Christina Romer

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academic economist human university professor

Christina Romer is an American economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, known for her work on the Great Depression and macroeconomic policy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Christina Romer canonical	6
Christina D. Romer	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2509186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christina Romer
Context triple: [David Romer, spouse, Christina Romer]

A. Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen is an American economist who has served as both Chair of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, making her one of the most influential figures in global economic policy.
B. Janice Volcker
Janice Volcker is a member of the Volcker family, known primarily as the daughter of influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker.
C. David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
D. Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist renowned for her pioneering research on the gender wage gap and women’s labor market outcomes over the long run.
E. Barbara Volcker
Barbara Volcker was the wife of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker and a partner in his public and professional life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christina Romer
Target entity description: Christina Romer is an American economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, known for her work on the Great Depression and macroeconomic policy.

A. Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen is an American economist who has served as both Chair of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, making her one of the most influential figures in global economic policy.
B. Janice Volcker
Janice Volcker is a member of the Volcker family, known primarily as the daughter of influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker.
C. David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
D. Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist renowned for her pioneering research on the gender wage gap and women’s labor market outcomes over the long run.
E. Barbara Volcker
Barbara Volcker was the wife of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker and a partner in his public and professional life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicDiscipline	economics ⓘ
advisorTo	President Barack Obama ⓘ linked to: Barack Obama
appointedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	United States economic policy ⓘ
collaboratesWith	David Romer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ The College of William & Mary ⓘ linked to: College of William & Mary
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName	Romer ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Great Depression studies ⓘ economic history ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ
genre	scholarly article ⓘ
givenName	Christina ⓘ
hasAcademicAffiliation	UC Berkeley Department of Economics ⓘ linked to: Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
hasAcademicRank	professor ⓘ
hasRole	economic policy advisor ⓘ macroeconomic researcher ⓘ
influencedBy	Keynesian economics ⓘ
knownFor	research on the Great Depression ⓘ work on macroeconomic policy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Economic Association ⓘ Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ
name	Christina Romer ⓘ
notableWork	papers on postwar U.S. business cycles ⓘ research on the impact of fiscal stimulus ⓘ studies of monetary policy in the Great Depression ⓘ
occupation	economist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
participatedIn	Obama administration economic policymaking ⓘ
positionHeld	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ
publishesIn	economics journals ⓘ
residence	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	David Romer ⓘ
workLocation	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Romer → spouse → Christina Romer ⓘ

David Romer → notableStudent → Christina Romer ⓘ

Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry → hasMember → Christina Romer ⓘ

Timothy Geithner → collaboratedWith → Christina Romer ⓘ

subject linked to: Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury

Christina Romer → name → Christina Romer ⓘ

What Ends Recessions? (with Christina Romer) → author → Christina Romer ⓘ

The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks → author → Christina D. Romer ⓘ

linked to: Christina Romer

President of the American Economic Association → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Christina D. Romer ⓘ