Dr.
Christina Romer
University of California, Berkeley
Economist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Economics
Elected
2004
Class of 1957 Professor of Economics. Researcher in historical macroeconomics. Work showed that much of the apparent stabilization of the postwar American economy was an illusion caused by inconsistent measurement techniques. Used new data sources to understand the sources and effects of monetary policy actions and analyzed the causes of the Great Depression.
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