Olivier Blanchard

French economist and professor

Olivier Jean Blanchard (French: [blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; born December 27, 1948) is a French economist. He worked for the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, from September 1, 2008[17] to October 2015.[18][18][19] He is also Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics emeritus at MIT.

Olivier Blanchard
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
In office
1 September 2008 – 8 September 2015
PresidentDominique Strauss-Kahn
Christine Lagarde
Preceded bySimon Johnson
Succeeded byMaurice Obstfeld
Personal details
Born
Olivier Jean Blanchard

(1948-12-27) 27 December 1948 (age 75)
Amiens, France
EducationESCP Business School (BA)
Paris Dauphine University (MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Academic career
InstitutionPeterson Institute for International Economics (since 2015)
International Monetary Fund (2008–2015)
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FieldMacroeconomics
School or
tradition
New Keynesian economics
Doctoral
advisor
Stanley Fischer[1]
Doctoral
students
Fumio Hayashi
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
Roland Bénabou[2]
Michael C. Burda[3]
Ricardo J. Caballero[4]
Jordi Galí[5]
Anil Kashyap[6]
Gilles Saint-Paul[7]
Janice Eberly[8]
Charles I. Jones[9]
David Laibson[10]
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas[11]
Robert Shimer[12]
Augustin Landier[13]
Justin Wolfers[14][15]
Thomas Philippon[16]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

References

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  1. Blanchard, Olivier (1977). Two essays on economic fluctuations (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. Benabou, Roland Jean-Marc (1986). Optimal price dynamics, speculation and search under inflation (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. Burda, Michael C. "CV" (PDF). Humboldt University of Berlin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. Caballero, Ricardo J. (1988). The Stochastic Behavior of Consumption and Savings (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. Galí, Jordi (1989). Essays on macroeconomics (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. Kashyap, A. K. (1989). Price setting and investment : models and evidence (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. Saint-Paul, Gilles (1990). Essays on labor markets and macro-economic activity (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. Eberly, Janice Caryl (1991). Durable goods and transactions costs : theory and evidence (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. Jones, Charles I. (1993). Time Series Tests of Endogenous Growth Models (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/12701. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. Laibson, David Isaac (1994). Hyperbolic Discounting and Consumption (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier (1996). Essays on exchange rates, and consumption (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/10830. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  12. Shimer, Robert (1996). Essays in search theory (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/10832. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  13. Landier, Augustin (2001). Essays on entrepreneurship, venture capital and innovation (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  14. Wolfers, Justin. "CV" (PDF). NBER. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  15. "RePEc Genealogy page for Justin Wolfers". RePEc Genealogy. Retrieved Jun 8, 2017.
  16. Philippon, Thomas (2003). Three essays in macroeconomics (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  17. "Blanchard Sees Global Economy Weathering Financial Storm", International Monetary Fund, 2 September 2008
  18. 18.0 18.1 Pearlstein, Steven (2 October 2015). "The smartest economist you've never heard of". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  19. "IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Olivier Blanchard To Retire from the Fund" (International Monetary Fund; May 14, 2015).