David Newbery
David Newbery CBE | |
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Born | [1] | 1 June 1943
Nationality | British |
Academic career | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Doctoral students | Rufus Pollock |
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 climate change mitigation and environmental policy, privatisation, and risk.[4]
Career
Newbery co-authored a book and several articles with Nobel-laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
Besides his role as Professor of Applied Economics at Cambridge, he serves as Vice Chairman of Cambridge Economic Policy Associates,[5] Director of the Cambridge Electricity Policy Research Group[6] and an occasional consultant to the World Bank.[7] In 1988-2003 he was Director of the Department of Applied Economics. He was a member of the Competition Commission in 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
- Newbery, David M.G.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. (1981). The theory of commodity price stabilization: a study in the economics of risk. Oxford Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198284178.
- Newbery, David M.G.; Stern, Nicholas (1987). The Theory of taxation for developing countries. New York: Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195205411.
- Newbery, David M.G. (1995). Tax and benefit reform in Central and Eastern Europe. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research. ISBN 9781898128199.
- Newbery, David M. (1999). Privatization, restructuring, and regulation of network utilities. The Walras-Pareto Lectures. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262640480.
- Newbery, David M.G.; Székely, István P. (2008). Hungary: an economy in transition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521057547.
Journal articles
- Newbery, David M.G. (September 1970). "A theorem on the measurement of inequality". Journal of Economic Theory. 2 (3). Elsevier: 264–266. doi:10.1016/0022-0531(70)90040-2.
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(help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Newbery, David M.G.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. (December 1979). "The theory of commodity price stabilisation rules: welfare impacts and supply responses". The Economic Journal. 89 (356). Royal Economic Society via JSTOR: 799–817. doi:10.2307/2231500.
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(help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Newbery, David M.G.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. (January 1984). "Pareto inferior trade". Review of Economic Studies. 51 (1). Oxford Journals: 1–12. doi:10.2307/2297701.
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References
- ^ "Prof David Newbery, CBE, FBA". Debrett's. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Newbery, David M. G." Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
data sheet (b. 6-1-1943)
- ^ a b c Faculty page at University of Cambridge
- ^ Blaug, Mark; Vane, Howard R. (2003). Who's Who in Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 601. ISBN 1840649925.
- ^ CEPA
- ^ Electricity Policy Research Group profile
- ^ Profile at EE Institute
- ^ Churchill College SCR
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (invalid
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