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Biography

Martin Eichenbaum is the Charles Moskos Professor of economics and the co-director of the Center for International Economics at Northwestern University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, a Research Associate of the NBER and an International Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute. In addition, he is a Director of the Bank of Montreal (BMO) as well as the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzlia.

He is currently the co-editor of the NBER Macro Annual. He was co-editor of the American Economic Review as well as an associate editor of the Journal of Monetary Economics, the American Economic Journal - Macro, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He is currently a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He has served as a consultant to the Board of the Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Cleveland and Chicago as well as the International Monetary Fund, Hightower Associates and Goldman Sachs. He received a PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota.

Degrees

  • 1981 Ph.D. (Economics), The University of Minnesota
  • 1976 B. Comm (Economics), McGill University

Employment

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 1981–1985.
  • Associate Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, September 1985 – August 1987.
  • Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, September 1987 – June 1988.
  • Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, September 1988 – present.
  • Ethel and John Lindgren Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, September 2004 – 2012.
  • Charles Moskos Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, 2013 – present.
  • Visiting Professor of Economics, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, January 2005 – May 2005.
  • Visiting Professor, Chicago Booth School of Business, September 2009 – June 2010.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Economics Association.
  • International Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute.
  • Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  • Co-editor, NBER Macro Annual, 2015 – 2024.
  • Co-editor, American Economic Review, 2011–2015.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Monetary Economics, 1999–2010.
  • Associate Editor, American Economics Journal – Macro, 2008–2010.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1993–2008.

Honors

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society.
  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (Economic Fluctuations, Monetary Economics, International Finance and Macroeconomics).
  • Member of the National Science Foundation Panel on Economics, Spring 1988 – Spring 1990.
  • National Science Foundation Grants: 1983–2004, 2007–2008.
  • Searle Foundation Grant, 2002–2004, 2005–2006.

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