by Florian Gerth, discussion paper KDPE 1714, September 2017. Non-technical summary: Research shows that financial crises are accompanied by severe and long-lasting drops in TFP. … Read more

by Anthony Savagar, discussion paper KDPE 1713, August 2017. Non-technical summary: Traditionally macroeconomists assume that the number of firms in an economy adjusts instantaneously to … Read more

On Friday 1 September, Sophia Davidova, a Professor in European Agricultural Policy from the School of Economics, became a Fellow of the European Association of … Read more

Research by Christian Siegel from the School of Economics featured in an article in The Guardian on Sunday 20 August on the rise of robots and automation: ‘Robots … Read more

The University of Kent has again proved that it is a popular choice for Economics. The School of Economics has had an excellent year for recruitment … Read more

by Sylvain Barde and Sander van der Hoog, discussion paper KDPE 1712, July 2017. Non-technical summary Despite recent advances in bringing agent-based models (ABMs) to the … Read more

It was a pleasure to celebrate with our new graduates and their families at a reception held on 10 July at the Cathedral Lodge in Canterbury. … Read more

The School of Economics hosted a research workshop on ‘Microeconomic Approaches to Economic Development’ on 21-22 June 2017 organised by Anirban Mitra and Zaki Wahhaj. … Read more

Consumers are now far more conscious of the origin of fresh and processed meat they buy and willing to pay more for British labelled meat, … Read more

by Anirban Mitra, Shabana Mitra and Arnab Mukherji, discussion paper KDPE 1711, June 2017. Non-technical summary Campaigning in elections is costly. In countries without public funding … Read more