Allan Brunner earned his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University in 1989.
After graduate school, Allan spent more than 10 years at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, where he advised the Board on several policy issues, including commercial banking activities. He joined the International Monetary Fund in 2000. At the IMF, Allan spent several years traveling to developing countries, where he provided specialized training in economic and financial analysis to government economists. He also worked in the IMF’s European Department, where he provided economic policy advice to a number of European countries, including Germany, Sweden, Israel, Denmark, and Latvia.
Allan joined Regis University in 2012, where he taught economics and finance.
His research focuses on building macro models to answer applied policy questions, including the role of financial markets in the macro economy, the effects of international migration, and the importance of investment spending in OECD countries.