Discussion paper KDPE 2005 by Gustavo Mellior (University of Kent), October 2020. Abstract This paper analyses theoretically and quantitatively the effect that different higher education … Read more
Category: Research
Improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: Research by Wahhaj, Crenstil and Gschwandtner
Research from the School of Economics sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers … Read more
‘Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environment’: Signature theme success.
A steering team, comprised of Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies economists, as well as academics from disciplines as wide KBS and SAC have successfully had … 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
Kent alumni launch podcast discussing academic’s ideas that have the potential for ‘real world impact’.
School of Economics alumni Aniq Ahmed alongside Kent Law-School alumni and now lecturer, Dr. Deepak Mawar, have teamed up to explore the ideas that … Read more
Celebrating academic excellence
The School of Economics is delighted to announce that seven of our academic staff have received promotions over the summer: Dr William Collier, promoted to … Read more
“Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation” paper accepted by Labour Economics journal.
Christian Siegel’s paper “Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation” (with Zsofia Barany) has been accepted by Labour Economics, Special Issue on Technology and the Labour … 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
Research focusing on India, post coronavirus, conducted by Amrit Amirapu and Irma Clots-Figueras has been awarded grant.
Many of our researchers at the School of Economics have been working to create solutions to the economic fallout caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. … Read more