Pavlina R. Tcherneva is an American economist, of Bulgarian descent,CV
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of economics at

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. She is also a research associate at the

Levy Economics Institute Founded in 1986 as the Jerome Levy Economics Institute, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy think tank. The purpose of its research and other activities is to enable scholars and leaders in busi ...

and expert at the

Institute for New Economic Thinking The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is a New York City–based nonprofit think tank. It was founded in October 2009 as a result of the 2007–2012 global financial crisis, and runs a variety of affiliated programs at major universiti ...

Education

Tcherneva studied economics and mathematics at

Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. ...

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, obtaining her

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with honors in both, in 1997. She obtained her

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in Economics at the

University of Missouri-Kansas City A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

, in 2004, where she also defended her Economics and Social Science Ph.D. dissertation in 2008.

Career

Tcherneva has taught at the

Franklin and Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Frankli ...

and the

. During 2000-2006, she served as the associate director for economic analysis at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, where she remains a senior research associate. In summer 2006, she was a visiting scholar at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

's Centre for Economic and Public Policy, in the United Kingdom, and since July 2007, she's a research scholar at the

. Tcherneva's work is on

macroeconomics Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix ''makro-'' meaning "large" + ''economics'') is a branch of economics dealing with performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. For example, using interest rates, taxes, and ...

issues, where she is conducting research in the field of fiscal policy, with a focus on full employment. She is a notable proponent of

modern monetary theory Modern Monetary Theory or Modern Money Theory (MMT) is a heterodox * * * * * * macroeconomic theory that describes currency as a public monopoly and unemployment as evidence that a currency monopolist is overly restricting the supply ...

and the notion of a

job guarantee A job guarantee is an economic policy proposal that aims to provide a sustainable solution to inflation and unemployment. Its aim is to create full employment and price stability by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an emp ...

. Her research on monetary and fiscal policies, specifically under sovereign currency regimes and the macroeconomic effects of alternative stabilization programs, including both the Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and responses from the Federal Reserve's policy during the Great Recession have appeared in the ''Review of Social Economy, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and International Journal of Political Economy'', in addition to other publications.https://www.levyinstitute.org/scholars/pavlina-r-tcherneva She has also collaborated with policymakers from various countries, including the United States, on developing job-creation programs.

Selected works

* Forstater, Mathew & Tcherneva, P. (editors) ''Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey'', Elgar, 2004, * Tcherneva, Pavlina.
Chartalism and the tax-driven approach
in Philip Arestis & Malcolm C. Sawyer, ''A handbook of alternative monetary economics''. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006 * Tcherneva, Pavlina.
The Nature, Origins, and Role of Money: Broad and Specific Propositions and Their Implications for Policy
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability,

, July 2005 * *

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Personal website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tcherneva, Pavlina R. 21st-century American economists Modern monetary theory scholars Post-Keynesian economists Living people American people of Bulgarian descent Year of birth missing (living people)

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