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{{Short description|American economist}}
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| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| workplaces = [[Stern School of Business|New York University]] 
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| education = [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] ([[B. S.|BS]])<br />[[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[M. A.|MA]], [[PhD]])
| doctoral_advisor = [[Edward C. Prescott]]
| doctoral_students = [[Siddhartha Chib]]
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'''Thomas Ferguson Cooley''' (January 3, 1943 – October 10, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coolidgefoundation.org/the-foundation-historic-site/foundation/thomas-l-cooley/|title=Dr. Thomas F. Cooley}}</ref> was the Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics at the [[New York University]] [[Stern School of Business]]. He served as [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Stern School from 2002 to January 2010. He was also a professor of economics in the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science.<ref name="bio">[http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyindex.cgi?id=35 NYU Stern Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206025440/http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyindex.cgi?id=35 |date=2008-12-06 }}</ref> Cooley was a widely published scholar in the areas of [[macroeconomic theory]], [[monetary theory]] and policy, and the financial behavior of firms.

He has authored more than 100 scholarly articles on economics and statistics and frequently wrote opinion pieces for a variety of economic and business publications.

==Biography==
Responding to the [[2008 financial crisis]], he spearheaded a research and policy initiative that yielded 18 white papers by 33 NYU Stern professors, published as Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System, (Wiley, 2009). Together with Stern colleagues he edited and wrote a second book, Regulating Wall Street, The New Architecture of Global Finance, which was published by Wiley in 2010. His book, Understanding Business Cycles, Princeton University Press 1995, is a widely cited reference on macroeconomic fluctuations.

Cooley was a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also the former president of the Society for Economic Dynamics, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, holds an honorary doctorate from the Stockholm School of Economics and was a National Science Foundation Fellow. In the corporate sector, Cooley has been a senior advisor and member of the board of managers of Standard & Poors, served on the board of directors of Thornburg Mortgage and has been an advisor to Ameriprise and eTrade Securities.

Cooley received his Ph.D., and M.A. in economics from [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He received his B.S. in engineering science from [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]. Before joining Stern, he was a professor of economics at the [[University of Rochester]], University of Pennsylvania, and [[UC Santa Barbara]]. At University of Rochester, he received numerous Superior Teaching Awards from the Simon School of Business and the Rochester-Erasmus Executive MBA Program. Prior to his academic career, he was a systems engineer for [[IBM Corporation]].

He also holds a doctorem honoris causa from the [[Stockholm School of Economics]].<ref name="bio" /> Prior to his academic career, Cooley was a systems engineer for [[IBM Corporation]].

Before joining NYU Stern, Cooley was a professor of economics at the [[University of Rochester]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], and [[UC Santa Barbara]]. He was also the former president of the Society for Economic Dynamics and a Fellow of the [[Econometric Society]].

Cooley was a member of the [[Council of Foreign Relations]]. He also wrote a weekly column for [[Forbes]].com.<ref name ="bio"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100614112439/http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyindex.cgi?id=11 NYU Stern Biography]
*[http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~tcooley/ NYU Dean's Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090209012655/http://search.forbes.com/search/colArchiveSearch?author=thomas+f.+and+cooley&aname=Thomas+F.+Cooley Forbes Articles]
*[http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4382 VoxEU articles]

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[[Category:21st-century American economists]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Econometric Society]]
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