Steven J Davis

Steven J. Davis

  • Title: William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics
  • Education: BA, Portland State University; MA, PhD, both from Brown University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 1985
  • steven.davis@chicagobooth.edu

Steven J. Davis

Departmental website:
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/d/steven-j-davis

Steven J. Davis is known for his influential work using longitudinal data on firms and establishments to explore job creation and destruction dynamics and their relationship to economic performance. He studies business dynamics, employment, labor market institutions, economic fluctuations, public policy and other topics. He is also a co-creator of the Economic Policy Uncertainty Indices and the DHI Hiring Indicators, and he co-organizes the Asian Monetary Policy Forum, held annually in Singapore.

His research appears in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics and other leading scholarly journals. In addition to his scholarly publications, Davis has written for the Atlantic, Bloomberg View, Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and other popular media and appeared on Channel News Asia, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC Network News, and the U.S. Public Broadcasting System, among others.

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Davis Stories

Has American Business Lost Its Mojo?

Has American Business Lost Its Mojo?

Article cites Prof. Steven Davis, who examines downturn in America's economy and proposes labor reforms to restore prosperity


U.S. Companies Grow Older and Hire Less

U.S. Companies Grow Older and Hire Less

Article cites research by Prof. Steven Davis, which finds a more rigid labor market is slowing down economic recovery


Why Companies Are Taking Longer to Hire

Why Companies Are Taking Longer to Hire

Data from index created by Prof. Steven Davis finds companies are taking longer to hire than they have in 25 years


A Theory on Long-Term Economic Trends and a Sudden Crash

A Theory on Long-Term Economic Trends and a Sudden Crash

Research by Prof. Steven Davis reveals that U.S. economy faced unemployment hurdles even before 2008 financial crisis


Well, there had been less uncertainty in DC

Well, there had been less uncertainty in DC

Policy Uncertainty Index co-developed by Prof. Steven Davis, which predicts market behavior based on political uncertainty, shows a calmer market than last year


Private equity is a force for good

Private equity is a force for good

Prof. Steven Davis writes that academic evidence supports those who defend Gov. Mitt Romney's career


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