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Category: Undergraduate
Lanre Kassim wins Kent Union Teaching Award
Lanre Kassim, an Economics PhD student, has won a Kent Union Teaching Award. The annual awards were created, and are run by students to recognise and reward staff for their commitment to the delivery … Read more
Summer School Scholarships awarded
An Economics student is one of 20 students to be awarded a place on the University’s European Summer School in Brussels. Aanisah Bibi Zainab Bauluck, a second-year … Read more
The Science of Monetary Policy
Professor Jagjit Chadha gave his fourth Gresham Lecture on Thursday 26 March on ‘The Science of Monetary Policy’. Overview: The near loss of price stability … Read more
New module on Economic Controversies
The School is introducing a new 15-credit module to the Economics Stage 2 and 3 options list. The module, entitled ‘Economic Controversies’, will teach the … Read more
Asset bubbles may be forming but rapid rates hikes would only jeopardise growth
A piece by the School’s Professor Jagjit Chadha has been published today (25 March) in City A.M. Read more here.
Transparency and the effectiveness of monetary policy after the Warsh Review at the Bank of England
Following the Warsh Review of transparency practices and procedures at the Bank of England (Warsh, 2014), the Bank plans to change the structure of its … Read more
Applications of Principal-Agent Theory to Agricultural Land Use Policy
A new book by Professor Rob Fraser, one of the School’s experts in agricultural economics, is due to be published in May 2015. “Applications of … Read more
Capitalism, Inequality and Financial Crisis
Does Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century Offer the Answer? Read Professor Jagjit Chadha’s article in the European Financial Review.
Investment Banking and Hedge Fund Trading Challenge 2015
Kent Invest held their second annual Investment Banking and Hedge Fund Trading Challenge on 21February, following on from the success of the first event in … Read more