NBER Research Associates Honored by AEA.

The American Economic Association has named NBER Research Associates Barry Eichengreen, James Poterba, and Carmen M. Reinhart distinguished fellows, and John Van Reenen a foreign honorary member. The association also honored Sadie T.M. Alexander posthumously as a distinguished fellow.

Eichengreen, a leading scholar of economic history and international macroeconomics, is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is affiliated with the NBER programs on Development of the American Economy, International Finance and Macroeconomics (IFM), International Trade and Investment, and Monetary Economics (ME).

Poterba, a public finance economist whose work focuses primarily on tax policy and household finance, is the president of the NBER and the Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT. He is affiliated with the NBER programs on the Economics of Aging, Corporate Finance, and Public Economics.

Reinhart, an expert on international finance and economic development, currently serves as senior vice president and chief economist of the World...