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Cosmin L. Ilut, Professor

Cosmin L. Ilut

Professor Ilut’s major fields of interest are macroeconomics, international finance, asset pricing, and economics of information. Specifically, he focuses on the role of expectations and how agents incorporate information. He is currently focusing on settings in which agents face model uncertainty. Based on decision theoretical foundations (ambiguity aversion), he studies the role of such uncertainties for understanding macroeconomic issues like business cycle fluctuations, asset pricing and optimal policy.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  238 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  (919) 660-1817
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  https://sites.google.com/site/cosminilut/

Education:

Ph.D.Northwestern University2009
M.A.Northwestern University2005
MA, EconomicsCentral European University, Budapest, Hungary2004
BS, EconomicsBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania2002
Specialties:

Macroeconomics
International Economics and Finance
Financial Economics
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Economics of Information

Professor Ilut’s major fields of interest are macroeconomics, international finance, asset pricing, and economics of information. Specifically, he focuses on the role of expectations and how agents incorporate information. He is currently focusing on settings in which agents face model uncertainty. Based on decision theoretical foundations (ambiguity aversion), he studies the role of such uncertainties for understanding macroeconomic issues like business cycle fluctuations, asset pricing and optimal policy.

Curriculum Vitae  Bio
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Bianchi, F; Ilut, C; Saijo, H, Diagnostic Business Cycles, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 91 no. 1 (January, 2024), pp. 129-162 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Ilut, C; Valchev, R, Economic Agents as Imperfect Problem Solvers, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 138 no. 1 (February, 2023), pp. 313-362 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Ilut, C; Schneider, M, Ambiguity, in Handbook of Economic Expectations (January, 2022), pp. 749-777, ISBN 9780128234761 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Ilut, C; Saijo, H, Learning, confidence, and business cycles (January, Submitted, 2021), pp. 354-376 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Ilut, C; Valchev, R; Vincent, N, Paralyzed by Fear: Rigid and Discrete Pricing Under Demand Uncertainty (September, Submitted, 2020), pp. 1899-1938 [doi]  [abs]

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