Kevin J. Stiroh
Kevin J. Stiroh is a Research Officer in the Banking Studies Function at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. He joined the Bank as an Economist in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Economist in October 2000
and to Research Officer in December 2001. Mr. Stiroh’s research includes work on productivity and the sources
of economic growth, the economic impact of information technology, and the efficiency and behaviour of
financial institutions. This research has been published in the American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings,
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial
Services Research, Review of Economics and Statistics, and other academic and business publications. Before joining
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr Stiroh was an Economist at the Conference Board and an assistant
professor at Bentley College. He received a BA in economics and psychology from Swarthmore College
in 1989 and a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1995.
Papers Published in World Economics:
Measuring Information Technology and Productivity in the New Economy
The growing importance of information technology raises significant challenges
for statisticians and economists. The US national accounts now incorporate
sophisticated measurement tools to capture the rapid rates of technological
change and dramatic improvements in the performance/price ratio of many hightech
assets like computer hardware, software, and telecommunications goods.
These data have been incorporated into traditional sources of growth analyses to
identify the impact of information technology on the US economy. The emerging
consensus is that information technology played a key role in the post-1995
revival of US productivity growth.
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