So…You Want Your Research to Inform Policy Decision Making?
Panel Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM (EST)
- Chair: Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Panelist(s)
Ben S. Bernanke
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Brookings Institution, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, and former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
Topic: How Economics Successfully Informs Policy Making
Maureen Cropper
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University of Maryland and Resources for the Future, former Lead Economist at the World Bank, and former Chair, EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
Topic: Economics Informing Environmental Policy
Douglas Elmendorf
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Harvard University, former Congressional Budget Office, Federal Reserve Board and Council of Economic Advisors economist, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Treasury Dept.
Topic: How Economics Informs Federal Policy
Sherry Glied
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New York University, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, a former senior economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Topic: Economics Informing Health Policy
Betsey Stevenson
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University of Michigan, former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and former Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor
Topic: Economics Informing Labor Policy
JEL Classifications
- H8 - Miscellaneous Issues
- A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics