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The costs of climate change are getting lost on Capitol Hill
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Washington Post. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 20th October 2021
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New Faculty Director of Research
Professor Peng’s diverse research interest covers the area of social networks, behavioural finance, ESG, and corporate governance. Her research has been published in leading economics and finance journals. Currently she is the Krell Chair Professor in Finance at Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.
Published on - Monday 18th October 2021
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New Janeway Institute to transform economic research
Disseminating research at the frontier of economics is just one of the roles of a new research institute which will shape young minds and transform economic research. The new Weslie and William Janeway Institute for Economics is to launch on October the 19th.
Published on - Wednesday 13th October 2021
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Dispersion in Financing Costs and Development
Professor Tiago Cavalcanti was a plenary speaker for the IV Workshop of the Spanish Macroeconomics Network, in Alicante (Spain). Read More>>
Published on - Monday 11th October 2021
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Cambridge Journal of Economics - Call for Papers
Dr Carolina Alves will be editing a special issue in the in the Cambridge Journal of Economics along with Jan Toporowski (SOAS, University of London) and internal editors Sue Konzelmann (Birkbeck, University of London) and Alan Shipman (The Open University). The special issue aims to discuss how Joan Robinson’s writings have influenced economics and continued to advance it in the 21st Century. Deadline for submitting papers via CJE refereeing process is 30 April 2022.
Published on - Monday 11th October 2021
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New podcast with Dr Toxvaerd on economics and public health
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd explains how economics can be used to inform public health policy in a new podcast recorded by the London School of Economics. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 4th October 2021
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Economic Contributions to Infection Control
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written an introduction for a special edition of National Institute Economic Review, dedicated to Economic Contributions to Infection Control. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 1st October 2021
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Stranger danger: are we more Covid-safe around friends and family?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has published a new Economics Observatory article which looks at, post COVID-19, how our attitudes have changed towards spending time with people we don't know as opposed to our close family and friends. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 29th September 2021
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A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the World’s Government Debt
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in an article for Bloomberg News. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Why rich countries are reluctant to part with surplus vaccine in favour of the poor
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in an article for the daily Russian newspaper Izvestia, that looks at the inequality of the worldwide distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Religious Composition of India
Dr. Sriya Iyer has given expert advice to a new Pew Research Center report saying all religious groups in India show major declines in fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition over time. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Covid-19 Vaccinations Boost the Global Economy, but May Not Cure It Alone
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for The Wall Street Journal on how the vaccine roll out and Delta variant are effecting the global recovery. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 20th September 2021
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The value of sick pay: older workers & women often get less
Women and older workers are less likely to have access to employer-provided sick pay, according to Dr Christopher Rauh, from the Covid Inequality Project. The research has also found that workers in jobs that cannot be done from home are particularly unlikely to have sick pay.
Published on - Thursday 9th September 2021
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Sir Partha Dasgupta awarded Kew International Medal
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta awarded Kew International Medal for work to protect nature and stop biodiversity loss. The Economist was selected by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to receive the prestigious award following his ground-breaking report The Economics of Biodiversity.
Published on - Wednesday 8th September 2021
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UK’s cut to overseas family planning aid ‘very disappointing’
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is quoted regarding his review into the “economics of biodiversity”. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 7th September 2021
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Is marriage for white people? The US racial marriage divide
Are higher rates of incarceration and unemployment responsible for lower marriage rates among the black population in the US? Christopher Rauh has highlighted the difference in the marriage rates between black and white people in the US.
Published on - Monday 6th September 2021
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Redesigning the UK’s university admissions system
In the Economics Observatory, Dr Aytek Erdil argues for a post-qualification admissions system that includes a matching mechanism, with students receiving university offers after they have received their A-levels. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 23rd August 2021
Tags:How important is international cooperation in the vaccine rollout?
In this Economics Observatory article, Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd explains that international cooperation of vaccine rollout is crucial, and asks how well are we doing? Read More>>
Published on - Friday 20th August 2021
Tags:Does COVID-19 change the value of vaccines?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd explains in the Economics Observatory, vaccines should be valued higher than treatments, because with communicable diseases they reduce the likelihood of people becoming seriously ill. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 17th August 2021
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Effective COVID-19 policy is not only about public health, but also about economics
The COVID-19 crisis has ostensibly been seen as relating to public health. However, it has also proved to be intertwined with economic and social behaviour, public health policy and economic policy. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 16th August 2021
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Is gold or green open access the right way forward?
