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Michael J. Boskin

T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics

Contact Info:

boskin@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~boskin/
Page in Stanford Directory

Phone: 650-723-6482

Office: HHMB 213

Office hours: Mondays 4:45 - 6:15 pm

Curriculum Vitae

Interests

  • Research:

    Public finance, macroeconomics, determinants of economic growth, applied economic theory, applied econometrics, economic measurement

  • Current Research:

    Determinants of long run economic growth; determinants of saving behavior (especially effects of demography); economic problems and behavior of the elderly; tax and public expenditure theory and applications; improved measurement and interpretation of government activity in national income accounts and government budgets; improved measurement of economic activity

  • Teaching:

    Public finance and taxation, monetary and fiscal policy, microeconomics, macroeconomics

  • Professional Affiliations:

    AEA, National Tax Association

Recent Publications

 

(1)"Economic Perspectives on Deficits and Debt", in Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy, Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Grady, & Howell E. Jackson, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2008.

 

(2)"Perspectives on the New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts", in American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May, 2009.

 

(3)"Better Living Through More Accurate Consumer Price Indexes", in Better Living Through Economics, John J. Siegfried, ed., Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2009.

List of Stanford Working Papers

Current Courses

Education

Ph.D., M.A., A.B., University of California, Berkeley