Peter L. RousseauPeter L. Rousseau is Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee and secretary-treasurer of the American Economic Association. He is a macroeconomist and economic historian who studies the role of financial markets and institutions in rowth and development. He has published extensively in leading economic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Economic History. Read More Read Less