Professor Tony Venables
Tony Venables is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford, where he was previously BP Professor of Economics, and Research Director of The Productivity Institute. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society.
Research Interests
Tony has published extensively in the areas of international trade and spatial economics, including work on trade and imperfect competition, economic integration, multinational firms, and economic geography.
Employment
Former positions include Chief Economist at the UK Department for International Development, professor at the London School of Economics, research manager of the trade research group in the World Bank, and advisor to the UK Treasury.
Additional Information
Selected publications
J.V. Henderson, T. Regan and A.J. Venables, “Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis”, Review of Economic Studies, 88.3, (2021), 1157-1192.
P.G. Rice and A.J. Venables, “The persistent consequences of adverse shocks; how the 1970s shaped UK regional inequality”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37.1, (2021), 132-151.
S. Lall, M. Lebrand, H. Park, D. Sturm and A.J. Venables, “Pancakes to Pyramids; city form to promote sustainable growth”, “Pancakes to Pyramids; city form to promote sustainable growth”, World Bank,
Washington DC (2021).
H. Floerkemeier and N. Spatafora and A.J. Venables “Regional Disparities, Growth and Inclusiveness” (2022) in V. Cerra, B. Eichengreen, A. El-Ganainy, M. Schindler (eds), How to Achieve Inclusive Growth, IMF/OUP
G. Duranton and A.J. Venables “Urbanization and Emerging Cities: Infrastructure and Housing” (2022), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press.
A.J. Venables, “Wider economic impacts of transport investments” (2021), in International Encyclopedia of Transportation, ed. R. Vickerman, Elsevier.
G. Duranton and A.J. Venables, “Place-based policies: principles and developing country applications” (2021) in Handbook of Regional Science, eds. M. Fischer and P. Nijkamp, Springer.
F. van der Ploeg and A.J. Venables, “Radical Climate Policies”, World Bank Policy Research Working paper 10212, CEPR discussion paper 17677 (2022).
J.V. Henderson, C. Peng and A.J. Venables “Growth in the African Urban Hierarchy”, CEPR dp 17493
R. Baldwin, J. Haaland and A.J. Venables, “Jobs and technology in general equilibrium: a three elasticities approach” (2021) CEPR dp 15739
G. Duranton and A.J. Venables, “Place-based policies for development”, World Bank Policy Research Working paper 8410, CEPR discussion paper 12889 (2018).
P.G. Rice and A.J. Venables, “Tradability, Productivity and Regional Disparities; theory and UK evidence” (in progress).