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Lee E. Ohanian is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Senior Fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution. He also directs the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at UCLA and serves as associate director of the Center for the Advanced Study in Economic Efficiency at Arizona State University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), where he co-directs the Macroeconomics across Time and Space initiative, and a fellow in the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.
His research interests include Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, Economic Theory, and Public Policy, with a particular focus on economic crises and the impact of public policy on the economy. His work often analyzes US labor markets, budget and spending, monetary policy, regulation, and state and local economic issues, especially in California.
The recent publications and research output of Lee Ohanian span macroeconomic theory, historical economic analysis, and contemporary policy issues. His work shows a strong trend toward analyzing the economic impact of regulation, housing policy, fiscal responsibility, and infrastructure projects, particularly as they relate to California's economic challenges. He frequently applies macroeconomic models to real-world policy failures and inefficiencies.
- Numerous teaching awards at UCLA
- Numerous teaching awards at the University of Rochester
Ohanian advises the Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis and St. Louis and has previously advised other Federal Reserve banks, foreign central banks, and the National Science Foundation. He has testified before legislative committees and serves on the editorial boards of Econometrica and Macroeconomic Dynamics. He is a frequent media commentator, writing for outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Investor’s Business Daily. He has held faculty positions at the Universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania and earned his PhD from the University of Rochester and his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara.
Ohanian is a key participant in the Hoover Institution's Socialism and Free Market Capitalism: The Human Prosperity Project and is actively involved in public policy discourse through media appearances, podcasts, and policy briefings.
