Jeffrey A. Frankel serves as the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served on the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers, including as a member during the Clinton Administration, where he focused on international economics, macroeconomics and the environment. Before joining Harvard, he was Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Frankel’s research focuses on international finance, currencies, commodities, crises, monetary and fiscal policy, regional trade blocs and international environmental issues. He has held visiting appointments at the Federal Reserve, IMF, and Peterson Institute for International Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT.

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