Events
As part of our Careers in Economics Webinar Series we would like you to join us for an informal discussion with a panel of Warwick Alumni discussing their ca...
Wednesday 17 March 3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Discover Economics Virtual Series aims to open the eyes of Year 9 and 10 students from local schools to the exciting subject of economics, to help them g...
Tuesday 23 March 5:00pm, 2 days 2 hours Online
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Tim Harford, as part of the 360 Guest Lecture Series 2020/21 for this academic year.
Monday 15 March 3:00pm - 4:00pm
In celebration of International Women's Day we're delighted to invite 16-18 year olds to attend our free virtual event "Coffee with Economists".
Monday 08 March 3:00pm - 4:00pm MS TeamsEvent Overview
- Mon22Mar
POLECONUK Webinar - Catherine de Vries (Bocconi)
Catherine de Vries (Bocconi), paper to be advised.
The POLECONUK Webinar provides a platform for scholars to disseminate research in political economy to a broad academic audience. We are a part of the POLECONUK network.
Please register by joining our mailing list. We will send out to all registered users an email with details how to join the seminar about three hours before the event.
- Mon22Mar
POLECONUK Webinar - Catherine de Vries (Bocconi)
Catherine de Vries (Bocconi), paper to be advised.
The POLECONUK Webinar provides a platform for scholars to disseminate research in political economy to a broad academic audience. We are a part of the POLECONUK network.
Please register by joining our mailing list. We will send out to all registered users an email with details how to join the seminar about three hours before the event.
- Tue23Mar
Discover Economics Virtual Series
The Discover Economics Virtual Series aims to open the eyes of Year 9 and 10 students from local schools to the exciting subject of economics, to help them gain a better understanding of what economics is at a crucial stage of their education, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their future studies.
Date: Tuesday 23 March - Thursday 25 March 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00 for Students, 18:00 - 19:00 for Parents
*Please note that we've changed the original timings of the sessions for students to allow more students to participate outside of school hours.
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
*Joining instructions will be sent via email on Monday 22 March to registrants.
At Warwick, we believe that access to a world-leading university should be open to people from all backgrounds. We hope to raise student's aspirations and increase their awareness of the benefits of Higher Education.
It is well known that economics, as a subject, suffers from a lack of female role models. This has been indicated as one of the reasons why female students in economics are under-represented. It is our objective to emphasise the role of women in economics with the objective to widen female participation within the subject.
Please note that this programme should be useful for any students who are curious about economics and want to find out more about what it involves and what careers it may lead to.
We would also like to extend our invitation to parents who would like to find out more about what studying economics involves and how we guide and support our students so that they can prepare for exciting careers in economics. to The session for parents is on 25 March (see for details in the Programme below)
Why should I attend?
The virtual series, delivered by staff from the Department of Economics at Warwick provides the opportunity:
- for students to meet academics and professional economists from outside of academia, who will talk about what's like to be an economist and gain a taste of what it might be like to study economics at university.
- for students to participate in an exciting competition, focusing on the topic of climate change;
- or parents to join a session to learn how to engage young learners with the subject of economics.
Programme
You can view the full programme here:
Did you know...
- You don't need to have studied economics before to study it at degree level? Whilst economics is a fine A Level to be taking, no degree programme in the UK requires economics A level.
- You also don't need to have studied maths at A Level before to study it economics degree level? Economics has a reputation for being very mathematical, however many programmes which contain the study of economics do not require maths at A Level.
- We provide contextual offers for our degree course programmes? This means if a student meets two or more of our contextual data indicators they may be eligible for a 2 grade reduction to the standard offer. For programmes within the Department of Economics at Warwick, this would reduce the typical offer from A*AA to AAB.
Register Interest
Thank you for interest. This event is no longer taking registrants.
- Wed24Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Ben Brooks (Chicago)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed24Mar
T&L Seminar: Supporting Students Through the Pandemic and Beyond
EconTEAching chat with Jessica Calarco (Indiana University), Karen Kufuor (Westminster University)
Chair: Stefania Paredes Fuentes
To attend the Zoom chat, please register here (or contact Steffie).
