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Office: E62-416
Tel: (617) 253-8996
Fax: (617) 253-2660
E-mail: kjforbes@mit.edu
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Area
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Kristin Forbes
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management
Professor of Global Economics and Management
Kristin Forbes is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and a Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Her research addresses policy-related questions in international finance and economics, including financial contagion, capital flow volatility, financial crises, capital controls, foreign investment, and tax holidays.
Forbes frequently rotates between academia and policy positions in the United States government. She currently serves as a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors for the state of Massachusetts …