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Michael G. Plummer, Ph.D.

ENI Chair in International Economics; Faculty and Academic Liaison, SAIS Bologna

Based in Bologna, Italy
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Background and Education

Held appointment as head of the Development Division in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris from 2010 to 2012; was tenured associate professor at Brandeis University; is president of the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (ACAES); serves as editor in chief of the Journal of Asian Economics; is a nonresident senior fellow at the East-West Center; was Asian Development Bank distinguished lecturer and team leader at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat for several projects; led studies on the ASEAN economic community and development of the ASEAN regional bond market; advised USAID on ASEAN free-trade initiative; lecturer and adviser to the Asian Development Bank; team leader and adviser to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat (2001-2003); member of the editorial Boards of World Development and the Asian Economic Journal; international advisory board member of the ASEAN Economic Bulletin; Ph.D., economics, Michigan State University

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Oxford Handbook of International Commercial Policy, co-editor (2012); Realizing the ASEAN Economic Community: A Comprehensive Assessment, co-editor (2009); The Global Economic Crisis and Its Implications for Asian Economic Cooperation (2009); ASEAN Economic Integration: Trade, Finance, and Foreign Direct Investment (2009); "Best Practices in Regional Trading Agreements: An Application to Asia" in The World Economy (2007); The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic, and Political Analysis (Vols. I-III), co-editor (2005); Economic Integration and Development: Has Regionalism Delivered for Developing Countries? co-author (2002); numerous articles and reviews in academic journals

  1. March 14, 2013 | Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch

    Michael G. Plummer, ENI Chair in International Economics; Faculty and Academic Liaison, SAIS Bologna, co-authored a commentary in The Peterson Institute's Realtime Economic Issues Watch titled, "Japan’s ‘Third Arrow’: Why Joining the TPP is a Game Changer." Read summary
  2. January 27, 2013 | Nikkei

    Michael G. Plummer, ENI Chair in International Economics; Faculty and Academic Liaison, SAIS Bologna, co-authored an article in the Japanese business daily The Nikkei titled, "To Revitalize Japan, Start with Trade Policy." Read summary
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