| Anthony J. Venables | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 25, 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Economics |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Oxford |
| Known for | International Economics, Spacial Economics |
Anthony J. Venables, CBE, born April 25, 1953, is a British economist and the BP Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford.
Venables is known as one of the pioneers of New Economic Geography. He co-authored along with Paul Krugman and Masahisa Fujita the influential book The Spatial Economy - Cities, Regions and International Trade.
He is the current director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre)
Venables studied economics at Clare College, Cambridge, where he obtained his B.A. in 1974. After completing his undergraduate degree, he then took up his studies at St. Anthony's College, Oxford. He then became a lecturer at various universities before completing his D.Phil. in economics in 1984 from Worcester College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford.