Jeffrey Frankel is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University's Kennedy School. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is on the Business Cycle Dating Committee, which officially declares recessions. He served at the US President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1983-84 and 1996-99. As CEA Member in the Clinton Administration, Frankel's responsibilities included international economics, macroeconomics, and the environment. Before coming to Harvard in 1999, he was Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. Born in San Francisco, he graduated from Swarthmore College, and received his economics PhD from MIT.
His research interests include international finance, commodities, currencies, crises, monetary policy, fiscal policy, regional blocs, and international environmental issues. RePEc ranks him among the 50 most-cited economists. He writes a monthly column at Project Syndicate and blog, and co-directs annually the NBER ISoM and Harvard PEIF conferences.
Jeffrey Frankel es Docente James W. Harpel de Formación de Capital y Crecimiento en la Escuela Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard. Es Investigador Asociado en la oficina National Bureau of Economic Research, donde es miembro del Comité de Datación del Ciclo Económico, encargado de la declaración de recesiones. Fue parte del Consejo de Asesores Económicos (CEA) del Presidente de los EE.UU., en los años 1983-84 y 1996-99. Como Miembro del CEA en la Administración Clinton, Frankel fue responsable de economía internacional, macroeconomía y medio ambiente. Antes de ser profesor en Harvard, en 1999, fue docente de Economía en la Universidad de California en Berkeley. Nació en San Francisco, se graduó del Swarthmore College y obtuvo su doctorado en economía en el MIT.
Sus investigaciones se enfocan a finanzas internacionales, materias primas, monedas, crisis, política monetaria, política fiscal, bloques regionales y temas ambientales internacionales. RePEc lo clasifica entre los 50 economistas más citados. Escribe una columna mensual en Project Syndicate y un blog, y cada año co-dirige las conferencias de NBER ISoM y Harvard PEIF.
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