Jeffrey A. Miron, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics, Harvard University
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?"
- Reasoning:
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“If we are to truly tackle the dangers of youth drinking, we must admit that the National-21 experiment has failed.”
“The Dangers of the Drinking Age,” forbes.com, Apr. 15, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics, Harvard University, July 2007–present
- Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, May 2009–present
- Editorial Board, Cato Journal, Feb. 2009–present
- Visiting Professor, Economics, Harvard University, July 2004–June 2007.
- Professor, Economics, Boston University, Sep. 1990–June 2005
- President, Bastiat Institute, Apr. 1999–June 2005
- Visiting Professor, Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sep. 2000–June 2001
- Chairman, Department of Economics, Boston University, Sep. 1992–Aug. 1998
- Visiting Scholar, Institut d’Economie Industrielle, Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse, France, June–Dec. 1997
- Visiting Associate Professor, Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sep. 1989–May 1990
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Boston University, Sep. 1989–Dec. 1989
- Associate Professor, Economics, University of Michigan, Sep. 1989–June 1990
- Olin Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Sep. 1988–Aug. 1989
- Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Michigan, Sep. 1984 – Aug. 1989
- Visiting Scholar, National Bureau of Economic Research, Jan. 1988–Aug. 1988
- Education:
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- PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
- BA, Economics, Swarthmore College, 1979
- Other:
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- Board of Academic Advisors, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, May 1995–present
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989–present
- Senior Class List of Favorite Teachers, Harvard College, 2008
- Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1992–1995
- Cowritten with J. Zwiebel, “The Economic Case Against Drug Prohibition,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 1995
- Cowritten with N.G. Mankiw and D. Weil, “The Founding of the Fed and the Behavior of Interest Rates: What Can be Learned from Small Samples?,” Journal of Monetary Economics, Dec. 1994
- “Empirical Methodology in Macroeconomics: Explaining the Success of Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz’s A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960,” Journal of Monetary Economics, Aug. 1994
- Committee Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Drug Use and the Workplace, 1992–1993
- Sloan Foundation Faculty Research Fellowship, 1990–1992
- Olin Fellowship, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988–1989
- Faculty Research Fellow, Program in Economic Fluctuations, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988–1989
- Faculty Research Fellow, Program in Financial Markets and Monetary Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1985–1989
- Rackham Faculty Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1987
- Visiting Honors Examiner in Economic Theory, Swarthmore College, 1986
- Recipient, Social Science Research Council Fellowship, 1981
- Recipient, Joshua P. Lippincott Fellowship for Graduate Study, 1979
- Quoted in:
- Pro & Con Quotes: Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?