The World Economic Outlook
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes gave a talk at a high-level symposium on "The World Economic Outlook, Implications for Kuwait and the Middle East and North Africa Region" on Monday November 12, 2018 at the IMF Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) in Kuwait.
Published on - Monday 17th December 2018
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The Design of Trade Agreements
Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke at the World Trade Organization's 'Updating Trade Cooperation: An Economic View' event, in Geneva on the 11th of December 2018. Dr. Crowley gave her presentation on 'Updating Economic Cooperation: Rethinking exibility tools in light of modern evidence' and you can watch her remarks on the WTO website (starts at 2 hours 22 mins).
Published on - Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Cambridge Economics 2018
The 2018 edition of Cambridge Economics features, amongst many other interesting articles, an interview with alumni Angus Deaton who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, reflections by Professor Sanjeev Goyal on his time as chair of the Faculty, and a report by Dr Matt Elliott on his latest research on Systemic Risk-shifting in Financial Networks.
Published on - Monday 3rd December 2018
Are Freeports the Future?
Dr. Meredith Crowley discusses 'freeports' and the role they might play in a post-Brexit manufacturing boom on BBC Radio 4's In Business Programme (starts at 1m 47s).
Published on - Friday 30th November 2018
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Debt Sustainability: The State of the Art 
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti's debt sustainability report has been published by European Parliament. The landmark report highlights three critical areas limiting the effectiveness of current Debt Sustainability Assessments – liquidity risks, contagion risks and identification of debt limits – and sets out a plan for how the European assessment system can be reformed.
Published on - Monday 26th November 2018
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British Legislative Influence on Union Membership?
Professor William Brown's research was mentioned in an Economist article. The paper argues that British legislative change has not exerted a major influence on union membership.
Published on - Friday 23rd November 2018
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The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis
Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie gave the Faculty Research Seminar, presenting the research in her 2019 Princeton University Press book, where she uses economic methods to analyze an institution central to almost every economy in history – the occupational guild. Her talk was entitled ‘The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis’ and was delivered on 1 October 2018.
Published on - Monday 19th November 2018
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Major Policy Challenges Explored
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has been made a visiting fellow of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. Along with two other visiting fellows, Dr. Toxvaerd will be exploring major policy changes over the next year.
Published on - Tuesday 20th November 2018
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The Economics of Religion in India Launch
Harvard University Press, the Faculty of Economics and the Cambridge-INET Institute held an event to celebrate the publication of Dr. Sriya Iyer's The Economics of Religion in India book. The event took place on 31st October 2018 in the Senior Combination Room, St Catharine’s College. See a selection of photographs from the evening.
Published on - Tuesday 13th November 2018
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National Institute for Economic and Social Research
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang and Dr. Sean Holly have both been appointed a Governors of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research for a five year term. The NIESR is Britain's longest established independent research institute, founded in 1938.
Published on - Friday 9th November 2018
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Fellow of the Econometric Society
The Faculty of Economics and Cambridge-INET is delighted to announce that Professor Sanjeev Goyal has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Published on - Monday 5th November 2018
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20 Years of the National Minimum Wage
This year marks 20 years since the passage of the National Minimum Wage Act – a politically controversial intervention in the British labour market at the time. Professor William Brown was centrally involved as a member of the Low Pay Commission in designing and implementing the 'most successful policy of the past 30 years'.
Published on - Monday 29th October 2018
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Democratic Purges in Post-World War II France Grant
Dr. Toke Aidt in collaboration with colleagues at the Université libre de Bruxelles wins British Academy/ Leverhulme grant to study democratic purges in post-World War II France.
Published on - Wednesday 17th October 2018
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The Economics of Religion in India
Dr. Sriya Iyer was interviewed about her recently published book 'The Economics of Religion in India' by SheThePeople. The book was also featured in leading Indian business newspaper The Mint "Why Religion Steps In When the State Steps Back"
Published on - Friday 12th October 2018
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U.S. Blocks Appointments of New Judges to World Trade Organization
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on the NPR Morning Edition programme about her research with Rob Howse on the Tuna-Dolphin II dispute, in relation to President Trump's attacks on the World Trade Organization.