Publishers have long claimed that gold open access is the only sustainable route for research publishing. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 12th August 2021
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How do vaccines affect the risks we face and the way we behave?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written a new article for the Economics Observatory that discusses how vaccines affect the way we behave. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Professor Jayasri Dutta Obituary
The Faculty of Economics and the University of Cambridge is saddened to announce that a former member of the Faculty, Professor Jayasri Dutta, has passed away at the age of 68.
Published on - Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Will Vaccine Passports Encourage the Young to get Vaccinated?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in an article for the i Newspaper, on the effectiveness of giving young people incentives to vaccinate. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 2nd August 2021
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What has the last year taught us about the Policy & Economics of COVID-19?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd's recent panel discussion on COVID policy, with Dr Abi Adams-Prassl and Dr Kate Fleming, has been featured in the July issue of the RES Newsletter. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 28th July 2021
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Tracking the Mutant Strain: Forecasting Covid in the UK
Andrew Harvey's main research is on time series, focusing on financial time series and climate change. In March 2020 the first UK lockdown diverted his attention to modelling the spread of epidemics. He began work on COVID-19 with his Corpus Christi colleague, Paul Kattuman. This has resulted in four publications; the most recent came out in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface and the National Institute Economic Review.
Published on - Monday 26th July 2021
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Is The UK's 'Freedom Day' Too Soon?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed on Danish National Television's DR2 Deadline programme about the UK's lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 23rd July 2021
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Economics Undergraduate Wins the Ellen McArthur Prize
Natasha May from Emmanuel College has won the prize for best dissertation in Economic History. The selectors judged Natasha’s dissertation on ‘Investment and the Nazi economic recovery’ to be the best contribution to economic history submitted this year.
Published on - Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Academic Gender Gap Widens During Pandemic
In the first weeks of the pandemic, the submission of articles to journals by women, fell dramatically more than their male counterparts. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 21st July 2021
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European Union Politics Publish MPhil Paper
Eddy Yeung, a former University of Cambridge MPhil student, has been published in the academic journal, European Union Politics.
Published on - Monday 19th July 2021
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Racism in Football
Dr. Edoardo Gallo was interviewed by Weekendavisen to discuss racism in football and his research on implicit discrimination. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 16th July 2021
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Women Economists Under-Represented in UK Academia
Women are underrepresented at almost every level within the discipline of economics in UK academia, according to a report by the Royal Economics Society co-authored by Dr Victoria Bateman.
Published on - Tuesday 13th July 2021
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The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review Launch Speech
Read the expanded version of the speech delivered by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta at the launch of his independent global Review, commissioned by HM Treasury. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Southern India Leads the Way to Tolerance
The Wall Street Journal has picked up on the latest report from the Pew Research Center, which features expert advice from Dr. Sriya Iyer. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 12th July 2021
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NHS Staff Deleting Covid App as Calls Grow for Doctors to be Exempt from Self-Isolation
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd's research into Government policy and public behaviour towards COVID-19 restrictions and the vaccine roll out, was quoted in the Telegraph. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 9th July 2021
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The Case for ‘Truly-Long-Term’ Debt Ratings
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in the Financial Times. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 8th July 2021
Tags:California's Heat Dome Poses Unprecedented Challenge for World's Fifth-Biggest Economy
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Telegraph. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 6th July 2021
Tags:The VC Effect: The Right Tech at the Right Time?
William Janeway researches the relationship between venture capital booms and startups. He examines the way they are related to but also distinct from macroeconomic business cycles and stock market fluctuations.
Published on - Monday 5th July 2021
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Undergraduate Achievements Topped with Adam Smith Prizes
Three Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Economics have been awarded prizes following a superlative exam performance.
Published on - Thursday 1st July 2021
Tags:Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation
A new report from the Pew Research Center analyses religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 30th June 2021
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The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology-enabled Learning Prize
The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology-enabled Learning Prize has awarded a high commendation to Dr. Toke Aidt, Mr. Oleg Kitov and Dr. Vasileios Kotsidis for mastery-oriented active learning methods to complement traditional lectures. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Celebrated Economist Geoff Harcourt at 90
The famous Cambridge economist & author of Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital Professor Geoff Harcourt, is celebrating his 90th Birthday.
Published on - Monday 28th June 2021
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Winner of the Best Student Paper Award
Faculty of Economics PhD student, Daniel Ostry has won the Cambridge Finance Best Student Paper Award 2020-2021. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 21st June 2021
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Vasco Carvalho Reflects on the Success of Cambridge-INET
The Cambridge-INET Institute was created in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and advances innovative approaches in economics.
