Economists

Antonella Tutino

Senior Research Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Antonella Tutino is a senior research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She holds a PhD from Princeton University. Before joining the Dallas Fed she worked as an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2008–10). Recently she has worked on the application of information theory to modeling economic behavior. Her research interests include applied and theoretical macroeconomics, particularly monetary and fiscal policy and applied and theoretical econometrics, especially application of Bayesian approaches.

Publications

“Targeted Search in Matching Markets,” with A. Cheremukhin and P. Restrepo-Echavarria, Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 185, January 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2019.104956.
“Information Rigidities and Asymmetric Business Cycles,” with A. Cheremukhin, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 73, December 2016, pp. 142-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2016.09.013.
“A Theory of Discrete Choice with Information Costs,” with A. Cheremukhin and A. Popova, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 113, May 2015, pp. 34-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.02.022.
“Rationally Inattentive Consumption Choices,” Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 16, no. 3, July 2013, pp. 421-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2012.03.003.
“Rationally Inattentive Macroeconomic Wedges,” Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 35, no. 3, March 2011, pp. 344-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2010.08.006.

Working Papers

“Rationally Inattentive Savers and Monetary Policy Changes: A Laboratory Experiment,” with Cary Deck and Andrea Civelli, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1915, December 2019.
“Rationally Inattentive Consumer: An Experiment,” with Andrea Civelli, Cary Deck and Justin D. LeBlanc, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1813, November 2018.
“Targeted Search in Matching Markets,” with Anton A. Cheremukhin and Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1610, May 2016.
“Asymmetric Firm Dynamics Under Rational Inattention,” with Anton A. Cheremukhin, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1411, October 2014.
“A Theory of Targeted Search,” with Anton A. Cheremukhin and Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1402, February 2014.
“Experimental Evidence on Rational Inattention,” with Anton A. Cheremukhin and Anna Popova, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1112, 2011.
“Rationally Inattentive Macroeconomic Wedges,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper no. 1005, September 2010.
“The Rigidity of Labor: Processing Savings and Work Decisions Through Shannon's Channels,” Finance and Economics Discussion Series, No. 2010-02, February 2009.
“The Rigidity of Choice: Lifecycle Savings with Information-Processing Limits,” Finance and Economics Discussion Series, No. 2008-62, October 2008.

Dallas Fed Publications

“Marrying for Money Ends Up Reducing Income Inequality,” with Anton Cheremukhin, Dallas Fed Economics, March 3, 2020.
“Economics of Love: Rejection Worth Chance at Dream Date,” with Anton Cheremukhin, Dallas Fed Economics, February 11, 2020.
“Consumers Respond More to Negative News than Positive Info,” Economic Letter, vol. 13, no. 7, May 2018.
“Central Bank Communication Must Overcome the Public's Limited Attention Span,” Economic Letter, vol. 11, no. 6, May 2016.
“Survey-Based Forecasts Identify Likely Inflation Outcomes,” Economic Letter, vol. 10, no. 8, August 2015.
“Inflation is Not Always and Everywhere a Monetary Phenomenon,” with Carlos E. Zarazaga, Economic Letter, vol. 9, no. 6, June 2014.
“Cost of Decisionmaking Influences Individual Selections,” with Anton Cheremukhin, Economic Letter, vol. 7, no. 10, September 2012.
“'Rational Inattention' Guides Overloaded Brains, Helps Economists Understand Market Behavior,” Economic Letter, vol. 6, no. 3, March 2011.