Ford and Louisa Van Voorhis Professor of Economics206-685-8028sturn@uw.eduPersonal Website CV (140.64 KB)Savery 343Fields of Interest Macroeconomics International MacroeconomicsPublic EconomicsEconomic GrowthBackground and ExperienceSummaryProfessor Turnovsky holds the Ford and Louisa Van Voorhis Professorship of Economics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968. He also received honorary doctorate degrees from Aix-Marseille University in 2005 and from Victoria University of Wellington in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, is a former Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and remains on that Journal’s Advisory Board. Currently he serves as a Co-Editor of Macroeconomic Dynamics, where he also serves as Special Issues Editor, and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Economic Theory, and the Journal of Human Capital, as well as being on the Editorial and Advisory Boards of a number of other journals. He is a past President of the Society of Economic Dynamics and Control and of the Society for Computational Economics. Research Representative Research The Distributional Consequences of Trade Liberalization: Consumption Tariff versus Investment Tariff Reduction Download PDF O.M. Leukhina and S.J. Turnovsky, "Population Size Effects in the Structural Development of England," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (forthcoming). Stefan F. Schubert and Stephen J. Turnovsky, Growth and Unemployment: Short-run and Long-run Tradeoffs (to be published in JEDC Special Issue honoring Carl Chiarella). Download PDF S.J. Turnovsky, " Economic Growth and Inequality: The Role of Public Investment," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 61, 2015, 204-221 (revised version of plenary talk presented to 2015 Conference of the Society for Computational Economics, held in Taipei, June 2015). C. García-Peñalosa and S.J Turnovsky, “Income Inequality, Mobility, and the Accumulation of Capital,” MacroeconomicDynamics 19, 2015, 1332-1357. Matteo Cacciatore, Fabio Ghironi, and Stephen Turnovsky. "Inflation Targeting and Economic Reforms in New Zealand." International Journal of Central Banking 11 (2015), 145-198. Yu-chin Chen , Stephen J. Turnovsky, and Eric Zivot, "Forecasting Inflation using Commodity Price Aggregates." Journal of Econometrics 183 (2014), 117-134. Stephen J. Turnovsky, and J. O. Mierau. "Demography, Growth, and Inequality." Economic Theory 55 (2014), 29-68. On the Role of Small Models in Macrodynamics -update of JEDC paper 2011 Download PDF Neil Bruce and Stephen J. Turnovsky. "Social Security, Growth, and Welfare in Overlapping Generations Economies with or without Annuities." Journal of Public Economics 101 (2013), 12-24. Chatterjee, Santanu, and Stephen J. Turnovsky. "Infrastructure and Inequality." European Economic Review 56.8 (2012): 1730-745. Print. Chen, Yu-Chin, and Stephen J. Turnovsky. "Growth and Inequality in a Small Open Economy." Journal of Macroeconomics 32.2 (2010): 497-514. Web. Turnovsky, Stephen J. Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2009. Print. Dewatripont, M., Lars Peter. Hansen, and Stephen J. Turnovsky. Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theory and Applications: Eighth World Congress. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print. Eicher, Theo S., and Stephen J. Turnovsky. Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2003. Print. Turnovsky, Stephen J. "Fiscal Policy, Elastic Labor Supply, and Endogenous Growth." Journal of Monetary Economics 45.1 (2000): 185-210. Print. Turnovsky, Stephen J. Methods of Macroeconomic Dynamics. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000. Print. Fisher, Walter H., and Stephen J. Turnovsky. "Public Investment, Congestion, and Private Capital Accumulation." The Economic Journal 108.447 (1998): 399-413. Print. Turnovsky, Stephen J. International Macroeconomic Dynamics. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1997. Print. Courses Taught Winter 2023 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II Autumn 2022 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2022 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II Autumn 2021 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2021 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II Autumn 2020 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Spring 2020 ECON 509 A: Macroeconomic Analysis III Winter 2020 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Spring 2019 ECON 509 A: Macroeconomic Analysis III Winter 2019 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2018 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II Autumn 2017 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2017 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II - Course Website Autumn 2016 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2016 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II - Course Website Autumn 2015 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2015 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II Autumn 2014 ECON 401 A: Advanced Macroeconomics ECON 594 A: Economic Growth Winter 2014 ECON 503 A: Macroeconomic Analysis II News & Press Related News Professor Turnovsky Presents at Prominent Conference Feb 11, 2019 Stephen Turnovsky Honored as Jubilee Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences Jan 5, 2017 Professor Stephen Turnovsky Gives Invited Talk at Econometric Society Africa Meetings Jun 20, 2016 Professor Neil Bruce Retiring After 25 Years with UW Nov 18, 2015 Share: