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Economics News | Published on Thursday, 15 December, 2016

The euro area has been experiencing a prolonged period of weak economic activity and very low inflation. This paper reviews models of business cycle stabilization with an eye to formulating lessons for policy in the euro area.

Economics News | Published on Thursday, 17 November, 2016

Professor Richard Smith is ESCoE Academic Co-Director and will oversee the research programme of ESCoE. Professor Andrew Harvey is academic lead of the research project "Measuring GDP at Different Publication Horizons".

Economics News | Published on Friday, 28 October, 2016

During the first annual Witteveen Lecture, Professor Coen Teulings will speak on the dire macro-economic situation in Europe and the monetary and fiscal policy.

Economics News | Published on Monday, 24 October, 2016

The Leverhulme Trust is very pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Philip Leverhulme Prizes.

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Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 19 October, 2016

Brexit week: 18th-22nd October


How and why did we get here?

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Economics News | Published on Monday, 10 October, 2016

From 1975 to 1981, Oliver Hart was an Assistant Lecturer and then Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and a Fellow of Churchill College. He was born in London in 1948, and studied Mathematics as an undergraduate at Kings College.

Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
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Economics News | Published on Monday, 30 May, 2016

Teresa was contacted by the VC's office and asked if she would like to receive an invitation. The Vice Chancellor's Office had noted her long service.

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Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 15 March, 2016

The prize committee in particular highlights Dasgupta’s pioneering work in establishing new paradigms at the nexus of society and sustainable development, and his continued commitment to problems of population and poverty, loss of biodiversity, an

Economics News | Published on Monday, 15 February, 2016

The consolidator grants, worth up to €2 million each, are awarded annually to excellent mid-career scientists to enable them to consolidate their research teams and to develop their innovative ideas.

Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 27 January, 2016

This summary provides evidence of the causal impact of oil discoveries on development. Novel data on the drilling of 20,000 oil wells in Brazil allows us to exploit a quasiexperiment.

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