Menzie Chinn

Menzie David Chinn
Born1961 (age 62–63)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseLaura Schwendinger
Academic career
FieldEconomics
InstitutionUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Alma materHarvard College
University of California at Berkeley
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Websitehttps://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~mchinn/

Menzie David Chinn (born 1961) is a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,[1] co-editor of the Journal of International Money and Finance, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research International Finance and Macroeconomics Program.[2]

Education and career

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Chinn received a BA from Harvard College in 1984, a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991, and was a senior economist with the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2000 to 2001.[2] He contributes to an economics blog at econbrowser.com which has been highly ranked by traffic amongst economics blogs,[3][4][5] and is frequently interviewed by economics journalists.[6]

Works

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By citation, Chinn is ranked among the top 500 authors of economic journals[7] and ranked 521 in terms of downloads on the Social Science Research Network.[8] He has written extensively on international economics, trade and exchange rates.[9]

He describes his teaching material as "the (old) neoclassical synthesis, i.e., Keynesian short run plus Classical long run — and some New Keynesian"[10]

  • Lost Decades (with Jeffrey Frieden), W. W. Norton & Company, 2011

Most Cited Works

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  • Chinn, Menzie D., and Hiro Ito. "A new measure of financial openness." Journal of comparative policy analysis 10, no. 3 (2008): 309-322.
  • Chinn, Menzie D., and Hiro Ito. "What matters for financial development? Capital controls, institutions, and interactions." Journal of development economics 81, no. 1 (2006): 163-192.
  • Cheung, Yin-Wong, Menzie D. Chinn, and Antonio Garcia Pascual. "Empirical exchange rate models of the nineties: Are any fit to survive?." Journal of international money and finance 24, no. 7 (2005): 1150-1175.
  • Chinn, Menzie D., and Eswar S. Prasad. "Medium-term determinants of current accounts in industrial and developing countries: an empirical exploration." Journal of International Economics 59, no. 1 (2003): 47-76.
  • Chinn, Menzie D., and Robert W. Fairlie. "The determinants of the global digital divide: a cross-country analysis of computer and internet penetration." Oxford Economic Papers 59, no. 1 (2007): 16-44.

References

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  1. ^ "Department of Economics — Faculty Directory". Econ.wisc.edu. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "NBER Profile: Menzie Chinn". www.nber.org. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "EconDirectory". Gongol.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Bayesian Heresy: BH Economics Blog Awards 2008". Bayesianheresy.blogspot.com. January 4, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Palgrave Econolog — Zeitgeist". Econolog.net. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Menzie Chinn's cv page". www.ssc.wisc.edu. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Economist Rankings at IDEAS". Ideas.repec.org. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  8. ^ "SSRN Author Page for Menzie David Chinn". Papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  9. ^ "Menzie Chinn at IDEAS". Ideas.repec.org. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  10. ^ "Keynesian Cassandras? The Sequester Re-Assessed | Econbrowser". Retrieved May 28, 2019.
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