Tim Besley
British academic economist
Biography
Sir Timothy John Besley, (born 14 September 1960) is a British economist who is the School Professor of Economics and Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).
He is also a commissioner on the National Infrastructure Commission, a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford since 2018, and has been the director of the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the LSE. He has served as president of the European Economic Association, the International Economic Association and the Econometric Society. He has been an editor of the American Economic Review and is a co-editor of the Annual Review of Economics. From 2006 to 2009 he was an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. Besley has won the 2005 Yrjö Jahnsson Award and the 2022 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award among others.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- London School of Economics and Political Science
Awards & honours (7)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- John von Neumann Award
- Fellow of the Econometric Society
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Knight Bachelor
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Quick answers about Tim Besley
- How old is Tim Besley?
- Tim Besley is 65 years old (born September 14, 1961).
- When is Tim Besley's birthday?
- Tim Besley was born on September 14, 1961.
- Where was Tim Besley born?
- Tim Besley was born in Kesteven.
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- Tim Besley's zodiac sign is Virgo.
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- Tim Besley is a citizen of United Kingdom.
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- Tim Besley is known as economist.
