CV, Professional Affiliations and Activities

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• Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, LaFollette School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2003-present.
• Associate Director, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison, July 2007-June 2009.
• Asst. Prof., Assoc. Prof., and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991-2005 (on leave, 2002-2005).
• Senior Economist for International Finance, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2000-2001.
• Visiting Fellow, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, CBO, 6/-7/2005.
• Visiting Scholar, Research Department, IMF , 1995-2002, 2006, 2007. Consultant on WEO, 2007; 2009.
• Visiting Scholar, International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board , 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006.



• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research International Finance and Macroeconomics Program , 2002-present; FRF, 1996-2002. National Fellow, 2002-03. co-organizer, IFM spring meetings, 2005-2008.
• Associate Editor: JMCB (2003- ); Review of International Economics (2004-2008); Journal of International Economics (1996-2002); Emerging Markets Review (2003-).
• Editorial Board: Open Economies Review; Journal of International Economics and Economic Policy (2003-); North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2005-.
• Senior Fellow, UW Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), 2005-2008.

• Ph.D., Economics: University of California at Berkeley, December 1991.
• M.A., Economics: University of California at Berkeley, June 1988.
• A.B., magna cum laude, Economics: Harvard University, June 1984.
• International Baccalaureate , Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, 1980.

Recent/upcoming activities: China Economic Society, CEANA at ASSA meetings (Chicago, January).

2011: Austrian National Bank and Finlands Bank conference on "European Economic Integration," (Vienna, November); ECB Economic Workshop "Coping with Volatile Oil and Commodity Prices"” (Frankfurt, November); IMF Institute (November); IMF Research Department (November); Georgetown University CBPP (November); Central Univ. Finance and Economics/GIZ/DIE conference "Financial Stability in Emerging Markets: Dealing with Global Liquidity" (Beijing, October); George Washington University Economics (October); CBO Panel (November); "Long term unemployment in industrial countries: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses," (Madison, April 28) co-organized with Mark Copelovitch; Asia Europe Economic Forum conference "G20: Completing the Agenda," (Paris, January 2011); AEA meetings (Denver, January).

2010: Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee conference “The International Monetary System: Old and New Debates,” (Paris, December 2010); IMF seminar: "Transforming China's Development Model (October); East-West Center/Korean Development Institute (August); University of Hawaii (August); CESifo conference on "China's Growing Role in the World Economy" (July); Euro50 Group/Reinventing Bretton Woods Conference on "The Eurozone's Resilience in a Time of Stress" (July); University of Warwick workshop on trade costs (June 2010); Bank of Norway conference on advances in financial econometrics (June); NY Fed (May); Inter-American Development Bank (April); US Treasury (January).

2009: University of Kentucky (November); Bank of Canada-ECB workshop on "Understanding Economic Outcomes in Uncertain Times" (Ottawa, October); NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics Summer Institute (July, Cambridge, MA); Bank of Canada-ECB workshop on Exchange Rates (June, Frankfurt); NBER International Seminar in Macroeconomics (June, Cyprus); University of Pittsburgh (March 27); NBER IFM (Cambridge, MA, March 13); The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Wisconsin sponsored by WAGE and UW Law (March 25).

2008: Bruegel (Brussels, December); European Commission Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) (Brussels, December); keynote speech, CATSEI International Workshop on Food-Feed-Fuel Competition, Brussels (December); IMF Research Department (December); WAGE panel "The Global Economic Crisis: The Untold Stories" (November 20); WAGE talk on the "Global Financial Crisis" (October 30); UNC Chapel Hill Economics (September); Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena conference on “The Impact of Global Financial Imbalances” (Siena, July); Reinventing Bretton Woods/Austrian National Bank conference "Global Markets Disruptions: Will Global Imbalances Unwind?" (Salzburg, June 2008); Seminar, Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Development program (June); Deutsche Bundesbank/Center for Financial Studies-Goethe University Frankfurt workshop on “Panel Methods and Open Economies” (May); Co-organizer with C. Engel, "Global Imbalances and the U.S. Dollar: Doing Business in the World Economy," (Madison, May 1); Co-organizer with C. Engel, "Current Account Sustainability in Major Advanced Countries (II) conference," (Madison, May 2-3); Deutsche Bundesbank/Center for Financial Studies-Goethe University Frankfurt workshop on "Panel Methods and Open Economies" (May); IMF Conference on Macro-Finance (April); KAEA/AEA and AEA sessions at the 2008 ASSA meetings (New Orleans, January); Older activities

