Professors Timothy Besley and John Sutton elected foreign honorary members of the AEA
Timothy Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science and Director of STICERD, and John Sutton, Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, have been elected foreign honorary members of the American Economic Association (AEA). Professor Besley said: 'It is a great honour to be recognised by the AEA and to be included in this distinguished group of economists.' The association was set up in 1885 to encourage economic research and freedom of economic discussion and to issue publications on economic subjects. For further details, see: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/foreign_hon_members.htm.
Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of
Development (BREAD)
Three STICERD economists are part
of an exciting new venture in the analysis of economic development.
Timothy Besley is a founding board member, Maitreesh Ghatak has been elected in
the first batch of senior fellows and Robin Burgess has been elected among the
first batch of junior fellows. BREAD fellows are leading researchers in
development economics around the world.
BREAD aims to be the
leading organisation for promoting first rate economic analysis of development
problems. The School's involvement in BREAD is part of the continuing
prominent role that LSE has played in the economic analysis of development
problems.
Many leading figures in this area have been at the
School including Nobel Laureates W Arthur Lewis and Amartya Sen, Lord Bauer (the
2002 recipient of the Milton Friedman prize for Advancing Liberty) and current
World Bank senior vice president and chief economist, Nick Stern.
