Biography:Bennett McCallum

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Short description: Professor and American Economist
Bennett T. McCallum[1]
Born(1935-07-27)July 27, 1935
Poteet, Texas
DiedDecember 28, 2022(2022-12-28) (aged 87)
Charlottesville, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
InstitutionCarnegie Mellon University
University of Virginia
FieldMonetary economics
Econometrics
School or
tradition
New classical economics
Alma materRice University
Harvard University
InfluencesJohn Muth
Robert E. Lucas
ContributionsMcCallum rule
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Bennett Tarlton McCallum (July 27, 1935 - December 28, 2022[2]) was an American monetary economist. He was H. J. Heinz Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.[3] He is known for the McCallum Rule, a monetary policy proposal advocating targeting the growth rate of the monetary base.[4][5]

McCallum earned a B.A. and a B.Sc. (in chemical engineering) from Rice University. He then attended Harvard Business School to earn his M.B.A., before returning to Rice in order to obtain his Ph.D. in economics.

He became professor at Carnegie Mellon in 1981, after holding a professorship at the University of Virginia (1974–1982). Among his doctoral students was Charles L. Evans, the current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.[6]

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