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CERF Fellowship 2020-2022

CERF Fellowship 2020-2022 

Applications for the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) Fellowship 2020-2022 are now open. The CERF fellowship scheme is open to lecturers and senior lecturers of the University of Cambridge who do research into some aspect of finance.

Published on - Monday 16th December 2019


Chief Economic Adviser to Ukraine

Chief Economic Adviser to Ukraine 

Dr. Alex Rodnyansky has been appointed as Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine from September 2019. Dr Rodnyansky is responsible for drafting and monitoring the overall economic reform agenda in Ukraine, devoting particular attention toward its internal consistency.

Published on - Tuesday 29th October 2019

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Policy

Reforms

Growth

Ukraine


Biological Extinction

Biological Extinction 

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta has edited a new book "Biological Extinction". The book was edited jointly with Peter Raven (Missouri Botanical Garden) & Anna McIvor (University of Cambridge), and was published in August 2019 by the Cambridge University Press.

Published on - Friday 6th September 2019

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Biological Extinction

Biodiversity

Population Overshoot


Professor Willy Brown 1945-2019

Professor Willy Brown 1945-2019 

The Faculty of Economics is saddened to announce the sudden and unexpected death of Professor William (Willy) Brown on 1st August 2019. Professor Brown held the position of Professor of Industrial Relations from 1985 (Emeritus from 2013) at the Faculty of Economics.

Published on - Tuesday 6th August 2019


Freeports Advisory Panel

Freeports Advisory Panel 

Dr. Meredith Crowley has been appointed to serve on the Freeports Advisory Panel at the Department for International Trade under Secretary of State Liz Truss. This Panel has been set up to ensure the UK is ready to trade post-Brexit.

Published on - Monday 5th August 2019

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Brexit

Trade

Freeports

Women in Economics

Brexit Project Page >>


Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy

Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy 

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti has just published a paper in the European Central Bank's (ECB) Working Paper Series. The paper "Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy: Evidence from the Foreign Exchange Market" is joint with Romain Lafarguette and Arnaud Mehl.

Published on - Wednesday 31st July 2019

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Foreign Exchange Market

Financial Markets

Trade

Macroeconomics


Advances in the Economics of Religion

Advances in the Economics of Religion 

Dr. Sriya Iyer's co-edited volume "Advances in the Economics of Religion" is the featured publication on the International Economic Association (IEA) home page. This book is the outcome of the IEA Roundtable on The Economics of Religion which was hosted at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 2017 and co-sponsored by Cambridge-INET.

Published on - Monday 29th July 2019

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Economics

Religion

Women in Economics


Dr. Matt Elliott joins Cambridge-INET as a Coordinator

Dr. Matt Elliott joins Cambridge-INET as a Coordinator 

Cambridge-INET is delighted to announce that Dr. Matt Elliott will be joining as a Coordinator for the Networks, Crowds and Markets research theme, on the 1st August 2019.

Published on - Thursday 18th July 2019

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Networks


Symposium on Competition Policy

Symposium on Competition Policy 

Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd organised a Symposium on Competition Policy at Clare College Cambridge, on the 17th of May 2019. The Bennett Institute have added videos of the days presentations to their website.

Published on - Thursday 18th July 2019

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Competition Policy

Industrial Organisation


Debt Sustainability Assessments - The State of the Art

Debt Sustainability Assessments - The State of the Art 

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti was invited to discuss "Debt Sustainability Assessments - The State of the Art" at the International Monetary Fund, by the IMF Strategy and Policy Review Department, on July 15th 2019.

Published on - Wednesday 17th July 2019

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Debt

Sustainability

European Parliament


Advances in the Economics of Religion

Advances in the Economics of Religion 

Dr. Sriya Iyer is the co-editor (with Jean-Paul Carvalho and Jared Rubin) of a new volume title "Advances in the Economics of Religion". This new book is the outcome of the International Economic Association Roundtable on The Economics of Religion which was hosted at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 2017.

Published on - Wednesday 10th July 2019

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Economics

Religion

Women in Economics


RES 2020 Conference - Call for Papers

RES 2020 Conference - Call for Papers 

The Royal Economic Society's 2020 Annual Conference will be hosted by Queen's University Belfast on 6-8 April 2020. Submissions of papers are invited for the General Sessions. The closing date for submitting papers is Monday 30th September 2019.

