Brian Bell

Biography

"Brian Bell joined King's College London as a Senior Lecturer in Economics in January 2017. Previous to his appointment at King’s, he was Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Oxford (2012-2016) and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE (2009-2012) - where he remains a Research Associate. He has spent most of his career outside of academia. He worked as an economist and proprietary trader for a number of hedge funds and investment banks in London and also spent time at the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England. Brian holds a DPhil in Economics from Nuffield College, Oxford (1996), a Master's in Economics from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Brian's main research interests fall in two areas. First, he works on issues related to wages and inequality. This includes work on the pay of CEOs and evidence on the link between such pay and firm performance and the role of the financial sector in increasing income disparities. Second, he does work on the economics of crime looking at, inter alia, evidence on the links between immigration and crime and the impact of unemployment when leaving school on subsequent criminal behaviour. Brian is an Editor of the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. He is also a member of the Police and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body. This body provides advice to the Home Secretary on the pay and conditions of police officers in England and Wales and officers of the National Crime Agency. Brian is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy."   "Brian Bell joined King's College London as a Senior Lecturer in Economics in January 2017. Previous to his appointment at King’s, he was Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Oxford (2012-2016) and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE (2009-2012) - where he remains a Research Associate. He has spent most of his career outside of academia. He worked as an economist and proprietary trader for a number of hedge funds and investment banks in London and also spent time at the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England. Brian holds a DPhil in Economics from Nuffield College, Oxford (1996), a Master's in Economics from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Brian's main research interests fall in two areas. First, he works on issues related to wages and inequality. This includes work on the pay of CEOs and evidence on the link between such pay and firm performance and the role of the financial sector in increasing income disparities. Second, he does work on the economics of crime looking at, inter alia, evidence on the links between immigration and crime and the impact of unemployment when leaving school on subsequent criminal behaviour. Brian is an Editor of the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. He is also a member of the Police and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body. This body provides advice to the Home Secretary on the pay and conditions of police officers in England and Wales and officers of the National Crime Agency. Brian is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy."  

Research Interest

"Economics & Management  Business Management "