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How does the US see Brexit?
In this Royal Economic Society (RES) video Dr. Meredith Crowley looks at American attitudes, the potential for new trading partners and negative responses towards globalisation.Published on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Best Finance Student Paper Award
Congratulations to Maarten De Ridder and Thomas Auld (Faculty PhD students) who have both won prizes at the CERF Cambridge Best Finance Student Paper Award. Maarten's was awarded the £500 prize for his paper "Investment in Productivity and the Long-Run Effect of Financial Crises on Output" and Tom the same for his paper "The behaviour of betting and currency markets on the night of the EU referendum".Published on: Monday 18th June 2018
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Faculty Senior Academic Promotions
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, Dr. Meredith Crowley and Dr. Matthew Elliott have all been successful in the Faculty's Senior Academic Promotions.Published on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Tariff Scares Can Reduce Export Activity
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the NBC News article "Tariffs on sugar, shoes, mean higher costs for consumers". "Even the threat of a tariff - that is never followed through and imposed - can reduce export activity". The article also cited Dr. Crowley's "Tariff Scares: Trade policy uncertainty and foreign market entry by Chinese firms" 2018 paper (joint with Huasheng Song and Ning Meng), Journal of International Economics.Published on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Queen's Birthday Honours
Emerirus Professor Geoffrey Harcourt, was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in General Division (AC), in the Queen's Birthday Honours. An AC is the highest order of the Orders of Australia. The citation read "For eminent service to higher education as an academic economist and author, particularly in the fields of Post-Keynesian economics, capital theory and economic thought."Published on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Injecting Chaos into Economic Policy Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today about the recent G7 meeting in Canada and President Trump's policy of injecting chaos into international economic policy negotiations. Starts at 15 minutes into programme.Published on: Monday 11th June 2018
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The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Chad Bown's paper "The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy" 2016, The Handbook of Commercial Policy was cited in the Washington Post article "There are 'nuggets of truth' to what Trump says about trade". Which looks at the President's trade policy.Published on: Sunday 10th June 2018
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UK-EU relations after Brexit
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in House of Lords EU Committee Report issued 8 June 2018 on on UK-EU relations after Brexit on p. 21 (para. 40 and 42) and p. 31 (para 83) the future trading relationship, prospects for FTAs with new partners, and regulatory divergence.Published on: Friday 8th June 2018
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PhD Funding
The Faculty is delighted to announce that the four students, who were nominated by the Faculty for an ESRC DTP Studentship, were all successful.Published on: Thursday 7th June 2018
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US steel tariffs imposed on EU and UK
Dr. Meredith Crowley has given live interviews to AlJazeera TV and LBC Radio and been interviewed by The New York Times and BBC News regarding the US tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from the EU (including the UK)Published on: Monday 4th June 2018
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The Iranian Economy and Challenges Ahead
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes gave a talk entitled "The Iranian Economy and Challenges Ahead" in the session on "Reconsidering the Economic Model" at the Iran Financial Future Summit in Brussels, on 29th of May 2018.Published on: Sunday 3rd June 2018
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Book Launch Photographs
William H. Janeway Launched the 2nd Edition of his 'Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy' book on Tuesday 29th May 2018 at Pembroke College, Cambridge. See photographs from the event.Published on: Friday 1st June 2018
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Reassessing the Fiscal and Monetary Framework in EMU
Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti presented at the State of the Union conference, Solidarity and Union, in Florence. He spoke on Reassessing the Fiscal and Monetary Framework in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). You can watch his talk on the Cambridge-INET site.Published on: Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Oleg Kitov receives CUSU Student-Led Teaching Award
