Marcel Fratzscher

Marcel Fratzscher
Born (1971-01-25) January 25, 1971
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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
Notes
Parents: Marion Fratzscher, Guenther Fratzscher (deceased); sibling: Oliver Fratzscher, Daniel Fratzscher

Marcel Fratzscher (born January 25, 1971) is a German economist and professor at Humboldt-University of Berlin. Since February 2013 he is president of the Berlin-based economic research institute DIW Berlin.[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]

Education

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.

Career

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

In 2013, Fratzscher was named member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology.[4] Later that year, he joined Henrik Enderlein, Clemens Fuest, Jakob von Weizsäcker and others in founding the Glienicker Gruppe, a group of pro-European lawyers, economists and political scientists.[5]

Other activities

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