Professor Kevin Roberts FBA

Microeconomic theory; the foundations of welfare and public economics, social and collective choice, quotas and rationing, the theory of market and general equilibrium.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2007
Subjects
Economics

Current post

Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics

1999 -

University of Oxford Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, University of Oxford

1998 -

University of Oxford Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, University of Oxford

1998 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Economics

1987 - 1999

University of Warwick Professor of Economic Theory

1982 - 1987

Publications

The Characterization of Implementable Choice Rules, in J-J Laffont The Aggregation and Revelation of Preferences 1979

Interpersonal Comparability and Social Choice Theory Review of Economic Studies, 47(2) 1980

The Theoretical Limits to Redistribution Review of Economic Studie, 51(2) 1984

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Esther Duflo FBA

The economic lives of households in poor countries: how they make decisions, what constraints they face, and how this should influence the design of policy; and the at-scale evaluation of such policies, mainly using randomized field experiments

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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 Andrea Prat FBA

Microeconomics: political economy & organisational economics

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