UCSD - The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Lawrence Krause
International Economist and Professor Emeritus

UCSD, IR/PS, 9500 Gilman Drive,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office #1407

Phone: (858) 534-5965
Fax (858) 534-3939
Email: lkrause@ucsd.edu

Expert Sheet
Expertise
Krause is one of the world's top authorities on trade and economic issues in the Pacific Rim. His expertise includes international finance, APEC, GATT and the world trading system and economic development and forecasting in Pacific Rim countries.

Current Projects
Krause is director emeritus of IR/PS's Korea-Pacific Program, which he founded in 1989 and for which he served as director for 10 years.

Perspective
Krause can provide commentary on international financial issues, trade issues, the economies of Southeast Asia and Korea, and the activities of APEC and ASEAN.

Publications of Note
His many publications include World Politics and International Economics, The Singapore Economy Reconsidered, The Australian Economy, A View from the North, Economic Interaction in the Pacific Basin, The U.S. Economic Policy Toward the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations: Meeting the Japanese Challenge and "The Economics and Politics of the Asian Financial Crisis 1997-98," Council on Foreign Relations.

Background Notes
Krause served as a senior member of the White House's Council of Economic Advisors in the Johnson Administration. Krause has received numerous awards and honors throughout his academic career and served as a consultant to the U.S. State Department and as U.S. Government's Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Krause, who joined IR/PS in 1986, is the first holder of the endowed PECC chair at IR/PS. He was a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and earlier taught economics at Yale University. Krause previously oversaw the annual Pacific Economic Outlook (PEO), an economic forecasting project on the Pacific Rim. B.A. and M.A. in economics from University of Michigan. Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.