Name James Ball | Role Academic Fields Macroeconomics | |
Born July 15, 1933 (age 90) ( 1933-07-15 ) Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (PhD)
Oxford University (M.A.) Education University of Pennsylvania Profiles | ||
Institution London Business School | ||
Sir Robert James Ball (born 15 July 1933) is a British academic and an emeritus professor of economics at the London Business School and a leader in the field of econometric modeling.
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Other positions
Ball was a trustee of The Economist. He served on the Board of Governors for the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Work
Ball was co-creator of the Oxford Econometric Model along with Lawrence Klein which led to an "explosion" of macroeconometric forecasting.
Honors and awards
In June 1984 he was awarded a Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In 1994, the book Money, Inflation and Employment: Essays in Honour of James Ball was published to celebrate his contribution to the field of econometric modeling.
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