Oleg Kitov (Selwyn and Robinson College) received the award for best undergraduate supervisor of the year. The awards are based on student nominations of teachers who have had a profound impact on their education in Cambridge. The Faculty would like to congratulate Oleg on this superb recognition of his innovative approach to teaching and to his dedication to his students.Published on: Monday 14th May 2018
Moving away from Theoretical Models
Professor Vasco Carvalho discusses how new sources of large amounts of data are providing opportunities to test previously untestable things.Published on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy
William H. Janeway is holding a launch event for the 2nd Edition of his book, Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State. On Tuesday 29th May 2018, 6.30pm, at Pembroke College, Cambridge.Published on: Friday 4th May 2018
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The Future UK-EU Trade Relationship
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Oliver Exton have written a blog for The UK in a Changing Europe website on "The Future UK-EU Trade Relationship".Published on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Gender and Collaboration in Economic Research
Professor Sanjeev Goyal contributed a recent VoxEU article (joint with Lorenzo Ductor and Anja Prummer) on gender and collaboration in economic research.Published on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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The Economics of Religion in India
Dr. Sriya Iyer recently gave the Faculty Research Seminar based on the research in her 2018 Harvard University Press book, where she uses economic methods to study religion. Her talk was titled 'The Economics of Religion in India' and delivered on 23 April 2018.Published on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Conflict in Networks: The Rise and Fall of Empires
Professor Sanjeev Goyal will give the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) Distinguished Seminar on Tuesday 1st May 2018, Cambridge, MA. See poster for details.Published on: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Student Receives 'Best Negotiator' Prize at Model WTO
Peter Andreas Nielsen (MPhil in Economics Student) was awarded two prizes at the Model WTO at the University of St. Gallen and the WTO Headquarters in Geneva. Peter received the prize for being the best negotiator on the Special and Differential Treatment and Dispute Prevention Committee and another prize for the second best essay submitted during the application process.Published on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
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US-China Trade War and Trade Deflection
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave an interview to Keri Philips of ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Rear Vision radio program examining trade wars of the past and how President Trump's trade war might unfold. The interview was broadcast on 22 April and is available now for download.Published on: Sunday 22nd April 2018
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Integration and Diversity
Professor Sanjeev Goyal holds the Ganshof van der Meersch Chair for 2017-2018. He will deliver a series of public lectures in Brussels on April 23-26, 2018. The opening lecture will be "Integration and Diversity", on Monday 23 April at 6pm at Institute of European Studies (IEE), Brussels.Published on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
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Post-Brexit UK-EU Relations
Dr. Meredith Crowley will give evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee on the future relationship between the UK and the EU. Dr. Crowley's testimony will be broadcast live from 15:00 on Tuesday 17 April.Published on: Sunday 15th April 2018
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Coffee, Economics and Education
The Faculty's Athena SWAN members organised a coffee morning at Newnham College with Prof. Caroline Hoxby, the 2018 Marshall lecturer.Published on: Saturday 14th April 2018
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Good luck to our team for the 2018 Econometric Games
Good luck to Gustavo Nicolas Paez (Captain, PhD), Shuyi Ge (PhD), Martin Miklos (MPhil in Economics) and Daniel Mobayyen (MPhil in Economics) who will be competing in the Annual Econometric Games from 11 - 13 April in Amsterdam. They'll be hoping to unseat Harvard as last year's winners.Published on: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Trade War Risks between the U.S. and China
Dr. Meredith Crowley appeared on CTV News (Toronto) to disscus “Trade war risks between the U.S. and China”.Published on: Monday 9th April 2018
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Trade Wars: Passion vs Logic
Dr. Meredith Crowley appeared on the BBC World Service Business Daily to disscus “Trade Wars: Passion vs Logic” presented by Ed Butler with Simon Tulette.Published on: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Impact of US-China Trade War on UK Industry
Dr. Meredith Crowley discusses how a US-China trade war will impact UK industry as well as post-Brexit trade agreements, on BBC Radio Four, The Briefing Room - “Can you win a trade war?”, presented by David Aaronovitch.Published on: Friday 6th April 2018
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When is Debt a Drag on Economic Growth?
