Maurice Moses "Maury" Obstfeld (born March 19, 1952) is a professor of

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

and previously Chief Economist at the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the

Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), known until 2006 as the Institute for International Economics (IIE), is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981 and has been led by ...

. He is well known for his work in

international economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns an ...

and his research on the

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. He is among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. He graduated from

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

''summa cum laude'',

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and

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

, where received his Ph.D. in 1979. Director of the Center for International and Development Economic Research (CIDER). He joined Berkeley in 1989 as a professor, following appointments at Columbia (1979–1986) and the University of Pennsylvania (1986–1989). He was also a visiting professor at Harvard between 1989 and 1991. Obstfeld serves as honorary advisor to the

Bank of Japan The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The said bank is a corporate entity ...

's Institute of Monetary and Economic Studies. Among Obstfeld's honors are the Carroll Round Keynote Lecture, Woodward Lecture, and Bernhard Harms Prize and Lecture in 2004. Obstfeld is a Fellow of the

Econometric Society The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools in the practice of econometrics. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians o ...

and the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

. He is active as a research Fellow of CEPR, a research associate at NBER, and an International Research Fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. On June 3, 2014, the White House announced that Obstfeld would join the

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as lead macroeconomist. On July 20, 2015, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the

(IMF), announced her intention to appoint Obstfeld as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department. Obstfeld succeeds

Olivier Blanchard Olivier Jean Blanchard (; born December 27, 1948) is a French economist and professor. He is Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics, an ...

whose retirement was announced previously. He began his work at the Fund on September 8, 2015.

Research

Books and selected publications

* "Economic Policy for a Pandemic Age: How the World Must Prepare" with Monica de Bolle and Adam S. Posen, April 2021 * "How the G20 Can Hasten Recovery from COVID-19" with Adam S. Posen, April 2020 * "Meeting Globalization's Challenges" with Luís A. V. Catão, 2019 * "Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy" with Tobias Adrian and Douglas Laxton, 2018 * "Coping with the Climate Crisis" with Rabah Arezki and Patrick Bolton and Karim El Aynaoui, 2018 * "International Economics: Theory and Policy" with

Paul Krugman Paul Robin Krugman ( ; born February 28, 1953) is an American New Keynesian economics, New Keynesian economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the CUNY Graduate Center, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He ...

and Marc Melitz, 2018 * "Global Economic Crisis" with Dongchul Cho and

Andrew Mason Andrew D. Mason (born 1981) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses and scholarships. He is also the founder and CEO of Desc ...

, 2012 * "Too Much Focus on the Yuan?" (with Alan J. Auerbach), October 2010 * "Lenders of Last Resort and Global Liquidity: Rethinking the System," Development Outreach (

World Bank Institute The World Bank Institute is the capacity building branch of the World Bank. It provides learning programs, policy advice and technical assistance to policy makers, government and non-government agencies, and development practitioners of developing c ...

), December 2009 * "Global Capital Markets" with Alan M. Taylor, 2004 * Money, Capital Mobility, and Trade: Essays in Honor of

Robert Mundell Robert Alexander Mundell (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences i ...

, with Guillermo Calvo and Rudi Dornbusch, 2001 * Globalization and Macroeconomics, Fall 2000 * International Economics: Theory and Policy, with

and Marc Melitz * Foundations of International Macroeconomics, with

Kenneth Rogoff Kenneth Saul Rogoff (born March 22, 1953) is an American economist and chess Grandmaster. He is the Maurits C. Boas Chair of International Economics at Harvard University. During the Great Recession, Rogoff was an influential proponent of auste ...

References

External links

Maurice Obstfeld/Site

* ttp://elsa.berkeley.edu/~obstfeld/ Professional page
Curriculum Vitae
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