by Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1813, October 2018. Non-technical summary: After the Great Recession around 2007-8, the U.K. has experienced the … Read more
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Measured Productivity with Endogenous Markups and Economic Profits
by Dr Anthony Savagar, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1812, October 2018. Non-technical summary: A standard way to measure productivity is to take output growth … Read more
Endogenous Time-Varying Volatility and Emerging Market Business Cycles
by Jan-Philipp Dueber, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1811, August 2018. Non-technical summary: Time-varying volatility plays a crucial role in understanding business cycles in emerging … Read more
Grant success for Anthony!
Congratulations to Dr Anthony Savagar, Lecturer in Macroeconomics, on winning an ESRC Research Award for £200,000 for his project ‘Firm Dynamics, Market Power and Productivity Puzzles’. … Read more
Population Aging, Government Policy and the Postwar Japanese Economy
by Keisuke Otsu, Keio University and University of Kent; and Katsuyuki Shibayama, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1809, July 2018. Non-technical summary: The Japanese economy … Read more
The Missing Link: Monetary Policy and The Labor Share
by Cristiano Cantore, University of Surrey; Filippo Ferroni, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; and Miguel A. León-Ledesma, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1808, June … Read more
Effects of population ageing
The School’s Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama (Principal Investigator), Professor Miguel León-Ledesma, and Dr Keisuke Otsu (Keio University and Honorary Lecturer at Kent) have received funding from the … Read more
Money, Macro and Finance PhD Conference
The School of Economics is pleased to be hosting the 5th Money, Macroeconomics and Finance (MMF) PhD Conference on 19-20 April 2018. The conference will … Read more
International Centre for Pension Management Award
A paper by Professor Miguel León-Ledesma on ‘Population structure and asset values’ has received the 2017 International Centre for Pension Management Award. The paper, co-authored … Read more
Growth at the extremes
The American Economic Association has featured a research paper by Dr Christian Siegel in their ‘Chart of the Week‘. The paper entitled ‘Job Polarization and … Read more