Robert King

Professor of Economics at Boston University

Research Associate at The London School of Economics and Political Science

Schools

  • The London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Boston University

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Biography

Boston University

Robert G. King is Professor of Economics at Boston University, having previously held professorial positions at the University of Rochester (1978-1993) and University of Virginia (1993-2000). He is a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and editor of the Journal of Monetary Economics. He spent his childhood in Manchester, Connecticut; Jupiter, Florida; and Bethesda, Maryland. At Brown University, he studied economics, mathematics and history while earning BA, MA and PhD degrees. Over the course of his career, he has taught macroeconomics, financial economics, and monetary economics to BA, MBA and PhD students.

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Experience Keywords

consciousness; evolution; human sexual behaviour; philosophy of mind

Research Summary

I am an early career researcher with a particular interest in biopsychology. I have published in areas relating to human reproductive behaviour and am researching on this and on areas relating to applications of life-history theory to public policy, consciousness, and religion.

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