Richard Portes

Richard Portes
Born
CitizenshipUnited States
United Kingdom
Known forFounding the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); research on European financial integration and sovereign debt
Spouses
  • Barbara Diana Frank (m. 1963; div. 2005)
  • Helene Rey (m. 2006)
ChildrenJonathan Portes, Alison Portes, Ana Rey-Portes
Parent(s)Herbert Portes
Abra Halperin Portes
Academic background
Alma materYale University (BA)
Oxford University (DPhil)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsLondon Business School
AwardsRhodes Scholarship
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Bicentennial Preceptorship, Princeton University
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the British Academy
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Richard David Portes CBE FBA is an American-born British economist known for his work on international macroeconomics, financial regulation, and European integration. He is Professor of Economics at the London Business School.

Portes is the founder and Honorary President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He previously served for three decades as Directeur d'Études at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. Portes is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a Fellow of the British Academy.