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Lars E.O. Svensson is an internationally renowned macroeconomist who holds the title of Affiliated Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, and at the Stockholm School of Economics. He previously served as Professor of Economics at Princeton University (2001–2009) and Professor of International Economics at Stockholm University (1984–2003), and was Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank from 2007 to 2013.
He earned an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology (1971), a B.A. in economics, economic history and mathematics from Stockholm University (1973), and a Ph.D. in economics from Stockholm University (1976). He has held visiting appointments at MIT, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, Tel Aviv University, the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and the Board of Governors, the IMF, the Bank of England, and many other leading institutions.
His research spans macroeconomics, monetary economics, international macroeconomics and finance, international trade, and intertemporal general equilibrium theory. Particular themes include optimal monetary policy, exchange-rate regimes, liquidity traps, and policy rules.
Scientific Awards & Honors
- Great Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2012)
- Foreign Honorary Member, American Economic Association
- Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Member, Academia Europaea
- Foreign Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Honorary Member, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
- Fellow, Econometric Society
- Fellow, European Economic Association
- Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations’ Prize (1991)
- Multiple Jan Wallander Awards (1983–1990, 1992)
- Erik Lindahl Award (1980)
Committee & Advisory Roles
- Chair, Prize Committee for the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1999–2001)
- Member, Prize Committee (1993–2002)
- Secretary, Prize Committee (1988–1992)
- Advisor to Sveriges Riksbank (1990–2007)
- Member, Monetary Policy Advisory Board and Economic Advisory Panel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2004–2007)
- Led Independent Review of Monetary Policy in New Zealand (2000–2001)
- Chaired Independent Review of Monetary Policy in Norway (2002)
