Jeffrey A. Frankel

James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-217
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 83
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-3834
Fax: 617-496-5747
Email: Jeffrey_Frankel@harvard.edu
Assistant
Minoo Ghoreishi (617-384-7329)
Jeffrey Frankel

Profile

Jeffrey A. Frankel is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth. He directs the Program in International Finance and Macroeconomics at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is also on the Business Cycle Dating Committee, which officially declares recessions. He served at the Council of Economic Advisers in 1983-84 and 1996-99;as CEA Member in the Clinton Administration, Frankel's responsibilities included international economics, macroeconomics, and the environment. Before coming to Harvard in 1999, he was Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He currently serves on advisory panels for the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Boston, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. His research interests include international finance, commodities, currencies, crises, monetary policy, fiscal policy, regional blocs, and international environmental issues. Born in San Francisco, he graduated from Swarthmore College, and received his economics PhD from MIT.

Courses

Fall

  • API-120 Advanced Macroeconomics for the Open Economy I

Spring

  • ITF-220 The Economics of International Financial Policy

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Bosetti, Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "Politically Feasible Emissions Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 6.1 (Winter 2012): 86-109.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and Other Advanced Countries." Comparative Economic Studies 53.3 (September 2011): 407-430.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America." Economia 12.1 (Fall 2011).
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?" Open Economies Review 22.1 (February 2011): 1-16.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and its Implications." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 27.4 (Winter 2011): 536-562.
  • Book Chapters
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A., and David Romer. "Does Trade Cause Growth." The Economics of Free Trade. Ed. Gary Hufbauer and Kati Suominen. Edward Elgar, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey." Beyond the Resource Curse. Ed. Brenda Shaffer and Taleh Ziyadov. Penn Press, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "How Can Commodity Producers Make Fiscal and Monetary Policy Less Procyclical?" Beyond the Curse: Policies to Harness the Power of Natural Resources. Ed. Rabah Arezki, Amadou N. R. Sy, and Thorvaldur Gylfason. International Monetary Fund, 2011.
  • Commentary
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Laws of Economics Catching Up With China." The Age, March 27, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Figures Show Obama Halted Recession." Bangkok Post, February 29, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Obama's Recovery?" CNN World, February 18, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Off the Beaten Path." Foreign Policy, February 16, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Little Economy That Could." Foreign Policy, February 2, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Cycle of Crisis Looms Over Emerging Markets." Bangkok Post, January 26, 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Escaping The Natural-Resource Curse." Korea Herald, December 12, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Let European Technocrats Weave Their Magic." Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 2011.
    • Bosetti, Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "How to Agree on Emissions Targets at Durban." VoxEU, November 28, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "U.S. Crisis Gratuitously Self-Inflicted." U.S. News & World Report, November 7, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Barrels, Bushels, Bonds Take Global Economy for a Ride." Korea Herald, October 18, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Rise of the Renminbi as International Currency: Historical Precedents." VoxEU, October 10, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Internationalization of the Renminbi: What Does History Tell us About the Precedents?" Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), October 5, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Can Food Prices Be Stabilized?" Project Syndicate, June 27, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A., Carlos A. Vegh, and Guillermo Vuletin. "Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries: Escape from Procyclicality." VoxEU, June 23, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Europe No Longer A Special Seat of Wisdom." Business Times (Singapore), June 7, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Who Should Lead the IMF?" Project Syndicate, May 27, 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The ECB’s Three Mistakes in the Greek Crisis and How to Get Sovereign Debt Right in the Future." VoxEU, May 16, 2011.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A., Carlos A Vegh, and Guillermo Vulentin. "On Graduation from Fiscal Procyclicality." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-011, April 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "What Small Countries Can Teach the World." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-013, April 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey of Diagnoses and Some Prescriptions." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-014, April 2012.
    • Bosetti, Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "Sustainable Cooperation in Global Climate Policy: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-012, April 2012.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options, for Commodity Exporters in Latin America." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-027, July 2011.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A., and George Saravelos. "Can Leading Indicators Assess Country Vulnerability? Evidence from the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-024, June 2011.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Curse: Why Natural Resources Are Not Always a Good Thing." The Milken Institute Review. October 2011, 28-39.
    • Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Some Big Ideas from Small Countries." European Financial Review. April 15, 2011.