Professor Jerry Hausman FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2018
Subjects
Economics

Current post

Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

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Professor Joel Mokyr FBA

Economic history of Europe, particularly the roots of technological progress and economic growth in Europe during the Industrial Revolution

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Professor Nick Chater FBA

The cognitive and social foundations of rationality & language; general principles of cognition; philosophical, economic & policy implications of cognitive science.

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