John Hardman Moore
| John H. Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1954 (age 63) |
| Nationality | British |
| Institution |
University of Edinburgh School of Economics London School of Economics |
| Field | Economics |
| Alma mater |
University of Cambridge London School of Economics |
| Awards |
Yrjö Jahnsson Award (1999) Stephen A. Ross Prize (2010) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
John Hardman Moore FBA FRSE (born 7 May 1954) is an economic theorist. He was appointed Professor of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics in 2000. Previously, in 1983, he was appointed to the London School of Economics, where in 1990 he became Professor of Economic Theory, a position he still holds.
Moore obtained a B.A. in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in 1976, an M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1980, and a Ph.D. in Economics at the LSE in 1984. At the LSE he was appointed Lecturer in Economics in 1983, Reader in Economics in 1987, and Professor of Economic Theory in 1990. In 2000 he was appointed to the George Watson's and Daniel Stewart's Chair of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh.
Moore has held visiting positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. Between 1997 and 2000, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of St Andrews. He was a Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies, 1987–91. He was the first Director of the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics from 2006 to 2009.
He is known for his contribution to the Grossman-Hart-Moore theory of property rights and the Kiyotaki-Moore model of credit cycles.
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