Lars Ljungqvist (born May 12, 1959) is a

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probably best known as the author of ''Recursive Macroeconomic Theory'', a standard graduate level textbook of modern

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, with

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. Ljungqvist is a macro economist with seminal papers on labour: European unemployment, wage structures, information asymmetries and international trade. He held teaching positions at SUNY and was senior economist at Fed Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is seasonal visiting professor at New York University where he lectures the macro PhD and MBA courses at Stern, and permanent Professor at Stockholm School of Economics.

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CV at New York UniversityMIT Press's page for ''Recursive Macroeconomic Theory''
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