James M. Poterba

Jim Poterba
Born (1958-07-13) July 13, 1958 (age 63)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)Nancy Rose[1]
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
FieldPublic economics
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (MPhil, PhD)
Doctoral
students		David Cutler[2]
Luigi Zingales[3]
Andrew Samwick
Caroline Hoxby[4]
Steven Levitt[5]
Emmanuel Saez[6]
Amy Finkelstein[7]
Stefanie Stantcheva[8]
InfluencesMartin Feldstein
AwardsNAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1997)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA (born July 13, 1958) is an American economist, Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current NBER president and chief executive officer.

Early years

Poterba was born in New York City. He completed his A.B., summa cum laude, in 1980 from Harvard University and completed his Ph.D. in 1983 from Nuffield College, Oxford. He was a Marshall Scholar.[1]

Academic career

Poterba started his career as an instructor in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became Professor of Economics at MIT in 1988. Today, he is the Mitsui Professor of Economics. [1] He became the president of the National Bureau of Economic Research on 1 July 2008.

Research

Poterba is known for his research on how taxation affects the economic decisions of households and firms. His research has emphasized the effect of taxation on the financial behavior of households, particularly their saving and portfolio decisions. He is also interested in the analysis of tax-deferred retirement saving programs such as 401(k) plans and in the role of annuities in financing retirement consumption.

He has also been Director of the NBER Public Economics Research Program since 1991. He has served as a member of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform and edited the Journal of Public Economics, the leading international journal for research on taxation and government spending, between 1997 and 2006. He has edited several economics journals.[1]

명예

그는 1996년 미국 예술 과학 아카데미 회원으로 선출되었다.[9] 1999년 포테르바는 국립과학원으로부터 NAS 과학 리뷰 상을 받았다.[10]

2017년 7월, 포테르바는 영국의 인문사회과학 국립 아카데미인 영국 아카데미(FBA)의 해당 펠로우로 선출되었다.[11]

사생활

포테르바는 경제학자 낸시 로즈와 결혼했다.[1]

참조

  1. ^ a b c d e "James Michael Poterba". Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ David Cutler (1991). Estimating the effect of reimbursement policy on medical outcomes (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ Luigi Zingales (1992). The value of corporate control (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/13214?show=full.
  4. ^ Caroline Hoxby (1994). Markets and schooling: the effects of competition from private schools, competition among public schools, and teachers' unions on elementary and secondary schooling (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/12001.
  5. ^ Steven Levitt (1994). Four essays in positive political economy (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/11964.
  6. ^ Emmanuel Saez (1999). Essays on the economics of income taxation (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/38434.
  7. ^ 핀켈슈타인, 에이미(2001년), 생명과 건강보험 시장에 대한 불리한 선택과 정부의 개입. 매사추세츠 공과대학 박사학위 논문. 2018년 12월 22일 회수
  8. ^ Stefanie Stantcheva (2014). Optimal taxation with endogenous wages (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/90133.
  9. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  10. ^ "NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  11. ^ "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research". British Academy. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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