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Jim Schmitz taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and SUNY–Stony Brook before coming to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in 1992. He is currently a principal research economist at the Bank and a visiting professor in economics at the University of Minnesota. Jim’s main interests are in the fields of economic growth and industrial organization. He has published in several journals, including the Journal of Political Economy and the American Economic Review.
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Staff Report 661 (September 2024)Elena Falcettoni, James A. Schmitz, Jr., and Mark L. J. Wright
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Working Paper 777 (March 2021)James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Working Paper 773 (December 2020)James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Working Paper 772 (September 2020)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and David FettigThis Working Paper is based on research in [Staff Report 601: Monopolies Inflict Great Harm on Low- and Middle-Income Americans](https://doi.org/10.21034/sr.601).
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Staff Report 601 (May 2020)James A. Schmitz, Jr.Related article by James A. Schmitz, Jr. and David Fettig: [_Monopolies: Silent Spreaders of Poverty and Economic Inequality_](https://promarket.org/2020/08/14/monopolies-silent-spreaders-of-poverty-and-economic-inequality/) published August 14, 2020 on _Promarket_, the publication of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Staff Report 519 (October 2015)Benjamin Bridgman, Shi Qi, and James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Staff Report 477 (December 2012)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Arilton Teixeira, Benjamin Bridgman, and Michael Maio
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Staff Report 468 (July 2012)James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Staff Report 439 (February 2010)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. HolmesPublished in: _Annual Review of Economics_ (Vol. 2, September 2010, pp. 619-642) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124407.
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Staff Report 437 (November 2009)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Shi Qi, and Benjamin Bridgman
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Staff Report 425 (May 2009)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Arilton Teixeira, and Berthold Herrendorf
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Staff Report 402 (December 2008)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Thomas J. Holmes, and David K. LevinePublished in: _American Economic Journal: Microeconomics_ (Vol. 4, No. 3, August 2012, pp. 1-33) https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.4.3.1.
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Staff Report 389 (April 2007)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Shi Qi, and Benjamin Bridgman
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Quarterly Review 3011 | September 2006 (Vol. 30 No. 1)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Lee E. Ohanian, Alvaro Riascos, and Harold L. ColeReprinted from _Journal of Monetary Economics_, (January 2005, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 69-107), copyright 2005, with permission from Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.09.002
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Staff Report 286 (February 2005)James A. Schmitz, Jr.Published in: _Journal of Political Economy_ (Vol. 113, No. 3, June 2005, pp. 582-625) https://doi.org/10.1086/429279.
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Staff Report 351 (November 2004)James A. Schmitz, Jr., Lee E. Ohanian, Alvaro Riascos, and Harold L. ColePublished in: _Quarterly Review_ (Vol. 30, No. 1, September 2006, pp. 2-27) https://doi.org/10.21034/qr.3011. Published in: _Journal of Monetary Economics_ (Vol. 52, No. 1, January 2005, pp. 69-107) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.09.002.
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Staff Report 337 (June 2004)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Arilton TeixeiraPublished in: _Review of Economic Dynamics_ (Vol. 11, No. 4, October 2008, pp. 745-760) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2008.01.001.
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Quarterly Review 2722 | Spring 2003 (Vol. 27 No. 2)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Jose E. Galdon-SanchezThis article is reprinted, with permission, from the _American Economic Review_ (September 2002, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 1222-1235). Copyright 2002 by the American Economic Association. The article was edited for publication in the _Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review_. https://doi.org/10.1257/00028280260344759
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Quarterly Review 2521 | Spring 2001 (Vol. 25 No. 2)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. Holmes
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Staff Report 263 (June 2000)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Jose E. Galdon-Sanchez
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Quarterly Review 2341 | Fall 1999 (Vol. 23 No. 4)Ellen R. McGrattan and James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Staff Report 250 (August 1998)Ellen R. McGrattan and James A. Schmitz, Jr.Published in: _Handbook of Macroeconomics_ (Vol. 1, Part 1, 1999, pp. 669-737) https://doi.org/10.1016/S1574-0048(99)01013-7. [Additional Files](https://researchdatabase.minneapolisfed.org/concern/datasets/cj82k7327?locale=en) [M-files and Ftools](https://researchdatabase.minneapolisfed.org/concern/datasets/765371353?locale=en)
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Staff Report 245 (March 1998)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. Holmes
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Staff Report 240 (October 1997)James A. Schmitz, Jr.Published in: _Journal of Monetary Economics_ (Vol. 47, Issue 1, February 2001, pp. 163-187) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00050-7.
