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Cord Robert A. (ed.). The Palgrave Companion to Oxford Economics. Palgrave Macmillan,2021. — 819 p. 2021

The University of Oxford has been and continues to be one of the most important global centres for economics. With six chapters on themes in Oxford economics and 24 chapters on the lives and work of Oxford economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the University, how it produced some of the world’s best-known economists, including Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Roy Harrod and David Hendry, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, this volume provides economists – especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought – with the first in-depth analysis of Oxford economics.

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Introduction
Contents
Part I Themes in Oxford Economics
Oxford's Contributions to Econometrics
David F. Hendry and Bent Nielsen
Introduction[2]
Early Days: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Century Contributions
Sir William Petty
Florence Nightingale
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Econometrics at Oxford, 1900-1980
Colin Clark
Oxford Institute of Statistics
James Meade
Martin Feldstein
Grayham Ernest Mizon
Alan Brown
Other Faculty
Oxford Econometrics, 1980-2000
When Teddy Jackson retired as IES Director in 1982 after focusing on devel­opment economics, the University proposed closing the Institute as part of the savings it needed, but offered the first author (newly arrived from LSE) the chance to run it (unpaid) to see if it could pay its way.
Nuffield College
Doctoral Students
Research Funding
Oxford Econometrics in the Twenty-First Century
With the creation of the Department of Economics in Manor Road, the insti­tutional framework for Oxford econometrics changed.
Software Developments
Easter Schools
Contributions to Data Provision in the Twenty-First Century
Climate Econometrics
References
Development Economics at Oxford, 1950-2020
Frances Stewart and Valpy FitzGerald
Introduction
Context andInstitutions
The Changing Context
Institutional Evolution in Oxford
The Contributions of Oxford Development Economists
The Early Years
Flourishing of Development Economics from the Late 1960s
The 1980s and 1990s: Debt Crises and Adjustment Policies
The 1990s and Beyond
New Issues in the Twenty-First Century
Conclusions
References
Oxford's Contributions to Industrial Economics from the 1920s to the 1980s
Lise Arena
Introduction
Premises: From Macgregor's (Isolated) Contribution to the OERG in the Analysis of Industrial Firms (1921-1965)
Until the post-war period, there was no established form of industrial eco­nomics at Oxford, despite a significant number of scholars interested in the study of industrial structures and firms.
Macgregor and Embryonic Industrial Economics
The Role of the OERG in the Analysis of Industrial Firms
Roots: From the Courtauld Inquiry to the Publication of Manufacturing Business (1943-1949)
The outbreak of war transformed economics research at Oxford and provided some new war-related research topics for the OERG and the OIS.
Courtauld Inquiry (1943-1947)
Phillips Andrews' Contribution and the Publication of Manufacturing Business
Institutionalisation: FromtheCreation of the Journal of Industrial Economics to Further Developments Towards Information- and Knowledge-Based Approaches to the Firm (1952-1968)
Philip Andrews’ contribution to the development of industrial economics at Oxford went one step further after the publication of Manufacturing Business with his creation of the Journal of Industrial Economics in 1952.
Creation ofthe Journal of Industrial Economics
The Information- and Knowledge-Based Approaches to the Firm: Contributions by Richardson and Malmgren
Transformation: From Industrial Economics to Industrial Organisation (1979-1991)
Two Oxford economists influenced the general orientation of the subject of industrial economics at Oxford during the last part of the twentieth century.
A Comparison of the Successive Editions of Industrial Economics: Theory and Evidence—A Shift from Industrial Economics to Industrial Organisation
Developments in Applied Microeconomics and Their Influence on Industrial Organisation (1950s-1980s)
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Pre-War Members of OERG
Appendix 2: Post-War Members of OERG
References
Economic History at Oxford, 1860-2020
Avner Offer
Introduction[24]
Beginnings
Welfare
Medieval, Agrarian and Demographic
Economic Thought and Political Economy
Drivers of Economic Development
Teaching
Conclusion
References
PPE and Oxford Economics
Warren Young and Frederic S. Lee
Introduction
Pre-PPE Political Economy at Oxford
PPE Economics at Oxford in the Inter-War Years
PPE Economics During Wartime and Post-War
Economics Tutors, Their Students and PPE's Influence in Post-War Britain
References
The Oxford Institute of Statistics, 1935-1962
Jan Toporowski
An Uncertain Start1
The Wartime Institute
Aliens Exposed
The Transition to Peace
References
Part II Some Oxford Economists
Nassau Senior (1790-1864)
John Vint
Introduction
An Affluent Conveyancer
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford
Senior onTheory
Corn Laws, Poor Laws, the Wages Fund and Emigration
The New Poor Law in England
Senior, the Irish Poor Law and the Famine
Combinations, Hand-Loom Weavers and the Factory Acts
Senior onEducation
The Role of Government
Conclusion
References
William Forster Lloyd (1794-1852)
Vincent Barnett
Introduction
The Tragedy of the Commons
Marginal Utility and Value
Poor Laws
Behavioural Economics
Animal Intelligence
Conclusion
References
Bonamy Price (1807-1888)
Robert J. Bigg
Introduction
Life
Early Government Commissions
Election to the Drummond Chair
The Principles of Currency (1869)
Is Economics a Science?