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's column "When is debt a drag on economic growth?" was published on the ERF Policy Portal. Click through to read his column on the ERF forum.Published on: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Peter Tinsley, 1939-2018
The Faculty is saddened to announce that Peter Ault Tinsley passed away on the 19th March 2018. Peter was with the Faculty of Economics from 1998-2003. The Washington Post have published an obituary of his life.Published on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Dr. Crowley Quoted in the New York Times
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted by the New York Times in their article "Trump Says Getting Tough on Chinese Trade Will Empower U.S. He Risks the Opposite"Published on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Dr. Crowley Discusses Research Findings on BBC World Service
Dr. Meredith Crowley discussed the findings of the paper "Markups and Markets: A New Empirical Framework and Evidence on Exporters from China" (joint with Giancarlo Corsetti, Lu Han and Huasheng Song) in an interview with Fergus Nicoll of BBC World Service Business Matters. Dr. Crowley's interview discussing the research conducted at Cambridge starts at 09:30.Published on: Monday 26th March 2018
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Prof. Corsetti Gives Deutsche Bundesbank and IMF Keynote Speeches
Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti has two Keynote Speeches this week. At the Deutsche Bundesbank's "Fiscal Policy in EMU – The Way Ahead", in Frankfurt and the IMF Conference "Many Objectives or Too Few Instruments?" in Washington DC.Published on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Plenary Panel on Brexit
As part of the Royal Economics Society's Annual Conference in Brighton, there will be a Plenary Panel on Brexit - "The View on Brexit from Abroad: New Opportunities or Damage Control?". Dr. Meredith Crowley will be speaking as part of the panel.Published on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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RES Annual Conference 2018 Brighton - Brexit Event
As part of the Royal Economics Society's Annual Conference in Brighton, the RES is holding a debate 'One year till Brexit: Are we nearly there yet?'. Dr. Meredith Crowley will speak on the open-to-the-public panel debating Brexit. Titckets are available through EventBrite.Published on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Dr. Crowley Discusses Trump's Trade Policy with the NY Times
Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke about the danger that Trump's steel tariff poses to the World Trade Organization system of trade.Published on: Monday 12th March 2018
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Dr. Geraats Keynote Speaker at the Dutch Central Bank Conference
Dr Petra Geraats was a keynote speaker at the Central Bank Communication and Transparency Conference at the Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) in Amsterdam on Friday 16 February 2018.Published on: Thursday 8th March 2018
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Dr. Crowley Interviewed Live for BBC Radio 4 Today
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed live for BBC Radio 4 Today programme about the US's Import Tariffs on Steel. You can listen to the programme on the BBC iplayer for the next 29 days.Published on: Friday 9th March 2018
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Dr. Mohaddes's Research Featured in the News
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy" (joint with Prof. Hashem Pesaran) was featured in the Albawaba News article "Reneging on the Nuclear Deal Will Isolate America, Empower China, and Distance Europe".Published on: Thursday 1st March 2018
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Dr. Bateman on BBC Radio 4
Dr Victoria Bateman spoke on a Radio 4 Money-Box special this Wednesday on the topic "what Britain sells". Available to listen here (Dr Bateman is in the latter half of the programme).Published on: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Financial Times Brexit Briefing
Dr. Meredith Crowley's blog on 'Response to leaked government Brexit analysis' was included in the Financial Times Brexit briefing.Published on: Monday 19th February 2018
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Prof. Chatterjee appointed to Government Remuneration Body
Professor Monojit Chatterjee has been appointed as a member of the Police Remuneration and Review Body and the National Crime Agency (NCA) Remuneration Review Body.Published on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Faculty Members to speak at CERF in The City 2018
Dr Elisa Faraglia and Dr Matt Elliott are to speak at the CERF in the City 2018 event on The Risks in Financial Markets.Published on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Response to leaked Government Brexit analysis
The UK in a Changing Europe website have published a blog written by Dr Meredith Crowley, which is in response to a leaked Government Brexit report.Published on: Thursday 1st February 2018
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Podcast of Professor Gareth Austin's inaugural lecture
In the lectures, Professor Austin describes three 'revolutions' in the study of economic history since 1950 and argues that Economic History needs to re-affirm its position as the intersection set of the disciplines of History and Economics. Podcast of lecture available here.Published on: Monday 29th January 2018
