James Ball (economist)

R. James Ball
Born	July 15, 1933[1]
Institution	London Business School[2]
Field	Macroeconomics[2]
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (PhD)[2] Oxford University (M.A.)[2]

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.^[2][3][4]

Other positions

Ball was a trustee of The Economist.^[5] He served on the Board of Governors for the Centre for Economic Policy Research.^[6]

Work

Ball was co-creator of the Oxford Econometric Model along with Lawrence Klein which led to an "explosion" of macroeconometric forecasting.^[7]

Honors and awards

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.^[4]

References

1. "Birthdays". The Independent. 15 July 1995.
2. "Jim Ball". Faculty Profiles. London Business School. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
3. "BALL, JAMES". The International Academy of Management. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
4. Holly, Sean; et al. (1994). Money, Inflation and Employment: Essays in Honour of James Ball. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. ix. ISBN 978-1852787110.
5. Edwards, Ruth Dudley (1993). The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist, 1843–1993. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press. p. 950. ISBN 978-0875846088.
6. Buiter, William H.; et al. (1985). International Economic Policy Coordination. Cambridge: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.
7. Wood, John Cunningham; et al. (2005). Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists. New York: Routledge. p. 279. ISBN 978-0415310628.