The event is also live-streamed on YouTube (CTaLE channel). - Wed24Mar
Applied Young Economist Webinar - Felix Schaff (LSE)
Felix Schaff (LSE): “Warfare and Economic Inequality: Evidence from Preindustrial Germany (c. 1400-1800)”
Zoom Link: https://monash.zoom.us/j/87488770746?pwd=c0NLYkRldzhXYWF1VnZxemdJbFpoQT09
- Mon01Mar
Economic History Seminar - Felipe Valencia (UBC)
- Tue02Mar
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
- Wed03Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Todd Sarver (Duke)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu04Mar
PEPE Seminar - Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu04Mar
DR@W Forum Online: Matthew Rablen (Sheffield)
Interpreting the shape of the probability weighting function
- Thu04Mar
Macro/International Seminar - Andrew Bernard (Tuck School of Business)
- Fri05Mar
Live virtual comedy show with Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.
The Department of Economics is delighted to be hosting a live (virtual) comedy show by Stand-Up Economist Yoram Bauman, Ph.D. which will include economics jokes, some time spent talking seriously about climate change and then a few more economics jokes.
Economics, comedy and climate change
Date: Friday 5 March 15:00-16:00 (UK Time)
Location: Microsoft TeamsThis event is for staff and students only and registration is required in order to attend.
About the speaker
Yoram Bauman, “the world’s first and only stand-up economist”, is the co-author of the Cartoon Introduction to Calculus, the Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change and the two-volume Cartoon Introduction to Economics. He is also the organiser of the humour session at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, the largest economics conference in the world.
Yoram lives in Salt Lake City, USA but spent the prior two decades in Seattle, where he was the founder of Carbon Washington, which in 2016 placed the first-ever carbon tax measure on the ballot in the United States. He also co-founded an organisation in Utah called Clean the Darn Air that aims to put clean-air-and-climate measures on ballot in that state.
He has a BA in mathematics from Reed College and a PhD in economics from the University of Washington, 2003. His goals in life are to spread joy to the world through economics comedy; to reform economics education; and to implement carbon pricing.
- Fri05Mar
Warwick Macro and International Economics Group - Aruhan Shi (PGR)
- Mon08Mar
POLECONUK Webinar - Vincent Anesi (Luxembourg)
Vincent Anesi (Luxembourg), “Cloturing Deliberation,” joint with Mikhail Safronov.
The POLECONUK Webinar provides a platform for scholars to disseminate research in political economy to a broad academic audience. We are a part of the POLECONUK network.
Please register by joining our mailing list. We will send out to all registered users an email with details how to join the seminar about three hours before the event.
- Mon08Mar
International Women's Day: Coffee with Economists
In celebration of International Women's Day we're delighted to invite 16-18 year olds to attend our free virtual event "Coffee with Economists".
Date: Monday 8 March 2021
Time: 16:00 - 17:00 (UK Time)
Location: Microsoft Teams, OnlinePop the kettle on and join an informal and inclusive virtual discussion with a panel of female economists as we celebrate International Women's Day 2021.
Covid-19 has drawn attention to the work of economists, however misconceptions around the subject and the stereotypical career opportunities associated with it still exist.
Designed for 16-18 year olds, this event will helps students to find out more about economics as a subject and discover the range of career opportunities available to them. The panel of female economists will share:
- Their experience of studying economics at university
- The key transferable skills they think are important for studying economics
- Their current role and what it involves
There will also be an opportunity for the audience to put their questions to the panel.
Chair
Dr Lory Barile, Associate Professor of Economics
Dr Lory Barile is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Warwick. Lory is also Widening Participation Academic Lead, Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies, Co-chair of the Students' Progression Working Group and Member of the Athena Swan Department Committee in the Department.
Lory has also recently been nominated as Discover Economics Champion at Warwick which is a national campaign led by the Royal Economics Society to increase diversity amongst economic students.
