Martin Feldstein
| Marty Feldstein | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
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In office October 14, 1982 – July 10, 1984 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Murray Weidenbaum |
| Succeeded by | Beryl Sprinkel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 25, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Harvard University (BA) Nuffield College, Oxford (BLitt, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution |
Harvard University (1967–present) National Bureau of Economic Research (1977–1982, 1984–present) |
| Field | Macroeconomics, public economics |
| School or tradition |
Neoclassical economics |
| Doctoral advisor |
W. M. Gorman |
| Doctoral students |
Harvey S. Rosen Eli Noam Jeffrey Sachs Joel Slemrod Glenn Hubbard Douglas Elmendorf Raj Chetty |
| Influenced |
David Ellwood Caroline Hoxby Laurence Kotlikoff Larry Lindsey Jim Poterba Larry Summers José Piñera |
| Contributions | Feldstein-Horioka puzzle |
| Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1977) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Martin Stuart "Marty" Feldstein (IPA: /'fɛld.stɒin/; FELD stine) (born November 25, 1939) is an American economist. He is currently the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the NBER from 1978 through 2008. From 1982 to 1984, Feldstein served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and as chief economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan (where his deficit hawk views clashed with Reagan administration large military expenditure policies). He has also been a member of the Washington-based financial advisory body the Group of Thirty since 2003.
Feldstein was born in New York City to a Jewish family and graduated from South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University (B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1961), where he was affiliated with Adams House, and then attended University of Oxford (B.Litt., 1963; D.Phil., 1967). He was also a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford from 1964 to 1967, and is now an Honorary Fellow of the College.
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