| New Keynesian economics | |
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| Born | December 27, 1948 Amiens, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Institution | International Monetary Fund |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Influenced | Jordi Galí Gilles Saint-Paul |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Olivier Jean Blanchard (born December 27, 1948, Amiens, France)[1] is currently the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1, 2008.[2] He is also the Class of 1941 Professor of Economics at MIT, though he is currently on leave. Blanchard is one of the most cited economists in the world, according to IDEAS/RePEc.[3]
Blanchard earned his Bachelor at Paris Dauphine University, and Ph.D. in Economics in 1977 at MIT. He taught at Harvard University between 1977 and 1983, after which time he returned to MIT as a professor.[4] Between 1998 and 2003 Blanchard served as the Chairman of the Economics Department at MIT. He is also an adviser for the Federal Reserve banks of Boston (since 1995) and New York (since 2004).
Blanchard has published numerous research papers in the field of macroeconomics, as well as undergraduate and graduate macroeconomics textbooks (including his vastly popular Macroeconomics).
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| Preceded by Simon Johnson |
IMF Chief Economist 2008 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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