Panellists
Professor Wiji Arulampalam, Professor of Economics
Professor Wiji Arulampalam is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. After completing her BSc, MSc and PhD at the LSE, Wiji joined the Department of Economics in September 1984. She is an econometrician who mainly works on empirical applications although she has some theoretical econometrics papers too. Her work includes applications in various sub-fields of economics: Development, Education, Health, Labour, Medicine, and Public.
Wiji has also recently been named amongst eight academics from the Department of Economics who have been identified within the World's Top 2 per cent Scientists by Stanford University. The list contains names of the top 2 per cent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines.
Lynda Whitney, Partner at Aon
Lynda works as a Scheme Actuary advising pension scheme trustees on schemes ranging in size from £300 million to over £4 billion of assets. Lynda's role is to help them understand the pension promises they are trying to deliver and how to ensure they have enough money in the pension scheme to meet those promises. This can involve both very technical areas around life expectancy and the range of performance they might expect to achieve from their assets, but also involves supporting trustees through negotiations with the sponsoring company and communicating with members.
Lynda is a partner at Aon and has worked for the firm for over 20 years. She is also a Council member for the Pensions Policy Institute an educational, independent research organisation that works in the area of policy debate on pensions. Lynda has previously taught a module on pensions for the MSc in Actuarial Science at Imperial College Business School.
In Lynda's career she has also had the opportunity to undertake PR and marketing of Aon’s services and this has included the occasional article in major newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and interviews on Radio 2 and Radio 4. Lynda is a former student of the Department of Economics at Warwick (BSc Economics, 1997).
Urvashi Parashar, Deputy Director at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Urvashi Parashar is Deputy Director (Advanced Manufacturing Sector Analysis) in Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). She leads a team of 25 multidisciplinary analysts who undertake appraisal and evaluation of sectoral programmes and provide advice and support on the economics of industrial policy. The team also provide crucial analysis of the sectoral impacts of trade and Covid-19. Urvashi has a first degree in Economics from India and a Masters from University of Bristol. Urvashi is a passionate advocate of having a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture to drive the impact of economics on public policy. She leads on the outreach strand of the Women in Economics initiative in the Government Economic Service and coaches and mentors many colleagues across Whitehall. She has experience of working both in the public and private sector. She was born and raised in India, and lives in Milton Keynes with her husband and two sons.
Gabby Palmer, Head of International Cash Equity Sales at J.P. Morgan
Gabby is Head of International Cash Equity Sales at J.P. Morgan. She joined J.P. Morgan in 2014, having spent 6 years in CEEMEA Equity Sales at Morgan Stanley, but she started her career in asset management. Gabby was a European media equity research analyst at Deutsche Asset Management (2002-2005) and a CEEMEA Analyst and Portfolio Manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (2005-2008). Gabby is a CFA Charter holder and graduated from the University of Warwick with a first class degree in Economics and Economic History in 2002.
Victoria Tode, Final Year BSc Economics student and Vice President of the Warwick Women in Economics Society
Victoria is currently a final year Economics undergraduate student at the University of Warwick. Alongside my studies, Victoria is Vice President of Warwick Women in Economics Society, a newly founded society dedicated to improving equality and diversity in both the academic and professional spheres of Economics. She is also Female Representative and Course Representative for the Economics Department's SSLC. Next year, Victoria will be joining Deloitte in the Audit and Assurance service line in London, where she will also be working towards a Chartered Accountancy qualification.
Registration
You can no longer register for this event. Please contact economics.admissions@warwick.ac.uk if have any problems accessing this event.
- Mon08Mar
Econometrics Seminar - Shakeeb Khan (Boston College)
Shakeeb will be presenting
(1) Estimating High dimensional monotone index models by iterative convex optimization; and
(2) On optimal set estimation for partially identified binary choice models.
