Kenneth Rogoff

Harvard University

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Kenneth Rogoff is Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University, and former chief economist at the IMF. He is also known for his pioneering work on central bank independence, and on exchange rates. He is an author and co-author of numerous papers, books and text books and his monthly syndicated column on global economic issues is published in over 50 countries. Rogoff is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has long ranked among the top dozen most cited economists, and is an international grandmaster of chess. Kenneth received a BA and MA from Yale University summa cum laude in 1975, and a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980.