Published on - Wednesday 10th July 2019

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Economics

Econometrics


Market Power and Innovation

Market Power and Innovation 

PhD candidate Maarten de Ridder has written a VoXEU column on the slowdown of productivity growth, the decline in business dynamism, and the rise of market power. He shows that these trends can be explained by the rising use of intangible inputs such as information technology and software.

Published on - Wednesday 3rd July 2019

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Firms

Markets

Growth


Impacts of Brexit Report

Impacts of Brexit Report 

Dr. Meredith Crowley was involved in writing a new academic report that evaluates the impacts of Brexit so far. The Brexit Scorecard report has been conducted by the academic think tank The UK in a Changing Europe, and rates impact in four areas: the economy and public finances, fairness, openness and control.

Published on - Monday 24th June 2019

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Brexit

Impact

UK

Women in Economics

Brexit Project Page >>


Firms and Growth

Firms and Growth 

Professor Pete Klenow gave this years Sir Richard Stone Lecture on "Firms and Growth". While Professor Klenow was in Cambridge he also took the time to discuss his "Firms and Growth" research with PhD student Oliver Exton. The video of his Stone Lecture, the question and answer session held after, and his discussion with Oliver are all available on the Stone Lectures site.

Published on - Thursday 20th June 2019

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Firms

Growth

Macroeconomics


Keynes Fund 15th Call for Projects

Keynes Fund 15th Call for Projects 

The Keynes Fund has announced it's 15th Call for Projects. The deadline for project proposals is 20th September 2019. Please see the Keynes Fund site for the criteria and details of the project applications process.

Published on - Friday 14th June 2019

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Keynes

Applied Economics


The Nature of Social Reality: Issues in Social Ontology

The Nature of Social Reality: Issues in Social Ontology 

Professor Tony Lawson's new book "The Nature of Social Reality: Issues in Social Ontology" has been published by Routledge. It is part of their Economics as Social Theory series.

Published on - Wednesday 12th June 2019

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Social Ontology

Social Reality

Social Theory


Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies

Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies 

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's edited volume "Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies", joint with Jeffrey B. Nugent (University of Southern California) and Hoda Selim (International Monetary Fund), has just been published by Oxford University Press.

Published on - Friday 31st May 2019

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Institutions

Macroeconomics

Policy

Resource-Rich


UK Government Review of the Economics of Biodiversity

UK Government Review of the Economics of Biodiversity 

Prof. Partha Dasgupta has been appointed to lead a UK government review into the link between biodiversity and economic growth. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement outlined the estimated £680 million value that 1,500 species of pollinators deliver to the UK economy, highlighting that climate change is not the only environmental challenge.

Published on - Wednesday 3rd April 2019

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Population Overshoot

Biodiversity

Economic Growth

UK Government


ECP Conference - Call for Papers

ECP Conference - Call for Papers 

Paper proposals are invited for a conference to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of J. M. Keynes's The Economic Consequences of the Peace. The "Economic Consequences of the Peace Centenary Conference" will take place on 9th-10th September 2019, at King's College, Cambridge.

Published on - Friday 22nd March 2019

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Keynes

Post-war


Keynes Fund Call for Proposals

Keynes Fund Call for Proposals 

The Keynes Fund have announced their fourteenth Call for Projects. Proposals of high-quality projects consistent with the objectives and themes of the Keynes fund are solicited. The deadline for submissions is 28th March 2019.

Published on - Tuesday 5th March 2019


Trade and the Economy Panel

Trade and the Economy Panel 

Dr. Meredith Crowley has been appointment to the Trade and the Economy Panel. The TEP is part of the Department for International Trade and aims to raise the DIT’s analytical capacity and capability, while championing high-quality, robust analysis to help secure the best outcomes for UK trade policy.

Published on - Tuesday 5th February 2019

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Trade

UK Economy

Trade Policy

Women in Economics


Population Overshoot

Population Overshoot 

The recording of Professor Partha Dasgupta's keynote address to the Symposium on The New Malthusianism on December 12 2018 is now available to watch. There is also a write up of the two day event and a selection of photographs.

Published on - Tuesday 8th January 2019

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Malthus

Malthusian

Population Overshoot