Professor Martin S. Feldstein Awarded 2012 SIEPR Prize for Contributions to Economic Policy
Professor Martin S. Feldstein of the Harvard University Department of Economics has been named as the recipient of the second biennial SIEPR Prize for Contributions to Economic Policy to be awarded by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
The Prize recognizes individuals who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to improving the design and conduct of economic policy either in the U.S. or abroad.
The recipient of the SIEPR prize will receive an award of $100,000.
Professor Feldman will be honored by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at an event to be held on December 3, 2012.
Professor Feldstein is the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University where he began teaching in 1967. He is President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research where he served as President and CEO from 1977-82 and 1984-2008. From 1982 through 1984, Professor Feldstein was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and was President Reagan's chief economic adviser. He served as President of the American Economic Association in 2004. In 2006, President George Bush appointed him as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. In 2009, President Obama appointed him to be a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
Martin S. Feldstein To Be Awarded the 2012 SIEPR Prize, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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