Elected 1994
The theoretical and empirical analysis of people’s values, judgments and decisions, incorporating psychological insights into models of economic behaviour, with policy applications to health, safety, environmental benefits and consumer welfare
I study education using the tools of applied economics: schools (choice, competition, accountability), teachers (effectiveness, development, pay), and pupils (motivations, effort, ethnicity)
Historical and theoretical work on the interplay between economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict. These works have led to emphasise the role of political, social and fiscal institutions in the historical evolution of income and wealth distribution