Benjamin Lester
Senior Economic Advisor and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phone:
215-574-6272
Email:
benjamin.lester "at" phil.frb.org
Address:
Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10 Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Welcome to my website!
I am an economist with broad interests in macroeconomics, finance, and labor economics. I am particularly interested in issues related to search and matching frictions, information frictions, and the intersection of the two.
I am currently a senior economic advisor and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. I also serve as an associate editor at the International Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Theory, and Theoretical Economics, and teach PhD courses at the University of Pennsylvania. I am a co-organizer of the Philadelphia Macro Workshop, a board member of the Search and Matching in Macro and Finance workshop, and a member of the Finance Theory Group.