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Cambridge Economics 2018

Cambridge Economics 2018

The 2018 edition of Cambridge Economics features, amongst many other interesting articles, an interview with alumni Angus Deaton who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, reflections by Professor Sanjeev Goyal on his time as chair of the Faculty, and a report by Dr Matt Elliott on his latest research on Systemic Risk-shifting in Financial Networks.

Published on - Monday 3rd December 2018


Debt Sustainability: The State of the Art

Debt Sustainability: The State of the Art

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti's debt sustainability report has been published by European Parliament. The landmark report highlights three critical areas limiting the effectiveness of current Debt Sustainability Assessments – liquidity risks, contagion risks and identification of debt limits – and sets out a plan for how the European assessment system can be reformed.

Published on - Monday 26th November 2018

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Debt

Sustainability

European Parliament


20 Years of the National Minimum Wage

20 Years of the National Minimum Wage

This year marks 20 years since the passage of the National Minimum Wage Act – a politically controversial intervention in the British labour market at the time. Professor William Brown was centrally involved as a member of the Low Pay Commission in designing and implementing the 'most successful policy of the past 30 years'.

Published on - Monday 29th October 2018

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Minimum Wage

UK

Impact


Dr. Meredith Crowley joins Cambridge-INET as a Coordinator

Dr. Meredith Crowley joins Cambridge-INET as a Coordinator

Cambridge-INET is delighted to announce that Dr. Meredith Crowley will be joining as a Coordinator for the Transmission Mechanisms and Economic Policy theme, leading research on global economic policy.

Published on - Friday 5th October 2018


Chair of the Faculty

Chair of the Faculty

Professor Sanjeev Goyal FBA will be stepping down as Chair of the Faculty on September 30, 2018, upon completion of his four year term. Professor Hamid Sabourian FBA will be succeeding him as Chair of the Faculty.

Published on - Monday 1st October 2018


Economics at the Festival of Ideas

Economics at the Festival of Ideas

Three Faculty members will be running sessions at this years Festival of Ideas. Dr. Meredith Crowley will hold a panel discussion on "Trade Wars: Deal or No Deal", Dr. William Janeway will give a talk on "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy" and Tony Cockerill will host the interactive "Running the British Economy" game.

Published on - Monday 24th September 2018

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Trade

Capitalism

British Economy

Women in Economics


A Warm Welcome to Our New Lecturers

A Warm Welcome to Our New Lecturers

As we embark on the new academic year, we’re pleased to introduce two new Lecturers in the Faculty of Economics - Dr Noriko Amano Patiño and Dr Weilong Zhang.

Published on - Wednesday 19th September 2018

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Labour Economics

Applied Econometrics

Women in Economics


The Economics of Religion in India

The Economics of Religion in India

Dr. Sriya Iyer's new book "The Economics of Religion in India", published by Harvard University Press, has much to teach us about India and other pluralistic societies the world over, and about the power of economics to illuminate some of societies’ deepest beliefs and dynamics.

Published on - Tuesday 18th September 2018

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India

Religion

Women in Economics


James Mirrlees 1936-2018

James Mirrlees 1936-2018

Tributes from members of the Faculty of Economics have been paid to Sir James Mirrlees who passed away on the 30th August 2018.

Published on - Thursday 30th August 2018


Double Honours for Emeritus Faculty Member

Double Honours for Emeritus Faculty Member

Professor Richard Smith has been appointed Honorary Professor at UCL and has had a Special Issue of the Econometric Theory journal published in honour of his 65th birthday.

Published on - Wednesday 15th August 2018

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Honours

Econometrics


Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub

Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub

Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, along with Prof. Michael Grubb have joined Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub as Co-Leaders. You can read their profiles and find out about the Sustainability Research Hub on the Rebuild Macro site.

Published on - Friday 3rd August 2018

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Macroeconomics

Sustainability


United Nations High-Level Advisory Board

United Nations High-Level Advisory Board

Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti was invited to join the newly created United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Economic Social Affairs. The board held its inaugural meeting on July 9th and 10th 2018.

Published on - Monday 16th July 2018

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UN


UK-EU Future Customs Relationship

UK-EU Future Customs Relationship

As part of the UK in a Changing Europe programme, Dr. Meredith Crowley and Oliver Exton have written a paper on the UK-EU Future Customs Relationship as part of a report on "What the government’s Brexit white paper must address".

Published on - Monday 9th July 2018

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Brexit

UK

EU

Women in Economics

Brexit Project Page >>


Appointment to Ofgem's Academic Panel

Appointment to Ofgem's Academic Panel

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Ritz, Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at Cambridge, has been appointed as a member of the Academic Panel at Ofgem, the regulator for electricity and natural gas markets in Great Britain.

Published on - Tuesday 26th June 2018

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Energy Policy

Electricity


Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy

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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Capitalism

Economy


Gender and Collaboration in Economic Research

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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Women in Economics


The Economics of Religion in India

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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Women in Economics

Religion

India


Coffee, Economics and Education

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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Marshall

Education

Women in Economics


Good luck to our team for the 2018 Econometric Games

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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Econometrics


Peter Tinsley, 1939-2018

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


Frank Hahn Memoir Published

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


Cambridge Big Data

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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Big Data