Charles I Plosser | |
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| 11th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | |
| In office August 1, 2006 – March 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Santomero |
| Succeeded by | Patrick T. Harker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 19, 1948 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (BS) University of Chicago (MBA, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| Institution | University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnold Zellner |
| Other notable students | Robert Lucas Jr. Edward C. Prescott Thomas Sargent |
| Contributions | Real business-cycle theory |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Charles Irving Plosser (/ˈplɑːsər/; born September 19, 1948) is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia who served from August 1, 2006, to March 1, 2015.[1][2] An academic macroeconomist, he is well known for his work on real business cycles, a term which he and John B. Long, Jr.[3] coined. Specifically, he wrote along with Charles R. Nelson in 1982[4] an influential work entitled "Trends and Random Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series" in which they dealt with the hypothesis of permanent shocks affecting the aggregate product (GDP).
- ^ "Executive Leadership: Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer", About the Fed, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, archived from the original on 2013-12-13
- ^ Jonathan Spicer (2015-03-02), "Philadelphia Fed names Patrick Harker as Plosser's successor", CNBC UPDATE, CNBC LLC, archived from the original on 2015-04-02, retrieved 2017-09-09
- ^ John B. Long faculty page Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, simon.rochester.edu webpage. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ Charles R. Nelson: Curriculum Vitae Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, econ.washington.edu webpage, October 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-16.