The Schools of Economics, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, and Anthropology and Conservation met to discuss their many dynamic research groups, with a view to … Read more
Category: MaGHiC
Effective COVID-19 policy is not only about public health, but also about economics
Professor Miltos Makris collaborates again with Dr Flavio Toxvaerd summarising the economic approach to contagious diseases for NIESR. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a health … Read more
North Thanet MP Visits to hear Funded Covid-19-related Research
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) teamed up with the University of Kent to present funded COVID-19-related research to local MP Sir Roger Gale. Meeting In-Person, … Read more
Increasing company registrations in the wholesale and online retail sectors in 2021
Research from the school assesses daily company registrations and shows that the wholesale and retail sectors have been showing most growth in the UK since … Read more
Miguel Leon-Ledesma receives Divisional Research Mentor Award, 2021
The Human and Social Sciences Divisional Research Mentor Award 2021 has been jointly awarded to Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma (Economics) and Professor Ayşe Üskül (Psychology). Congratulations … Read more
Research argues older workers should pay higher taxes than younger workers in US
New research carried out by Professor Miltos Makris with Professor Alessandro Pavan Northwestern University (Illinois, USA) claims that on average workers become more productive over … Read more
The MaGHiC Lecture 2021, delivered by Prof. Kiminori Matsuyama
This year’s annual MaGHiC Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Kiminori Matsuyama (Northwestern University) presenting “A technology gap model of premature deindustrialization” with Ippei Fujiwara. … Read more
Trough to Boom: UK firm creation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Macroconomics, Growth and History Centre (MaGHiC) preview their quarterly UK Economic Outlook in this NIESR ‘box’. “Business creation is an important indicator to monitor … Read more
School of Economics hosts workshop: Macroeconomic Consequences of Technological Change
In the public debate there are many concerns that future automation in the labour market will have further consequences for workers. This workshop brings together … Read more
Leon-Ledesma’s latest paper is accepted in a special issue of Mathematical Social Sciences.
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