James Ball (economist)
Sir Robert James Ball
Work
Ball was co-creator with Lawrence Klein of the Oxford Econometric Model, which led to an "explosion" of macroeconometric forecasting.[6] He was a senior lecturer at
Other positions
Ball joined the LBS in 1964 as a professor of economics after recruitment by Harold Rose, emeritus professor of finance.[3] According to the LBS Professor of Management Practice in Accounting, Sir Andrew Likierman, Ball's presence as the "king of forecasting" there greatly changed the reputation of business schools in the UK in the 1970s.[3] Ball also launched the country's first Executive MBA program of its kind in 1982 and fund-raised for the development of the Plowden building at the LBS London Campus.[3]
Ball was a trustee of
Honours 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]
Ball died on 15 January 2018, aged 84.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Jim Ball". Faculty Profiles. London Business School. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Birthdays". The Independent. 15 July 1995.
- ^ a b c d e "Remembering Sir James Ball". London Business School. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "BALL, JAMES". The International Academy of Management. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1852787110.
- ISBN 978-0415310628.
- ISBN 978-0875846088.
- ISBN 9780521337809.
- ^ "Prof. Sir James BALL". The Times (Obituary). London. 23 January 2018 – via Legacy.com.
