13 Facts About Robert Barro

Robert Joseph Barro was born on September 28,1944 and is an American macroeconomist and the Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Robert Barro is currently a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and co-editor of the influential Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Robert Barro collaborated with Herschel Grossman to produce the influential 1971 article "A General Disequilibrium Model of Income and Employment", which for many years held the distinction of being the most cited article published in the American Economic Review.

Robert Barro's 1984 Macroeconomics textbook remains a standard for explaining the subject, and his 1995 book, with Columbia University economist Xavier Sala-i-Martin, on Economic Growth, is a widely cited and read graduate-level textbook on the theory and evidence concerning long-run economic growth.

Robert Barro was a pioneer in the econometric analysis of the main factors associated with growth in the modern era.

Robert Barro served as Vice President of the American Economic Association in 1998, and served on its executive committee from 1987 to 1990.

Robert Barro has been a research associate at the NBER since 1978.

Robert Barro was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1980, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988.

Subsequently, Robert Barro began investigating the influence of religion and popular culture on political economy by working with his wife, Rachel McCleary.

Robert Barro believes that the Keynesian multiplier is less than one.

Robert Barro believes that for every dollar the government borrows and spends, spending elsewhere in the economy falls by almost the same amount.

Robert Barro's work has been central to many of the economic and public policy debates of the last 30 years, including business cycle theory, growth theory, the neoclassical synthesis and public policy.

Robert Barro has four children: Jennifer, Lisa, Jason, and Josh, who is a journalist.