NICK BLOOM
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University College London; M.Phil Oxford University; BA Cambridge University.

Research Interests: Real options and uncertainty, managerial and organizational economics, innovation and technology.

Current Research: Impact of uncertainty shocks, management practices across firms and countries, innovation spillovers, and IT & productivity.

Representative Recent Publications: (1) "The uncertainty impact of major shocks: firm level estimation and a 9/11 simulation," Stanford mimeo 2007; (2) "Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries” (with John Van Reenen), forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics; (3) “Uncertainty and investment dynamics” (with Steve Bond and John Van Reenen), forthcoming Review of Economic Studies, (4) “Competition and innovation: an inverted-U shape”, (with Philipp Aghion, Richard Blundell, Rachel Griffith and Peter Howitt), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005.

Teaching Interests: Labor Economics and Macroeconomics

Professional Affiliations: The Advanced Institute for Management, The Centre for Economic Performance (at the LSE), The National Bureau of Economic Research.