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Born | July 27, 1935 |
Nationality | United States |
Institution | Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia |
Field | Monetary economics Econometrics |
Alma mater | Rice University Harvard University |
Opposed | Nicholas Kaldor John B. Taylor |
Influences | John Muth |
Influenced | Charles L. Evans |
Contributions | McCallum rule |
Information at IDEAS/RePEc |
Bennett T. McCallum (born July 27, 1935) is an American monetary economist. He is H. J. Heinz Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.
McCallum earned a B.A. (in economics) and a B.Sc. (in chemical engineering) from Rice University. He then attended Harvard Business School to earn his M.B.A., before returning to Rice in order to get his Ph.D. in economics.
He became professor at Carnegie Mellon in 1981, after holding a professorship at the University of Virginia (1974–1982). Among his doctoral students was Charles L. Evans, the current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.[1]
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