Professor Jonathan Thomas FBA

Financial Economics Social Statistics Mathematical Economics

Elected 2002

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2002
Sections: Economics and Economic History
Website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/jonathan-thomas

Current post

Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of St Andrews Professor Economics

1999 - 2002

University of Warwick Lecturer, Senior Lecturer then from 1995 Professor of Economics

1985 - 1999

Unknown Unknown Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge

1982 - 1984

Publications

Self-enforcing wage contracts Review of Economic Studies 1988

Income fluctuation and asymmetric information: an example of a repented principal-agent problem J of Economic Theory 1990

Reputation and experimentation in repeated games with two long-run players Econometrica 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Thomas Piketty FBA

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

Professor Brian Loasby FBA

Economics

Professor Nick Chater FBA

The cognitive and social foundations of rationality & language; general principles of cognition; philosophical, economic & policy implications of cognitive science.

Professor Jonathan Thomas FBA

Current post

Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of St Andrews Professor Economics

1999 - 2002

University of Warwick Lecturer, Senior Lecturer then from 1995 Professor of Economics

1985 - 1999

Unknown Unknown Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge

1982 - 1984

Publications

Self-enforcing wage contracts Review of Economic Studies 1988

Income fluctuation and asymmetric information: an example of a repented principal-agent problem J of Economic Theory 1990

Reputation and experimentation in repeated games with two long-run players Econometrica 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Thomas Piketty FBA

Professor Brian Loasby FBA

Professor Nick Chater FBA

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Professor Jonathan Thomas FBA

Current post

Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Professor of Economics, University of Edinburgh

2002 -

University of St Andrews Professor Economics

1999 - 2002

University of Warwick Lecturer, Senior Lecturer then from 1995 Professor of Economics

1985 - 1999

Unknown Unknown Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge

1982 - 1984

Publications

Self-enforcing wage contracts Review of Economic Studies 1988

Income fluctuation and asymmetric information: an example of a repented principal-agent problem J of Economic Theory 1990

Reputation and experimentation in repeated games with two long-run players Econometrica 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Thomas Piketty FBA

Professor Brian Loasby FBA

Professor Nick Chater FBA

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