Charles Plosser

Charles Irving Plosser (born September 19, 1948 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is an American economist . After an academic career primarily as a university professor , the economist was President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from August 2006 to March 1, 2015 .

Career, research and teaching

Plosser initially studied at Vanderbilt University , which he left in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in engineering . He then went to the University of Chicago , where he received his Master of Business Administration in 1972 and his Ph.D. won.

After completing his studies, Plosser stayed as a lecturer at the University of Chicago before moving to the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University as an assistant professor . He later followed a call as a full professor at the University of Rochester . Here he was temporarily head of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration and between 1993 and 2003 dean of the business administration faculty. He left academia in 2006 and followed Anthony M. Santomero as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Monetary and fiscal policy with a focus on economic growth and capital markets are at the center of Plosser's academic work . He has written numerous papers on business activity and business cycles, in particular on the further development and understanding of the theory of real business cycles , he made significant contributions with empirical time series analyzes in collaboration with Charles Nelson .

In addition to his academic work, Plosser was also involved in various institutions. He is a member of the American Economic Association , the American Finance Association, and the Econometric Society . For a long time he was also an editorial member of the Journal of Monetary Economics . In addition to his academic work, he was also active in an advisory capacity for individual companies and trade associations.

Individual evidence

↑ federalreserve.gov: "For immediate release" (accessed October 4, 2011)

Web links

Charles Plosser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Charles Plosser in the IDEAS database
Literature by and about Charles Plosser in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Plosser, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Plosser, Charles Irving (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American economist and central banker
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham , Alabama

[1] ralreserve.gov: "For immediate release" (accessed October 4, 2011)