J. Peter Neary

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J. Peter Neary
Born(1950-02-11)11 February 1950 [1]
Died16 June 2021(2021-06-16) (aged 71)
NationalityIrish
Field International trade
Alma mater University College Dublin
Oxford University
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

J. Peter Neary FBA (11 February 1950 [2] – 16 June 2021 [3] [4] ) was an economist specialising in international trade. He was professor of economics at Oxford University, and a professorial fellow of Merton College, Oxford, as well as associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was previously professor of political economy at University College Dublin, from 1980 to 2006. He was also a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

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Neary was born in Drogheda, Ireland, [1] and educated at University College Dublin and Oxford, where he completed his D.Phil. in 1978. He was an editor of the European Economic Review (1986–1990) and served on a number of other editorial boards. He was president of the Irish Economic Association (1990–92), and president of the European Economic Association in 2002. [2] He was elected to the British Academy in 2008, [5] and was a member of the Royal Irish Academy from 1997. [2] He gained an entry in Who's Who in 2008. [6]

Neary, together with W. Max Corden, in 1982 developed the classic economic model describing Dutch disease. [7]

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References

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  7. W. Max Corden and J. Peter Neary (December 1982). "Booming Sector and De-Industrialisation in a Small Open Economy" (PDF). The Economic Journal. 92 (368): 825–848. doi:10.2307/2232670. ISSN   0013-0133. JSTOR   2232670. S2CID   154188130.