Seppo Honkapohja, Member of the Board

Seppo Honkapohja, D.Soc.Sc., has been a Member of the Board of the Bank of Finland since 1 January 2008, with responsibility for research, investment of financial assets and the administration function.

Dr Honkapohja joined the Bank of Finland from the academic world. He was Professor of International Macroeconomics at the University of Cambridge in 2004–2007. His prior career included work with the Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki and Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.

These pages provide more information on Dr Honkapohja's work experience, curriculum vitae and photographs intended for the use of the media.

HONKAPOHJA, Seppo, Mikko, Sakari

Born 7th March, 1951
Married, two adult children

D.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki 1979

Current employment:

Board Member, Board of Governors, Bank of Finland, 2008-

Past employment:

Scientific Director in the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation 1975-87
Professor of Economics, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 1987-91
Academy Professor, Academy of Finland and University of Helsinki 1989 95, 2000- 2004
Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki 1992-2004
Professor of International Macroeconomics, University of Cambridge, UK 2004-2007

Selected professional and scientific activities:

Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1980-2005, Managing Editor 1984 1988
European Economic Review 1991-1998, Co-Editor 1993-98
Macroeconomic Dynamics, Associate Editor 1997-
European Economic Association 1985-2006, Council and Executive Committee
International Economic Association 1995-2002, Executive Committee
Finnish Expert Commission on EMU 1997
Scientific Council of the Ministry of Finance of Finland 1998-2003
European Economic Advisory Group, CESifo, Germany 2002-2007

Board memberships:

The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Member of Board of Trustees 1994-97, Chairman of Board of Trustees 1997-2001, Member of Board of Supervisors 2003-2009
Monetary Committee of the University of Helsinki, Vice-Chairman 1993-98, Chairman 1999-2004
Supervisory Board of Helsinki OP Bank Ltd, Member 1996, Chairman 1997-2007

Honours:

Member of Academia Europaea
Member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Fellow of the European Economic Association
Jaakko Honko Medal by Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration 1998
Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation Anniversary Prize in Economics 2004
Doctor of Science h.c. in Economics and Business Administration, Turku School 2010
of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

• CV (PDF)
 

• List of publications  (PDF)

Does Ricardian Equivalence Hold When Expectations are not Rational? CEPR discussion papers, April 2010; with George W. Evans and Kaushik Mitra » Download PDF (282 kB)

Notes on Agents’ Behavioral Rules Under Adaptive Learning and Recent Studies of Monetary Policy, mimeo, current version: September 2002; with Kaushik Mitra and George W. Evans. » Download PDF (303 kB)

Learning and Expectations in Macroeconomics, Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2001; with George W. Evans. Errata, computer programs, reviews and problem sets available at http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/geshbook/

Report on the European Economy 2005, European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo » Download PDF

Report on the European Economy 2006, European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo » Download PDF

Report on the European Economy 2007, European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo » Download PDF

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Pictures
​	Download file (jpg, 4,3 MB)   Member of the Board Seppo Honkapohja   © Suomen Pankki, photographer Peter Mickelsson​
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	Download file (jpg, 6,4 MB) Member of the Board Seppo Honkapohja © Suomen Pankki, photographer Pekka Karhunen
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