David Newbery

This article is about the professor of Applied economics. For the professor of African studies, see David Newbury.
David Newbery
CBE
Born (1943-06-01) 1 June 1943[1]
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

David Michael Garrood Newbery, CBE, FBA (born 1 June 1943),[2] has been Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge since 1988.[3] He is a foremost thinker in the field of energy economics, writing extensively on the regulation of electricity markets. His interests also include in climate change mitigation and environmental policy, privatisation, and risk.[4]

Career

Beyond his role as professor at Cambridge, he is Vice Chairman of Cambridge Economic Policy Associates,[5] Director of the Cambridge Electricity Policy Research Group[6] and is an occasional consultant to the World Bank.[7] From 1988-2003 he was Director of the Department of Applied Economics. He was a member of the Competition Commission from 1996-2002, and chairman of the Dutch electricity market surveillance committee. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy[3] in 1991 . He is a member of the Academic Panel of DEFRA.[3] Since 1966 he has been a fellow of Churchill College, and succeeded Archie Howie as President of its Senior Combination Room (SCR) in October 2010.[8]

Honours

Newbery was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to economics.[9]

Selected bibliography

Books

Journal articles

References

  1. ↑ "Prof David Newbery, CBE, FBA". Debrett's. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Newbery, David M. G.". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 October 2014. data sheet (b. 6-1-1943)
  3. 1 2 3 Faculty page at University of Cambridge
  4. ↑ Blaug, Mark; Vane, Howard R. (2003). Who's Who in Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 601. ISBN 1840649925.
  5. ↑ CEPA
  6. ↑ Electricity Policy Research Group profile
  7. ↑ Profile at EE Institute
  8. ↑ Churchill College SCR
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60173. p. 8. 16 June 2012.


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