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The School of Economics at the University of Kent is dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching and research. All academic staff are research active, and teaching and learning are informed by the School's ongoing programme of research.

Keynes College, School of Economics

School excels in University rankings

The School of Economics is one of the top economics departments in the UK according to The Guardian University Guide 2013 ... cont

 

International macroeconomics workshop

This year's International Macroeconomics Workshop, titled 'Capital Flows, Real Exchange Rates and Growth in the Global Economy: A New Context for Macroeconomic Policies', will take place on Tuesday 3 July 2012 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Registration is free ... click here for further details.

Views on the Euro crisis

Professor Miguel León-Ledesma comments on Europe's ongoing debt crisis ... click here to read the full interview.

 

Prof Roger Vickerman

The wider economic impacts of transport projects

Professor Vickerman delivered a keynote lecture to the University of Hong Kong's influential Institute of Transport Studies on 25 April. His lecture, titled 'On the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Projects', was part of the Institute's Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2012 ... cont

Prof Tony Thirlwall

Three decades of thinking development

Professor Tony Thirlwall gave a keynote address at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva in February, to celebrate the 30th birthday of the founding of the flagship Trade and Development Report ... cont

Jack Meaning

The impact of quantitative easing

The Bank for International Settlements’ Quarterly Review featured two articles by one of the School’s PhD students, Jack Meaning, that dealt with unconventional monetary policies ... cont

Prof Chris Heady

Budget tax changes could have mixed impact on growth

The School's Professor Chris Heady, an expert on the effect of taxes on growth, says last week's Budget could have mixed implications for growth. ... cont

Prof Jagjit S. Chadha

World real interest rates: a tale of two regimes

Professor Jagjit S. Chadha was interviewed about the macroeconomic, microeconomic and monetary aspects of the financial crisis, the timeframe for recovery, and his white paper 'World Real Interest Rates: A Tale of Two Regimes' concerning declining world real interest rates and what they reflect in the current global economy. Click here to read the full article.

@econunikent

Osborne urged to introduce 30pc income tax for all via @Telegraph http://t.co/TBFOov8R

Posted 3 days ago

'The radical route of short-term draconian discipline is not working' - Miguel Leon-Ledesma: http://t.co/UQRnYEm3 via @FXstreetNews

Posted 9 days ago

BOE: A Very Model of Dismal Forecasting http://t.co/M9HrFkFV via @WSJ

Posted 28 days ago

 

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Issue 2 Spring 2012

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Research seminars

The School runs weekly seminars.

Latest discussion papers

12/09: 'A Disaggregate Characterisation of Recessions', Fabrizio Coricelli, Aikaterini Karadimitropoulou and Miguel A. León-Ledesma

 

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Last Updated: 23/05/2012