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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
Sections
Economics and Economic History
Website
https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/poterba

Current post

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

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Professor Martin Browning FBA

Applied microeconometrics with an emphasis on structural modelling of individual behaviour; intra-household decision making; demand analysis; accounting for heterogeneity; survey design

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Professor Dimitri Vayanos FBA

Financial markets; liquidity and market imperfections; bubbles and crashes; asset management; interest rates; government debt policy; financial regulation; behavioural economics and finance; organizations

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Professor Mark Casson FBA

Economics of business: theories of entrepreneurship and international business, with historical applications to medieval towns and industries, Victorian railways and twentieth-century multinational firms

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