Susan M. Collins (economist)
Susan M. Collins is an American scholar in the fields of Economy and Public Policy.
Susan Collins | |
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| Born | |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Vereen |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Devaluations, Fixed Exchange Rates and Credibility Crises (1984) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Macroeconomics |
| Institutions | Harvard University, Georgetown University, University of Michigan |
| Main interests | Determinants of economic growth; Exchange rate regimes in developed and developing economies; Cross-national economic integration |
Dr. Collins is the Edward M. Gramlich Professor of Public Policy, a professor of economics, and former dean of the Ford School (2007—2017) at the University of Michigan[1] and is a nonresident senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution.[2] She is also a member on the Board of Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.[3] As of January 30, 2020, she was appointed the acting provost at the University of Michigan.[4]
She received her B.A., in economics from Harvard University in 1980, and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. She has held various teaching positions at Harvard, Georgetown and Michigan and also served on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (1989-1990) and was a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund (2001).[5]
Selected publications
- Bosworth, Barry, and Susan M. Collins. "Accounting for growth: comparing China and India." Journal of Economic Perspectives 22, no. 1 (2008): 45-66.
- Collins, Susan M., Barry P. Bosworth, and Dani Rodrik. "Economic growth in East Asia: accumulation versus assimilation." Brookings papers on economic activity 1996, no. 2 (1996): 135-203.
- Bosworth, Barry P., Susan M. Collins, and Carmen M. Reinhart. "Capital flows to developing economies: implications for saving and investment." Brookings papers on economic activity 1999, no. 1 (1999): 143-180.
- Razin, Ofair, and Susan M. Collins. Real exchange rate misalignments and growth. No. w6174. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1997.
- Collins, Susan M. "On becoming more flexible: Exchange rate regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean." Journal of Development Economics 51, no. 1 (1996): 117-138.
