“The Effect of Regulation on Optimal Corporate Pension Risk,” (with Paul Smith and David Wilcox), Journal of Financial Economics, 2011, Vol. 101(1), pp. 18-35.

“Does Health Affect Portfolio Choice?” (with Paul Smith), Health Economics, 2010, Vol 19(12), pp. 1441-1460.

“The Effect of Marital Status and Children on Savings and Portfolio Choice,” Review of Financial Studies, 2010, Vol. 23(1), pp. 385-432.

“Pension Risk and Household Saving Over the Life Cycle,” (with Paul Smith) in M. Micocci, G. N. Gregoriou, and G. B. Masala (eds.), Pension Fund Risk Management: Financial and Actuarial Modeling, Chapman & Hall/CRC Finance Series, 2010.

“Grades, Course Evaluations, and Academic Incentives,” (with Matthew Kotchen), Eastern Economic Journal, 2010, Vol. 36(2), pp. 151-163.

“The Trajectory of Wealth in Retirement” (with Michael Palumbo and Paul Smith), Journal of Public Economics, 2009, Vol. 93 (February), pp. 191-208.

“A New Look at the Wealth Adequacy of Older U.S. Households” (with Paul Smith and Lucy McNair), Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, Vol. 54(4), pp. 616-642.

“Why Do Firms Offer Risky Defined Benefit Pension Plans?” (with Paul Smith and David Wilcox), National Tax Journal, 2007, Vol. 60 (September), pp. 507-519.

“Measuring Dissaving out of Retirement Wealth” (with Paul Smith), Proceedings: Ninety- Ninth Annual Conference – 2006. Washington DC: National Tax Association, 2007, pp. 102-113.

“What Can the Life-Cycle Model Tell Us About 401(k) Contributions and Participation?” Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2007, Vol. 6(2) pp. 147-185.

“Buffer Stock Saving in Retirement Accounts,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006, Vol. 53(7) pp. 1473-1492.

Working Papers

“Optimal Rules of Thumb for Consumption and Saving,” 2011.

“Do Households Have Enough Wealth for Retirement?” (with Paul Smith and Lucy McNair), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-17. Federal Reserve Board, 2007.

“Should the Old Play It Safe? Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Age-Dependent Background Risk,” with Maria Perozek, 2007.

“Do 401(k)s Substitute for IRAs?” June 2003.

Selected Work Experience

Visiting Scholar, Columbia Business School, 2008
Visiting Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School, 2007-2008
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, 2005-2006