Julio Rotemberg

Julio Rotemberg
Born(1953-09-26)September 26, 1953
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedApril 2, 2017(2017-04-02) (aged 63)
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Academic background
Alma materPrinceton University
California–Berkeley
Doctoral advisorAlan Blinder
William Hoban Branson
Academic work
DisciplineMonetary economics
School or traditionNew Keynesian economics
InstitutionsHarvard Business School
MIT Sloan School of Management
Notable ideasFirst New Keynesian DSGE model, especially on monopolistic competition
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Julio Jacobo Rotemberg was an Argentine/American economist at Harvard Business School. He was known for his collaboration with Michael Woodford on the first New Keynesian DSGE model, especially on monopolistic competition. He was also known for an alternative model of sticky prices.

Rotemberg held a B.A. in economics (1975) from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in economics (1981) from Princeton University.