Emi Nakamura

Emi Nakamura
Nakamura at ASSA 2025
BornOctober 1980 (age 45)
CitizenshipAmerican, Canadian
SpouseJón Steinsson
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Doctoral advisorRobert Barro
Ariel Pakes
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley,
Columbia University
AwardsElaine Bennett Research Prize (2014)
John Bates Clark Medal (2019)
Website

Emi Nakamura (born October 1980) is a Canadian-American economist. She is the Chancellor's Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley. Nakamura is a research associate and co-director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a co-editor of the American Economic Review. She is known for her empirical approach to macroeconomics and has also contributed to several well-known datasets used in the field.