Discussion paper KDPE 1911 by Eduardo Ribeiro, Adelina Gschwandter (University of Kent) and Cesar Revoredo-Giha (SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), December 2019. Non-technical summary The consumption of chicken … Read more
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Taster day in Economics
If you’re thinking about studying Economics, join us for a taster day at the University of Kent. We can’t wait to meet you! Hear about … Read more
Rural Policies and Employment. TransAtlantic Experiences
A new title edited by Professor Sophia Davidova together with Kenneth J Thomson (University of Aberdeen) and Ashok K Mishra (Morrison School of Agribusiness, USA) … Read more
Decision to buy organic food motivated by quality rather than animal welfare concerns
Perceptions that organic foods are higher quality and more environmentally friendly drive shoppers’ decisions to buy to a greater extent than animal welfare concerns, despite … Read more
The Rise and Fall of US Manufacturing: Re-Examination of Long-Run Spatial Trends
Discussion paper KDPE 1910 by Nicholas Crafts (University of Sussex) and Alexander Klein (University of Kent), December 2019. Non-technical summary It is well-known that patterns … Read more
Comparing treatments to reduce Hypothetical Bias in Choice Experiments regarding Organic Food
This study by Adelina Gschwandtner, Lecturer at the School of Economics, and Michael Burton (University of Western Australia) uses a large, representative sample in order … Read more
Who is our building named after? Charles Kennedy 1923-1997
Professor Tony Thirlwall, tells us about his friend and colleague, Charles Kennedy, first Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Kent in 1966 and … Read more
Social Effects of the Vote of the Majority: A Field-Experiment on the Brexit-Vote
Research by the School’s Dr Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon and Markus Bindemann was cited in an article published on 30 October in Newtral, a … Read more
Firm Dynamics, Market Power and Productivity Puzzles
Anthony Savagar, Lecturer in Macroeconomics (Principal Investigator) and Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Professor of Economics, were granted an ESRC Research Award in September 2018 for £200,000 to … Read more
Working in Economics event
On Thursday 14 November 7-9pm in Sibson LT1 we will be holding a ‘Working in Economics’ employability event. Alumni from the School of Economics, all … Read more