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sir richard blundell cbe knighthood bbva foundation frontiers of knowledge award 230px british university college london 01 may 1952 richard blundell photo.jpg richard blundell
 richard blundell london school of economics
richard blundell

sir richard william blundell cbe fba -lrb- born 1 may 1952 , shoreham-by-sea -rrb- is a british economist and econometrician .
blundell is the david ricardo professor of political economy at university college london and research director at institute for fiscal studies .
he is also director of the esrc centre for the microeconomic analysis of public policy at ifs .
he is also a fellow of the econometric society -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , fellow of the british academy -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , honorary member of the american economic association -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , honorary member american academy of arts and sciences -lrb- 2002 -rrb- and honorary fellow of the institute of actuaries -lrb- 2003 -rrb- .
