Liam Brunt

BIOGRAPHY

Liam Brunt joined NHH in 2008. He previously taught at HEC-Lausanne, the London Business School and the Universities of Oxford and Virginia. He was educated at St John’s and Nuffield Colleges in Oxford, where he earned a BA, M.Phil and D.Phil (2000).

His research analyzes the development and performance of the world economy since 1700, especially the roles of new technology and economic institutions – such as land ownership patterns, commodity and financial markets, and intellectual property rights. His research has appeared in international journals such as Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economic History and Economic History Review. His recent work on inducement prizes and innovation – co-authored with Tom Nicholas at the Harvard Business School – has been widely cited in business reviews such as The Economist. He is a member of CEPR and contributes to its policy portal VoxEU. 

In spring 2016 he will be on sabbatical at the Guanghua School of Management, University of Peking.

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Selected publications

Author(s) Title Publisher
Brunt, Liam; Garcia-Peñalosa, Cecilia Urbanisation and the Onset of Modern Economic Growth Economic Journal Volume 132 (642); page 512 - 545; 2021
Brunt, Liam; Cannon, Edmund English farmers’ wheat storage and sales in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries The Economic History Review Volume 75 (3); page 932 - 959; 2021
Brunt, Liam China from the Inside. Palgrave Macmillan; 2017
Brunt, Liam; Cannon, Edmund Variations in the price and quality of grain, 1750-1914: quantitative evidence and empirical implications Explorations in economic history (EEH) Volume 58 (1); page 74 - 92; 2015
Brunt, Liam Weather shocks and English wheat yields, 1690-1871 Explorations in economic history (EEH) Volume 57; page 50 - 58; 2015
Brunt, Liam; Cannon, Edmund Measuring integration in the English wheat market, 1770-1820: New methods, new answers Explorations in economic history (EEH) Volume 52 (1); page 111 - 130; 2014
More publications in Cristin

My new book "China from the Inside" is now available to purchase:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65672-4

TEACHING AREAS

Economic history; finance; econometrics; economic growth