Professor Anthony Venables FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2005
- Subjects
- Economics
- Sections
- Economics and Economic History
- Website
- https://tonyvenables.weebly.com
Summary
Tony Venables CBE is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford where he also directs the Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies and a programme of research on urbanisation in developing economies. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society. His former positions include Chief Economist at the UK Department for International Development, professor at the London School of Economics, research manager of the trade research group in the World Bank, and advisor to the UK Treasury. He has published extensively in the areas of international trade, spatial economics, and natural resources, including work on trade and imperfect competition, economic integration, multinational firms, and economic geography.
Current post
BP Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Past appointments
University of Oxford BP Professor of Economics
2007 -
Department for International Development (DFID) Chief Economist
2005 - 2008
London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Yu Kuo-Hwa Professor of International Economics
1992 - 2007
University of Southampton Eric Roll Professor of Economic Policy
1988 - 1992
University of Oxford
1976 - 1978
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Joel Mokyr FBA
Economic history of Europe, particularly the roots of technological progress and economic growth in Europe during the Industrial Revolution
Professor Vincent Crawford FBA
Game-theoretic microeconomics, with emphases on bargaining & arbitration, strategic communication, matching markets, learning & coordination. Current research areas are behavioural & experimental game theory & behavioural economics more generally.
Nava Ashraf FBA
Development Economics, Psychology and Economics, Economics of the Household, Incentives and Organisations, and Social Impact.
