Graham Loomes
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Westminster City School
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Graham Loomes (born 5 August 1950) is a British economist and academic, specialising in behavioural economics. Since 2009, he has been Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Warwick. He previously worked at the University of Newcastle, the University of York and the University of East Anglia.
Early life and education
Loomes was born on 5 August 1950 to Frederick and Gladys Loomes.{{cite web|title=LOOMES, Prof. Graham|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U254266|website=Who's Who 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=5 August 2015|date=November 2014}} He was educated at Christ's Hospital, a private school in Horsham, West Sussex, and at Westminster City School, then an all-boys grammar school in Westminster, London.{{cite web|title=LOOMES, Prof. Graham|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U254266|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=27 August 2016|date=November 2015}} He studied economics at the University of Essex, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1970. After a period as a teacher, he undertook postgraduate studies in economics at Birkbeck College, University of London and graduated with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1978.{{cite web|title=Professor Graham Loomes|url=http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/graham-loomes|website=Staff Directory|publisher=Warwick Business School|access-date=5 August 2015}}
Academic career
Loomes began his academic career as a teacher rather than a lecturer. Having graduated from university in 1970, he became a school teacher. He left this career in 1977 to return to university and study for a master's degree.
In 1978, after completing his master's degree, he joined the University of Newcastle as a research officer in its Department of Economics. He then moved to the Health Care Research Unit, where he was a lecturer. From 1984 to 1988, he was a senior lecturer and director of the graduate program in health economics at the University of York. From 1988 to 1995, he was Co-Director of the Centre for Experimental Economics. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Economics.
From 1999 to 2000, he was both Co-Director of the Centre for Experimental Economics at York and Co-Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Safety Policy and Attitudes to Risk at the University of Newcastle. From 2001 to 2009, he was Professor of Economic Behaviour and Decision Theory at the University of East Anglia. In 2009, he joined the University of Warwick as Professor of Economics in its Economics Department. In 2011, he was also appointed Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School.{{cite web|title=More professors join Warwick Business School|url=http://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/2011/02/15/More/professors/join|website=WBS News|publisher=Warwick Business School|access-date=5 August 2015|date=15 February 2011}}
Personal life
Honours
In 2008, Loomes was awarded an Economic and Social Research Council Professorial Fellowship.{{cite web|title=Professor Graham Loomes|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/academic/loomes/|website=Academic Staff|publisher=University of Warwick|access-date=5 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=ESRC Awards Graham Loomes Professorial Fellowship|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/centre-for-competition-policy/news/news-archive-2008|website=News Archive|publisher=University of East Anglia|access-date=5 August 2015|date=2008}} In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).{{cite web|title=LOOMES, Professor Graham |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/ord.cfm?member=6549 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221449/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/ord.cfm?member=6549 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2015 |website=British Academy Fellows |publisher=British Academy |access-date=5 August 2015 }}
Selected works
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Weber |editor1-first=Elke U. |editor2-last=Baron |editor2-first=Jonathan |editor3-last=Loomes |editor3-first=Graham |editor1-link=Elke U. Weber |editor2-link=Jonathan Baron |title=Conflict and tradeoffs in decision making |date=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0521772389}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bateman |first1=Ian J. |last2=Carson |first2=Richard T. |last3=Day |first3=Brett |last4=Hanemann |first4=Michael |last5=Hett |first5=Tannis |last6=Hanley |first6=Nick |last7=Jones-Lee |first7=Michael |last8=Loomes |first8=Graham |last9=Mourato |first9=Susana |author-link9=Susana Mourato |last10=Ozdemiroglu |first10=Ece |last11=Pearce |first11=David W. |last12=Sugden |first12=Robert |last13=Swanson |first13=John |authorlink1=Ian Bateman |authorlink2=Richard Carson |authorlink4=W. Michael Hanemann |authorlink11=David Pearce (economist) |authorlink12=Robert Sugden (economist) |title=Economic valuation with stated preference techniques: a manual |date=2002 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |location=Cheltenham |isbn=978-1840649192}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bardsley |first1=Nicholas |last2=Cubitt |first2=Robin |last3=Loomes |first3=Graham |last4=Moffatt |first4=Peter |last5=Starmer |first5=Chris |last6=Sugden |first6=Robert |authorlink6=Robert Sugden (economist) |title=Experimental economics: rethinking the rules |date=2009 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0691124797}}
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Category:Behavioral economists
Category:Fellows of the British Academy
Category:People educated at Christ's Hospital
Category:People educated at Westminster City School
Category:Alumni of the University of Essex
Category:Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
Category:Schoolteachers from London
Category:Academics of Newcastle University
Category:Academics of the University of York