Christopher Sleet

PHONE

412-268-9938

OFFICE

GSIA - Tepper School of Business - Room 334

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Economics

EDUCATION

Stanford University - Ph D - 1998
London School of Economics - MS - 1992
Cambridge University - BA - 1990

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public Economics, Macroeconomics.

USEFUL LINKS

Personal Website

PUBLICATIONS

• The Dual Approach to Recursive Optimization: Theory and Examples

(author(s): Nicola Pavoni, Christopher Sleet, Matthias Messner) Econometrica (Forthcoming)

• Taxing Top CEO Incomes

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Christopher Sleet) American Economic Review 106(11), 2016; 3331-66

• On the Computation of Equilibrium Value Correspondences of Dynamic Games

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Sevin Yeltekin) Dynamic Games and Applications 6(2), 2016; 174-186

• Technical Change, Wage Inequality and Taxation

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Laurence Ales, Musab Kurnaz) American Economic Review 105(10), 2015; 3061-3101

• Revision Proofness

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Christopher Sleet) Journal of Economic Theory 152, 2014; 324-355

• Nonlinear Capital Taxation without Commitment

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Emmanuel Farhi, Ivan Werning, Sevin Yeltekin) Review of Economic Studies 79(4), 2012; 1469-1493

• Recursive Methods for Incentive Problems

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Matthias Messner, Nicola Pavoni) Review of Economic Dynamics 15(4), 2012; 501-525

• Discussion Of ``Tax Buyouts'''' by Del Negro, Perri and Schivardi

Journal of Monetary Economics 57, 2010; 596-599

• Endogenous Market Incompleteness: Implications for Macroeconomics
  New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

Macmillan, 2008

• Fiscal Hedging with Nominal Assets

(author(s): Sevin Yeltekin, Christopher Sleet, Hanno Lustig) Journal of Monetary Economics 55, 2008; 710-727

• Politically Credible Social Insurance

(author(s): Sevin Yeltekin, Christopher Sleet) Journal of Monetary Economics 55, 2008; 129-151

• Recursive Monetary Policy Games with Incomplete Information

(author(s): Sevin Yeltekin, Christopher Sleet) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31(5), 2007; 1557-1583

• Credibility and Endogenous Societal Discounting

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Sevin Yeltekin) Review of Economic Dynamics 9, 2006; 410-437

• Dynamic Optimal Taxation with Private Information

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Stefania Albanesi) Review of Economic Studies 73, 2006; 1-30

• Optimal Taxation with Endogenously Incomplete Debt Markets

(author(s): Sevin Yeltekin, Christopher Sleet) Journal of Economic Theory 127, 2006; 36-73

• Optimal Taxation with Private Government Information

Review of Economic Studies 71, 2004; 1217-1239

• Dynamic Labor Contracts with Temporary Layoffs and Permanent Separations

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Sevin Yeltekin) Economic Theory 18(1), 2001; 207-235

• Markov Perfect Equilibria in Industries with Complementarities

Economic Theory 17(2), 2001; 371-397

• On Credible Monetary Policy and Private Government Information

Journal of Economic Theory 99, 2001; 338-376

• Deposit Insurance and Lender of Last Resort Functions

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Bruce Smith) Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 32(3), 2000; 518-575

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Head of Economics (2014 - )
• Undergraduate Economics Committee, Committee Chair (2012 - )
• Undergraduate Business Program Review, Committee Chair (2013 - 2013)
• Workshop Organizer, Macroeconomics Workshop organizer (2006 - 2012)
• Faculty Recruitment/School Wide (2008 - 2009)
• Chairperson, Faculty Recruitment/Economics (2007 - 2008)
• Chairperson, Faculty Recruitment/Economics (2006 - 2007)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Associate Editor, Quantitative Economics (June 2014 -)
• Member, Carnegie Rochester Conference on Public Policy, Board (January 2010 -)
• Stanford Institute of Theoretical Economics, Session Organizer, Computational Economics Session Organizer (2016 - 2016)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Monetary Economics (January 2008 - 2014)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Princ Of Economics (73100) 2016 Section: 1, 2, 1, 2
  2015 Section: 1, 2

• PRINC OF ECONOMICS (73100) 2015 Section: 1, 2
  2014 Mini 1 Section:
  2014 Mini 2 Section:
  2013 Section: 1, 2

• Macroeconomics I (47802) 2014 Mini 2 Section: A
  2013 Mini 2 Section: A
  2012 Mini 2 Section: A
  2011 Mini 2 Section: A
  2010 Mini 3 Section: A
  2009 Mini 3 Section: A
  2008 Mini 4 Section: A

• ADV MACROECON THEORY (73253) 2013 Section: A2, A4

• Mathematics for Economists (47780) 2013 Mini 1 Section: A
  2012 Mini 1 Section: A
  2011 Mini 1 Section: A
  2010 Mini 1 Section: A
  2009 Mini 1 Section: A

• FINANCIAL ECONOMICS (73392) 2013 Section: A

• Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis (73253) 2012 Mini 2 Section: A

• Financial Economics (73392) 2012 Section: A
  2011 Section: A
  2010 Section: A

• Advanced Macroeconomics Theory (73253) 2012 Mini 4 Section: A4

• Advanced Macro-economics Theory (73253) 2011 Mini 2 Section: A
  2011 Mini 4 Section: A
  2010 Mini 2 Section: A
  2010 Mini 4 Section: A
  2009 Mini 2 Section: A
  2008 Mini 2 Section: A
  2008 Mini 4 Section: A

• Macroeconomics (73200) 2008 Section: A, B, A, B
  2007 Section: A, B

• Macroeconomics (Large) (73200) 2006 Section: A, B