Published on - Wednesday 3rd October 2018
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Dr. Meredith Crowley joins Cambridge-INET as a Coordinator
Cambridge-INET is delighted to announce that Dr. Meredith Crowley will be joining as a Coordinator for the Transmission Mechanisms and Economic Policy theme, leading research on global economic policy.
Published on - Friday 5th October 2018
North American Free Trade Agreement
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in two BBC News articles about President Donald Trump's North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico. "Donald Trump says new trade deal is 'most important ever'" and "US and Canada reach new trade deal to replace Nafta".
Published on - Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Chair of the Faculty
Professor Sanjeev Goyal FBA will be stepping down as Chair of the Faculty on September 30, 2018, upon completion of his four year term. Professor Hamid Sabourian FBA will be succeeding him as Chair of the Faculty.
Published on - Monday 1st October 2018
UN Committee for Development Policy
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang has been appointed as a member of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2021.
Published on - Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Economics at the Festival of Ideas
Three Faculty members will be running sessions at this years Festival of Ideas. Dr. Meredith Crowley will hold a panel discussion on "Trade Wars: Deal or No Deal", Dr. William Janeway will give a talk on "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy" and Tony Cockerill will host the interactive "Running the British Economy" game.
Published on - Monday 24th September 2018
Tags:European Leaders Talk Brexit In Austria
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed for NPR's Morning Edition on Brexit. "With just six months to go before Britain leaves the EU, European leaders are meeting in Austria to discuss progress". You can listen to the program on the NPR site.
Published on - Thursday 20th September 2018
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A Warm Welcome to Our New Lecturers
As we embark on the new academic year, we’re pleased to introduce two new Lecturers in the Faculty of Economics - Dr Noriko Amano Patiño and Dr Weilong Zhang.
Published on - Wednesday 19th September 2018
Tags:The Economics of Religion in India
Dr. Sriya Iyer's new book "The Economics of Religion in India", published by Harvard University Press, has much to teach us about India and other pluralistic societies the world over, and about the power of economics to illuminate some of societies’ deepest beliefs and dynamics.
Published on - Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Economics with Subtitles - Government Debt
Dr. Victoria Bateman was featured on the BBC Radio 4 documentary "Economics with Subtitles". The programme explored Government Debt.
Published on - Thursday 13th September 2018
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Counting the Costs of Brexit Uncertainty
The Financial Times (subscription required) have quoted the report authored by Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han in an article about the impact of Brexit on UK exports.
Published on - Monday 10th September 2018
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James Mirrlees 1936-2018
Tributes from members of the Faculty of Economics have been paid to Sir James Mirrlees who passed away on the 30th August 2018.
Published on - Thursday 30th August 2018
UK-Asia Trade in the Event of “no deal” Brexit
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC World News TV's Impact program “The prospects for UK-Asia trade in the event of a “no deal” Brexit,” presented by Yalda Hakim and broadcast on 23 August 2018.
Published on - Thursday 23rd August 2018
Tags:North American Free Trade Agreement
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today program on "The Future of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)." Her interview starts at 1:18.
Published on - Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Double Honours for Emeritus Faculty Member
Professor Richard Smith has been appointed Honorary Professor at UCL and has had a Special Issue of the Econometric Theory journal published in honour of his 65th birthday.
Published on - Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Brexit Uncertainty Damages Britain’s Exporters
Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han's paper "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence from the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports" has been quoted in articles by both The Economist and The Telegraph.
Published on - Tuesday 28th August 2018
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International Economic History Association Dissertation Prize
Faculty supervisor and examiner, Charles Read has been awarded a prize by the International Economic History Association (IEHA) for the best dissertation in nineteenth-century economic history
Published on - Monday 6th August 2018
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Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, along with Prof. Michael Grubb have joined Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub as Co-Leaders. You can read their profiles and find out about the Sustainability Research Hub on the Rebuild Macro site.
Published on - Friday 3rd August 2018
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Trade Uncertainty
The Telegraph has quoted the research by Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han in their article "Britain loses thousands of exporters on trade uncertainty".
Published on - Tuesday 31st July 2018
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MPhil Student Publishes Development Studies Book
Peter Andreas Nielsen (MPhil in Economics Student) and Georgios Marinos (MPhil in Development Studies) are set to publish the first textbook on Development Studies for high schools in Denmark. Faculty member, Dr. Ha-Joon Chang will write the foreword of the book.
