I am a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Labor and Product Market Studies group. I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where I was a Postdoctoral Fellow prior to joining the Fed.
My main research is in macroeconomics, with an emphasis on firm dynamics, productivity, and economic growth. For more, find my research page or my CV. Contact: jeremy.pearce@ny.frb.org.
Selected Papers:
Tapping into Talent: Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth, w/ Ufuk Akcigit and Marta Prato, Review of Economic Studies, 2025, 92(2): 696-736
Idea Production and Team Structure, R&R, AEJ: Macro
Brand Reallocation and Market Concentration, w/ Liangjie Wu
The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-up Artist?, NBER WP #25713, w/ David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit, Gokhan Oz
Need for Speed: Quality of Innovations and the Allocation of Inventors, with Santiago Caicedo