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Early warning of the storm clouds of conflict

Forecasting when an armed conflict is likely to break out is notoriously difficult, and history has shown conflict might suddenly appear out of a previously long lived and low-level dispute. However new developments in a ‘Conflict Model’ developed at the...

Prof Toxvaerd becomes Higher Education Academy Fellow

A University of Cambridge academic at the Faculty of Economics has been awarded a fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

The Use of a Library: Marshall Library Centenary

A new exhibition in the Faculty of Economics Marshall Library tells the story of both the founding of the library, and Mary and Alfred Marshall,...

Partha Dasgupta has been awarded the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Economics, Finance and Management category has gone to The Faculty's Professor Sir Partha...

Religious people coped better with the Covid-19 pandemic

Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those of faith compared to...

Recent Publications

: "The Human Side of Structural Transformation"
Porzio, T., Rossi, F. and Santangelo, G.
American Economic Review [2022]

: "Supply Network Formation and Fragility"
Elliott, M., Golub, B. and Leduc, M. V.
American Economic Review [2022]

: "Does Competition Increase Pass-Through?"
Ritz, R.
Rand Journal of Economics, forthcoming [2023]

: "The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence from a College Expansion Reform"
Carneiro, P., Liu, K. and Salvanes, K. G.
Journal of the European Economic Association [2023]

: "On the Black-White Gaps in Labor Supply and Earnings over the Lifecycle in the US"
Rauh, C. and Valladares-Esteban, A.
Review of Economic Dynamics [2023]

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MPhil in Economics and Data Science

COVID-19 Economic Research

Media Mentions & Appearances

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VoxEU: Religious people cope better in a crisis

A new column on VoxEU by the Faculty's Professor Sriya Iyer et al notes the potentially large welfare implications in a crisis between religion and

France24

France24: Alexander Rodnyansky at Davos

The Faculty's Assistant Professor of Economics Alexander Rodnyansky has discussed at the World Economic Forum the issue of whether Ukraine is still

Chris Rauh on How to Use AI To Predict Conflicts

Professor Chris Rauh has been interviewed by the video news channel Macro Hive, which provides global macroeconomic & financial market analysis

Professor Alexander Rodnyansky

Faculty's Rodnyansky interviewed on Welt

The Faculty's Assistant Professor of Economics Alexander Rodnyansky has been interviewed on Die Welt.

University of Siena

Sixth Hahn Lecture - Professor Hamid Sabourian

Professor Hamid Sabourian gave the sixth Hahn Lecture in Siena.

Videos

Cambridge Economics Alumni Webinar Series

In this webinar, Professor Tiago Cavalcanti outlined the importance of understanding the economic impact of climate change mitigation policies for adoption of such policies that reduce emissions and transition a country towards a low-carbon future. Then, Professor Chryssi Giannitsarou discussed the link between the rise in cross-country stock market correlations and the increase in foreign direct investments across the world.

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Today's Seminars

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Faculty Events

26 Apr

Inaugural Janeway Institute Cambridge Microeconomic Theory Conference

Old Divinity School, St John's College

29 Apr

Structural Change & Productivity Conference

Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF

30 Apr

Public Lecture - Governor Robert Holzmann (Central Bank of Austria)

Room 6, Lecture Block, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge CB3 9DA

9 May

1st Annual Cambridge Alumni in Macro (CAM) Conference

Cavonius Centre, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

10 May

Keynes Lecture 2023-2024 - Prof. Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University)

LG19, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

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