• Op-Ed, with Jeffry Frieden, "How to Save the Global Economy: Whip Up Inflation. Now," Foreign Policy (December/January 2012). [link
• Op-Ed, with Jeffry Frieden, "The Downgrading of a Debtor Nation," New York Times (Aug. 9, 2011). [link]
• Cited in Gene Marks, "This Week in Small Business: For the Win!" You're the Boss blog NY Times, (January 9, 2012).
• Cited in Stephen Gandel, "Why Economists are Rooting for Inflation," Time (January 10, 2012). [link]
• Cited in Matthew Yglesias, "Conditional Inflation Now," Slate (January 3, 2012). [link]
• Ben Casselman, "Export Boom Threatened By International Turmoil," Wall Street Journal (Nov. 11, 2011). [link]
• 'In the Finance: "Financial stability in emerging economies: the management of global liquidity," International Symposium,' China Economic Net (Oct 31, 2011). [link], in English.
• Quote in Wang Xiaotian, "Inflation is likely to remain high," ChinaDaily.com.cn (Oct. 22, 2011). [link]
• Quote in Associated Press, "Economists show support for Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan," (Sep. 9, 2011). [link]
• Quote in David Berman, "Economists score Obama's jobs bill," Globe and Mail (Sep. 9, 2011). [link]
• Quote in Judy Newman, "Madison economists say market plunge not a sign of double-dip recession," Madison.com (Aug. 8, 2011). [link] >
• Citation in Catherine Rampell, "Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First," New York Times (Aug. 7, 2011). [link]
• Quote in Peter Coy, "The US Economy Feels the Pull of Gravity," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek (Aug. 3, 2011). [link]
• Quote in Michael Crittenden, "Gold Gains Luster As Issue For Politicians Amid Economic Unrest," Dow Jones Newswires (July 1, 2011). [link]
• Quote in Nick Carey and James B. Kelleher, "Special report: Does corporate America kowtow to China?" Reuters, April 27, 2011. [link]
• Quote in "Republican economics: The rise of the anti-Keynesians -- Paul Ryan's intellectual hinterland," The Economist , April 14, 2011. [link]
• Quote in Michael Crittenden, "The Case for the Dollar's Continued Dominance," Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2011. [link]
• Quote in Joe Taschler, "Companies try to find right inflation balance," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19, 2011. [link]
• Quote in Don Walker, "Federal stimulus: Feingold, Johnson disagree about bill's effects," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 3, 2010. [link]
• Quote in Emily Kaiser, "For U.S., yuan talk is good, action is better," Reuters, June 19, 2010. [link]
• Quote in Diana Marrero, "Senate job bill gives employers tax credits for new workers," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 21, 2010. [link]
• Quote in Colin Barr, "The euro's Greek tragedy," Fortune, February 19, 2010. [link]
• Quote in Mark Gongloff, "Facing Facts on the 'Jobless'," Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Diana Marrero, "U.S. economy grows, with help from consumer spending," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 29, 2009. [link]
• Quote in David J. Lynch, "G-20 takes first steps to change," USA Today, September 27, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Annys Shin, "Perkier Economy Pushes Dollar Back Down the Slide," Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2009. [link]
• Quote in "Bernanke warns about financial stability; opens debate on inflation and rates," MercoPress: South Atlantic News Agency, June 4, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Barrie McKenna, "Bernanke raises alarm on spending," Globe and Mail, June 24, 2009. [link]
• Quote in David J. Lynch, "U.S. may face years of sluggish economic growth," USA Today, May 7, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Dennis Cauchon, "Ingenuity saves city, state jobs as budgets shrink," USA Today, April 14, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Peter Grier, "10 ways the new economy will look different," Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Robert Mentzer, "No crystal ball: What if there were no bailouts, big spending?," Wasau Daily Herald, March 15, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Renee Schoof, "Stimulus expected to add jobs to update energy system," McClatchy Newspapers, February 16, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Diego Ayala y Roberto Jiménez, "Estados Unidos aplica su propio Fobaproa," Excelsior online 11 February 2009 [link]
• Quote in Thomas Edsall,"The $800 Billion Gamble: Economists Say Stimulus Cuts Could Be "Disastrous"," Huffington Post, February 9, 2009. [link]
• Quote in Jason Stein,"Economic uncertainty plagued Wisconsin in 2008," Wisconsin State Journal, December 21, 2008. [link]
• Quote in Alister Bull,"Obama's "New Deal" will give growth crucial boost," Reuters, December 11, 2008. [link]
• Quote in Colin Barr,"Why it's stimulus time again," Fortune, October 14, 2008. [link]
• Quote in Steve Hamm, "The New Age of Frugality," Business week, October 9, 2008. [link]
• Quote in Rich Miller, "Bernanke's Inflation Cure Wanes as Import Costs Rise," Bloomberg (June 23, 2008). [link]
• Quote in Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa "High commodity prices keep world afloat in US recession," Earth Times, April 9, 2008. [link].
• Quote in Paul Gores and Joel Dresang, "Rebate dreams taking shape: Taxpayers eagerly making plans for stimulus checks," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 10, 2008. [link]
• Quote in Michael R. Sesit, "Even a weakened dollar still rules," International Herald Tribune, Nov. 12, 1007. [link]
• Quote in Greg Burns, "Dollar bounces back, but economists say slide will resume," Chicago Tribune, August 26, 2007. [link]
• Quote in Krissah Williams, "Another Shot in Currency Fight: Chinese Threaten Divestment," Washington Post, August 9, 2007. [link]
• Quote in David McMahon, "Productivity slowdown at heart of weak dollar," Reuters, May 29, 2007. [link]
• Quote in Peter Coy, "Some Gain from the Dollar's Pain," Business Week, May 7, 2007. [link]
• Quote in Deborah Solomon, "Guns and Butter: How War's Expense Didn't Strain Economy," Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2007. [pdf]

