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 Amartya Sen FBA

Economics Philosophy

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Professor Margaret E. Slade FBA

Industrial Organisation: horizontal issues such as mergers, joint dominance, and collusion; vertical issues such as vertical integration, contracting, and restraints; and apatial issues such as competition in geographic and product-characteristic space

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