Ronald MacDonald (economist)

Ronald MacDonald
Ronald MacDonald at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
Born	1955 Scotland
Nationality	United Kingdom
Institution	Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
Field	International Finance International Economics International Trade Macroeconomics Exchange rates Monetary Policy Central Bank Econometrics Economic History
School or tradition	Adam Smith Business School
Alma mater	University of Manchester (PhD, M.A.) Heriot-Watt University (B.A.)
Contributions	Behavioural Equilibrium Exchange Rate Model
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Ronald MacDonald (born 1955) is a Scottish economist specialising in applied exchange rate analysis through econometric techniques. He is currently the Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy at the Adam Smith Business School in the University of Glasgow.

MacDonald holds a B.A. (Hons) degree from Heriot-Watt University, M.A. (Econ) and PhD from the University of Manchester. He has previously held positions in the University of Dundee, Professor of International Finance at the University of Strathclyde from 1992 (formerly Professor of International Macroeconomics), and currently Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy at the School of Economics and Finance in the University of Glasgow from January 2005 to present. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australiax, Queen's University, Canada, European University Institute, Florence, University of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, ZEW, Mannheim, and Centre for Economic Studies, Munich.

(1975 to 1978) BA in Economics at Heriot-Watt University

(1978 to 1979) MA in Economics at the University of Manchester

(1979 to 1982) PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester

(1982 to 1984) Midland Bank Fellow in Monetary Economics at Loughborough University

(1982 to 1984) Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen

(1984 to 1989) Robert Fleming Professor of Finance and Investment at the University of Aberdeen