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

On Tuesday 16 October, the School of Economics held its annual ‘Working in Finance’ talk. Two of our alumni, Nuno Nunes and Michael Thurlow, returned … Read more

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

The second Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics was held at the University of Kent on Friday 12 October 2018. This half-day workshop brought together … Read more

by Amrit Amirapu, University of Kent; M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; and Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1810, September 2018. Non-technical summary: Large-scale … Read more

The School of Economics has a vacancy for a post-doctoral researcher to work on an ESRC-funded project `Firm Dynamics, Market Power and Productivity’. The position … Read more

The School of Economics are delighted to announce that three of our academics have received academic promotions over the summer: Dr Sylvain Barde, promoted to … Read more

The 22nd volume in the Great Thinkers in Economics series, edited by Professor Tony Thirlwall, has been published on the great Austrian economist, Friedrich von … Read more

The School of Economics is delighted to announce that we have won a tender to partner the Government Economic Service in the delivery of a flagship … Read more

Earlier this year, Dr Anirban Mitra was awarded (along with six other colleagues from the School) a sum of £1000 (a combination of the Dean of … Read more