Meet the Economists
Aaron B. Flaaen
Group Manager
Industrial Output Section
Research and Statistics
202-973-7338
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Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2015
Current Research Topics
- Production Sharing and the Transmission of Shocks
- International Trade and Offshoring
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
- 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 (Forthcoming)
https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12657
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - 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) - 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
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
- Journal of the European Economic Association
- Economics Letters
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
- American Economic Journal: Applied
Professional Affiliation
- American Economic Association
Last Update:
April 24, 2023