRIER Working Papers (2008)
conference
June 2024GEN Workshop
An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains
seminar
June 2024Erasmus University
An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains
conference
January 2024ASSA Annual Meetings
Aggregation Bias in the Measurement of U.S. Global Value Chains
conference
June 2023Yale Cowles Conference on International Trade
An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains
conference
June 2023Society of Economic Measurement
An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains
conference
January 2023Meetings
New Measurement of Export Participation in U.S. Manufacturing
conference
May 2022World Bank / CEPR Globalisation, Strategic Autonomy, and Economic Resilience
Bill of Lading Data in International Trade Research With an Application to the COVID-19 Pandemic
seminar
May 2022Cambridge University
The Geography of Trade in Services
conference
September 2021Empirical Investigations in International Trade
The Local Area Impact of Exporting
conference
March 2021Singapore Management University Conference
Disentangling the Effects of the 2018-2019 Tariffs on a Globally Connected U.S. Manufacturing Sector
seminar
September 2020IDB Trade Policy Research Seminar
The Production Relocation and Price Effects of Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
conference
May 20205th CEPR Conference on Global Value Chains
The Production Relocation and Price Effects of Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
seminar
March 2020University of South Carolina
The Production Relocation and Price Effects of Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
seminar
September 2019Harvard-MIT
The Production Relocation and Price Effects of Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
seminar
October 2019University of Hong Kong
The Production Relocation and Price Effects of Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
conference
June 2019Society of Economic Measurement
The Geography of Trade in Services
conference
May 2019Georgetown Center for Economic Research
The Geography of Trade in Services
seminar
September 2018University of Texas at Austin
The Geography of Trade in Services
conference
November 2017National Tax Association
The Role of Transfer Pricing in Profit Shifting by U.S. Multinationals: Firm-Level Evidence from the Homeland Investment Act
seminar
September 2017University of Chicago Booth School of Business
The Role of Transfer Pricing in Profit Shifting by U.S. Multinationals: Firm-Level Evidence from the Homeland Investment Act
seminar
September 2017New Economic School (Moscow)
Multinationals, Offshoring, and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
conference
May 2017FRS System Commitee on International Economic Analysis (SCIEA)
The Role of Transfer Pricing in Profit Shifting by U.S. Multinationals: Firm-Level Evidence from the Homeland Investment Act
conference
June 2017Centre for Business Taxation Symposium
The Role of Transfer Pricing in Profit Shifting by U.S. Multinationals: Firm-Level Evidence from the Homeland Investment Act
conference
September 2016European Trade Study Group
Multinationals, Offshoring, and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
seminar
September 2015UPenn--Wharton
Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks
conference
October 2016Empirical Investigations in International Trade
Multinationals, Offshoring, and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
conference
May 2015New Faces in International Trade Conference at Penn State University
Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks
seminar
December 2014Johns Hopkins SAIS
Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks
conference
November 2014IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference
Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks
seminar
June 2014Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks
conference
September 2013Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data
Multinational Firms in Context
Awards
- 2015
World Trade Organization
Essay Award for Young Economists
Referee
- American Economic Review
- Journal of Political Economy
- Econometrica
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
- American Economic Journal: Applied
- American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
- Journal of Political Economy: Macroeconomics
- Journal of International Economics
- Canadian Journal of Economics
- Economics Letters
Professional Affiliation
- Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW)