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Partha and Aisha Dasgupta in Conversation

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. Read More>>

Published on - Friday 15th December 2017

Tags:

Development

Globalisation


Prof. Munshi to Deliver Three Invited Lectures

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

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. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 11th December 2017


Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Crowley Publish Brexit Article on Project Syndicate.Org

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. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 7th December 2017

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Brexit

UK

EU

Trade

Brexit Project Page >>



Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti

Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti "Exchange Rate Misalignment, Capital Flows and Optimal Monetary Policy Trade-offs"

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. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 13th December 2017

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Exchange Rate

Capital Flows

Monetary Policy


Running the British Economy - 2017

Running the British Economy - 2017

More than fifty Year 12 and Year 13 students from schools in Eastern England and greater London took part in this year's computer-based simulation game 'Running the British Economy'.

Published on - Thursday 9th November 2017


Dr Toxvaerd - Economics as an Art

Dr Toxvaerd - Economics as an Art

In the first of a series of interviews exploring the work of Cambridge academics, Helena Coggan meets economist Dr Toxvaerd Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 8th November 2017


Prof. Munshi to Deliver Annual Indu Bhatt Lecture

Prof. Munshi to Deliver Annual Indu Bhatt Lecture

Professor Kaivan Munshi will deliver this years Indu Bhatt Lecture at Yale University on 9th November 2017. The title of the talk is Missing Girls. This annual lecture is organized by the South Asian Studies Council and the MacMillan Center at Yale University and is open to the public.

Published on - Friday 3rd November 2017


Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti

Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti "Business Cycle Stabilisation in the Eurozone"

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti, Luca Dedola, Marek Jarocinski, Bartosz Mackowiak, Sebastian Schmidt have written a new joint column for VoxEU, on "Business cycle stabilisation in the Eurozone". Read More>>

Published on - Monday 23rd October 2017

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Business Cycles

Eurozone

Stability

Fiscal Policy


Dr. Faraglia to speak at Taking Fiscal Policy Seriously Workshop

Dr. Faraglia to speak at Taking Fiscal Policy Seriously Workshop

Dr Elisa Faraglia will speak at the one-day Taking Fiscal Policy Seriously workshop. This event is hosted by The Nufffield Centre for Applied Macro Policy (NuCamp) in London on 9th November 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 25th October 2017


Brexit and Trade Conference

Brexit and Trade Conference

Dr. Meredith Crowley is speaking at a Trade and Brexit event at the British Academy on 2nd November. To register for the conference Click Here. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 17th October 2017

Tags:

Brexit

Women in Economics

Brexit Project Page >>


Faculty and Cambridge-INET Members to talk at the INET 'Reawakening' Conference

Faculty and Cambridge-INET Members to talk at the INET 'Reawakening' Conference

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor Sanjeev Goyal and Dr. Pontus Rendahl will all give talks on 'INET and Economics in Cambridge' at the INET 'Reawakening' conference in Edinburgh, on Saturday October 21st 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 16th October 2017


Dr. Bateman spoke to the BBC about the Lack of Women in Economics

Dr. Bateman spoke to the BBC about the Lack of Women in Economics

Dr Victoria Bateman and economics undergraduates Clara Starrsjo (Gonville and Caius College) and Paulin Nusser (Magdalene College) were featured on the BBC World Service programme - Business Daily. The subject of the programme was the lack of women in economics. Their discussion was also featured on the front page of the BBC news website.

Published on - Friday 13th October 2017

Tags:

Women in Economics


Assessing Gender Equality: Athena Swan

Assessing Gender Equality: Athena Swan

The Faculty of Economics Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Committee was formed in October 2017 and includes academics, administrators and students.

Published on - Wednesday 11th October 2017

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Women in Economics


Dr. Cavalcanti appointed to the Economic Journal's board as Associate Editor

Dr. Cavalcanti appointed to the Economic Journal's board as Associate Editor

Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti been invited to be an Associate Editor for the Economic Journal. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 11th October 2017


The Tripos makes it to the top of two University Tables

The Tripos makes it to the top of two University Tables

The Faculty of Economics is delighted to announce that the Economics Tripos has been ranked top in both the Guardian and The Complete University Guide league tables.

Published on - Wednesday 4th October 2017


Prof. Goyal has been elected to the Ganshof Der Meersch Chair in Brussels

Prof. Goyal has been elected to the Ganshof Der Meersch Chair in Brussels

Prof Sanjeev Goyal is the holder of the next Ganshof van der Meersch Chair. In Spring 2018 he will deliver a cycle of lectures at the Université libre de Bruxelles, where he will be welcomed by Professors Anne Weyembergh (Institute for European Studies), Patrick Legros and André Sapir. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 3rd October 2017


Oliver Exton elected as UKDS Data Impact Fellow 2017

Oliver Exton elected as UKDS Data Impact Fellow 2017

The Faculty is delighted to announce that PhD student Oliver Exton has been elected as one of the UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows for 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 28th September 2017


Dr Anger-Kraavi appointed to International Advisory Positions

Dr Anger-Kraavi appointed to International Advisory Positions

Annela Anger-Kraavi, who is a College Lecturer in Economics at Downing College in Cambridge and researcher at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership as well as Chief Executive of the Cambridge Trust of New Thinking in Economics, has been appointed to two leading international positions, as special advisor to the European Council on international climate policy and as vice chair of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's body for Scientific and Technological Advice. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 27th September 2017



Dr Chang's article on Korean democracy published in The New York Times

Dr Chang's article on Korean democracy published in The New York Times

Dr Ha-Joon Chang's article on Korean democracy, titled, 'South Koreans Worked a Democratic Miracle. Can They Do It Again?', was published in The New York Times on 14 September 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Friday 15th September 2017


Prof. Ogilvie to give Keynote Lecture in Helsinki

Prof. Ogilvie to give Keynote Lecture in Helsinki

Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie is giving the public keynote lecture at the final conference of the project on "The Making of Commercial Law" in Helsinki on 26 September 2017.

Published on - Monday 4th September 2017

Tags:

Women in Economics


1st Year Student wins an Undergraduate of the Year Award

1st Year Student wins an Undergraduate of the Year Award

The Faculty would like to congratulate first-year economics student, Ekaterina Christova who won The Future CFO of the Year Award at this years Undergraduate of the Year Awards. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 14th August 2017


Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti

Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti "Rethinking Competitiveness, Structural Reforms, and Macro Policy"

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti will deliver the keynote address at the conference entitled "Rethinking Competitiveness, Structural Reforms, and Macro Policy". The conference is organised by the Bank of Italy, CEPR and the Central Bank Research Association and will take place on October 5th 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 17th October 2017

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Reforms

Macroeconomic Policy

Competition


Prof. Corsetti to speak at the RFAs Research Seminar in Singapore

Prof. Corsetti to speak at the RFAs Research Seminar in Singapore

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti will speak at the 1st Joint Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Research Seminar (AMRO, ESM and FLAR) in Singapore, Sept 7th 2017, on "Official lending strategies during the euro area crisis" (joint paper with Aitor Erce and Timothy Uy). Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 6th September 2017

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Euro Crisis

Debt

Sustainability


Dr. Bateman debates Brexit on Radio 4

Dr. Bateman debates Brexit on Radio 4

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. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 26th July 2017

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Women in Economics


Dr. Crowley talks to BBC World Service

Dr. Crowley talks to BBC World Service

Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke to the BBC World Service's Newshour Extra programme about globalization and her ESRC Brexit grant research. A podcast of the programme is available on the BBC website. Read More>>

Published on - Friday 7th July 2017


Faculty Senior Academic Promotions

Faculty Senior Academic Promotions

Vasco Carvalho, Sara Horrell, Pontus Rendahl and Petra Geraats have all been successful in the Faculty's Senior Academic Promotions.

Published on - Thursday 15th June 2017


Faculty Away Day May 23 2017

Faculty Away Day May 23 2017

The Faculty held it's annual Away Day on the 23rd May 2017 at Madingley Hall, Cambridge.

Published on - Wednesday 14th June 2017


Prof. Dasgupta  inducted as Fellow of the AERE

Prof. Dasgupta inducted as Fellow of the AERE

Professor Partha Dasgupta was recently inducted as Fellow of the (American) Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Unfortunately Prof. Dasgupta was unable to attend the ceremony, but his acceptance letter was read at the occasion by the current President, Laura Taylor.

Published on - Thursday 8th June 2017


Prof. Corsetti to talk at the Annual MacCaLM Conference

Prof. Corsetti to talk at the Annual MacCaLM Conference

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti is giving a talk on 'Capital flows and monetary policy trade-offs' at the Annual MacCaLM Conference, University of Edinburgh on 21st June 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 7th June 2017

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Capital Flows

Monetary Policy

Trade-offs


Dr. Edoardo Gallo awarded an Early Career Fellowship from CRASSH

Dr. Edoardo Gallo awarded an Early Career Fellowship from CRASSH

The Early Career Fellowship scheme at CRASSH, jointly funded by the Isaac Newton Trust and the Schools of Arts & Humanities and Humanities & Social Sciences, allows Cambridge University Teaching Officers and College Teaching Officers to apply for an additional term of research leave in order to develop a new research project. Read More>>

Published on - Saturday 1st April 2017


Prof. Goyal to give Public Lecture in Oxford

Prof. Goyal to give Public Lecture in Oxford

Professor Sanjeev Goyal will give a public lecture on "The Law of the Few" at the Oxford Mathematics Institute on 28th June 2017. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 28th June 2017


The Tripos makes it to the top of the Guardian university table

The Tripos makes it to the top of the Guardian university table

The Guardian newspaper has released it's University league table for 2018 and the University of Cambridge Economics Tripos has come top.

