Dornbusch

Dornbusch is a German-language toponym and surname. The name derives from the elements dorn meaning thorn and Busch meaning bush, a descriptive term for a place characterized by thorny shrubs. As a surname it is of German origin and has been borne by several notable people.

Dornbusch, Frankfurt am Main, is a neighborhood in the city of Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. The district features a mix of residential blocks, local shops, and green spaces and developed as the city expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is part of Frankfurt’s urban fabric and is served by the city’s public transport network.

Notable people with the surname include economist Rüdiger Dornbusch, who became a leading figure in macroeconomics after emigrating to the United States. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is associated with the study of open-economy macroeconomics and exchange-rate dynamics.

His work is especially known for the Dornbusch overshooting model, which describes how exchange rates can overshoot their long-run values after monetary-policy shocks, due to slower adjustment of goods prices relative to asset prices. The model remains influential in academic and policy debates about exchange rates and monetary policy.