Published on - Friday 18th June 2021
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COVID-19: How the Faculty Researched the Pandemic in Real Time
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd talks about the importance of the Faculty’s research into the current and future pandemics.
Published on - Thursday 17th June 2021
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Can Incentives Encourage People to get Vaccinated?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd spoke to the BBC World Service about vaccine apathy and the hesitation amongst some members of the public to get vaccinated. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Sustainable Earth
Further coverage of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta discussing the need for new economic approaches to preserving the biosphere. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 15th June 2021
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Competition or Cooperation?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has contributed to a piece on vaccines for the first edition of the Economics Observatory's ECO Magazine. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 14th June 2021
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Planet Needs a World Bank for Natural Assets
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is calling for a body to protect shared resources such as oceans and air. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 10th June 2021
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Naming Corona Variants after the Greek Alphabet
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for National Danish Radio’s Orientation programme about the stigma of naming COVID-19 variants after specific countries. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 8th June 2021
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Should the Government still Ease Restrictions?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the BBC News on the proposed easing of UK restrictions in June. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 7th June 2021
Tags:Britain Fears a 3rd COVID-19 Wave
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for National Danish Radio’s Orientation programme about the impending easing of restrictions in the U.K. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 4th June 2021
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Rational Epidemic Theory and Game Theoretic Models
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd gave a plenary talk at The Bridging Disciplinary Divides for Behaviorally Modulated Mathematical Models in Human Epidemiology workshop. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 27th May 2021
Tags:‘Optimistic’ Public More Likely to Shun Surge Testing, Despite Indian Variant Growth
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed by The Telegraph about public confidence in the vaccine roll out and the use of PCR test kits. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 25th May 2021
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Vaccine Roll Out and Post-Covid-19 Recovery
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed by BBC Scotland News for their COVID-19 Special. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 24th May 2021
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Peter Bossaerts Awarded Leverhulme International Professorship
Professor Peter Bossaerts has been awarded the Leverhulme International Professorship at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Economics.
Published on - Monday 17th May 2021
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University Admissions could do with a Matchmaker
Dr Aytek Erdil has proposed a major shake-up of the university admissions system in the UK. The key to his Post-Qualification Admissions model is to have UCAS act as a ‘matchmaker’, using the Gale-Shapley algorithm.
Published on - Friday 14th May 2021
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Should Patents on Covid-19 Vaccines be Waived?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written a new article for the Economics Observatory that looks at whether the patents on Covid-19 vaccines should be waived to allow low-income countries to produce their own doses. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 14th May 2021
Tags:How Does the Market for Vaccines Work?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd and Anthony McDonnell (Center for Global Development), have written a new article for the Economics Observatory that discusses the inequalities of vaccine development. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 13th May 2021
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New Keynes Fund PhD Students Small Awards Scheme
The Keynes Fund at the Faculty of Economics has appended another funding stream for PhD students to apply for small grants outside the main funding process.
Published on - Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Will Free Access to Vaccine IP Increase Supply?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the At The Margin Podcast about The Economics of Vaccines. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Why China Has More To Gain From Fighting Climate Change Than Other Countries
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in the South China Morning Post. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Vaccine Nationalism: Why do some countries cooperate and others go it alone?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd and Tony Yates (independent economist), have written a new article for the Economics Observatory that discusses ‘vaccine nationalism’. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 4th May 2021
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The Trouble Does Not Come To One: What the Tragedy in India Teaches Other Countries
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the Russian newspaper Izvestia about the increase in world wide COVID-19 cases. Read More>>
Published on - Sunday 2nd May 2021
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The Gender Gap in Mental Health Widened by Lockdowns
Women, the young, and the less educated have borne the brunt of mental health issues resulting from lockdowns, which has often exacerbated job and earnings losses, according to research by Dr Christopher Rauh
Published on - Friday 30th April 2021
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Lockdowns Widen the Gender Gap in Mental Health
Dr. Christopher Rauh has published an article for VOXeu that looks at how women have suffered far more from social distancing measures than men in terms of their mental health. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 27th April 2021
Tags:Behavioural Responses to the Vaccine Rollout
Now that the Covid vaccine rollout is in full swing, changes to our behaviour are starting to emerge. New research by Dr Toxvaerd shows how these changes are impacting how many people act in public.
Published on - Tuesday 27th April 2021
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