Rate My Professor Christina Romer

Her research specializations encompass the effects of fiscal policy, identification of monetary shocks, determinants of American macroeconomic policy, changes in short-run fluctuations over the 20th century, and causes of the Great Depression, within the fields of economic history and macroeconomics. Key publications include the co-edited book Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy (University of Chicago Press for NBER, 1997); 'What Ended the Great Depression?' (Journal of Economic History, 1992); 'The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks' (American Economic Review, 2010, with David H. Romer); 'New Evidence on the Aftermath of Financial Crises in Advanced Countries' (American Economic Review, 2017, with David H. Romer); and 'Presidential Address: Does Monetary Policy Matter? The Narrative Approach after 35 Years' (American Economic Review, 2023, with David H. Romer). Romer has earned major awards such as American Economic Association Distinguished Fellow (2023), Omicron Delta Epsilon Distinguished Economist Award (2022), Econometric Society Fellow (2021), Guggenheim Fellowship (1998), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004), UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (1994), NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1989-1994), and Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1989). She has held leadership roles including President of the American Economic Association (2022), Vice President (2006), and Executive Committee member (2001-2004), as well as service on editorial boards for the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2007-2008), Review of Economics and Statistics (1994-2002), and Journal of Economic History (1994-1997).