Working Papers
- "Taxation of Capital: Capital Levies and Commitment"
Barro, Robert J., Chari, Varadarajan V., April 2024 - "Religious Conversion Across Countries"
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., January 2024 - "Fiscal Influences on Inflation in OECD Countries, 2020-2022"
Barro, Robert J., Bianchi, Francesco, November 2023 (revised March 2024) - "Double-Counting of Investment"
Barro, Robert J., December 2020 - "r Minus G"
Barro, Robert J., November 2020 - "Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Mortality in U.S. Cities during the Great Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919"
Barro, Robert J., August 2020 - “Rare Events and Long-Run Risks”
Barro, Robert J., Jin, Tao, July 2020 - "The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity"
Barro, Robert J., Ursúa, José F., Weng, Joanna, April 2020 - "Rare Disaster Probability and Options Pricing"
Barro, Robert J., Liao, Gordon Y., January 2020 - "Taxes, Incorporation, and Productivity"
Barro, Robert J., Wheaton, Brian, March 2019 - “Rare Macroeconomic Disasters”
Barro, Robert J., Ursúa, José, F., August 4, 2011 - “On the Size Distribution of Macroeconomic Disasters”
Barro, Robert J., Jin, Tao, February 3, 2011 - “Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of Consumption Disasters”
Barro, Robert J., Nakamura, Emi, Steinsson, Jón, Ursúa, José F., July 16, 2011 - “Saints Marching In, 1590-2009”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., January 1, 2011 - “Economics of Sainthood (a preliminary investigation)”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., and McQuoid, Alexander, February 2010 - “Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes”
Barro, Robert J., Redlick, Charles J., February 2010 - “Stock-Market Crashes and Depressions”
Barro, Robert J., Ursúa, José F., September 2009 - “Religious Conversion in 40 Countries”
Barro, Robert J., Hwang, Jason, McCleary, Rachel M., July 2009 - “On the Welfare Costs of Consumption Uncertainty”
Barro, Robert J., January 2007 - “Rare Disasters and Asset Markets in the Twentieth Century”
Barro, Robert J., December 2005 - “Which Countries Have State Religions?”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., February 2005 - “Religion and Political Economy in an International Panel”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., November 2003 - “Religion and Economic Growth”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., April 2003 - “IMF Programs: Who Is Chosen and What Are the Effects?”
Barro, Robert J., Lee, Jong-Wha, April 2003 - “Optimal Currency Areas”
Alesina, Alberto, Barro, Robert J., Tenreyro, Silvana, March 2002; Revised June 2002 - “Religion and Political Economy in an International Panel”
Barro, Robert J., McCleary, Rachel M., May 2002 - “International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications”
Barro, Robert J., Lee, Jong-Wha , August 2000 - “Ramsey Meets Laibson in the Neoclassical Growth Model”
Barro, Robert J. September 1999 - “Inequality and Growth in a Panel of Countries”
Barro, Robert J.,” June 1999 - “Notes on Optimal Debt Management”
Barro, Robert J., May 1999 - “Notes on Growth Accounting”
Barro, Robert J., December 17, 1998