Charles Irving Plosser (; born September 19, 1948) is a former president of the

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who served from August 1, 2006, to March 1, 2015. An academic

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, he is well known for his work on

real business cycles Real business-cycle theory (RBC theory) is a class of new classical macroeconomics models in which business-cycle fluctuations are accounted for by real (in contrast to nominal) shocks. Unlike other leading theories of the business cycle, RBC th ...

, a term which he and John B. Long, Jr. coined. Specifically, he wrote along with Charles R. Nelson in 1982Charles R. Nelson: Curriculum Vitae
, ''econ.washington.edu'' webpage, October 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-16. an influential work entitled "Trends and Random Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series" in which they dealt with the hypothesis of permanent shocks affecting the aggregate product (GDP).

Biography

Plosser was born in

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, and graduated from

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in Indian Springs, Alabama. He earned a

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degree from

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in 1970, and Ph.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the

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in 1976 and 1972, respectively. Before joining the Philadelphia Fed, Plosser was the dean of the

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration Simon Business School (formerly known as the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration) is the business school of the University of Rochester. It is located on the university's River Campus in Rochester, New York. It was rename ...

at the

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for 12 years. He also served concurrently as the school's John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy. Plosser was also the co-editor of the ''

Journal of Monetary Economics The ''Journal of Monetary Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on macroeconomics and monetary economics. It is published by Elsevier and was established in October 1973 by Karl Brunner and Charles I. Plosser. Beginn ...

'' for over 20 years.

Selected bibliography

* Charles R. Nelson and Charles I. Plosser, September, 1982. "Trends and Random Walks in Time Series: Some Evidence and Implications," ''Journal of Monetary Economics'', 10(2), pp. 139–162
Abstract.
* John B. Long, Jr. and Charles I. Plosser, 1983. "Real Business Cycles" ''Journal of Political Economy'', 91(1), pp
39-69
(press +). * Robert G. King and Charles I. Plosser, 1984. "Money, Credit, and Prices in a Real Business Cycle," ''American Economic Review'', 74(3),
p. 363
380. Reprinted in Finn E. Kydland, ed., 1995. ''Business Cycle Theory'', pp
136-55.
* Robert G. King, Charles I. Plosser, and Sergio T. Rebelo, 1988. "Production, Growth, and Business Cycles: I. The Basic Neoclassical Model," ''Journal of Monetary Economics'', 21(2-3), pp. 195–232
Abstract.
* Charles I. Plosser, 1989. "Understanding Real Business Cycles," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', 3(3), pp
51-77
(press +). *

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* *Robb, Greg, '' MarketWatch'':
"Fed’s Plosser says current policy very risky"
November 15, 2012
"Fed’s Plosser slams QE3"
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