Bennett McCallum

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Bennett T. McCallum
Born (1935-07-27) July 27, 1935 (age 88)
NationalityUnited States
Academic career
InstitutionCarnegie Mellon University
University of Virginia
FieldMonetary economics
Econometrics
School or
tradition
New classical economics
Alma materRice University
Harvard University
InfluencesJohn Muth
Robert E. Lucas
ContributionsMcCallum rule
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Bennett T. McCallum (born July 27, 1935) is an American monetary economist. He is H. J. Heinz Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.[2] He is known for the McCallum Rule, a monetary policy proposal advocating targeting the growth rate of the monetary base.[3][4]

McCallum earned a B.A. and a B.Sc. (in chemical engineering) from Rice University. He then attended Harvard Business School to earn his M.B.A., before returning to Rice in order to obtain his Ph.D. in economics.

He became professor at Carnegie Mellon in 1981, after holding a professorship at the University of Virginia (1974–1982). Among his doctoral students was Charles L. Evans, the current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003, p. 549.
  2. ^ "Bennett T. McCallum (Homer Jones Lecture) - St. Louis Fed". research.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. ^ Chen, James. "McCallum Rule". Investopedia. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  4. ^ McCallum, B. T. (1987). The case for rules in the conduct of monetary policy: a concrete example. Review of World Economics, 123(3), 415-429.
  5. ^ Tepper School of Business: Doctoral Program Newsletter, Issue 14, September 2007. Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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