"This paper develops a new approach to change-point modeling that allows for an unknown number of change points in the observed sample. Our model assumes that regime durations have a Poisson distribution. The model approximately nests the two most common approaches: the time-varying parameter...

Remarks at Queens College, Flushing, New York.

Remarks at the Washington and Lee University H. Parker Willis Lecture in Political Economics, Lexington, Virginia.

Remarks at United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, New York.

Remarks at Pace University, New York City.

Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks at New York University's Stern School of Business, New York City.