| Born | February 24, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | UCLA |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Lee Edward Ohanian (born February 24, 1957) is a macroeconomist who teaches at the UCLA, Department of Economics, where he received the Kaplan distinguished teaching award (2001–2003). Professor Ohanian received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California Santa Barbara with high honors (1979), an MA in economics from the University of Rochester (1992) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester (1993) where he was the recipient of the Kaplan Prize for the highest performance in PhD work. He has researched and written extensively on the causal relationship between economic policy and the Great Depression. Ohanian has broken new ground in his research on the regulatory policies of the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations that is now being widely cited in understanding how to avoid another prolonged period of economic contraction. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published in August 2009 and cited by Barrons and Forbes Magazine, Ohanian analyzes the wage controls adopted by the President Herbert Hoover administration as causing the high unemployment rates that created the Great Depression."[1]
He is currently a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.[2]