Background
Grossman, Gene M. was born on December 11, 1955 in New York City. Son of Alfred E. and Edith K. Grossman.
economist university professor
Grossman, Gene M. was born on December 11, 1955 in New York City. Son of Alfred E. and Edith K. Grossman.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University in 1976 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980.
He became assistant professor at Princeton University in 1980 and full professor of economics in 1988. His research focuses on international trade, in particular on the relationship between economic growth and trade and the political economy of trade policy. He is also known for his work on the Environmental Kuznets Curve.
He frequently collaborated with Elhanan Helpman.
He is among the 100 best economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. In 2009, Gene Grossman received an honorary doctorate in Economics from the University of Saint Gallen.
In 2016, Gene Grossman received an honorary doctorate in Economics from the University of Minho.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Econometric Society. Member: American Economic Association (exectutive committee 1999—2002), Council Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jean Baldwin, June 15, 1980. Children: Sharon Rachel, Dina Annual.