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Thomas F. Cooley

Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and Dean Emeritus
Joined Stern: 1999
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West 4th Street, Room 7-88
New York, NY 10012
Email: tcooley@stern.nyu.edu
Research, publications, honors, and more
Teaches Research Interests
  • The International Economy
  • Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
  • Macroeconomic theory
  • Monetary theory and policy
  • The Financial Behavior of Firms
Academic Background
Doctorem Honoris Causa, 1987 Stockholm School of Economics
PhD, Economics, 1971 University of Pennsylvania
MA, Economics, 1969 University of Pennsylvania
BS, Engineering Science, 1965 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Biography
Thomas F. Cooley is the Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business, as well as a Professor of Economics in the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science. The former President of the Society for Economic Dynamics and a Fellow of the Econometric Society, Professor Cooley is a widely published scholar in the areas of macroeconomic theory, monetary theory and policy and the financial behavior of firms, and is recognized as a national leader in both macroeconomic theory and business education. Professor Cooley was Dean of NYU Stern from 2002-2010.

Responding to the financial crisis of fall 2008, Professor Cooley spearheaded a research and policy initiative that yielded 18 white papers by 33 NYU Stern professors, later published as “Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System,” (Wiley, March 2009). He also writes a weekly opinion column for FORBES.com.

Professor Cooley is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.

Before joining NYU Stern, Professor Cooley was a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania, and UC Santa Barbara. Prior to his academic career, Professor Cooley was a systems engineer for IBM Corporation. Professor Cooley received his BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his MA and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a doctorem honoris causa from the Stockholm School of Economics.