John H. Cochrane
Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow
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About John H. Cochrane
John H. Cochrane is the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His research focuses on monetary policy, asset pricing, and the broader macroeconomy, with publications spanning the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, inflation dynamics, and financial markets.
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