Jeffrey Frankel

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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. 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.  He has had visiting appointments at the Federal Reserve, IMF, and Peterson Institute for International Economics.

His research interests include commodities, crises, currencies, fiscal policy, international finance, monetary policy, regional blocs, and international environmental issues. He has been ranked among 30 most-cited economists.  He writes a syndicated monthlly commentarand a blog.  He also co-directs annually the NBER ISoM and Harvard PEIF conferences.

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Recent publications

Working Paper

Frankel J, Schreger J. Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help? NBER Working Papers. (22309).
Frankel J, Schreger J. Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help? NBER Working Papers. (22309).

2024

Chinn M, Frankel J, Ito H. "The Dollar versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies". Journal of International Money and Finance. 2024;146.
Chinn M, Frankel J, Ito H. "The Dollar versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies". Journal of International Money and Finance. 2024;146.
Frankel J. Dollar Rivals. In: Fifty Years of Floating. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics; 2024.
Frankel J. Dollar Rivals. In: Fifty Years of Floating. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics; 2024.

2023

Frankel J. "Is the language of rights useful for reducing poverty?". In: Making a Movement: The History and Future of Human Rights. Cambridge, MA: Carr Center for Human Rights; 2023. pp. 55–56.
Frankel J. "Is the language of rights useful for reducing poverty?". In: Making a Movement: The History and Future of Human Rights. Cambridge, MA: Carr Center for Human Rights; 2023. pp. 55–56.

2021

Frankel J. How to Set Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets for All Countries. In: Mauro BW, editor. Combatting Climate Change. London: CEPR Press, Centre for Economic Policy Research; 2021. pp. 43–48.
Frankel J. How to Set Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets for All Countries. In: Mauro BW, editor. Combatting Climate Change. London: CEPR Press, Centre for Economic Policy Research; 2021. pp. 43–48.
Frankel J. Errors of omission vs. commission in environmental policy. In: Levy D, editor. Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser . 2021.
Frankel J. Errors of omission vs. commission in environmental policy. In: Levy D, editor. Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser . 2021.
Frankel J. Systematic Managed Floating. In: Yeung B, Davis S, Robinson E, editors. The Asian Monetary Policy Forum -- Insights for Central Banking. Singapore: World Scientific Publ. Co. Pte. Ltd,; 2021. pp. 160–223.
Frankel J. Systematic Managed Floating. In: Yeung B, Davis S, Robinson E, editors. The Asian Monetary Policy Forum -- Insights for Central Banking. Singapore: World Scientific Publ. Co. Pte. Ltd,; 2021. pp. 160–223.