Pollitt, Michael G(erald) 1967-

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POLLITT, Michael G(erald) 1967-

PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1967, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; son of David (a bank manager) and Olive (Harpur) Pollitt; married Yvonne Abbott, 2000. Education: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, B.A. (with honors), 1989; Brasenose College, Oxford, M.Phil., 1991, D.Phil., 1994. Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES: Office—Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University, Trimpington St., Cambridge CB2 1AG, England; fax 44-1223-339701. E-mail—m. [email protected].

CAREER: Oxford University, Oxford, England, lecturer at Trinity College, Brasenose College, Worcester College, and Balliol College, 1991-94; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, lecturer in applied industrial organization, 1994-99, lecturer in business economics, 1999-2001, senior lecturer, 2001—, fellow and director of studies in economics at Sidney Sussex College, 1994—, dean of discipline, 1997-2000. European School of Management, visiting lecturer, 1994-95; London Business School, visiting lecturer, 1996; speaker at Queen's University, Belfast, and Reitaku University, 1996, University of Surrey, 1997, and University of Dundee, 1998. Consultant to World Bank.

MEMBER: European Business Ethics Network, Royal Economic Society, Productivity Analysis and Research Network, Association of Christian Economists.

AWARDS, HONORS: Economic and Social Research Council grants, 1994-95, 1997—; CMI grant, 2001—.

WRITINGS:

Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities: The International Evidence on Privatization and Efficiency, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1995.

(Editor, with Ian W. Jones, and contributor) The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.

(With Lars Bergman and others) A European Market for Electricity, Centre for Economic Policy Analysis (London, England), 1999.

(Editor, with Sanford V. Berg and Masatsugu Tsuji) Private Initiatives in Infrastructure: Priorities, Incentives, and Performance, Edward Elgar (Northampton, MA), 2002.

(Editor, with Ian W. Jones) Understanding How Issues in Business Ethics Develop, Palgrave-Macmillan (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Fiscal Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Energy Literature, Oxford Energy Forum, Journal of the Association of Christian Economists, International Journal of Strategic Management, and Journal of Industrial Economics.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on productivity analysis and measurement with special reference to the measurement of electricity, and on the impact of multinationals on social capital.