David K. Backus | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1953 |
| Died | June 12, 2016 (aged 63) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Yale University Hamilton College |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Macroeconomics Finance |
| Institutions | New York University Stern School of Business |
| Website | |
David King "Dave" Backus (April 1953 – June 12, 2016)[1][2] was an American economist, specializing in financial economics and international macroeconomics.[3] He was the Heinz Riehl Professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.
Backus made several significant contributions to macroeconomics and finance, including the canonical international business cycle model with Patrick J. Kehoe and Finn Kydland, and identifying the Backus–Smith puzzle (consumption and real-exchange-rates) and the Backus–Kehoe–Kydland puzzle (international consumption correlation).
Prior to joining the Stern School in 1990, he studied at Hamilton College (BA, 1975) and Yale University (PhD, 1981), taught at Queen's University and the University of British Columbia, and served at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.[4]
He died from leukemia in New York City on June 12, 2016.[2][5]
References
- ^ Obituary in the New York Times
- ^ a b Obituary by Tom Cooley
- ^ "David Backus". Becker Friedman Institute.
- ^ Profile at VoxEU.org
- ^ Tribute by David K. Levine
External links
- Home page at the Stern School of Business
- 1953 births
- 2016 deaths
- New York University Stern School of Business faculty
- Yale University alumni
- Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
- American expatriate academics in Canada
- Social scientists from New York City
- American financial economists
- American macroeconomists
- Hamilton College (New York) alumni
- Deaths from leukemia in New York (state)
