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Dr. Barbara Fraumeni

is Professor of Public Policy and Chair of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. She previously served as Chief Economist of the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the US Dept. of Commerce. She is a contributor to the book Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States.

Education:

B.A. Economics, Wellesley College, 1972

Ph.D. Economics, Boston College, 1980

Areas of Expertise:

Economic Accounting Systems

National Income Statistics

Economics for Public Policy

Publications:

Co-authored, Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth (Harvard University Press, 1987)

Co-authored, "Taking the Pulse of the Economy: Measuring GDP" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008

Co-authored, “R&D in the National Income and Product Accounts: A First Look at Its Effect on GDP” Measuring Capital in the New Economy, University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Awards:

U. S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal, for work on R&D while Chief Economist of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, November 8, 2006.

American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, given to an individual for furthering the status of women in the economics profession, 2006.

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Dr. Barbara Fraumeni

Courses:
National Income Statistics

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