Guillermo Calvo

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field = Economics
work_institution = Columbia University
occupation = Professor Emeritus
alma_mater = Yale University (PhD, MA)
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Guillermo Antonio Calvo is an Argentine-born economist, resident in the USA for decades, who is currently Director of Columbia University's mid-career Program in Economic Policy Management in their School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). He published significant research in macroeconomics, especially monetary economics and the economics of emerging markets and transition economies.Announcement of Guillermo Calvo's Appointment at Columbia University, Website. [http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/gc2286-fac.html] ] Calvo, together with Edmund Phelps and John B. Taylor, did pioneering work on staggered wage setting as a channel for producing price stickiness. The Calvo pricing approach is named after him.

Biography

Guillermo Calvo earned his PhD from Yale University in 1974. In January 2007, Calvo rejoined the faculty at Columbia University, where he previously taught from 1973 to 1986.Announcement of Guillermo Calvo's Appointment at Columbia University, Website. [http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/gc2286-fac.html] ]

Contributions to Economic Science

Calvo has published several books and over 100 journal articles.Announcement of Guillermo Calvo's Appointment at Columbia University, Website. [http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/gc2286-fac.html] ]

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