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• Econoblog on “Dollars, Debt and the Trade Gap, Thoughts on the Dropping Dollar,” Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2006. [link]
• "Fare affari in Cina," UniNews, settimanale del Gruppo UniCredito Italiano, 8 June 2004.[link]
• Lee Hudson Teslik, “Q&A: Two Deficits, Fed Turnover,” NYTimes.online, February 1, 2006. [link] Cites Council on Foreign Relations report, Getting Serious about the Twin Deficits.

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• “Economics Focus: Learning to like inflation -- Higher inflation could help to rebalance China’s economy,” Economist, February 17, 2011. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Wei, “A 'Faith-based' initiative.”
• “Economics Focus: Burger-thy-neighbour policies - Attacks on China's Cheap Currencies Are Overdone,” Economist, February 5, 2009. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Fujii, “China's Current Account and Exchange Rate.”
• Daniel Kruger, "Euro Reserves May Top Dollar by 2015, Economists Say," Bloomberg, April 8, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
• Richard Wachman, "Dollar Chilled by Rise of Euro," The Guardian/The Observer, March 30, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
• Wolfgang Muenchau, "This crisis could bring the euro centre-stage," Financial Times, March 24, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
• Daniel Dombey, "The dwindling dollar may be America's next security threat," FT, Dec 28, 2007. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, “Will the euro surpass the dollar?”
• Peter Grier, "Dollar slips, euro gains credibility as viable rival," Christian Science Monitor, December 4, 2007. [link] Cites Chinn and Frankel, “Will the euro surpass the dollar?”
• "World's premier currency is battered, but not yet out," Economic Times (India), Nov. 10, 2007. [link] Cites Chinn and Frankel, “Will the euro surpass the dollar?”
• "Special Report: China and US Trade: Lost in Translation," Economist, May 17, 2007. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Fujii, “The overvaluation of RMB undervaluation.”
• “Economics Focus: Marking the dealer's cards,” Economist, November 24, 2005. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Garcia Pascual, “Empirical exchange rate models of the Nineties.”
• “Economics Focus: Currency competition,” Economist, September 29, 2005. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, “Will the euro surpass the dollar?”
• Alan Beattie, “Inside Track: Spreading the Risk,” Financial Times, February 4, 2003. [link] Discussion of Forbes and Chinn, “A Decomposition of Global Linkages in Financial Markets over Time.”

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• Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg On the Economy” hosted by Michael McKee and Sara Eisen, August 23, 2011. [link]
• WHYY's "Radio Times," hosted by Marty Moss Coane, August 12, 2011. [link]
• Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg On the Economy” hosted by Michael McKee and Sara Eisen, April 7, 2011.
• Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning with Kerri Miller,” September 16, 2010. [link]
• Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midday with Gary Eichten,” April 2, 2009. [link]
• NPR/WBUR's "On Point," February 17, 2009. [link]
• Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning with Kerri Miller,” November 25, 2008. [link]
• Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Conversations with Joy Cardin,” October 28, 2008. [audio link, Real Player]
• Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning with Kerri Miller,” September 22, 2008. [link]
• Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning with Kerri Miller,” January 8, 2007. [link]
• Wisconsin Radio Network, March 27, 2006. [link]

• Lisa Foderero, "Colleges Turn the Economic Crisis Into a Lesson Plan," New York Times, Dec. 11, 2009. [link]
• Mike Ivey, "Kudos for UW-Madison blogger," Capital Times, December 5, 2009. [link]
• Stacy Forster, "Economist takes on global debt crisis in classroom, book, blog," Wisconsin Week, Oct. 29, 2009 [link]