World Economics

Andrew G. Haldane is Head of Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England. Previous to that he was Head of International Finance at the Bank. He is the author of over 60 articles on monetary policy, international finance and financial stability and the editor of two books—on Targeting Inflation and on Fixing Financial Crises in the 21st Century. He has served as a consultant for a number of international organisations, most recently the International Monetary Fund.

Andrew Haldane is Head of Systemic Risk Assessment at the Bank of England where he is responsible for conducting policy and research on risks to the UK financial system and the Bank’s Financial Stability Report. Prior to that he was Head of International Finance and Head of Market Infrastructure at the Bank. He has written extensively on monetary policy and financial stability issues, including books on inflationtargeting, international financial crises and, most recently, payment systems.

Günther G. Schulze is Professor of Economics at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His main research areas are international economics, international environmental economics, and interjurisdictional competition. He is author of The Political Economy of Capital Controls (2000, Cambridge University Press) and editor of International Environmental Economics (2001, Oxford University Press, jointly with Heinrich Ursprung).

Jeffrey G. Williamson is the Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Faculty Associate at the Center for International Development, Harvard University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has twice received the Galbraith Prize for the best teacher in Harvard’s graduate economics program. During 1994–1995 he was President of the Economic History Association. Professor Williamson teaches and does research on economic history and the contemporary Third World. Some topics he has explored recently include: the growth and distributional implications of the demographic transition in Asia 1950–2025 and the Atlantic economy 1820–1940; the impact of international migration, capital flows and trade on factor price convergence in the greater Atlantic economy since 1830; the sources of globalization backlash before World War I; the causes of the cessation of convergence during the de-globalization years between 1914 and 1950; a detailed analysis of both the sources and consequences of the mass migrations prior to the 1920s and after the 1950s; the economic implications of 1492. New research topics include a project establishing a data base and then the exploration of the evolution of world factor prices and living standards since 1820.

Leslie G. Manison is an economist, specialising in macroeconomic policy analysis and international financial relations. He is a former senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, an ex-advisor in the Cyprus Ministry of Finance, and a former senior advisor in the Central Bank of Cyprus.

M. G. Quibria is currently Advisor, Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank and was previously Assistant Chief Economist in the research department. He also held teaching and research appointments at Nuffield College, Oxford; Boston University; and ADB Institute. Dr Quibria is the author of many scholarly articles and books. He obtained his MA and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Princeton University.

M.G. Quibria is currently Professor of International Development at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. Previously, he was Assistant Chief Economist and Senior Advisor at the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute, respectively. He also held teaching and research appointments at Nuffield College, Oxford, Boston University and Singapore Management University. Dr Quibria is the author of many scholarly articles and books. He obtained his MA and PhD degrees in economics from Princeton University.

Muhammad Quibria is currently Professor of International Development at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. Previously, he was Assistant Chief Economist and Senior Advisor at the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute, respectively. He also held teaching and research appointments at Nuffield College, Oxford, Boston University and Singapore Management University. Dr Quibria is the author of many scholarly articles and books. He obtained his MA and PhD degrees in economics from Princeton University.

Richard G. Richels is Director of Global Climate Change Research at the Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, USA, where he studies the economic implications of greenhouse gas emission reduction policies. He is active in the Energy Modeling Forum and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Roger G. Noll is Professor of Economics (emeritus) at Stanford University.

Peter A.G. van Bergeijk is Professor of International Economics and Macroeconomics at the Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University) . His research interests in the field of international economics include economic sanctions, diplomacy, development, competition policy regimes and trade uncertainty. His most recent books include Sustainable Development Goals and Income in Equality (co-edited with Rolph van der Hoeven, Edward Elgar 2017) and Research Handbook of Economic Diplomacy (co-edited with Selwyn Moons, Edward Elgar 2017) Articles have appeared amongst others in Ecological Economics, Journal of Peace Research, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, and World Development. Bergeijk has a Ph.D. in International Economics from Groningen University and a MA in theoretical economics from Erasmus University, where he was a Professor of Economic Policy in the Research Centre for Economic Policy (1998–2004). He was a Visiting Professor in Monetary Policy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (1999-2001). Bergeijk has been strongly involved in policy making and banking. He served several high ranking functions in economic diplomacy including the Bureau of the OECD’s EPC Working Party 1 (2007-2009), the steering committee of the EU’s ECN chief competition economist network (2004-2006) and the EU’s Monetary Committee (1997-1999). He was a Chief Economist at the Dutch competition authority NMa (2001-2006) and the Directorate General for International Economic relations (2006-2009). Previous positions include Director of the Monetary and Economic Policy department of De Nederlandsche Bank NV (Central Bank) (1997-1999) and Director of UBS Group Economic Research, Zurich, Switzerland (1999-2001).