Published on - Monday 30th July 2018
Cambridge Ranked Best for Economics for 4th Year Running
The Complete University Guide has recently ranked the University of Cambridge as the best UK University for Economics for the fourth year running.
Published on - Wednesday 25th July 2018
President Trump's Trade War
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BloombergTV Bulgaria on 13th July 2018. She discussed President Trump's Trade War. Please note the article and video are in Bulgarian.
Published on - Thursday 19th July 2018
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UK in a Changing Europe awarded Best Think Tank
UK in a Changing Europe has been awarded Best Think Tank covering Global Affairs in the UK by Prospect Magazine. Dr. Meredith Crowley, a Research Leader for UK in a Changing Europe, and Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti along with their co-investigator from Law, Lorand Bartels, contributed a number of policy analysis pieces that were cited as one of UK in a Changing Europe's major successes.
Published on - Wednesday 18th July 2018
Tags:How the Brexit Vote Impacted Trade
New research by Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han examines how the Brexit vote impacted trade in 2016, "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence from the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports".
Published on - Tuesday 17th July 2018
Tags:Innovation, Productivity & Trade Negotiations
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang discussed "innovation, productivity and trade negotiations" with both the Wall Street Journal and Financial Express.
Published on - Tuesday 17th July 2018
Tags:United Nations High-Level Advisory Board
Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti was invited to join the newly created United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Economic Social Affairs. The board held its inaugural meeting on July 9th and 10th 2018.
Published on - Monday 16th July 2018
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UK-EU Future Customs Relationship
As part of the UK in a Changing Europe programme, Dr. Meredith Crowley and Oliver Exton have written a paper on the UK-EU Future Customs Relationship as part of a report on "What the government’s Brexit white paper must address".
Published on - Monday 9th July 2018
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Research Horizons
Prof. Sheilagh Ogilvie's research is featured in the latest University's Research Horizons magazine. Read the article "How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth" or download the latest issue of Research Horizons.
Published on - Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Appointment to Ofgem's Academic Panel
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Ritz, Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at Cambridge, has been appointed as a member of the Academic Panel at Ofgem, the regulator for electricity and natural gas markets in Great Britain.
Published on - Tuesday 26th June 2018
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How does the US see Brexit?
In this Royal Economic Society (RES) video Dr. Meredith Crowley looks at American attitudes, the potential for new trading partners and negative responses towards globalisation.
Published on - Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Best Finance Student Paper Award
Congratulations to Maarten De Ridder and Thomas Auld (Faculty PhD students) who have both won prizes at the CERF Cambridge Best Finance Student Paper Award.
Published on - Monday 18th June 2018
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Faculty Senior Academic Promotions
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, Dr. Meredith Crowley and Dr. Matthew Elliott have all been successful in the Faculty's Senior Academic Promotions.
Published on - Thursday 14th June 2018
Tariff Scares Can Reduce Export Activity
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the NBC News article "Tariffs on sugar, shoes, mean higher costs for consumers". "Even the threat of a tariff - that is never followed through and imposed - can reduce export activity".
Published on - Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Queen's Birthday Honours
Emerirus Professor Geoffrey Harcourt, was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in General Division (AC), in the Queen's Birthday Honours. An AC is the highest order of the Orders of Australia.
Published on - Tuesday 12th June 2018
Tags:Injecting Chaos into Economic Policy Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today about the recent G7 meeting in Canada and President Trump's policy of injecting chaos into international economic policy negotiations. Starts at 15 minutes into programme.
Published on - Monday 11th June 2018
Tags:The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Chad Bown's paper "The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy" 2016, The Handbook of Commercial Policy was cited in the Washington Post article "There are 'nuggets of truth' to what Trump says about trade".
Published on - Sunday 10th June 2018
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UK-EU relations after Brexit
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in House of Lords EU Committee Report issued 8 June 2018 on on UK-EU relations after Brexit on p. 21 (para. 40 and 42) and p. 31 (para 83) the future trading relationship, prospects for FTAs with new partners, and regulatory divergence.
Published on - Friday 8th June 2018
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PhD Funding
The Faculty is delighted to announce that the four students, who were nominated by the Faculty for an ESRC DTP Studentship, were all successful.