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Dr. Crowley talks Brexit on BBC Radio 4
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Gerard Lyons debate Brexit on BBC Radio 4 The World at One Programme. The Brexit segment starts at 19:29.Published on: Friday 26th January 2018
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Frank Hahn Memoir Published
Professor David Newbery has published his memoir of Frank Hahn (1925-2013) in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy.Published on: Friday 26th January 2018
Prof. Goyal to give Keynote Lecture in Spain
Professor Sanjeev Goyal will deliver a Keynote Lecture at The Conference on Complexity, Networks, and Collective Behaviour in Zaragoza, Spain.Published on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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BBC News - Dr. Crowley talks UK and the Customs Union
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by Kamal Ahmed (Economics Editor) for BBC News at Six, explaining the value to the UK of participating in the Customs Union with the EU. Dr Crowley's interview starts at 06.10. Video no longer available.Published on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Cambridge Big Data
Professor Vasco Carvalho is behind new Economic and Data Science Interest Group. This is part of the Cambridge Big Data Strategic Research Initiative (CBD).Published on: Friday 12th January 2018
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Faculty Brexit Research featured on Trade Talks Podcast
Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown spoke with Dr Meredith Crowley about her Brexit research on the Peterson Institute's Trade Talks Podcast.Published on: Friday 12th January 2018
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Jane Humphries awarded a CBE
Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and former Reader at the Faculty of Economics has been awarded a CBE.Published on: Thursday 4th January 2018
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Prof. Ogilvie BBC Radio 4 Interview on Guilds
Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie spoke to BBC Radio 4 about "Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists? A fresh look at what guilds really did for pre-modern trade".Published on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Dr. Crowley to speak at Danish Institute for International Studies
Dr. Meredith Crowley is speaking on "Globalisation at a Crossroads" at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen on 10 January 2018. Watch all the talks from the event on the DIIS website.Published on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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The Commons Library Blog Features Faculty's Brexit Research
The Commons Library have published a blog about the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology event that Dr. Meredith Crowley and the Faculty's Brexit research team spoke at in October.Published on: Monday 18th December 2017
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Partha and Aisha Dasgupta in Conversation
How Many People Can Earth Support In Comfort? Partha Dasgupta and Aisha Dasgupta spoke at an 'in conversation' event organised by Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme in Oxford. You can read about the event and watch a video of their conversation on the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust website.Published on: Friday 15th December 2017
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Prof. Corsetti to Deliver the Keynote Lecture at ESCB Workshop
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti is to deliver the keynote lecture "Exchange Rate Misalignment, Capital Flows and Optimal Monetary Policy Trade-offs" at the First Annual Workshop of the ESCB Research Cluster. The event will be held at the Bank of Spain in Madrid on November 16th and 17th 2017.Published on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Faculty's Brexit Research Group Publish 'No Deal' Article on VoxEU
As part of the Faculty's Brexit Research Group, Professor Giancarlo Corsetti, Dr Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han, have written an article "A granular analysis of the exposure of UK exports to EU tariffs, quotas and antidumping under 'no deal'" for VoxEU.Published on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Prof. Munshi to Deliver Three Invited Lectures
Professor Kaivan Munshi will deliver three invited lectures over December and January. The Infosys Prize Lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore on 15th December 2017, the Infosys Prize Lecture at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai on 4th January 2018 and 13th Annual Conference on Growth and Development, hosted by the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi on the 19th December 2017.Published on: Monday 11th December 2017
Prof. Goyal to talk at Delhi School of Economics
Professor Sanjeev Goyal has been invited to talk at the Delhi School of Economics Winter School 2017, which is being held between the 13th and 15th December 2017.Published on: Monday 11th December 2017
Prof. Corsetti and Dr Crowley Publish Brexit Article on Project Syndicate.Org
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti and Dr Meredith Crowley have published an opinion editorial on the UK's post-Brexit trade strategy, "The UK's Multilateral Trade Future" on Project Syndicate.Org.Published on: Thursday 7th December 2017
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