Professor Torsten Persson FBA
The political economics of economic policy; applications to inequality & growth, public debt, central-bank independence, constitutions, development, state capacity, violent conflict & reforms of economic & political institutions.
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2012
- Subjects
- Economics, Politics
- Sections
- Economics and Economic History
- Website
- http://people.su.se/~tpers/
Current post
Torsten and Ragnar Soderberg Chair in Economic Sciences, Stockholm University
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Mark Harrison FBA
Economic history of Russia and the Soviet Union; the two world wars; defence and security; fighting, cheating, stealing, lying and spying
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 Sir Christopher Pissarides FBA
Economic policy; social divisions and inequalities; economic sociology; social statistics