Chapters on Practical Political Economy (1878)
Teaching in Oxford
Later Royal Commissions
Conclusion
References
10 Thorold Rogers (1823-1890)
Robert A. Cord
Introduction
Life and Career
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England
Other Work
Other Work as an Economist
Views onOxford
Conclusion
References
Other Works Referred To
11 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845-1926)
John Creedy
Introduction
Edgeworth atOxford
Edgeworth's Approach to Economics
Early Work in Moral Philosophy
Early Work in Economics
Exchange, Contract and Indeterminacy
The Utilitarian Calculus
Later Work in Economics
After the publication of Mathematical Psychics, Edgeworth concentrated increasingly on mathematical statistics, in particular, on the problem of statis­tical inference but, following his appointment to the Drummond Chair at Oxford, he again made important contributions to economics, although this work mainly involved reactions to, and discussions arising from, the work of other authors. This section discusses a number of these issues.
Demand andExchange
Monopoly andOligopoly
Surveys of Taxation and International Values
Conclusion
References
12 David Hutchison Macgregor (1877-1953)
Lowell Jacobsen
Introduction
In and Out of Marshall's Shadow
The Drummond Professor of Political Economy, 1922-1945
Concluding Remarks
References
13 Roy F. Harrod (1900-1978)
Walter Eltis
An Extended Introduction
Harrod's Revival of Growth Theory and His Contribution to Keynesian Macroeconomics
Conclusion
References
14 Robert Lowe Hall (1901-1988)
Warren Young
Introduction
Biographical Details
Oxford Don: Tutor, Lecturer and Author
Oxford Economist: OERG and Hall and Hitch
Government Service and the House of Lords
Engineering, Economics and Policy-Making: Retrospect and Prospect
Conclusion
References
15 Thomas Balogh (1905-1985)
Andrew Graham
Introduction1
Balogh's Life
Baloghian Economics
Balogh's Contributions
Conclusion
References
16 Colin Clark (1905-1989)
Alex Millmow
Introduction
Beginnings
The Economic Advisory Council and Keynes
Australia
Epiphany
Oxford Reclaimed
Development Economics
Conclusion
References
17 P.W.S. Andrews (1914-1971)
John E. King
Introduction
Early Career
Manufacturing Business
Andrews' Later Work
Later Appraisals
Conclusion
References
18 Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915-2002)
F. M. L. Thompson
Introduction
References
19 David Worswick (1916-2001)
Rosalind Seneca
Introduction
Starting Out
Teaching and Academic Life: Introduction
In 1945, after the war had ended, David took a position, first as Lecturer and then immediately afterwards as Fellow in Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Teaching
Other Academic Life
Research andWriting
The National Institute
Economic Forecasting
Other National Institute Projects
Incomes Policy
The Balance of Payments
The Problem of Funding
Retirement
Activities andHonours
David's Broader Life
References
20 Ian Little (1918-2012)
Christopher Bliss and Vijay Joshi
Introduction
Life, Career, Personality
Theoretical Welfare Economics
Project Evaluation
Trade andDevelopment
The Indian Economy
Ian as Investment Bursar
Conclusion
References
21 W.M. Gorman (1923-2003)
Patrick Honohan and Peter Neary
Introduction1
The Life
The Work
It was sometimes said that Gorman published relatively little, and it is true that many of his papers circulated for years in mimeo form, some of them to be rescued by the editors of his Collected Works (see Blackorby and Shorrocks 1995).
3.1 Aggregation
Separability
Characteristics
Duality
Conclusion
References
22 W. Max Corden (1927-)
John Martin
Introduction
A Lucky Escape
LSE and NIESR (1953-1957)
In 1952, the then Head of the Economics Department at Melbourne, Wilfred Prest, suggested to Corden that he should go to the UK to do postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics (LSE) and apply for a British Council scholarship.
