Jacob A. Frenkel

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Jacob A. Frenkel
Frenkel, October 16, 2007
Born	1943 Israel
Residence	U.S.
Nationality	Israeli
Fields	Economics
Institutions	AIG 2004- Merrill Lynch 2000-04 Bank of Israel 1991-00 IMF 1987-91 University of Chicago 1973-87
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor	Robert Mundell

Jacob Aharon Frenkel (Hebrew: יעקב אהרן פרנקל‎; born in 1943) is an Israeli-American economist and businessman.

Frenkel studied economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and gained an M.A. and doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago. He was a faculty member of the university from 1973 to 1987, where he was appointed David Rockefeller Professor of International Economics.

From 1987 till 1991, he served as Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund.

Between 1991 and 2000 he served as Governor of the Bank of Israel.

He is currently Vice-Chairman of the American insurance corporation American International Group. He is also chairman of the Washington based economics organisation, the Group of Thirty, and in August 2007, he joined the advisory board of an Israel based biotech firm BrainStorm Cell Therapeutic, Inc.^[1].

[edit] Bibliography

Frenkel, Jacob A. "Current Problems of the International Monetary System: Reflections on European Monetary Integration." Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 111 (No. 2, 1975): 216-221.