Here is the schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19yAXbaJWko_UNrgwuktv3INE3rSueMLWviHEcgHYicM/edit#gid=0
This seminar is via Zoom ; Meeeting: ID 914 3179 9075 ; Passcode: 069191
- Tue09Mar
CWIP Workshop - Victor Lavy (Warwick)
Title and abstract of the paper: Capitalism with Compassion: The Effect of Introducing Market-Based Wages on Attitudes Towards Free Markets and Socialism (Ran Abramitzky , Netanel Ben-Porath , Shahar Lahad, Victor Lavy, Michal Palgi)
Abstract - We study the effects of labor market liberalization on attitudes towards free-market capitalism and socialism, exploiting a sharp reform whereby Israeli kibbutzim shifted away from equal sharing into market-based wages. Our identification strategy relies on the sharp and staggered implementation of this reform in different kibbutzim. We measure attitudes towards a market economy, capitalism, and socialism in surveys one of us (M. Palgi) has conducted annually over the past 25 years. The reform led to increased support of free-market policies such as full privatization and differential wages. It decreased support of socialist policies such as the joint ownership of production means and the Marxist principle from the ability to needs. Simultaneously, the reform also increased support for the safety net to support weak members through mutual assurance. These effects appear to be driven by an increase in living standards and work ethics that resulted from the reform. To study behavior associated with the attitudes we study, we document that the reform led to a shift in political preferences, resulting in a decreased support to left-wing political parties and increased support for center parties in national elections. Overall, we conclude that introducing market-based wages led to a shift in attitudes towards a market economy with compassion, revealing a change from their traditional democratic socialist model to a social democratic model.
- Wed10Mar
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Sarthak Joshi
The title and abstract of Sarthak's talk are:
Abstract: The college admissions competition is arguably the most high-stakes contest in the young person’s life. Moreover, this competition usually takes the form of a rank order contest, which are characterised by the arms race phenomenon. In such settings, the precise mechanism through which students are assigned available college seats have important implications for the choice of pre-college effort, and eventually, for the mental health of college aspirants. I study the case of the 2008 expansion in affirmative action policy in India that reserved 27% of all seats in higher education for students belonging to a particular caste group. Using nationally representative data, I analyse the potential effects of this policy on chosen levels of pre-college year of schooling across different social groups, and on the count of suicides “due to failure in examinations” between 2001-2019.
- Wed10Mar
MIMA (Microeconomics Reading Group in Macroeconomic Theory) - Anshumaan Tuteja (PGR)
- Wed10Mar
Applied Young Economist Webinars 2021
The Applied Young Economist Webinar (AYEW) is a series which aims to provide PhD students and Post-Doctoral researchers with a platform where they can present their work, connect with colleagues worldwide, and receive feedback.
The webinars for the European/US East Coast edition are co-hosted by Ivan Yotzov with the assistance of colleagues from the Monash-Warwick Alliance and Monash SoDa Laboratories and brings together young economists.
You can read more about the Applied Young Economist Webinar and register to be on the mailing list to receive updates.
Follow the webinar series via Twitter: @ayew2021
Please note that the seminars take place via Zoom.
February
Date and Time
(Europe/US East)
Speaker and Title
Wednesday 24th February
Time: 3-4pm BSTPierre Magontier (Bern)
'Does media coverage affect governments' preparation for natural disasters?'
March
Wednesday 10th March
Time: 3-4pm BSTKim Fe Cramer (Columbia)
'Access to Banks and Household Resilience'Wednesday 24th March
Time: 3-4pm BSTFelix Schaff (LSE)
'When 'the State Made War', what Happened to Economic Inequality? Evidence from Preindustrial Germany (c. 1400-1800)' - Wed10Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Kareen Rozen (Brown)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed10Mar
Applied Young Economist Webinar - Kim Fe Cramer (Columbia)
Kim Fe Cramer (Columbia): “Access to Banks and Household Health”
Zoom Link: https://monash.zoom.us/j/85231933925?pwd=ODZjVEpBc2JDNGxWUVZYNXM2cTF1QT09
- Wed10Mar
Economic History of Developing Regions Virtual Seminar - Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi)
Economic History of Developing Regions Virtual Seminar
In cooperation with Economic History of Developing Regions.
If you would like to be on the email list, please email J.Fenske@warwick.ac.uk.
- Thu11Mar
Macro/International Economics Reading Group - Ivan Yotsov (PGR)
Ivan is presenting the following papers:
Larsen and Thorsrud (2019), The value of news for economic developments, Journal of Econometrics.
