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 Elhanan Helpman FBA
International trade & foreign direct investment; economic growth in an interdependent world economy; political economy with an emphasis on the formation of trade policies.
Professor Ian Bateman FBA
The economics of the natural environment, its natural capital and the services this provides for human wellbeing; incorporating the natural environment within decision making by government, business and society.
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
