Kevin Hoover

Kevin D. Hoover
Born	(1955-05-03) May 3, 1955 (age 69)
Nationality	American
Academic career
Field	Macroeconomics history of economic thought economic methodology
Institution	Duke University
Alma mater	Nuffield College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor	Peter Oppenheimer
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Kevin Douglas Hoover (born May 3, 1955) is Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Duke University. He has previously held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, University of Oxford (Balliol College, Nuffield College, and Lady Margaret Hall), and the University of California, Davis, where he served eight years as chair of the Economics Department. He is a former president of the History of Economics Society and chaired the International Network for Economic Method. He is a former editor of the Journal of Economic Methodology and the current editor of the History of Political Economy. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Hoover is most noted for his work in the methodology of macroeconomics with philosophical issues surrounding the modelling of causation. He has also made substantial contributions to the historical and philosophical research on pragmatism and its relevance to economics. His scholarly articles have appeared in American Economic Review, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and History of Political Economy, among others. He has also written and edited more than ten books in the history and philosophy of economics, including the New Classical Macroeconomics (1992) and Causality in Macroeconomics (2011). His work has been recognized by various awards and grants, including the 2015 Craufurd Goodwin Best Article Prize for his “On the Reception of Haavelmo’s Econometric Thought” (2015) and two National Science Foundation grants for his research on causality in economics. ^{[5] [6]}

Selected publications

• The New Classical Macroeconomics. Oxford: Blackwell. 1988.
• Causality in Macroeconomics . Cambridge University Press. 2001.
• David R. Henderson, ed. (2008). "New Classical Macroeconomics". Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Library of Economics and Liberty. ISBN   978-0865976658. OCLC   237794267.
• David R. Henderson, ed. (2008). "Phillips Curve". Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Library of Economics and Liberty. ISBN   978-0865976658. OCLC   237794267.

References

1. Duke University: Kevin D Hoover
2. "Institute of New Economic Thinking: Kevin Hoover". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
3. History of Economics Society:Past Presidents Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
4. "History of Political Economy:About the Journal". Archived from the original on 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
5. "Craufurd Goodwin Best Article Prize". The History of Economics Society. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
6. "Kevin D. Hoover's HomePage". public.econ.duke.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-19.

External links

• Website at Duke University