Nationality United States | Name Bennett McCallum | |
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School or tradition New classical economics Alma mater Rice UniversityHarvard University Influences John MuthRobert E. Lucas Books Monetary economics, International monetary economics Influenced by John Muth, Robert Lucas, Jr. | ||
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.
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.
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