Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
economist (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Santiago, Chile, February 26, 1955 ) is a Chilean economist. He was Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Department of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2008 and 2009. He is Full Professor of Economics at Universidad del Desarrollo and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile).
Education
He studied economics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, receiving a B.A. in 1976 and an M.Sc. in 1978 with a summa cum laude distinction. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986. His doctoral advisors were the economists Rudi Dornbusch and Paul Krugman.
Career
Schmidt-Hebbel was at The World Bank from 1988 through 1996, where he was Principal Economist in the Bank's Research Department in Washington, DC, leading research in fiscal policy, saving, pension reform, and economic growth. From 1996 through 2008, Schmidt-Hebbel was the first Research Manager at the Central Bank of Chile where he led the Bank's research program and participated in the design and implementation of the monetary policy regime based on inflation targeting and a flexible exchange-rate system, contributing to Chile's macroeconomic stability.
From 2008 to 2009, Schmidt-Hebbel was the Chief Economist and Director of the Economics Department for OECD. He led the OECD's global and country studies on economic policy, stabilization, structural reforms, and growth.
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