Mentors andFriends
Return to Australia (University of Melbourne, 1958-1962; ANU, Canberra, 1962-1967)
Returning to Australia, Corden devoted most of his research to tariff policy in that country, inspired by his reading of the Brigden Report and his papers on the cost of protection.
Effective Protection
Oxford, 1967-1976
In his memoirs, Gorden refers to his stay at Oxford as “The Very Best Years” (Gorden 2018: Chapter 13).
The Switch of Research Focus
Notable Articles Published During the Oxford Years
Impact on Oxford Economics via Teaching and Graduate Supervision
Return to Australia: The ANU, 1977-1986
Move to the US: The IMF and SAIS, 1986-2002
The Final Return to Melbourne
References
23 Derek Robinson (1932-2014)
Ken Mayhew
Introduction1
Imperfect Labour Markets
Trade Unions
Incomes Policy and the Pay Board
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Retail Price Index (RPI) and Unemployment in the UK, 1960-1985
References
Other Works Referred To
24 David F. Hendry (1944-)
Neil R. Ericsson
Introduction
Economics, Econometrics, and Empirical Modelling
‘The three golden rules of econometrics are test, test, and test; that all three rules are broken regularly in empirical applications is fortunately easily rem­edied' (Hendry 1980: 403).
Dynamic Econometrics
Co-integration, Error Correction, and the Econometric Analysis of Non-stationary Data
Empirical Model Discovery and Theory Evaluation
Econometrics Software
Forecasting
A forecast is any statement about the future. Such statements may be well founded, or lack any sound basis; they may be accurate or inaccurate on any given occasion, or on average; precise or imprecise; and model- based or infor­mal...
Making Forecasts
Understanding Forecasts
Improving Forecasts
Empirical Analysis
Empirical analysis often motivated David's new developments in econometric methodology, as when Ericsson, Hendry and Prestwich (1998) were model­ling UK money demand on an extended dataset.
Mortgage and Housing Markets
Consumers' Expenditure
Money Demand
Television andOfcom
Climate Change
Oxford Connections
Conclusion
References
25 Avner Offer (1944-)
Joshua Getzler
1 Introduction
2 Land, Tenures and the Property State
Food, Empire and War
Wealth and Time, Self-control and Satisfaction
The Market Turn
Conclusion
References
26 John Muellbauer (1944-)
John Duca
Introduction1
Origins, Education and Career
Muellbauer's Contributions to Economics
The early contributions of John Muellbauer centred on accurately modelling household behaviour and measuring welfare at the microeconomic level.
Early Precursors to the AIDS Model and Economics and Consumer Behaviour
The AIDS Framework
Economics and Consumer Behaviour
Evolution Towards Macroeconomics
Productivity Growth, Labour and Capacity Utilisation
Explaining Aggregate Consumption...
...Then to Both Housing and Consumption
Housing and the Regional Economy
Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy
Inflation
Conclusion
References
27 Paul Collier (1949-)
David Fielding
1 Early Life
2 Doctoral Research
Labour Markets, Natural Resources and Poverty in East Africa
Time at the World Bank
The Economics of Civil Wars
Fragile States
l A Wider Audience
Conclusion
References
28 Anthony J. Venables (1953-)
Gianmarco I. P Ottaviano
Introduction
InternationalTrade[221]
Economic Geography[223]
EconomicDevelopment
Conclusion
References
29 Paul David Klemperer (1956-)
Huw Dixon
Introduction
Oligopoly
The research career of Paul Klemperer started with two articles with his Stanford supervisor Jeremy Bulow and Yale economist John Geanakoplos (see Bulow et al. 1985a, b).
Switching Costs
Auctions in Theory
Auctions in Practice
In an interview, Klemperer explains his fascination with auctions: ‘I thought that if we couldn't understand auctions, then we probably couldn't under­stand how the whole economy works.
The Biggest Auction Ever
The Financial Crisis and the Product-Mix Auction
Conclusion
References
30 John Vickers (1958-)
Peter Sinclair
Introduction
2 Industry
3 Consulting
Early Life
Research
This section begins by describing several of the main eventsthat occurred in John Vickers' career in the years shortly after 1981.
Academic Apprenticeship
Research in Industrial Organization: The Harris-Vickers Collaboration
The Vickers-Yarrow Collaboration
But Why Industrial Organization—and Why the Need for Umpires to Ensure Fair Play?
The Armstrong-Vickers Research Partnership
Editorial Work
Finance, Money and Banking
Public Service
Teaching
University Leadership
References
Notes on Contributors
Index[CCXXXIII]

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