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Eric M. Engen

Senior Associate Director Program Direction Section Research and Statistics
202-452-3715
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Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 1991
  • B.S., Economics, University of Maryland, 1982
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    1993 - present
  • Assistant professor

    UCLA, Department of Economics

    1990 - 1993
  • Engen, Eric M., Thomas Laubach, and David Reifschneider (2015). "The Macroeconomic Effects of the Federal Reserve's Unconventional Monetary Policies," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-005. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Engen, Eric M., and R. Glenn Hubbard (2005). "Federal Government Debt and Interest Rates," in Gertler, Mark, Kenneth Rogoff eds., NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2004. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, pp. 83-138.
  • Engen, Eric M., William G. Gale, and Cori E. Uccello (2005). "Effects of Stock Market Fluctuations on the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation," Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 397-418.
  • Engen, Eric M., William G. Gale, and Cori E. Uccello (2005). "Lifetime Earnings, Social Security Benefits, and the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation," Social Security Bulletin, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 38-57.
  • Coronado, Julia L., Eric M. Engen, and Brian Knight (2003). "Public Funds and Private Capital Markets: The Investment Practices and Performance of State and Local Pension Funds," National Tax Journal, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 579-594.
  • Engen, Eric M., and Jonathan Gruber (2001). "Unemployment Insurance and Precautionary Saving," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 545-579.
  • Engen, Eric M., and Andreas Lehnert (2000). "Mutual Funds and the U.S. Equity Market," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 797-812.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (2000). "Effects of Social Security Reform on Private and National Saving," in Bodie, Zvi, E. Davis Philip eds., The Foundations of Pension Finance, Vol. 2. Williston, Vt.: Elgar; distributed by American International Distribution Corporation, pp. 160-199.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (2000). "The Effects of 401(k) Plans on Household Wealth: Differences Across Earnings Groups," NBER Working Papers 8032. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  • Engen, Eric, and Jonathan Skinner (1999). "Taxation and Economic Growth," in Slemrod, Joel ed., Tax Policy in the Real World. Cambridge; New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, pp. 305-330.
  • Engen, Eric M., William G. Gale, and Cori E. Uccello (1999). "The Adequacy of Household Saving," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 2, pp. 65-165.
  • Engen, Eric, Jane Gravelle, and Kent Smetters (1997). "Dynamic Tax Models: Why they do the Things they do," National Tax Journal, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 657-682.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (1997). "Consumption Taxes and Saving: The Role of Uncertainty in Tax Reform," American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 114-119.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (1997). "Effects of Social Security Reform on Private and National Saving," in Sass, Steven,A., Robert Triest K. eds., Social Security Reform: Links to Saving, Investment, and Growth. Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pp. 103-142.
  • Engen, Eric, and Jonathan Skinner (1996). "Taxation and Economic Growth," National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 617-642.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (1996). "Tax-Preferred Assets and Debt, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986: Some Implications for Fundamental Tax Reform," National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 331-339.
  • Engen, Eric M., and William G. Gale (1996). "The Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform on Saving," in Aaron, Henry, J., William Gale G. eds., Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 83-112.
  • Engen, Eric M., William G. Gale, and John Karl Scholz (1996). "The Illusory Effects of Saving Incentives on Saving," Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 113-138.
  • Engen, Eric M., William G. Gale, and John Karl Scholz (1994). "Do Saving Incentives Work?" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1, pp. 85-151.
  • Eric M. Engen (1992). "Saving and Taxation in a Stochastic Life-Cycle Model," Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, vol. 85, pp. 104-109.
  • Engen, Eric M., and Jonathan Skinner (1992). "Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth," NBER Working Papers 4223. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  • Benson, Bruce L., and Eric M. Engen (1988). "The Market for Laws: An Economic Analysis of Legislation," Southern Economic Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 732-745.
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