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词条 James M. Poterba
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  1. Early years

  2. Academic career

  3. Research

  4. Honours

  5. Personal life

  6. References

  7. External links

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|name = James M. Poterba
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|nationality = American
|institution = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|field = Public economics
|alma_mater = Harvard University
University of Oxford
|doctoral_students = David Cutler[1]
Luigi Zingales[2]
Andrew Samwick
Caroline Hoxby[3]
Steven Levitt[4]
Emmanuel Saez[5]
Amy Finkelstein[6]
Stefanie Stantcheva[7]
|influences = Martin Feldstein
|influenced = Austan Goolsbee
David Cutler
Caroline Hoxby
|awards =NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1997)
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|spouse = Nancy Lin Rose[8]
|children = Matthew (1989)
Timothy (1991)
Margaret (1994)[8]
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James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA (born July 13, 1958) is an American economist, Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current NBER president and chief executive officer.

Early years

Poterba was born in New York City. He completed his A.B., summa cum laude, in 1980 from Harvard University and completed his Ph.D. in 1983 from University of Oxford. He was a Marshall Scholar.[8]

Academic career

Poterba started his career as an Instructor in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became Professor of Economics at MIT in 1988. Today, he is the Mitsui Professor of Economics and the Head of the MIT Economics Department.[8] He became the president of the National Bureau of Economic Research on 1 July 2008.

Research

Poterba is known for his research on how taxation affects the economic decisions of households and firms. His research has emphasized the effect of taxation on the financial behavior of households, particularly their saving and portfolio decisions. He is also interested in the analysis of tax-deferred retirement saving programs such as 401(k) plans and in the role of annuities in financing retirement consumption.

He has also been Director of the NBER Public Economics Research Program since 1991. He has served as a member of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform and edited the Journal of Public Economics, the leading international journal for research on taxation and government spending, between 1997 and 2006. He has edited several economics journals.[8]

Honours

He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996.[9] In 1999 Poterba was awarded the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing from the National Academy of Sciences.[10]

In July 2017, Poterba was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[11]

Personal life

Poterba is married to economist Nancy Rose.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite thesis|author=David Cutler|year=1991|title=Estimating the effect of reimbursement policy on medical outcomes|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|url=http://library.mit.edu/item/000609047|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite thesis|author=Luigi Zingales|year=1992|title=The value of corporate control|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/13214?show=full|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
3. ^{{cite thesis|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12001|author=Caroline Hoxby|title=Markets and schooling: the effects of competition from private schools, competition among public schools, and teachers' unions on elementary and secondary schooling|year=1994|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
4. ^{{cite thesis|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/11964|author=Steven Levitt|title=Four essays in positive political economy|year=1994|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
5. ^{{cite thesis|author=Emmanuel Saez|year=1999|title=Essays on the economics of income taxation|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/38434|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
6. ^Finkelstein, Amy (2001), [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/8652 Adverse selection and government intervention in life and health insurance markets]. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
7. ^{{cite thesis|author=Stefanie Stantcheva|year=2014|title=Optimal taxation with endogenous wages|type=Ph.D.|publisher=MIT|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/90133|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/poterba/cv|title=James Michael Poterba|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterP.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=22 December 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_scirev|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|accessdate=27 February 2011 |deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318130922/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_scirev |archivedate=18 March 2011|df=mdy-all}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/elections-british-academy-celebrate-diversity-uk-research|website=British Academy|accessdate=22 December 2018|date=21 July 2017}}

External links

  • Personal website
  • Biography of James M. Poterba
  • CV of James M. Poterba
  • Profile of James M. Poterba
  • NBER Working Papers by James M. Poterba
  • {{cite web|title=James M. Poterba|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22James+M.+Poterba%22+&acc=off&wc=on&fc=off&group=none|publisher=JSTOR}}
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15 : 1958 births|Alumni of the University of Oxford|Economists from New York (state)|Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Harvard University alumni|Living people|Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty|Marshall Scholars|Recipients of awards from the United States National Academy of Sciences|Scientists from New York City|Fellows of the Econometric Society|Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy|American chief executives|National Bureau of Economic Research|21st-century American economists

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