David E. Weinstein

Center for Japanese Economy and Business

David E. Weinstein is Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy. He is also the Associate Director of Research at the Center for Japanese Economy and Business, Research Associate and Director of the Japan Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Professor Weinstein was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a consultant for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, Professor Weinstein was the Sanford R. Robertson Associate Professor of Business Administration at the School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan as well as an Associate Professor of economics at Harvard University. He also served on the Council of Economic Advisors from 1989 to 1990. His teaching and research interests include international economics, macroeconomics, corporate finance, the Japanese economy, and industrial policy. Professor Weinstein earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and his B.A. at Yale University. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including three National Science Foundation grants, an Abe Fellowship, and a Japan Foundation Fellowship.

Professor Weinstein is the author of numerous publications and articles. His recent publications include “Globalization and the Gains from Variety,” Quarterly Journal of Economics; “Variety Growth and World Welfare,” American Economic Review; and “Bones, Bombs, and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity,” American Economic Review; and; “Happy News from the Dismal Science: Reassessing Japan’s Fiscal Policy and Sustainability,” in Reviving Japan’s Economy: Problems and Prescriptions.