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John Moore (economist)

John Moore (economist) is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand John Moore (economist) rather than just read about it. In short: John Halstead Hardman Moore CBE FBA FRSE (born 7 May 1954) is an economic theorist. He was appointed George Watson's and Daniel Stewart's Chair of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics in 2000.

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Reference excerpt

John Halstead Hardman Moore CBE FBA FRSE (born 7 May 1954) is an economic theorist. He was appointed George Watson's and Daniel Stewart's Chair of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics in 2000. In 2018 he was appointed the David Hume University Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, in 1983, he was appointed to the London School of Economics, where in 1990 he became Professor of Economic Theory, a position he still holds.

Education and career Moore obtained a B.A. in Mathematics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1976, an M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1980, and a Ph.D. in Economics at the LSE in 1984. At the LSE he was appointed Lecturer in Economics in 1983, Reader in Economics in 1987, and Professor of Economic Theory in 1990. In 2000 he was appointed to the George Watson's and Daniel Stewart's Chair of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh. Moore has held visiting positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. Between 1997 and 2000, he was a professor of economics at the University of St Andrews. He was a managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies, 1987–91. He was the first director of the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics from 2006 to 2009. In 2018, he was appointed David Hume University Chair of Economics at the University of Edinburgh and School Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics.

Research contribution He is known for his contribution to the Grossman–Hart–Moore theory of property rights and the Kiyotaki–Moore model of credit cycles.

Honours and awards Moore was elected a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1989, of the British Academy in 1999, of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2003, and of the European Economic Association in 2004. He is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Economic Association. Moore was the 2010 president of the Econometric Society. Moore is the president of the Royal Economic Society now (2015–2017). Moore was the recipient of the 1999 Yrjö Jahnsson Award of the European Economic Association. He shared the prize with Nobuhiro Kiyotaki. In 2010, Kiyotaki and Moore won the Stephen A. Ross Prize in Financial Economics for their 1997 paper "Credit Cycles" in the Journal of Political Economy. In 2020 he was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category "Economics, Finance and Management". He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to economics.

References

External links John Moore's Homepage University of Edinburgh homepage

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with John Moore (economist)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what John Moore (economist) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to John Moore (economist) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about John Moore (economist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of John Moore (economist)

In research: John Moore (economist) appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses John Moore (economist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: John Moore (economist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, 20th-century British economists, 21st-century British economists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for John Moore (economist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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