Stephen J. Turnovsky

Stephen J. Turnovsky (born 1941) is a New Zealand economist and the Ford and Louisa Van Voorhis Professor of Political Economy at the University of Washington. He is one of the most highly cited economists in the world. As of November 2015, Research Papers in Economics ranks him as the 32nd most influential economist. RePEc reports that he has published over 5000 pages in academic journals, making him one of the top 5 most prolific economists.

A native of Wellington, New Zealand, Turnosky attended Victoria University of Wellington, majoring in mathematics and economics. After earning a bachelor's degree in 1962, and a master's in 1963, he continued his education at Harvard University, receiving his Ph.D. In 1968.