Romers to direct NBER's Monetary Economics Program.

• Position: Bureau News - Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer - Brief Article

NBER Research Associates Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer will succeed N. Gregory Mankiw as co-directors of the NBER's Program on Monetary Economics.

Christina Romer is currendy the Class of 1957 Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. She is a specialist in monetary economics and economic history, and has studied changes in American business cycles over time and the causes of the Great Depression. David Romer is the Herman Royer Professor in Political Economy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a specialist in monetary economics and macroeconomic theory. He has conducted research on New Keynesian microeconomic foundations, inflation, and the determinants of cross-country income differences. Together the Romers have conducted a number of studies on the effects and determinants of American monetary policy...