CBO learns from many outside experts. Part of that learning comes through our panels of advisers, a Panel of Economic Advisers and a Panel of Health Advisers, which consist of widely recognized specialists on a range of issues. Those groups—whose membership includes previous CBO directors, other distinguished economists, and acknowledged experts in health care—meet to discuss important analytical issues in their areas of expertise and to advise the agency on its analyses. In addition, from time to time during the year, CBO calls on members of those panels for advice in how to address analytical questions that arise in the preparation of studies and cost estimates. The Panel of Economic Advisers also reviews the agency’s economic forecasts. Although such experts provide considerable assistance, CBO is solely responsible for the accuracy of its work.
Current members of CBO’s Panel of Economic Advisers are:
Rosanne Altshuler, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Rutgers University
Raj Chetty, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Director of the Lab for Economic Applications and Policy
Harvard University
Dan L. Crippen, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Governors Association
Steven J. Davis, Ph.D.
William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics
Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
Kristin J. Forbes, Ph.D.
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert E. Hall, Ph.D.
Robert and Carole McNeil Hoover Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics
Stanford University
Jan Hatzius, Ph.D.
Chief U.S. Economist
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Simon Johnson, Ph.D.
Robert A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Charles I. Jones, Ph.D.
STANCO 25 Professor of Economics
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Anil Kashyap, Ph.D.
Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance
Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
Lawrence Katz, Ph.D.
Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Donald Kohn, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program
Brookings Institution
N. Gregory Mankiw, Ph.D.
Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics
Harvard University
June O'Neill, Ph.D.
Wollman Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of Business and Government
Baruch College
Adam S. Posen, Ph.D.
President
Peterson Institute for International Economics
James Poterba, Ph.D.
Mitsui Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
President and CEO
National Bureau of Economic Research
Joel Prakken, Ph.D.
Chairman
Macroeconomic Advisers
Carmen M. Reinhart, Ph.D.
Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Robert Shimer, Ph.D.
Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College
University of Chicago
Matthew Slaughter, Ph.D.
Signal Companies' Professor of Management
Tuck School of Business
Dartmouth College
Mark Zandi, Ph.D.
Chief Economist
Moody's Analytics