Trade Policy Expert Chad Bown Joins ACCF Center for Policy Research Board of Scholars

Washington, DC – The American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research (ACCF-CPR) announced today that Chad P. Bown has joined the organization’s Board of Scholars. Bown is the Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. His research examines international trade laws and institutions, trade negotiations, and trade disputes. With Soumaya Keynes, he cohosts Trade Talks, a weekly podcast on the economics of international trade policy.

“We are honored to add Dr. Bown to our prestigious board, which includes many of the nation’s foremost academic experts on economic policy,” said ACCF-CPR Chief Economist Pinar Çebi Wilber. “Bown’s expertise and notoriety on trade policy is a timely and welcome addition.”

Since its inception, the ACCF-CPR has welcomed leading economists as members of its board of scholars. This distinguished board includes several Nobel Prize winners, former Chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers from Democrat and Republican administrations, former Directors of the Congressional Budget Office, a former Federal Reserve Board Member, and the President of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

See full list of the ACCF Center for Policy Research Board of Scholars.

“The ACCF Center for Policy Research plays an important role as a liaison between the business community and policymakers on issues related to capital formation, savings and investment,” Bown said. “I’m pleased to join such a well-rounded and bipartisan group of scholars in its important mission.”

The American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research is a nonprofit, nonpartisan economic policy organization dedicated to the advocacy of pro-growth tax, energy, environmental, regulatory, trade and economic policies that encourage saving and investment.

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