Professor of International Economics & Finance, Brandeis University

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

  

Dr. Catherine L. Mann joined Brandeis University in 2006 as Professor of International Economics and Finance.  She continues as Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.  Previously, she served as Assistant Director in the International Finance Division at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, as Senior International Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and as Advisor to the Chief Economist at the World Bank.  Dr. Mann received her PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her undergraduate degree is from Harvard University.

Her current research focuses on two related topics:  information technology and services trade in global markets, and the US trade deficit and the dollar.  On the economic and policy implications of globalization of information technology and services, she authored Accelerating the Globalization of America:  The Role for Information Technology (2006) and Global Electronic Commerce: A Policy Primer (2000); as well as numerous articles, including “Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation: A Global Perspective,” World Economy (2005) and “The US Current Account, New Economy Services, and Implications for Sustainability,” Review of International Economics (2004)

   

On the economic and policy implications of the US current account and dollar exchange rate, she authored Is the US Trade Deficit Sustainable? (1999) and notable articles including: “Managing Exchange Rates: Evidence of Global Re-balancing or Global Co-dependency?” Business Economics (2004) and “Perspectives on the US Current Account Deficit and Sustainability,” Journal of Economic Perspectives (2002).

She is frequently quoted in BusinessWeek, The Economist, and in major newspapers, radio, and TV.  She has delivered key-note speeches and engaged in projects on technology and policy in numerous countries ranging from Vietnam, Tunisia, South Africa, to Australia, Finland, and Germany.