Question: Facts: - repec id: ple61 - institution: university of california at berkeley - field: financial economics economic development - birth date: 16 april 1960 - repec prefix: e - name: ross levine - nationality: american - birth place: new york , ny - alma mater: cornell 1987 -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. 1982 -rrb- ucla -lrb- ph.d. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ross levine .
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ross levine -lrb- born april 16 , 1960 -rrb- is an american economist who currently holds the willis h. booth chair in banking and finance at the university of california at berkeley .he is also a senior fellow at the milken institute , a member of the council on foreign relations , and an advisor to the world economic forum .as of february 2013 , he is the 13th most cited economist in the world .