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Willem Buiter

Willem Buiter
Willem Buiter 1984.jpg
Buiter in 1984
Born (1949-09-26) 26 September 1949 (age 67)
The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality American; British
Institution Citigroup, London, United Kingdom
Bank of England
Yale
London School of Economics
Field Economics, Finance, Political Economy
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Willem Hendrik Buiter (born 26 September 1949) is a Dutch-born American-British economist. He is currently the Chief Economist at Citigroup.

Buiter was born in The Hague, Netherlands on 26 September 1949. He is a national of the United States and the United Kingdom. Willem's father, Harm Buiter (1922–2011), was a Dutch economist, international trades union official and politician of the Labour Party (PvdA), who had served as Mayor of Groningen.

Buiter went to the European School in Brussels, Belgium from 1962 to 1967, where he obtained his European Baccalaureate. After studying Political and Social Science for one year at the University of Amsterdam from 1967 to 1968, Buiter went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to study Economics and received his B.A. with First-Class Honours in 1971. He was awarded his M.A. in Economics in 1972 and his M.Phil. in Economics in 1973, his fields of concentration being International Economics, and Economic Development.

Buiter was awarded his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, in 1975. His thesis, "Temporary Equilibrium and Long-Run Equilibrium," was subsequently published in 1979.


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