Nicholas Bloom

Nicholas Bloom
Born (1973-05-05) 5 May 1973
Nationality United Kingdom
Institution Stanford University
Field Macroeconomics
Industrial organization
Alma mater University College London (PhD)
St Peter's College, Oxford (M.Phil)
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA)
Awards Frisch Medal (2010), Germán Bernácer Prize (2012), Kaufmann Medal (2014), EIB Prize (2014)
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Nicholas Bloom is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University, a Courtesy Professor at Stanford Business School and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Econometric Society, and the recipient of the Frisch Medal in 2010 and the Bernacer Prize in 2012.

His research focuses on the measurement and impact of uncertainty on investment, employment and growth. He also works on the measurement of management practices and productivity with Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen (economist), and on innovation.

From 1996 to 2001 he worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and on business tax policy at HM Treasury. From 2001–2002 he worked at McKinsey & Company, and in 2002 he moved to the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and to Stanford University in 2005.

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