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Andrew Scott
Professor of Economics
MSc (London) PhD (Oxford)
Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics and former Deputy Dean at London Business School. He is also a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford University and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
His research focuses on longevity, an ageing society and fiscal policy and debt management. He has published widely in leading journals and with David Miles and Francis Breedon is author of a textbook, Macroeconomics: Understanding the Global Economy now in its Third Edition. His book, with Lynda Gratton, The Hundred Year Life has been published in 15 languages, is an Amazon best seller and was runner up in the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016 and Japanese Business Book of the Year Award 2017.
Previously he was Managing Editor for the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal and Non-Executive Director for the UK’s Financial Services Authority 2009-2013. He has been an advisor on policy to a range of governments and government departments. He is currently on the advisory board of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility, the Cabinet Office Honours Committee (Science and Technology), Chairman of The Longevity Forum and a member of the UK government’s Longevity Council and the WEF council on Japan.
Andrew previously held positions at Oxford University, London School of Economics and Harvard University. His MA is from Oxford, his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and his D.Phil. from Oxford University.
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- Personal website
- ascott@london.edu
- +44 (0)20 7000 8416
- Longevity and an ageing society
- Fiscal policy and debt management
2020
Education, age and the machine
Scott A
in Dede C and Richards J (eds.), The 60 year curriculum: new models for lifelong learning in the digital economy, Routledge, forthcoming.
Funding the Great War and the beginning of the end for British hegemony
Scott A; Ellison M; Sargent T
in Dabla-Norris, E and Gaspar V (eds.), Managing sovereign debt, then and now: a historical perspective, forthcoming
2019
Government debt management: the long and the short of it
Faraglia E; Marcet A; Oikonomou R; Scott A
Review of Economic Studies 2019 Vol 86:6 p 2554-2604
2017
Corporate implications of longer lives
Gratton L; Scott A
MIT Sloan Management Review 2017 Spring Vol 58:3 p 63-70
How work will change when most of us live to 100
Gratton L; Scott A
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles 2016
Our assumptions about old and young workers are wrong
Gratton L; Scott A
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles 2016
2013
Learning and price volatility in duopoly models of resource depletion
Ellison M; Scott A
Journal of Monetary Economics 2013 Vol 60:7 p 806-820
The impact of debt levels and maturity on inflation
Faraglia E; Marcet A; Oikonomou R; Scott A
Economic Journal 2013 Vol 123:566 p F164-F192
2012
Macroeconomics: Understanding the wealth of nations 3rd Edition
Miles D; Scott A; Breedon F
John Wiley 2012
Quantative easing and unconventional monetry policy - An introduction
Joyce M; Miles D; Scott A; Vayanos D
Economic Journal 2012 Vol 122:564 p F271-F288
2010
In search of a theory of debt management
Scott A; Faraglia E; Marcet A
Journal of Monetary Economics 2010 November Vol 57:7 p 821-836
2009
Debt and deficit fluctuations and the structure of bond markets
Marcet A; Scott A
Journal of Economic Theory 2009 Vol 144:2 p 473-501
The dynamics of trade and competition
Chen N; Imbs J; Scott A
Journal of International Economics 2009 Vol 77:1 p 50-62
2008
Fiscal insurance and debt management in OECD economics
Scott A; Faraglia E; Marcet A
Economic Journal 2008 Vol 118:527
Inflation implications of rising government debt
Scott A; Giannitsarou C
in Reichlin, L & West, K (eds), NBER international seminar on macroeconomics annual 2006, University of Chicago Press , 2008 pp 393 - 442
2007
Optimal taxation and OECD labor taxes
Scott A
Journal of Monetary Economics 2007 Vol 54:3 p 925-944
2001
Computational methods for the study of dynamic economics
Marimon R; Scott A; eds.
Oxford University Press, 2001
Discussion of Jeanne O and Zettelmeyer J, 'International bailouts, moral hazard and conditionality'
Scott A
Economic Policy 2001 Oct Vol 16:33 p 427-428
Discussion of Mihov I, 'Monetary policy implementation and transmission in the European Union'
Scott A
Economic Policy 2001 Oct Vol 16:33 p 402-404
Discussion of Phelps E and Zoega G, 'Structural booms'
Scott A
Economic Policy 2001 Apr Vol 16:32 p 117-119
2000
Optimal consumption under imperfect capital markets
Scott A
Economics Letters 2000 Vol 66:1 p 65-70
Sticky prices and volatile output
Scott A; Ellison M
Journal of Monetary Economics 2000 Vol 46:3 p 621-632
1999
Empirical implications of optimal debt management under various financial market structures
Marcet A; Scott A
in Eijffinger S C W, Portes R et al. eds., The changing European financial landscape, CEPR, 1999
Fickle investors: an impediment to growth
Scott A; Uhlig H
European Economic Review 1999 Vol 43:7 p 1345-1370
Fickle investors: an impediment to growth?
Uhlig H, Scott A
European Economic Review 1999 June Vol 43:7 p 1345-1370
Fiscal policy and optimal debt management in OECD countries
Scott A; Marcet A
in Eijffinger S C W, Portes R et al. eds., The changing European financial landscape, CEPR, 1999
1998
Determinants of UK business cycles
Holland A; Scott A
Economic Journal 1998 Jul Vol 108 p 1067-1092
1997
Asymmetric business cycles: theory and time series evidence
Acemoglu D; Scott A
Journal of Monetary Economics 1997 Dec Vol 40:3 p 501-534
Labour market over the business cycle: can theory fit the facts?
Millard S; Sensur M; Scott A
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 1997 Autumn Vol 13:3 p 70-92
Property and inflation: is there a hedge?
Scott A
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 1997 Jun Vol 15:1 p 59-76
1994
Asymmetries in the cyclical behaviour of UK labour markets
Scott A; Acemoglu D
Economic Journal 1994 Nov Vol 104:427 p 1303-1323
Consumer confidence and rational expectations
Scott A; Acemoglu D
Economic Journal 1994 Jan Vol 104:422 p 1-19
Seasonality in dynamic regression models
Scott A; Harvey A
Economic Journal 1994 Nov Vol 104:427 p 1324-1345
1993
Estimation of single equation rational expectations models: an application to UK consumption
Robertson D C; Scott A
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 1993 May Vol 55:2 p 237-244
What determines institutional investment?
Scott A; Dinenis E
Oxford Economic Papers 1993 Apr Vol 45:2 p 292-310
1991
Dollar, the oil price and policy divergence
Allen C B; Scott A
Economic Outlook 1991 Feb Vol 15:5 p 50-55
Guide to European market information: EC countries
Brooke W,Scott J,eds.
London Business School Information Service, 1991
Investment needs of a unified Germany
Scott A
International Economic Outlook 1991 Jun Vol 1:1 p 30-35
New strategic tools for supply chain management
Westbrook R K,Scott C
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 1991 Vol 21:1 p 23-33
1990
Awards for business excellence: a guide to sponsors
Scott J ed.
CBI/London Business School Information Service, 1990
1989
Portfolio selection and the investment performance of the UK pension funds
Scott A; Dinenis E
Economic Outlook 1989 Oct Vol 14:1 p 30-34
2019
Funding the Great War and the beginning of the end for British hegemony
Ellison M; Sargent T J; Scott A
CEPR discussion paper
Teaching portfolio
Our teaching offering is updated annually. Faculty and programme material are subject to change.
Core courses
- Global Economic Environment
- The Global Corporate Agenda
- Understanding International Macroeconomy