Current Editors
Janice Eberly, James R. and Helen D. Russell Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Jón Steinsson, Marek Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Advisory Council
Katharine Abraham, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
George Akerlof, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University; joint recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics
William Brainard, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Yale University; former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Steven J. Davis, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Jason Furman, Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; former Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Robert E. Hall, Robert and Carole McNeil Senior Fellow Emeritus, Hoover Institution; joint recipient of 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics
Ben Harris, Vice President and Director of Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
Caroline Hoxby, Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics, Stanford University
Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University; former Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers; former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Maurice Obstfeld, Class of 1958 Professor Emeritus of Economics and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; former Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund
George Perry, Senior Fellow Emeritus, The Brookings Institution; co-founder and former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Christina Romer, Professor of the Graduate School and Class of 1957-Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley; former Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
David Romer, Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley; former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Louise Sheiner, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
James Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Justin Wolfers, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan; former Editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Past Editors
James Stock (2015-23), Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
Justin Wolfers (2009–15), Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Economics, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
David Romer (2009–15), Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley
N. Gregory Mankiw (2008), Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Lawrence Summers (2008), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, President Emeritus, Harvard University
Douglas Elmendorf (2007–8), Dean of Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School; Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy
William Gale (2007), The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy; Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution; Director, Retirement Security Project; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Peter Reiss (1993–7), Professor in the Graduate School of Business; Professor, by courtesy, of Economics
Martin Baily (1987–98) Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development; Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets, the Brookings Institution
Clifford Winston (1987–98) Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution
William Brainard (1980–2007), Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics Emeritus, Yale University
George Perry (1970–2007), Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution
Arthur Okun (1970–9), Former Fellow, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution