James Banks
Professor
Economics and social studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
United Kingdom
Biography
James is Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, Deputy Research Director at IFS and Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP).
Research Interest
James research focuses on empirical modelling of individual economic behaviour over the life-cycle, with particular focus on consumption and spending patterns, saving and asset accumulation, housing dynamics, and retirement and pension choices.