James M. Poterba
James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA born July 13, 1958 is an American economist, Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current NBER president and chief executive officer.
James Michael "Jim" Poterba, FBA born July 13, 1958 is an American economist, Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and current NBER president and chief executive officer.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. In 1999 Poterba was awarded the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing from the National Academy of Sciences.
In July 2017, Poterba was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy FBA, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.