Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma has had a paper accepted in Mathematical Social Sciences. Entitled ‘Production, Bankruptcy, and Financial Policies under Collateral Constraints’ it is co authored … Read more
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Lockdown Anniversary; an overview of firm creation in the UK during the pandemic.
Kent economists have been measuring new businesses registered in the UK over the year, this commemorative film charts their results over the three lockdowns. Today … Read more
Should older workers pay higher taxes than younger ones?
In the article “Taxation under Learning-by-doing,” recently published in the Journal of Political Economy, Professors Makris (University of Kent, UK) and Pavan (Northwestern University, USA) argue … Read more
‘We must also be aware of a potential economic downturn whilst we wait for the vaccine to arrive.’
In response to the news of the Pfizer vaccine being announced, Miltos Makris, Professor of Economics, explains the potential for this to lead to an economic downturn. … Read more
Makris and Toxvaerd publish their working paper ‘Great Expectations: Social Distancing in Anticipation of Pharmaceutical Innovations’
Miltos Makris has published his working paper Great Expectations: Social Distancing in Anticipation of Pharmaceutical Innovations, research in collaboration with Cambridge University’s Flavio Toxvaerd. “It sheds … Read more
The rise of the service sector, reshaping fundamental features of the world’s economies.
A research collaboration between Miguel Leon-Ledesma and Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari), has been selected as the Research Highlight of the month by the American … Read more
Miltos Makris’ co-authored paper ‘Residence and source-based capital taxation in open economies with infinitely-lived consumers’ has been accepted in the Journal of International Economics
What is the effect of capital market integration on capital taxes when governments can tax according to the residence as well as the source principle? … Read more
Kent PhD student Gustavo Mellior wins prestigious MMF prize.
Some more great news for the School! Kent PhD student, Gustavo Mellior, has been awarded (jointly with another candidate) the first Peter Sinclair Prize … Read more
Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma takes over as Head of School.
We are really excited to welcome Professor Miguel Leon Ledesma to his new role here at the School of Economics. He joined Kent in 1999 … Read more
Grant success; Mathan Satchi and Miguel Leon-Ledesma awarded Leverhulme Trust Grant.
The £98,000 grant has been awarded to study the dynamics of the labour share of income. Mathan Satchi, Lecturer in Economics and Miguel León-Ledesma, Professor … Read more