Wolfgang Keller

About

Wolfgang Keller was a National Fellow for the 2013-14 academic year.

He is a research associate in the NBER’s Programs on Productivity and International Trade and Investment. He is also the Stanford Calderwood Chair of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He works on the interface of international trade and the economics of technology, as well as on issues in growth and long-run development, most recently in China.

Keller joined the University of Colorado in 2005, after having been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as holding visiting positions at Princeton, Stanford, and the International Monetary Fund. Keller is also a research associate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Born and raised in Koblenz, Germany, Keller received his diploma from Freiburg University in 1990 and his PhD from Yale University in 1995, both in economics.

Keller lives in the mountains near Boulder with his wife and frequent coauthor, Carol H. Shiue, also a professor at Colorado, and their children, Kai (seven) and Mia (two). In his spare time, when not skiing or biking, Keller likes to eat foreign food in situ.