Four new professors in Economics faculty 

Four academics at the Faculty of Economics have been promoted to Professor grades at the University of Cambridge.

Published on - Thursday 16th June 2022

Conflict

Development

Firms

Networks

Building resilient supply chains 

Professor Vasco Carvalho's research on Production Networks, has been extensively quoted in the 2022 Economic Report of the US President, on 'Building Resilient Supply Chains'. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 28th April 2022

Firms

Markets

Production Networks

Supply Chains

Project Syndicate: Supply-Shock Therapy 

Research by Professors Matt Elliott and Vasco Carvalho into supply chain issues has been quoted in a timely feature on supply chain disruption and published by Project Syndicate.

Published on - Thursday 28th October 2021

Firms

Natural Disasters

Networks

Supply Chains

Tax Increases to Finance “Whatever the Cost” 

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes was interviewed by Le Figaro newspaper about his paper "Covid-19 Fiscal Support and its Effectiveness" (joint with Alexander Chudik and Mehdi Raissi) and the 2021 Budget. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 4th March 2021

COVID-19

Fiscal Support

Households

Firms

From Firms to the Aggregate Economy: The Role of Financial Frictions Mini Conference 

Cambridge-INET, the Centre for Macroeconomics and the Faculty of Economics are holding a Mini Conference on "From Firms to the Aggregate Economy: The Role of Financial Frictions". It will take place on Tuesday 2nd March 2021, 3.45PM - 6.30PM GMT (UK) and will be held online. See the event page for more details.

Published on - Monday 14th December 2020

Firms

Aggregate Economy

Macroeconomics

Workers, Firms and Labour Markets Workshop 

Faculty of Economics is hosting a one-day workshop on Workers, Firms and Labour Markets on Friday, 18th October 2019, from 9.30am-3.30pm in the Meade Room. The workshop is organised by Dr Noriko Amano Patino, Dr Kai Liu and Dr Weilong Zhang and the speakers include includes Eric French, Roland Rathelot, Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Pierre Cahuc, and Manudeep Bhuller. You can view the programme here.

Event Date - Friday 18th October 2019

Firms

Labour Markets

Review of World Economics Young Economist Prize 

Faculty of Economics Research Associate Dr. Lu Han has been awarded the Review of World Economics Young Economist Prize 2019 for his paper "The Mutable Geography of Firms' International Trade: Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications". Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 10th September 2019

Trade

Firms

Macroeconomics

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

Firms

Markets

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

Firms

Growth

Macroeconomics

Workshop on Firms in Development 

Cambridge INET and St John's College will be holding a Workshop on Firms in Development on 11th - 12th June 2018 in the Lightfoot Room, St John's College, Cambridge. Please register your interest.

Event Date - Monday 11th June 2018 - Tuesday 12th June 2018

Firms

Development