Jeffrey Frankel


Jeffrey Alexander "Jeff" Frankel is an international macroeconomist. He works as the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Education

Frankel graduated from Swarthmore College in 1974 with a B.A. in economics. He then received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1978.

Career

Frankel began his career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
He then worked at UC Berkeley as an assistant professor, an associate professor and a professor of economics. He also was a visiting professor at Yale in 1980. He eventually joined Harvard in 1999.
Frankel was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton, Frankel's contributions include showing econometrically that openness is good for economic growth, by means of a gravity model of trade.
Frankel directs the Program in International Finance and Macroeconomics at the National Bureau of Economic Research and is also on the Business Cycle Dating Committee, which officially declares US recessions.

Opinions

According to The Market Oracle Frankel says no new monetary policy, after inflation targeting, has been decided on for offering financial stability.

Publications

Frankel has co-authored a number of books and has written for The Guardian.