Jeffrey Frankel

Jeffrey A. Frankel is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and on the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee which officially declares recessions. He served at the Council of Economic Advisers in 1983-84 and 1996-99; as CEA Member in the Clinton Administration, Frankel's responsibilities included international economics, macroeconomics, and the environment. Before coming to Harvard in 1999, he was Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

His research interests include currencies, commodities, crises, international finance, monetary policy, fiscal policy, regional trade blocs, and international environmental issues. Born in San Francisco, he graduated from Swarthmore College, and received his economics PhD from MIT

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "German Ordoliberals vs. American Pragmatists: What Did They Get Right or Wrong in the Euro Crisis?" Ordoliberalism: A German Oddity? CEPR Press, November 2017.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Plaza Accord, 30 Years Later." Currency Policy Then and Now: 30th Anniversary of the Plaza Accord. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "International Coordination." Policy Challenges in a Diverging Global Economy. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 2016.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Mauritius: African Success Story." African Successes. Ed. Edwards, Sebastian, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil. University of Chicago Press, 2016.

HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series

• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Currency-Plus-Commodity Basket: A Proposal for Exchange Rates in Oil-Exporting Countries to Accommodate Trade Shocks Automatically." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-034, August 2017.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "How to Cope with Volatile Commodity Export Prices: Four Proposals." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-033, August 2017.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Systematic Managed Floating." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-025, June 2017.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Globalization and Chinese Growth: Ends of Trends?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-029, July 2016.

Commentary

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Demonetization on Five Continents." Project Syndicate, December 22, 2016.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Clinton Economics vs. Trump Economics." Candidate Clinton’s Chance (An OMFIF Report). October 28, 2016.
• Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Liberalism." The Age of Reflection, 2 (10). January 2016, 3-6.

Outside Professional Activities

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