Published on - Thursday 7th June 2018
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US steel tariffs imposed on EU and UK
Dr. Meredith Crowley has given live interviews to AlJazeera TV and LBC Radio and been interviewed by The New York Times and BBC News regarding the US tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from the EU (including the UK)
Published on - Monday 4th June 2018
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The Iranian Economy and Challenges Ahead
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes gave a talk entitled "The Iranian Economy and Challenges Ahead" in the session on "Reconsidering the Economic Model" at the Iran Financial Future Summit in Brussels, on 29th of May 2018.
Published on - Sunday 3rd June 2018
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Book Launch Photographs
William H. Janeway Launched the 2nd Edition of his 'Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy' book on Tuesday 29th May 2018 at Pembroke College, Cambridge. See photographs from the event.
Published on - Friday 1st June 2018
Tags:Reassessing the Fiscal and Monetary Framework in EMU
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti presented at the State of the Union conference, Solidarity and Union, in Florence, which was held between the 10th-12th May 2018. He spoke on "Reassessing the Fiscal and Monetary Framework in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)". You can watch his talk below or on the European University Institute's youtube channel.
Published on - Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Oleg Kitov receives CUSU Student-Led Teaching Award
Oleg Kitov (Selwyn and Robinson College) received the award for best undergraduate supervisor of the year. The awards are based on student nominations of teachers who have had a profound impact on their education in Cambridge. The Faculty would like to congratulate Oleg on this superb recognition of his innovative approach to teaching and to his dedication to his students.
Published on - Monday 14th May 2018
Moving away from Theoretical Models
Professor Vasco Carvalho discusses how new sources of large amounts of data are providing opportunities to test previously untestable things.
Published on - Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy
William H. Janeway is holding a launch event for the 2nd Edition of his book, Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State. On Tuesday 29th May 2018, 6.30pm, at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Published on - Friday 4th May 2018
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The Future UK-EU Trade Relationship
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Oliver Exton have written a blog for The UK in a Changing Europe website on "The Future UK-EU Trade Relationship".
Published on - Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Gender and Collaboration in Economic Research
Professor Sanjeev Goyal contributed a recent VoxEU article (joint with Lorenzo Ductor and Anja Prummer) on gender and collaboration in economic research.
Published on - Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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The Economics of Religion in India
Dr. Sriya Iyer recently gave the Faculty Research Seminar based on the research in her 2018 Harvard University Press book, where she uses economic methods to study religion. Her talk was titled 'The Economics of Religion in India' and delivered on 23 April 2018.
Published on - Tuesday 1st May 2018
Tags:Conflict in Networks: The Rise and Fall of Empires
Professor Sanjeev Goyal will give the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) Distinguished Seminar on Tuesday 1st May 2018, Cambridge, MA. See poster for details.
Published on - Thursday 26th April 2018
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Student Receives 'Best Negotiator' Prize at Model WTO
Peter Andreas Nielsen (MPhil in Economics Student) was awarded two prizes at the Model WTO at the University of St. Gallen and the WTO Headquarters in Geneva. Peter received the prize for being the best negotiator on the Special and Differential Treatment and Dispute Prevention Committee and another prize for the second best essay submitted during the application process.
Published on - Tuesday 17th April 2018
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US-China Trade War and Trade Deflection
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave an interview to Keri Philips of ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Rear Vision radio program examining trade wars of the past and how President Trump's trade war might unfold. The interview was broadcast on 22 April and is available now for download.
Published on - Sunday 22nd April 2018
Tags:Integration and Diversity
Professor Sanjeev Goyal holds the Ganshof van der Meersch Chair for 2017-2018. He will deliver a series of public lectures in Brussels on April 23-26, 2018. The opening lecture will be "Integration and Diversity", on Monday 23 April at 6pm at Institute of European Studies (IEE), Brussels.
Published on - Wednesday 18th April 2018
Tags:Post-Brexit UK-EU Relations
Dr. Meredith Crowley will give evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee on the future relationship between the UK and the EU. Dr. Crowley's testimony will be broadcast live from 15:00 on Tuesday 17 April.
Published on - Sunday 15th April 2018
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Coffee, Economics and Education
The Faculty's Athena SWAN members organised a coffee morning at Newnham College with Prof. Caroline Hoxby, the 2018 Marshall lecturer.
