Marcel Fratzscher

Marcel Fratzscher

Born	January 25, 1971 (1971-01-25) (age 40) 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
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Marcel Fratzscher (born January 25, 1971, in Bonn) is a German economist who is currently 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.^[1]

His field of interests include macroeconomics and monetary economics, in particular the economic effects of central bank announcements.^[2]

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. ^ "Handelsblatt Ökonomen-Ranking VWL 2008", Handelsblatt, September 15, 2008, http://www.handelsblatt.com/_t=dgtool,id=6,obj=1;singleclip, retrieved October 20, 2009 
2. ^ Storbeck, Olaf (March 2, 2008), "Marcel Fratzscher – krisenerprobter Notenbank-Ökonom", Handesblatt, http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/nachrichten/marcel-fratzscher-krisenerprobter-notenbank-oekonom;2177770 

External links

• Marcel Fratzscher: Working Papers at ECB
• Marcel Fratzscher personal web site

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Name	Fratzscher, Marcel
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Date of birth	January 25, 1971
Place of birth	Bonn, Northrhine-Westphalia
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