Andrew J Scott
Professor of Economics
MSc (London) D.Phil (Oxford)
Andrew J Scott is Professor of Economics. a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a consulting scholar at Stanford University’s Center on Longevity.
His research focuses on longevity and an ageing society and has been widely publish in leading journals in economics and health. His book, The 100-Year Life, has been published in 15 languages, is an Amazon bestseller and was runner up in both the FT/McKinsey and Japanese Business Book of the Year Awards.
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. He is currently on the advisory board of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility, the Cabinet Office Honours Committee (Science and Technology), co-founder of The Longevity Forum, a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s International Commission on Health Longevity and the WEF council on Healthy Ageing and Longevity.
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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- Andrew J Scott CV
- Longevity and an ageing society
- Fiscal policy and debt management
2023
Healthy Ageing Trends in England Between 2002 to 2018: Improving but Slowing and Unequal
Old J; Scott A
Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2023 In Press
2022
International gains to achieving healthy longevity
Scott A; Ashwin J; Ellison M; Sinclair D
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine 2022 Advance articles
Quantum healthy longevity for healthy people, planet, and growth
Woods T; Palmarini N; Corner L; Barzialai N; Bethell J; Cox L S; Eyre H; Ferrucci L; Fried L; Furman D; Kennedy B; Roddam A; Scott A; Siow R C
The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2022 In press
The Economics of Longevity – An Introduction
Scott A
Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2022 In Press
The rise of age-friendly jobs
Acemoglu D; Mulbach N S; Scott A
Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2022 In press
2021
A Timely Call to Establish an International Convention on the Rights of Older People
Scott A; Bloom D E; Ataguba J E
The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2021 September 2021 Vol 2:9
All's well that ages well: the economic value of targeting aging
Scott A J; Ellison M; Sinclair D A
Nature Aging 2021 Vol 1:July p 616-623
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.
How employers need to change for employees' longer lives
Scott A; Gratton L
Forbes online 2020 23 June
Managing the UK national debt 1694-2018
Ellison M; Scott A
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2020 July 2020 Vol 12:3 p 227-257
2019
A longevity dividend versus an ageing society
Scott A
In: Live Long and Prosper? The economics of ageing populations. Bloom D E (ed.), pp.81-89
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
2016
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
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 p 363-386
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
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
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
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
2020
The new long life: a framework for flourishing in a changing world
Gratton L; Scott A
Bloomsbury Publishing
2012
Macroeconomics: Understanding the wealth of nations 3rd Edition
Miles D; Scott A; Breedon F
John Wiley 2012
2001
Computational methods for the study of dynamic economics
Marimon R; Scott A; eds.
Oxford University Press, 2001
1991
Guide to European market information: EC countries
Brooke W,Scott J,eds.
London Business School Information Service, 1991
1990
Awards for business excellence: a guide to sponsors
Scott J ed.
CBI/London Business School Information Service, 1990
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