Published on - Saturday 14th April 2018
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Good luck to our team for the 2018 Econometric Games
Good luck to Gustavo Nicolas Paez (Captain, PhD), Shuyi Ge (PhD), Martin Miklos (MPhil in Economics) and Daniel Mobayyen (MPhil in Economics) who will be competing in the Annual Econometric Games from 11 - 13 April in Amsterdam. They'll be hoping to unseat Harvard as last year's winners.
Published on - Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Trade War Risks between the U.S. and China
Dr. Meredith Crowley appeared on CTV News (Toronto) to disscus “Trade war risks between the U.S. and China”.
Published on - Monday 9th April 2018
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Trade Wars: Passion vs Logic
Dr. Meredith Crowley appeared on the BBC World Service Business Daily to disscus “Trade Wars: Passion vs Logic” presented by Ed Butler with Simon Tulette.
Published on - Sunday 8th April 2018
Tags:Impact of US-China Trade War on UK Industry
Dr. Meredith Crowley discusses how a US-China trade war will impact UK industry as well as post-Brexit trade agreements, on BBC Radio Four, The Briefing Room - “Can you win a trade war?”, presented by David Aaronovitch.
Published on - Friday 6th April 2018
Tags:When is Debt a Drag on Economic Growth?
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's column "When is debt a drag on economic growth?" was published on the ERF Policy Portal. Click through to read his column on the ERF forum.
Published on - Thursday 5th April 2018
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Peter Tinsley, 1939-2018
The Faculty is saddened to announce that Peter Ault Tinsley passed away on the 19th March 2018. Peter was with the Faculty of Economics from 1998-2003. The Washington Post have published an obituary of his life.
Published on - Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Dr. Crowley Quoted in the New York Times
Dr. Meredith CrowleyDr. Meredith Crowley was quoted by the New York Times in their article "Trump Says Getting Tough on Chinese Trade Will Empower U.S. He Risks the Opposite"
Published on - Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Anil Ari "Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking"
Former PhD student Anil Ari (currently at International Monetary Fund) will present his paper "Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking" at the NBER International Finance and Macroeconomic Meeting, in Cambridge MA, March 8th-9th 2018.
Published on - Monday 5th March 2018
Tags:Dr. Crowley Discusses Research Findings on BBC World Service
Dr. Meredith Crowley discussed the findings of the paper "Markups and Markets: A New Empirical Framework and Evidence on Exporters from China" (joint with Giancarlo Corsetti, Lu Han and Huasheng Song) in an interview with Fergus Nicoll of BBC World Service Business Matters.
Published on - Monday 26th March 2018
Tags:Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti to give Deutsche Bundesbank and IMF Keynote Speeches
Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti has two Keynote Speeches this week. At the Deutsche Bundesbank's "Fiscal Policy in EMU – The Way Ahead", in Frankfurt and the IMF Conference "Many Objectives or Too Few Instruments?" in Washington DC.
Published on - Wednesday 21st March 2018
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As part of the Royal Economics Society's Annual Conference in Brighton, there will be a Plenary Panel on Brexit - "The View on Brexit from Abroad: New Opportunities or Damage Control?". Dr. Meredith Crowley will be speaking as part of the panel.
Published on - Tuesday 20th March 2018
Tags:RES Annual Conference 2018 Brighton - Brexit Event
As part of the Royal Economics Society's Annual Conference in Brighton, the RES is holding a debate 'One year till Brexit: Are we nearly there yet?'. Dr. Meredith Crowley will speak on the open-to-the-public panel debating Brexit. Titckets are available through EventBrite.
Published on - Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Dr. Crowley Discusses Trump's Trade Policy with the NY Times
Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke about the danger that Trump's steel tariff poses to the World Trade Organization system of trade.
Published on - Monday 12th March 2018
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Dr. Geraats Keynote Speaker at the Dutch Central Bank Conference
Dr Petra Geraats was a keynote speaker at the Central Bank Communication and Transparency Conference at the Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) in Amsterdam on Friday 16 February 2018.
Published on - Thursday 8th March 2018
Tags:Dr. Crowley Interviewed Live for BBC Radio 4 Today
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed live for BBC Radio 4 Today programme about the US's Import Tariffs on Steel. You can listen to the programme on the BBC iplayer for the next 29 days.
