Rachel McCulloch (June, 1942 - June 18, 2016) was an economist and the Rosen Family Professor of
International Finance
International finance (also referred to as international monetary economics or international macroeconomics) is the branch of financial economics broadly concerned with monetary and macroeconomic interrelations between two or more countries. In ...
in the Department of Economics and
International Business School at
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational institution sponsored by the Jews, Jewish community, Brandeis was established on t ...
. She was a leading figure in the field of
international trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy)
In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...
, with over 100 published papers, served as a consultant to the
World Bank
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and
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offi ...
, and was a member of the
Presidential Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. She also served on the board of directors of the International Trade and Finance Association and on the Executive Committee of the
American Economic Association. She was the 2013 winner of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, given annually "to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession."
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External links
Obituary from Brandeis Economics DepartmentObituary from the Boston Globe
1942 births
2016 deaths
American women economists
20th-century American economists
21st-century American economists
International economists
Brandeis University faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
University of Pennsylvania alumni
University of Chicago alumni
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