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Business economists are not members of the high church of academic orthodoxy. Our tool kit includes research functions, such as business cycle analysis, demographics research, data analytics, primary research, diversity of thought, and client research. It also includes personal skills that should be cultivated and practiced, such as curiosity, maintaining a nonpartisan view, humility, courage, and effective communication.
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NABE Presidential Address, delivered on September 13, 2016.
*Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly is the President of NABE for 2015–16 and is a Certified Business Economist. She is Director of Research in the Global Asset Allocation Group at Fidelity Investments. In this role, Lisa is responsible for leading the Asset Allocation Research Team in conducting economic, fundamental, and quantitative research to develop asset allocation and macro-investment recommendations for Fidelity’s portfolio managers and investment teams. Prior to assuming her current position, Lisa was the head of economic research at Fidelity from 2005 to 2010. Lisa also worked as an Economic Analyst responsible for developing econometric models of industry performance in the market. Before joining Fidelity in 1996, Lisa was an Economic Analyst at the Eastern Research Group and an Economic Analyst at the DRI/McGraw-Hill (now IHS Global Insight). Lisa had earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Oberlin College and a Masters Degree from Boston University. She is the former President of the Boston Economic Club.
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Emsbo-Mattingly, L. The Business Economist’s Toolkit. Bus Econ 51, 203–206 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/s11369-016-0018-9
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