Randall Kroszner

Randall S. Kroszner, Ph.D. (born June 22, 1962) is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. He took office on March 1, 2006 to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2008.

Early life and education

Kroszner was born in Englewood, New Jersey. He received his B.A. magna cum laude in applied mathematics/economics from Brown University in 1984, and his M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) from Harvard University, both in economics.

Professional career

Kroszner was Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1999 to 2006. He was also Assistant Professor (1990-1994) and Associate Professor (1994-1999) at the University. Kroszner was Director of the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State and editor of the Journal of Law and Economics. He was a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a director at the National Association for Business Economics. Kroszner also was a member of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor.

Kroszner has been a visiting scholar at the Securities and Exchange Commission; the IMF; the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; the Free University of Berlin, Germany; Stockholm University, Sweden; and the London School of Economics. He was the John M. Olin Visiting Fellow in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School and the Bertil Danielson Visiting Professor of Banking and Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics.

George W. Bush Administration

Kroszner was a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 2001 to 2003. While at the CEA, he was heavily involved in formulating the policy response to corporate governance scandals, as well as in advising on a wide range of domestic and international issues, including banking and financial regulation, government-sponsored enterprises, pension reform, corporate governance reform, terrorism risk insurance, tax reform, currency crisis management, sovereign debt restructuring, the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), international trade, and economic development.

Federal Reserve career

Prior to being appointed to the Board of Governors, Kroszner served the Federal Reserve System in several roles. He was a visiting scholar at the Board of Governors and a research consultant and a member of the Academic Advisory Panel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Kroszner also has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Minneapolis.

Economic views

As an economist, he was widely praised for his astute research, especially regarding banking and financial regulation. He is a student of the Chicago School of economics. [cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701518.html |title=Bush Picks 2 Economists For Federal Reserve Board |accessdate=2007-06-11 |author=Paul Blustein |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=28 |year=2006 |month=01 |format= |work= |publisher="The Washington Post" |pages=p. D01 |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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*Article adapted from public domain [http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/kroszner.htm biography at the Federal Reserve website]

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