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
Current post
Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President, National Bureau of Economic Research
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
Nava Ashraf FBA
Development Economics, Psychology and Economics, Economics of the Household, Incentives and Organisations, and Social Impact.
