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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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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'The radical route of short-term draconian discipline is not working' - Miguel Leon-Ledesma: http://t.co/UQRnYEm3 via @FXstreetNews
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BOE: A Very Model of Dismal Forecasting http://t.co/M9HrFkFV via @WSJ
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Latest discussion papers
12/09: 'A Disaggregate Characterisation of Recessions', Fabrizio Coricelli, Aikaterini Karadimitropoulou and Miguel A. León-Ledesma