Vice-Chancellor honoured with Festschrift

Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor at The University of Nottingham, is to be honoured with a […]

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Tags: David Greenaway, economics, festschrift, GEP, Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, School of Economics, Vice Chancellor

Festschrift Conference in honour of Professor Sir David Greenaway

This conference is convened by Professor Peter Egger (ETH Zurich) and Professor Chris Milner (GEP, Nottingham) in conjunction with Review of International Economics, to mark Professor Sir David Greenaway’s contribution to research in international economics.

Tags: conference, David Greenaway, festschrift, GEP, journal, Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, School of Economics

Why doesn’t technology flow from rich to poor countries?

The School of Economics and the Nottingham Centre on Globalisation and Economic Policy present The World Economy Annual Lecture. Jeremy Greenwood, Professor of Economics (University of Pennsylvania), answers the question ‘Why doesn’t technology flow from rich to poor countries?’

Tags: economics, GEP, global, Globalisation and Economic Policy, Jeremy Greenwood, School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

International dimensions of monetary policy

The School of Economics present ‘International dimensions of monetary policy’ as part of the Nottingham Lectures in International Economics. Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor of Macroeconomics at The University of Cambridge, will deliver three lectures across two days.

Tags: business, economics, finance, Giancarlo Corsetti, global, macroeconomics, money, School of Economics, University of Cambridge

British agriculture: sunrise industry

In this Nottingham Globalisation lecture, Sir Peter Kendall (Chairman, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) discusses ‘British agriculture: sunrise industry’. No tickets required, all welcome.

Tags: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, business, economics, Globalisation and Economic Policy, industry, Peter Kendall, School of Economics

The shifts and the shocks

The School of Economics welcomes Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator for The Financial Times, to present the Nottingham Globalisation Lecture ‘The shifts and the shocks’.

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Paying the price for poor grasp of finances

Consumers with poor financial skills pay over the odds for loans and are eight times more likely to use expensive credit such as payday loans, new research has revealed.

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Tags: debt, Dr John Gathergood, Professor Richard Disney, School of Economics

Spotlight

School of Economics grand total Sport Relief 2012 was a big event for the School of […]

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Tags: Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, CR® neuromodulation, Cummins Generator Technologies, Developing Solutions, His Excellency Berhanu Kebede, Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing, National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing (NBRUH), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Royal Academy of Engineering, School of Economics, Sport Relief 2012, The Cummins Innovation Centre in Electrical Machines, The Ethiopian Ministry of Education, The Faculty of Engineering, tinnitus

Big bonus equals hard work?

Bankers may love them, but new research has claimed bonuses don’t actually make us work any harder – and that fines have more impact.

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Tags: Bankers' bonuses, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, Dr Daniele Nosenzo, School of Economics