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Quarterly Review 2021 | Spring 1996 (Vol. 20 No. 2)James A. Schmitz, Jr.
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Working Paper 545 (March 1995)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. HolmesPublished in: _Journal of Political Economy_ (Vol. 103, Issue 5, October 1995, pp. 1005-1038), https://doi.org/10.1086/262011.
Published in: _Innovation, Evolution of Industry and Economic Growth_, D. B. Audretsch, S. Klepper, Eds., (Vol. 2, 2000, pp. 29-62). -
Quarterly Review 1911 | Winter 1995 (Vol. 19 No. 1)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. Holmes
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Staff Report 184 (October 1994)James A. Schmitz, Jr. and Thomas J. Holmes
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Quarterly Review 1722 | Spring 1993 (Vol. 17 No. 2)James A. Schmitz, Jr.
Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions
2012 | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4(3): 1-33 | With Thomas J. Holmes and David K. Levine
The Role of Transportation in U.S. Economic Development: 1840-1860
2012 | International Economic Review, 53(3): 693-716 | With Berthold Herrendorf and Arilton Teixeira
Competition and Productivity: A Review of Evidence
2010 | Annual Review of Economics, 2(1): 619-642 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Previously: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Staff Report 439
Privatization's Impact on Private Productivity: The Case of Brazilian Iron Ore
2008 | Review of Economic Dynamics, 11(4): 745-760 | With Arilton Teixeira
Previously: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Staff Report 337
What Determines Productivity? Lessons from the Dramatic Recovery of the U.S. and Canadian Iron Ore Industries Following Their Early 1980s Crisis
2005 | Journal of Political Economy, 113(3): 582-625
Previously: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Staff Report 286
Latin America in the Rearview Mirror
2005 | Journal of Monetary Economics, 52(1): 69-107 | With Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian, and Alvaro Riascos
Reprinted in: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 3011
Competitive Pressure and Labor Productivity: World Iron-Ore Markets in the 1980's
2002 | American Economic Review, 92(4): 1222-1235 | With José E. Galdón-Sánchez
Reprinted in: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 2722
Competition at Work: Railroads vs. Monopoly in the U.S. Shipping Industry
2001 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 2521 | With Thomas J. Holmes
A Gain from Trade: From Unproductive to Productive Entrepreneurship
2001 | Journal of Monetary Economics, 47(2): 417-446 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Government Production of Investment Goods and Aggregate Labor Productivity
2001 | Journal of Monetary Economics, 47(1): 163-187
Maintenance and Repair: Too Big to Ignore
1999 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 2341 | With Ellen R. McGrattan
Explaining Cross-Country Income Differences
1999 | Handbook of Macroeconomics, John B. Taylor and Michael Woodford, eds., Vol. 1A, Chapter 10: 669-737 | With Ellen R. McGrattan
Previously: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Staff Report 250
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The Role Played by Public Enterprises: How Much Does It Differ Across Countries?
1996 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 2021
Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates: The Case of the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
1996 | Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 14(2): 231-241 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Managerial Tenure, Business Age, and Small Business Turnover
1996 | Journal of Labor Economics, 14(1): 79-99 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Resistance to New Technology and Trade Between Areas
1995 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 1911 | With Thomas J. Holmes
On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers
1995 | Journal of Political Economy, 103(5): 1005-1038 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Previously: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Working Paper 545
Wages, Employment Structure and Employer Size-wage Premia: Their Relationship to Advanced-Technology Usage at US Manufacturing Establishments
1995 | Economica, 62(245): 89-107 | With Timothy Dunne
Can Companies Maintain their Initial Innovative Thrust? A Study of the PC Software Industry
1994 | The Review of Economics and Statistics, 76(3): 523-540 | With Thomas J. Prusa
Early Progress on the "Problem of Economic Development"
1993 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Quarterly Review 1722
Research and Imitation in Long-run Growth
1991 | Journal of Monetary Economics, 27(2): 271-292 | With Aldo Rustichini
Are New Firms an Important Source of Innovation? Evidence from the PC Software Industry
1991 | Economics Letters, 35(3): 339-342 | With Thomas J. Prusa
A Theory of Entrepreneurship and Its Application to the Study of Business Transfers
1990 | Journal of Political Economy, 98(2): 265-294 | With Thomas J. Holmes
Imitation, Entrepreneurship, and Long-Run Growth
1989 | Journal of Political Economy, 97(3): 721-739