William R. Cline
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William R Cline is an American economist. He graduated from Princeton University
in 1963 and received a PhD in 1969 from Yale
.
Cline was deputy director of development and trade research at the office of the assistant secretary for international affairs at the United States Department of the Treasury
from 1971-1973. He worked at the Brookings Institution
from 1973-1981. He has been a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute since 1981, with a joint appointment at the Center for Global Development
. He was deputy managing director and chief economist of the Institute of International Finance
from 1996-2001.
He has written, edited and published a large number of papers. His research topics include capital
flows, Debt Relief, the Environment, Finance, International Financial Institutions, Trade and Development, and the economics of global warming
and Climate change and agriculture
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1963 and received a PhD in 1969 from Yale
YALE
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Cline was deputy director of development and trade research at the office of the assistant secretary for international affairs at the United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue...
from 1971-1973. He worked at the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
from 1973-1981. He has been a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute since 1981, with a joint appointment at the Center for Global Development
Center for Global Development
The Center for Global Development is a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on international development. It was founded in November 2001 by former senior U.S. official Edward W. Scott, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, C. Fred Bergsten, and...
. He was deputy managing director and chief economist of the Institute of International Finance
Institute of International Finance
The Institute of International Finance, Inc. is the world's only global association of financial institutions. It was created by 38 banks of leading industrialised countries in 1983 in response to the international debt crisis of the early 1980s...
from 1996-2001.
He has written, edited and published a large number of papers. His research topics include capital
Capital (economics)
In economics, capital, capital goods, or real capital refers to already-produced durable goods used in production of goods or services. The capital goods are not significantly consumed, though they may depreciate in the production process...
flows, Debt Relief, the Environment, Finance, International Financial Institutions, Trade and Development, and the economics of global warming
Economics of global warming
-Definitions:In this article, the phrase “climate change” is used to describe a change in the climate, measured in terms of its statistical properties, e.g., the global mean surface temperature. In this context, “climate” is taken to mean the average weather. Climate can change over period of time...
and Climate change and agriculture
Climate change and agriculture
Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes, both of which take place on a global scale. Global warming is projected to have significant impacts on conditions affecting agriculture, including temperature, carbon dioxide, glacial run-off, precipitation and the interaction of these...
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External links and further reading
- William Cline's page at the centre for global development
- The Economics of global Warming (1992) by William R. Cline ISBN 9780881321326