Rudi Dornbusch
Rudi Dornbusch | |
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Graduate Institute of International Studies (BA) | |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Mundell[1] |
Doctoral students | Andrew Abel[2] Pedro Aspe Eliana Cardoso José De Gregorio Jeffrey Frankel Francesco Giavazzi Ilan Goldfajn[3] Paul Krugman[4] Dornbusch's law |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Rüdiger Dornbusch (June 8, 1942 – July 25, 2002) was a German economist who worked in the United States for most of his career.
Early life and education
Dornbusch was born in
Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1966.[8] He went on to graduate study at the University of Chicago, receiving an MA in economics in 1966, and a PhD in economics in 1971.[8]
Career
He lectured briefly at the
MIT, where he was appointed an associate professor in the Department of Economics, and was made a full professor in 1984.[8] He stayed at MIT until his death in 2002.[9]
Throughout his career his main focus was on
Quarterly Journal of Economics
.
Together with Stanley Fischer he also wrote widely used undergraduate textbooks.
He died, aged sixty, from cancer.[11]
Major works
- Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990 (with S. Fischer) 5th ed.
- International Economic Policy: Theory and Evidence, Johns Hopkins University Press, (edited with J. A. Frenkel.)
- Open Economy Macroeconomics, Basic Books, New York, 1980.
- Inflation, Debt and Indexation, MIT Press, 1983. (ed. with M. H. Simonsen.)
- Financial Policies and the World Capital Market, University of Chicago Press, 1983. (ed. with P. Aspe and M. Obstfeld.)
- Economics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987, 2nd ed. (with S. Fischer and R. Schmalensee)
- Restoring Europe's Prosperity, (with O. Blanchard and R. Layard) MIT Press, 1986.
- Dollars, Debts and Deficits, MIT Press, 1987.
- Macroeconomics and Finance, (Essays in Honor of Franco Modigliani) MIT Press, 1987, (Ed. with S. Fischer)
- The Political Economy of Argentina, 1946–83, Macmillan, 1988. (ed. with G. diTella)
- Exchange Rates and Inflation MIT Press, 1988.
- Stopping High Inflation (ed. with M. Bruno, G. diTella and S. Fischer), MIT Press, 1988.
- The Open Economy: Tools for Policy Makers in Developing Countries (ed. with Leslie Helmers) Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Public Debt Management: Theory and History (ed. with Mario Draghi) Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Reform in Eastern Europe (jointly with O. Blanchard et al.) MIT Press, 1991.
- Global Warming: Economic Policy Responses (ed. with J. Poterba) MIT Press, 1991.
- The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America (ed. with S. Edwards). MIT Press, 1991.
- East–West Migration (with Layard, Blanchard, and Krugman) MIT Press, 1992.
- Postwar Economic Reconstruction and Lessons for the East Today (ed. with W. Nolling and R. Layard) MIT Press, 1993
- Stabilization, Debt, and Reform: Policy Analysis For Developing Countries, Prentice Hall, 1993.
- Reform, Recovery and Growth (ed. with S. Edwards) University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- Financial Opening: Policy Lessons for Korea, (edited with Y. C. Park), Korea Institute of Finance, International Center For Economics Growth, 1995.
- Keys to Prosperity: Free Markets, Sound Money, and a Bit of Luck, MIT Press, 2000.
Honors and distinctions
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1979.
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Doctor honoris causa, University of Basel, 1988.
- Honorary Professor, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru, 1989.
- Foreign Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1992.
- Harms Prize, Institute for World Economy, Kiel, 1992.[12]
- Honorary doctorate, Catholic University, Lima Peru, 1998.
- Distinguished CES Fellow, Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich, 1998.
- Concord Prize, Krefeld, 1999
- Named among the "Top 100 Economists in the World",IDEAS/RePEc
References
- ^ Rudi Dornbusch by Stanley Fischer - Project Syndicate
- MIT. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- hdl:1721.1/11082. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Paul Krugman (May 24, 2018). "Turmoil for Turkey's Trump". The New York Times.
- ^ Capital mobility and monetary policy under fixed and flexible exchange rates.
- ^ Essays on expectations and exchange rate volatility
- ^ The instability of the prewar economy reconsidered : a critical examination of historical macroeconomic data.
- ^ a b c d "MIT international economist Rudiger Dornbusch dies at 60". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2002-07-26. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Rudiger Dornbusch". The Economist. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Dornbusch, R. (1976). "Exchange Rate Expectations and Monetary Policy". Journal of International Economics 6 (3): 231–244.
- ^ "MIT international economist Rudiger Dornbusch dies at 60". 26 July 2002.
- ^ "Bernhard Harms Prize". Kiel Institute. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Top 100 Economists in the World
External links
- Rudiger Dornbusch Papers, MC-0576. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Dornbusch page on MIT website
- IDEAS/RePEc
- Dornbusch's opinion commentary archive at Project Syndicate
- Appearances on C-SPAN