DCLG Seminar: Tim Besley - The economic case and evidence for greater infrastructure investment in the UK

In this Economic and Social Research seminar, join Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics, to discuss his work as a commissioner on the National Infrastructure Commission.

The National Infrastructure Commission will enable long term strategic decision making to build effective and efficient infrastructure for the UK. The Commission aims to look at the UK’s future needs for nationally significant infrastructure, help to maintain UK’s competitiveness amongst the G20 nations and provide greater certainty for investors by taking a long term approach to the major investment decisions facing the country.

Tim Besley is Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics. He was a co-chair of the LSE growth commission and a member of the IFS’s Mirrlees Review panel, and is currently Chair of the Council of Management of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

His research interests are focused on aspects of economic policy formation in developed and emerging market economies. He is one of the leading economists involved in restoring the study of political economy to prominence in mainstream economics.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-infrastructure-commission

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DCLG Economic and Social Research Seminar: Winter Series 2017

January 2017

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Speaker: Henry Overman, Director of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

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Speaker: Geoff Meen, Professor of Applied Economics, University of Reading

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February 2017

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Speaker: John Curtice, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow at NatCen Social Research

Thursday 09 February, 12:30-13:30

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March 2017

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Speaker: Anna Dixon, CEO for Centre for Ageing Better and Claire Turner, Interim Director of Evidence for Centre for Ageing Better

Wednesday 01 March, 12:30-13:30

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From market fixing to market making: Implications for smart and inclusive growth

Speaker: Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation, University of Sussex

Thursday 30 March, 12:30-13:30

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April 2017

The economic case and evidence for greater infrastructure investment in the UK

Speaker: Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics and a National Infrastructure Commissioner

Thursday 06 April, 12:30-13:30

Book your place - https://dclg-seminar-06april-tim-besley.eventbrite.co.uk