David Love

Assistant Professor of Economics

Office: Fernald
E-mail: dlove@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-4473
Fax: (413) 597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Fernald House
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

Yale University, Ph.D., 2003
University of Michigan, B.A., 1996
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Fields of Specialization

Macroeconomics
public finance
effect of tax-favored retirement accounts on national saving

Research

Publications and Working Papers

David Love, "Buffer Stock Saving in Retirement Accounts," Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006.

__________, "What Can the Life-Cycle Model Tell Us About 401(k) Contributions and Participation?," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

__________, "Should the Old Play It Safe? Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Age-Dependent Background Risk," with Maria Perozek, 2006.

__________, "Is there a Savings Crisis? Measuring the Adequacy of Household Retirement Wealth" with Paul Smith and Lucy McNair, submitted to Review of Income and Wealth, October 2006.

__________, "Grades, Course Evaluations, and Academic Incentives," with Matthew Kotchen, submitted to Education Economics, July 2006.

__________, "Do 401(k)s Substitute for IRAs?," June 2003.

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