Bio
Michael G. Plummer is Director, SAIS Europe
Eni Professor of International Economics at SAIS Europe
Michael Plummer has been Director of SAIS Europe since 2014. A SAIS Professor of International Economics since 2001 and the Eni Professor of Economics since 2008, he was Head of the Development Division of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris from 2010 to 2012; an associate professor at Brandeis University (1992-2001); and Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Asian Economics (Elsevier) 2007-2015 (currently Editor-in-Chief Emeritus). He was president of the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (ACAES) from 2008 until 2015. A former Fulbright Chair in Economics and Pew Fellow in International Affairs at Harvard University, he has been an Asian Development Bank (ADB) distinguished lecturer on several occasions and team leader of projects for various organizations including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the United Nations, the OECD, the ADB, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. He has taught at more than a dozen universities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Professor Plummer has advised several governments on the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and is member of the editorial boards of
World Development, the
Asian Economic Journal; and the
Journal of Southeast Asian Economics (formerly
ASEAN Economic Bulletin). He is author/co-author of over 100 journal articles and book chapters. His PhD is in economics from Michigan State University. For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications,
see personal webpage
Courses
- Asian Economic Development
This course gives a survey of the Asian economic development experience over the past half-century, with a focus on its international dimensions. In addition to evaluating the source of the remarkable growth and development of the region, the course considers the many challenges that the region has and will continue to face, from the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-98 to the Covid-19 pandemic shock. It also looks at conflict and cooperation in the region in the 21st century.
- Microeconomic Risk and International Trade
The goal of this course is to give students a basic understanding of the theory of price determination and markets and underlying microeconomic concepts necessary for economic analysis at the national level, as well as an overview of real-sector economic forces behind globalization. The review is designed to highlight the role of policy in affecting national and international outcomes.
