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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. University of Pennsylvania.
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He served as Dean of the Stern School from 2002 to January 2010. He is also a Professor of Economics in the New York University Faculty of Arts and Science. Dean Cooley is a widely published scholar in the areas of macroeconomic theory, monetary theory and policy, and the financial behavior of firms.
He has authored more than 100 scholarly articles on economics and statistics and frequently writes opinion pieces for a variety of economic and business publications.
Responding to the financial crisis of fall 2008, he spearheaded a research and policy initiative that yielded 18 white papers by 33 New York University Stern professors, published as Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System, (Wiley, 2009). Together with Stern colleagues he edited and wrote a second book, Regulating Wall Street, The New Architecture of Global Finance, which was published by Wiley in 2010.
His book, Understanding Business Cycles, Princeton University Press 1995, is a widely cited reference on macroeconomic fluctuations. He is also the former President of the Society for Economic Dynamics, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, holds an honorary doctorate from the Stockholm School of Economics and was a National Science Foundation Fellow.
Cooley received his Doctor of Philosophy, and Master of Arts in Economics from University of Pennsylvania.
He received his Bachelor of Surgery in Engineering Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before joining Stern, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California Santa Barbara. Prior to his academic career, he was a systems engineer for International Business Machines Corporation Corporation.
Dean Cooley received his Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.
He also holds a doctorem honoris causa from the Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to his academic career, Dean Cooley was a systems engineer for International Business Machines Corporation Corporation.
Before joining New York University Stern, Dean Cooley was a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California Santa Barbara. He is also the former president of the Society for Economic Dynamics and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
He also writes a weekly column for Forbes.com.
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Cooley is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In the corporate sector, Cooley has been a senior advisor and member of the board of Managers of Standard & Poors, served on the Board of Directors of Thornburg Mortgage and has been an advisor to Ameriprise and eTrade Securities. Dean Cooley is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
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