Martin Eichenbaum

Short description: American economist

Martin S. Eichenbaum

Born|  (1954-08-23) August 23, 1954 (age 71)
Nationality| Canadian, American
Institutions| Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
Field| Macroeconomics
Alma mater| University of Minnesota
McGill University
Doctoral
advisor| Thomas J. Sargent
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Martin Stewart Eichenbaum (born August 23, 1954) is the Charles Moskos professor of economics at Northwestern University, and the co-director of the Center for International Economics and Development. His research focuses on macroeconomics, international economics, and monetary theory and policy.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Contributions
* 2.1 Selected papers
* 3 Associations
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Biography

After graduating from McGill University (B.Comm. in Economics, 1976) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D. Economics, 1981) he served as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University before moving to Northwestern University in 1988. He is currently the Charles Moskos professor of Economics at Northwestern University and in addition the co-director of the Center for International Economics and Development there. During his career he also taught at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has been a consultant to the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco as well as the International Monetary Fund.

Eichenbaum is married to Yona and has two children.

## Contributions

Eichenbaums's research focuses on macroeconomics, international economics, and monetary theory and policy. Specifically, he has been concerned with understanding aggregate economic fluctuations, studying the causes and consequences of exchange rate fluctuations, as well as the effect of monetary policy on postwar United States business cycles.

### Selected papers

* Eichenbaum, Martin S; Rebelo, Sergio; Trabandt, Mathias (2020). "The Macroeconomics of Epidemics". National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series (26882). doi:10.3386/w26882. http://www.nber.org/papers/w26882.
* Craig Burnside; Martin Eichenbaum; Sergio Rebelo (August 2016). "Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets". Journal of Political Economy 124 (4): 1088–114. doi:10.1086/686732.
* Lawrence J. Christiano; Martin Eichenbaum; Charles L. Evans (2005). "Nominal Rigidities and the Dynamic Effects of a Shock to Monetary Policy". Journal of Political Economy 113 (1): 1–45. doi:10.1086/426038. ISSN 0022-3808.
* Eichenbaum, Martin, Evans, Charles L. (1995). "Some Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Shocks to Monetary Policy on Exchange Rates". The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110 (4): 975–1009. doi:10.2307/2946646.
* Christiano, Lawrence J., Eichenbaum, Martin, Evans, Charles L. (1999), J. B. Taylor; M. Woodford, eds., Monetary policy shocks: What have we learned and to what end?, Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1, Elsevier, pp. 65–148, doi:10.1016/S1574-0048(99)01005-8, ISSN 1574-0048
* Craig Burnside; Martin Eichenbaum; Sergio Rebelo (December 2001). "Prospective Deficits and the Asian Currency Crisis". Journal of Political Economy 109 (6): 1155–1197. doi:10.1086/323271.
* Burnside, Craig, Eichenbaum, Martin, Rebelo, Sergio (April 1993). "Labor Hoarding and the Business Cycle". Journal of Political Economy 101 (2): 245–73. doi:10.1086/261875. https://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jpolec/v101y1993i2p245-73.html.
* Christiano, Lawrence J, Eichenbaum, Martin (June 1992). "Current Real-Business-Cycle Theories and Aggregate Labor-Market Fluctuations". American Economic Review 82 (3): 430–50. doi:10.4324/9780203070710.ch10. ISBN 978-0-415-16568-6.

## Associations

Eichenbaum was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2021.[2] He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as the co-editor of the American Economic Review from 2011 to 2015. He is now the co-editor of the NBER Macro Annual.[3] In addition, he is on the board of directors of the Bank of Montreal.[4]

In 2019, Eichenbaum became MAS Term professor at the National University of Singapore.[5]

## References

1. ↑ "Martin Stewart Eichenbaum". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.amacad.org/person/martin-stewart-eichenbaum.
2. ↑ "Martin Stewart Eichenbaum". https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/candidates/Martin S. Eichenbaum.pdf.
3. ↑ "NBER Macroeconomics Annual". The National Bureau of Economic Research. http://www.nber.org/macroannualconference/MacroAnnualConference.html.
4. ↑ "Bank of Montreal Announces Election of Directors". BMO Financial Group. https://newsroom.bmo.com/2018-04-05-Bank-of-Montreal-Announces-Election-of-Directors.
5. ↑ "Distinguished macroeconomist Martin Eichenbaum appointed MAS Term Professor at NUS". National University of Singapore. March 5, 2019. http://news.nus.edu.sg/press-releases/MAS-term-professor-martin-eichenbaum.

## External links

* Martin Eichenbaum publications indexed by Google Scholar
* Martin Eichenbaum's homepage at Northwestern University
* The Center for International Macroeconomics
* Links to articles, REPEC

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