Charles Plosser

Charles Plosser
Born (1948-09-19) September 19, 1948
Birmingham, Alabama
Nationality American
Institution University of Rochester
Field Macroeconomics
Alma mater University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
Influences Robert Lucas, Jr.
Edward C. Prescott
Thomas Sargent
Contributions Real business cycles
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Charles Irving Plosser (born September 19, 1948) is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia who served from August 1, 2006 to March 1, 2015.[1][2] An academic macroeconomist, he is well known for his work on real business cycles, a term which he and John B. Long, Jr.[3] coined. Specifically, he wrote along with Charles R. Nelson in 1982[4] an influential work entitled "Trends and Random Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series" in which they dealt with the hypothesis of permanent shocks affecting the aggregate product (GDP).

Biography

Plosser was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining the Philadelphia Fed, Plosser was for 12 years the Dean of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester and served concurrently as the school's John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy. He was also co-editor of the Journal of Monetary Economics for more than twenty years.

He earned Ph.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago in 1976 and 1972, respectively, and a bachelor of engineering degree from Vanderbilt University in 1970. He is also a graduate of Indian Springs School in Indian Springs, Alabama.

See also

Selected bibliography

References

  1. "Executive Leadership: Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer", About the Fed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia), archived from the original on 2013-12-13
  2. Jonathan Spicer (2015-03-02), "Philadelphia Fed names Patrick Harker as Plosser's successor", CNBC UPDATE (CNBC LLC)
  3. John B. Long faculty page, simon.rochester.edu webpage. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  4. Charles R. Nelson: Curriculum Vitae, econ.washington.edu webpage, October 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-16.

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