Published on - Friday 9th March 2018
Tags:Dr. Mohaddes's Research Featured in the News
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy" (joint with Prof. Hashem Pesaran) was featured in the Albawaba News article "Reneging on the Nuclear Deal Will Isolate America, Empower China, and Distance Europe".
Published on - Thursday 1st March 2018
Tags:Dr. Bateman on BBC Radio 4
Dr Victoria Bateman spoke on a Radio 4 Money-Box special this Wednesday on the topic "what Britain sells". Available to listen here (Dr Bateman is in the latter half of the programme).
Published on - Friday 23rd February 2018
Tags:Financial Times Brexit Briefing
Dr. Meredith Crowley's blog on 'Response to leaked government Brexit analysis' was included in the Financial Times Brexit briefing.
Published on - Monday 19th February 2018
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Prof. Chatterjee appointed to Government Remuneration Body
Professor Monojit Chatterjee has been appointed as a member of the Police Remuneration and Review Body and the National Crime Agency (NCA) Remuneration Review Body.
Published on - Tuesday 6th February 2018
Postgraduate Students to present at the 26th CEPR ESSIM Event
Former PhD student, Jasmine Xiao (Assistant Professor of Economics, Notre Dame) and current PhD student Lidia Smitkova will both present their work at the 26th CEPR European Summer Symposium in International Macroeconomics (ESSIM) 2018, in Oslo. The symposium will take place between 22nd - 25th May 2018.
Published on - Wednesday 21st February 2018
Faculty Members to speak at CERF in The City 2018
Dr Elisa Faraglia and Dr Matt Elliott are to speak at the CERF in the City 2018 event on The Risks in Financial Markets.
Published on - Wednesday 31st January 2018
Tags:Response to leaked Government Brexit analysis
The UK in a Changing Europe website have published a blog written by Dr Meredith Crowley, which is in response to a leaked Government Brexit report.
Published on - Thursday 1st February 2018
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Podcast of Professor Gareth Austin's inaugural lecture
In the lectures, Professor Austin describes three 'revolutions' in the study of economic history since 1950 and argues that Economic History needs to re-affirm its position as the intersection set of the disciplines of History and Economics. Podcast of lecture available here.
Published on - Monday 29th January 2018
Tags:Dr. Crowley talks Brexit on BBC Radio 4
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Gerard Lyons debate Brexit on BBC Radio 4 The World at One Programme. The Brexit segment starts at 19:29.
Published on - Friday 26th January 2018
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Frank Hahn Memoir Published
Professor David Newbery has published his memoir of Frank Hahn (1925-2013) in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy.
Published on - Friday 26th January 2018
Prof. Goyal to give Keynote Lecture in Spain
Professor Sanjeev Goyal will deliver a Keynote Lecture at The Conference on Complexity, Networks, and Collective Behaviour in Zaragoza, Spain.
Published on - Tuesday 6th February 2018
Tags:BBC News - Dr. Crowley talks UK and the Customs Union
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by Kamal Ahmed (Economics Editor) for BBC News at Six, explaining the value to the UK of participating in the Customs Union with the EU. Dr Crowley's interview starts at 06.10. Video no longer available.
Published on - Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Cambridge Big Data
Professor Vasco Carvalho is behind new Economic and Data Science Interest Group. This is part of the Cambridge Big Data Strategic Research Initiative (CBD).
Published on - Friday 12th January 2018
Tags:Faculty Brexit Research featured on Trade Talks Podcast
Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown spoke with Dr Meredith Crowley about her Brexit research on the Peterson Institute's Trade Talks Podcast.
Published on - Friday 12th January 2018
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Jane Humphries awarded a CBE
Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and former Reader at the Faculty of Economics has been awarded a CBE.
Published on - Thursday 4th January 2018
Tags:Prof. Ogilvie BBC Radio 4 Interview on Guilds
Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie spoke to BBC Radio 4 about "Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists? A fresh look at what guilds really did for pre-modern trade".
Published on - Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Tags:Dr. Crowley to speak at Danish Institute for International Studies
Dr. Meredith Crowley is speaking on "Globalisation at a Crossroads" at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen on 10 January 2018. Watch all the talks from the event on the DIIS website.
Published on - Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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