J. Peter Neary FBA is an economist specialising in international trade

International trade

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. He is Professor of Economics at Oxford University, and a Professorial Fellow of Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford

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 as well as Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford

Nuffield College, Oxford

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. He was previously Professor of Political Economy at University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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, from 1980 to 2006. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research

Centre for Economic Policy Research

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Neary was 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 has 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. He was elected to the British Academy

British Academy

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 in 2008, as well as being a member of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy

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 since 1997. He gained an entry in Who's Who

Who's Who (UK)

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in 2008.

Neary, together with W. Max Corden

W. Max Corden

Warner Max Corden is an Australian economist. He is mostly known for his work on the theory of trade protection, including the development of the dutch disease model of international trade. He has also been active in the fields of international monetary systems, macroeconomic policies of...

, in 1982 developed the classic economic model

Model (economics)

In economics, a model is a theoretical construct that represents economic processes by a set of variables and a set of logical and/or quantitative relationships between them. The economic model is a simplified framework designed to illustrate complex processes, often but not always using...

 describing Dutch disease

Dutch disease

In economics, the Dutch disease is a concept that purportedly explains the apparent relationship between the increase in exploitation of natural resources and a decline in the manufacturing sector...

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Selected works

• (with S van Wijnbergen, ed, 1986), Natural Resources and the Macroeconomy, Blackwell/MIT Press
• (with W J Ethier, E Helpman, ed, 1993), Theory, Policy and Dynamics in International Trade: Essays in Honor of Ronald W Jones, Cambridge University Press
• (ed, 1995), Readings in International Trade, Volume 1: Welfare and Trade Policy, Volume 2: Production Structure, Trade and Growth, Edward Elgar
• (with James E. Anderson, 2005), Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy, MIT Press

External links

• bio, Oxford