Professor James Poterba FBA

The economics of taxation and government spending, with a particular focus on policies that affect retirement security and capital formation
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2017

Current post

Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President, National Bureau of Economic Research

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti FBA

Economic policy and international economics, with focus on currency, financial and debt crises, European monetary union and open economy macroeconomics

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