Christopher Bliss

Christopher Bliss received his training in Economics at Cambridge, England, and at MIT. He taught for some years at Cambridge, then at the University of Essex, and he has been in Oxford since 1977. Most of the year 1974-75 he spent in the village of Palanpur, West UP, India, with (now Sir) Nicholas Stern, studying this remote economy. The book Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village , Oxford University Press, 1982, reports this research. He has published two other books, and numerous...See more

Christopher Bliss received his training in Economics at Cambridge, England, and at MIT. He taught for some years at Cambridge, then at the University of Essex, and he has been in Oxford since 1977. Most of the year 1974-75 he spent in the village of Palanpur, West UP, India, with (now Sir) Nicholas Stern, studying this remote economy. The book Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village , Oxford University Press, 1982, reports this research. He has published two other books, and numerous journal papers. He has been an Editor at various times of the Review of Economic Studies, Oxford Economic Papers and the Economic Journal. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Fellow of the British Academy. See less