Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma has been invited to join the steering committee of the UK’s Money Macro and Finance Research Group (MMF). The MMF is a … Read more
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Finalists’ Dinner 2017
The School held its third finalists’ dinner at the Abode Hotel in Canterbury on the last day of the Spring term, Friday 6 April. The … Read more
The Economic Impacts of Pests and Diseases
Good biosecurity policy decisions, particularly in relation to plant industry protection, are of ever-increasing importance. Growth in the speed and diversity of trade, the effects … Read more
New doctoral scholarship
The School of Economics is pleased to be able to offer one additional doctoral scholarship for 2017 entry for a specific project on ‘The Role of Social Networks … Read more
How cybercriminals could demand better ransoms
‘You’ve infected a computer, locked it down and demanded a ransom. Congratulations, you’re a cybercriminal. The bad news is that you’re doing a terrible job … Read more
Female relative wages, household specialization and fertility
Falling fertility rates have often been linked to rising female wages. However, over the last 40 years the US total fertility rate has been rather … Read more
Economics of Development
The 10th edition of Professor Tony Thirlwall’s textbook, Economics of Development: Theory and Empirics, now co-authored with Dr Penélope Pacheco-López, is published this month by Palgrave-Macmillan … Read more
Economics student reps win volunteering award
The School of Economics Student Representatives have won a Kent Student Certificate of Volunteering (KSCV) by earning the greatest number of KSCV awards for hours … Read more
Alumni Networking Evening
The School ran its third annual Alumni Networking Evening on Tuesday 14 March at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. The event was well attended by … Read more
Regional business cycle and growth features of Japan
by Masaru Inaba and Keisuke Otsu, discussion paper KDPE 1705, March 2017. Non-technical summary The objective of this paper is to construct a dataset of Japanese … Read more