James Ball (economist)

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Sir

James Ball

CBE
Born(1933-07-15)15 July 1933[1]
Died15 January 2018(2018-01-15) (aged 84)
InstitutionLondon Business School[2]
FieldMacroeconomics[2]
Alma mater

Sir Robert James Ball CBE (15 July 1933 – 15 January 2018) was an English economist, former principal of the London Business School (LBS) from 1972–1984 [3] and a leader in the field of econometric modelling.[2][4][5]

Work[]

Ball was co-creator of the Oxford Econometric Model along with Lawrence Klein which led to an "explosion" of macroeconometric forecasting.[6]

Time at the London Business School[]

Ball joined LBS in 1964 as a professor of economics after having been recruited by Harold Rose (economist), emeritus professor of finance.[3] According to LBS Professor of Management Practice in Accounting Sir Andrew Likierman, Ball's presence as the "King of Forecasting" at LBS greatly changed the reputation of Business schools in the UK in the 1970s. [3] Ball also launched the first Executive MBA program of its kind in the UK in 1982 and fundraised for the development of the Plowden building at LBS's London Campus.[3]

Other positions[]

Ball was a trustee of The Economist.[7] He served on the Board of Governors for the Centre for Economic Policy Research.[8] He was the Chairman of Legal & General Group[3] in 1979–1994.

Honors and awards[]

In June 1984 Ball was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In 1994, the book Money, Inflation and Employment: Essays in Honour of James Ball was published to mark his contribution to the field of econometric modelling.[5]

Death[]

Sir James Ball died on 15 January 2018, aged 84.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Independent. 15 July 1995.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Jim Ball". Faculty Profiles. London Business School. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Remembering Sir James Ball". London Business School. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "BALL, JAMES". The International Academy of Management. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Holly, Sean; et al. (1994). Money, Inflation and Employment: Essays in Honour of James Ball. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. ix. ISBN 978-1852787110.
  6. ^ Wood, John Cunningham; et al. (2005). Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists. New York: Routledge. p. 279. ISBN 978-0415310628.
  7. ^ Edwards, Ruth Dudley (1993). The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist, 1843–1993. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press. p. 950. ISBN 978-0875846088.
  8. ^ Buiter, William H.; et al. (1985). International Economic Policy Coordination. Cambridge: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. ISBN 9780521337809.
  9. ^ [1]
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