Olivier Blanchard

Olivier Blanchard

New Keynesian economics
Born	December 27, 1948 (1948-12-27) (age 62) 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 Ph.D. in Economics in 1977 at MIT. He taught at Harvard University between 1977 and 1983, after which 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 advisor 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).

References

1. ^ Olivier Blanchard's CV on his MIT webpage
2. ^ http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/int090208a.htm
3. ^ Economist Rankings at IDEAS
4. ^ Asia 21 Bio

External links

• Olivier Blanchard

Political offices
Preceded by Simon Johnson	IMF Chief Economist 2008 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Blanchard, Olivier
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Date of birth	December 27, 1948
Place of birth	Amiens, France
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