The Faculty's Victoria Bateman takes part in a new BBC Radio 4 economics series on “Understand: the economy”, presented by Tim Harford.
She details the history of everything from inflation, to interest and mortgage rates, plus economic growth and GDP.
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti will give an online seminar, as part of the Office of the Chief Economist - Middle East & North Africa's Chief Economist Seminar series, on Thursday 18th November 10.00-11.00am.
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes, Zeina Hasna and Henry-James Hatton are co-authors of a report on the impact of innovation in green-related activities to the broader economy.
“The United States decision to return to the Paris Climate Change Agreement provides an important boost to global efforts to address climate change collectively,” says Dr Tiago Cavalcanti. “That’s why, it is important to evaluate its economic implications, if any.”
In the game, teams of 4 or 5 players have to run the economy for ten ‘years’ by taking a succession of decisions on income tax, value-added tax, public spending and interest rates.
Dr Victoria Bateman was asked to debate Brexit and the latest GDP growth figures with a leading Brexiteer, on Radio 4's World at One programme. You can listen online or download the podcast.
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". Professors Partha Dasgupta and Hashem Pesaran are members of the Panel of Academic Experts which will provide general support for ECSoE.
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