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Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-609-258-4051
E-mail: pbkenen@princeton.edu
Location:
Princeton, NJ
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One-page bio (PDF, 43K)
Video clip (MP4, 2.3 MB)
Professor emeritus at Princeton University and consultant to the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, IMF, and UN. Author of Regional Monetary Integration, released in November 2007.
Expertise:Currency and financial crises; the International Monetary Fund; European Monetary Union; monetary cooperation among developing countries.
Experience:Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University (1971-present); Visiting Scholar, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics (2003, 2000); Visiting Scholar, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2002); Director of the International Finance Section, Princeton University (1971-99); Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund (1992); Houblon-Norman Fellow, Bank of England (1991-92); Research Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs (1987-88); Visiting Scholar, Reserve Bank of Australia (1983-84); Professor of Economics, Columbia University (1964-71); consultant to U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, IMF, and UN; member, Group of Thirty; member, Bellagio Group of Officials and Academics.
Honors:University Medal, Columbia University (1977); David A. Wells Prize, Harvard University (1958-59).
Selected Publications:Regional Monetary Integration (Cambridge University Press, 2007); International Economic and Financial Cooperation (coauthor, Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2004); “What We Can Learn from the Theory of Optimum Currency Areas,” in EMU Study: Submissions on EMU from Leading Academics (H.M. Treasury, 2003); The International Financial Architecture(Institute for International Economics, 2001); Economic and Monetary Union in Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1995); Exchange Rates and the Monetary System (Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Project
May 2, 2008
| Authors: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics Ellen E. Meade, Associate Professor of Economics, American University |
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Academic Module
This module features teaching notes by Peter B. Kenen and Ellen E. Meade, coauthors of Regional Monetary Integration, along with other resources to supplement the text. In the book, the authors seek to explain why governments contemplate regional monetary integration and why some country groups are more likely than others to exercise that option, and to be successful at doing so.
See more in Economics
November 2007
| Authors: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics Ellen E. Meade, Associate Professor of Economics, American University |
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Book
This book seeks to explain why governments contemplate regional monetary integration and why some country groups are more likely than others to exercise that option. It also explains why some country groups may be more successful than others, and the potential relevance of the European experience for those other country groups.
See more in Economics, International Finance
October 31, 2007
| Author: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Op-Ed
Vox
In this article, Peter Kenen evaluates progress on the recent IMF reform effort. He outlines the Fund's achievements on a number of changes proposed by the Managing Director in the Medium-Term Strategy paper. Kenen argues this reform must continue, not just until next year's meeting of the Fund's Board of Governors, but for some time thereafter.
Spring/Summer 2007
| Author: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Article
cato.org
In the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of The Cato Journal, Peter Kenen claims that the United States has become the largest single beneficiary of financial globalization, and we may have to pay a high price for that privilege.
See more in Economic Development
May 16, 2007
News Release
The International Monetary Fund’s legitimacy and status must be strengthened now so that it can be an effective manager when the next global crisis breaks out, urges a new Council Special Report. “Economic and financial conditions can change with alarming speed, and crises are bound to recur,” warns report author and Council Senior Fellow Peter Kenen, a renowned economist. “It would be far harder to reform the Fund in the midst of a new crisis than to do so now. It is easier to modernize a fire brigade when there are few fires than in the midst of a major conflagration.”
See more in United States, International Organizations
May 2007
| Author: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Council Special Report No. 29
Council Special Report
With IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato resigning in October, a new report analyzes the reform measures that will be bequeathed to Mr. de Rato's successor, and argues that the reform measures deserve the support of the United States, including the U.S. Congress when it is asked to implement some of the key measures.
See more in United States, International Organizations
September 2005
| Author: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Article
Finance and Development
September 10, 2004
| Authors: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics Jeffrey R. Shafer Nigel Wicks Charles Wyplosz |
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Book
Written by a group that combines extensive practical experience and analytical sharpness, the sixth title in the Geneva Reports on the World Economy series presents an overview of how cooperation has evolved, identifies its current limitations, and advances a number of proposals.
See more in Geoeconomics, International Organizations
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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