Richard Baldwin
Richard Edward Baldwin (* around 1958 ) is an American economist and university professor .
Life
Baldwin studied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts before going to the London School of Economics (LSE). There he achieved the degree of a Master of Science (M.Sc). He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . Doctoral supervisor there was Paul Krugman , with whom he later published several scientific articles.
1986 to 1989 Baldwin taught as an assistant at Columbia University Business School in New York City ; from 1989 to 1991 he was a professor at Columbia University. In 1990 and 1991 he was responsible for trade matters in the Council of Economic Advisors of US President George HW Bush .
Baldwin has been Professor of International Economics at the University Institute for International Studies and Development in Geneva since 1991 . In the following years he worked as a consultant for many governments and international organizations, including the European Union and the OECD . He is also known for his publications on economic issues.
Baldwin was President of the London Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) from 2016 to mid-2018 ; his successor was Beatrice Weder di Mauro .
He was twice a member of the Council of the European Economics Association. For 30 years he searches for the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge , Massachusetts on the topics of globalization and trade.
honors and awards
- 2005: Honorary doctorate from the Turku University of Commerce in Finland .
- 2012: Honorary doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
- 2014: Honorary Doctorate from the Peruvian Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima .
Publications (selection)
- The Economics of European Integration. 5th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, New York City 2015, ISBN 978-0-07-716965-7 . (1st edition 2003)
- The Great Convergence. Information Technology and the New Globalization . Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2016, ISBN 978-0-674-66048-9 .
Web links
- biography
- Richard Baldwin in the catalog of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics (ZBW)
Footnotes
- ↑ CEPR welcomes new President
- ↑ economist.com November 23, 2016: review
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Baldwin, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baldwin, Richard Edward (full name); Baldwin, Richard E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |