Professor Jeremy Stein Nominated to Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Harvard Economics Professor Jeremy Stein has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Professor Stein had previously served in the Obama Administration as a senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Geithner for five months in 2009 and also on the staff of the National Economic Council.

He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Financial Advisory Roundtable

His research interests have included behavioral finance and stock-market efficiency; corporate investment and financing decisions; risk management; capital allocation inside firms; banking; financial regulation; and monetary policy.

Jeremy C. Stein is the Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Harvard Magazine, January 4, 2012 - Jeremy C. Stein Nominated to Federal Reserve Board

Boston Globe, December 27, 2011 - Harvard economist to be nominated to Fed