Published on - Wednesday 24th May 2017


Dr. Vasco Carvalho's Research into

Dr. Vasco Carvalho's Research into "Supply Chain Disruptions"

Dr. Vasco Carvalho's Research has been featured in Columbia GSB's Ideas and Insights Article. Columbia Business School discusses how complex supply chains can transform local shocks into national economic malaise based on the paper "Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake", by Vasco Carvalho, Makoto Nirei, Yukiko Saito and Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 17th May 2017

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Macronets

Supply Chain


Maarten de Ridder wins Student-Led Teaching Award for Best Lecturer

Maarten de Ridder wins Student-Led Teaching Award for Best Lecturer

Phd student Maarten de Ridder has won one of the Cambridge Student Union's, Student-Led Teaching Awards and will be honored at a ceremony in the University Combination Room on May 9th.

Published on - Thursday 11th May 2017


Dr. Mohaddes's Research Covered in the Financial Times

Dr. Mohaddes's Research Covered in the Financial Times

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Is There a Debt-Threshold Effect on Output Growth?" (joint with Alexander Chudik, M. Hashem Pesaran and Mehdi Raissi), which was published this month in The Review of Economics and Statistics, was covered in the Financial Times today. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 3rd May 2017

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Dept

Output

Growth


Dr. Crowley, Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Bartels (Law) win £300k ESRC grant.

Dr. Crowley, Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Bartels (Law) win £300k ESRC grant.

Dr. Meredith Crowley, with co-investigators Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Bartels (Law), wins £300k ESRC grant to study the impact of trade policy and exchange rate shocks on trade volumes and prices in post-Brexit Britain. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 18th April 2017

Tags:

Brexit

Trade

Exchange Rate


Dr Iyer Interviewed by ECNMY: What is the economics of religion really about?

Dr Iyer Interviewed by ECNMY: What is the economics of religion really about?

Dr Sriya Iyer talks "What is the economics of religion really about?" in an article and interview was published in ECNMY. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 18th April 2017

Tags:

Women in Economics

Religion


Holy Wars: Temple Desecrations in Medieval India

Holy Wars: Temple Desecrations in Medieval India

Dr. Sriya Iyer's Working Paper "Holy Wars: Temple Desecrations in Medieval India" (Cambridge-INET Working Paper wp1702 and Cambridge Working Papers in Economics cwpe1705) features in an article she (with Anand Shrivastava and Rohit Ticku) has written for Ideas of India. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 27th March 2017

Tags:

Conflict

Religion

Politics

Assassination


Dr Felix Martin -

Dr Felix Martin - "Money: The Unauthorised Biography"

Dr Felix Martin (Institute for New Economic Thinking and Centre for Global Studies) will give a on "Money:the unauthorised biography" at Seminar Room, No. 1, Newnham Terrace, Darwin College, on March 13th 2017, from 17:00-18:30pm. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 9th March 2017


Eric Maskin and Baron Turner Receive Honorary Degrees

Eric Maskin and Baron Turner Receive Honorary Degrees

The Faculty is pleased to announce that the title of the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa will conferred on Eric Maskin and that the title of the degree of Doctor of Law honoris causa will be conferred on Jonathan Adair, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 16th February 2017


Andy Haldane -

Andy Haldane - "Whose Recovery?"

Andy Haldane(Chief Economist at the Bank of England) will give the next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity on "Whose Recovery?". The event will be held Wednesday 22 February 2017, 18:00 -19:30, in the Mill Lane Lecture Room 1.

Published on - Wednesday 22nd February 2017


Muhammad Farid Ahmed awarded G-Research PhD Prize

Muhammad Farid Ahmed awarded G-Research PhD Prize

The Faculty is delighted to announce that PhD student Muhammad Farid Ahmed was recently awarded the G-Research PhD Prize for his paper on "A Method for analysing the frequency of market efficiency". Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 8th February 2017


The Economics of Post Factual Democracy

The Economics of Post Factual Democracy

Key Institute leaders Rob Johnson and William Janeway will be keynote speakers in a two-day event in Copenhagen on February 9 and 10 on the meeting the challenges of the ‘post-factual’ society, in which scientific expertise is losing authority and policy debate is becoming detached from reality. Read More>>

Published on - Friday 20th January 2017


The Economists: The art and science of economics at Cambridge

The Economists: The art and science of economics at Cambridge

In 1924 John Maynard Keynes, who invented macroeconomics, used a biographical essay about his mentor Alfred Marshall to muse on the qualities of a good economist.

Published on - Tuesday 3rd January 2017