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Martin Stuart (‘Marty’) Feldstein (1939–)

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Martin Stuart (‘Marty’) Feldstein, currently George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER), is an American economist who has made important contributions to public finance, macroeconomics, international economics, social insurance, health economics, the economics of national security, and many other fields of economics, trained a large number of prominent economists, served as President of the National Bureau of Economic Research for some 30 years, and served as President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisor.

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I am grateful to James Poterba and an anonymous referee for their detailed and helpful comments.

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Horioka, C.Y. (2018). Martin Stuart (‘Marty’) Feldstein (1939–). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_3018

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