Marcel Fratzscher

Marcel Fratzscher
Born January 25, 1971
Bonn, Northrhine-Westphalia
Nationality German
Institution European Central Bank
Goethe University Frankfurt
Field International economics
Macroeconomics
Alma mater European University Institute
Harvard University
University of Oxford
Influences Barry Eichengreen
Axel A. Weber
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Marcel Fratzscher (born January 25, 1971) is a German economist. On 18 July 2012 it was announced he will become president of the Berlin based economic research institute DIW.[1] He was previously head of International Policy Analysis at the European Central Bank. He also teaches International Finance in the Ph.D. programme in Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt. According to a ranking in Handelsblatt, Fratzscher is one of the most influential German-speaking economists.[2]

His field of interests include macroeconomics and monetary economics, in particular the economic effects of central bank announcements.[3]

Fratzscher holds a Vordiplom degree from the University of Kiel, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Trinity College, Oxford, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, Fratzscher coincidentally worked at the Harvard Center for International Development in Jakarta, Indonesia giving him a close up view of a country affected by the crisis.

References

  1. "M.F. neuer Chef des DIW werden", Handelsblatt
  2. "Handelsblatt Ökonomen-Ranking VWL 2008", Handelsblatt, September 15, 2008, retrieved October 20, 2009
  3. Storbeck, Olaf (March 2, 2008), "Marcel Fratzscher – krisenerprobter Notenbank-Ökonom", Handelsblatt

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