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Tim Besley

Tim Besley

School Professor of Economics and Political Science, LSE

Timothy Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  From September 2006 to August 2009, he served as an external member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and since 2015 has been a member of the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission.  He is a founder and co-chair of the LSE Growth Commission.