Susan M. Collins

Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Phone:	(734) 763-2258
Fax:	(734) 763-9181
Office:	Joan and Sanford Weill Hall 735 S. State St. #4300 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
E-mail:	smcol

Research and Teaching Interests:

International Development
International Macroecon and Finance
International Trade & Investment
Macroeconomics & Money

Educational Background:

PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BA in Economics, Harvard University

Recent Publications:

“Accounting for Growth: Comparing China and India,” (with Barry Bosworth) Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 1 (2008).

“Economic Growth in Puerto Rico,” and “The Policy Options,” (with Barry Bosworth) in The Puerto Rican Economy: Restoring Growth, Washington D.C.: Center for the New Economy and The Brookings Institution (2006).

“The Empirics of Growth: An Update,” (with Barry Bosworth) in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, (2003:2).

“Minority Groups in the Economics Profession,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, (Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 2000).

Bio:

Susan M. Collins is the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Before coming to Michigan, she was a professor of economics at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, where she retains a nonresident affiliation. Her area of expertise is international economics, including issues in both macroeconomics and trade.
Her current work explores implications of increasing international economic integration, as well as growth experiences in industrial and developing countries. She recently co-authored studies comparing experiences in China and India, and examined challenges to growth in Puerto Rico. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Vice President of the Association for Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). She served recently as an elected member of the American Economic Association (AEA) Executive Committee, having chaired the AEA Committee on the Status of Minority Groups during 1994-98. During 1989-90, she served as a senior staff economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Collins received her BA summa cum laude in Economics from Harvard University and her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Academic Appointments:

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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