Larsen , Thorsrud and Zhulanova (2021), News-driven inflation expectations and information rigidities, Journal of Monetary Economics.
- Thu11Mar
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Peter Hammond (Warwick)
Title is Rationality in Enlivened Decision Trees
Abstract: Limits to the possibilities an agent can imagine, let alone analyse, typically force consideration of a bounded decision tree whose shortcomings could suddenly become all too obvious at any subsequent time.That bounded tree is therefore subject to an enlivening process leading to revisions whose details, by definition, cannot be modelled even as unforeseen events. Nevertheless, one can model uncertainty about the ultimate retrospective value of each possible decision that must be made within the current tree.
Then it is prescriptively befitting, and perhaps even descriptively fitting, to extend the standard normative criterion of subjective expected utility maximization to this framework.
This workshop is via Microsoft Teams, link Click here to join the meeting.
- Thu11Mar
DR@W Forum Online: Alberto Prati (University of Oxford and Sciences Po Paris)
Estimating time preferences for leisure (with Maria Bigoni, Davide Dragone & Stéphane Luchini)
- Thu11Mar
PEPE Seminar - Francesco Trebbi (Berkeley Haas)
Francesco’s presentation is titled: Political Parties as Drivers of U.S. Polarisation: 1927-2018 (with Nathan Canen and Chad Kendall)
Abstract: The current polarization of elites in the U.S., particularly in Congress, is frequently ascribed to the emergence of cohorts of ideologically extreme legislators replacing moderate ones. Politicians, however, do not operate as isolated agents, driven solely by their preferences. They act within organized parties, whose leaders exert control over the rank-and-file, directing support for and against policies. This paper shows that the omission of party discipline as a driver of political polarization is consequential for our understanding of this phenomenon. We present a multi-dimensional voting model and identification strategy de- signed to decouple the ideological preferences of lawmakers from the control exerted by their party leadership. Applying this structural framework to the U.S. Congress between 1927- 2018, we find that the influence of leaders over their rank-and-file has been a growing driver of polarization in voting, particularly since the 1970s. In 2018, party discipline accounts for around 65% of the polarization in roll call voting. Our findings qualify the interpretation of – and in two important cases subvert – a number of empirical claims in the literature that measures polarization with models that lack a formal role for parties.
This seminar is via Zoom
Link to sign up for individual meetings, Andreas Stegmann is organiser, he will share the Zoom links for the individual meetings with those colleagues that signed up for individual meetings closer to the date.
- Thu11Mar
Macro/International Seminar - Sarah Lein (Basel)
- Fri12Mar
Warwick Macro and International Economics Group - Diego Calderon (PGR)
- Mon15Mar
Economic History lunchtime Seminar - Mikhail Poyker (Nottingham)
- Mon15Mar
360 Lecture with Tim Harford
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Tim Harford, as part of the 360 Guest Lecture Series 2020/21 for this academic year.
Professor Caroline Elliott will introduce the speaker and chair the Q&A session at the end of the lecture.
How To Start a Public Health Revolution with a Pie Chart
Date: Monday 15 March, 3-4pm (UK Time)
Location: Microsoft TeamsThis event is for staff and students only and registration is required in order to attend. We hope to see many of you there.
About the speaker
Tim Harford is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “How To Make the World Add Up” / “The Data Detective”, “Messy”, and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”. His book ' How to Make the World Add Up' is currently available at Blackwell's Bookshop at a discounted price.
Stephen Fry had this to say about his latest book:
Fabulously readable, lucid, witty and authoritative… Every politician and journalist should be made to read this book…
Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of BBC Radio’s “More or Less”, “How To Vaccinate The World”, and “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, as well as the podcast “Cautionary Tales”. Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House. He is an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.
Tim has appeared on the Colbert Report, Newsnight, Marketplace, Planet Money, PM, Today, The One Show and many other popular radio and TV programs. His writing has been published by the leading magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, including Esquire, Forbes, Wired, New York Magazine, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the New York Times. Tim was the first Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times, and was a member of the Financial Times editorial board from 2006-2009. He previously worked for Shell and for the World Bank.
Registration
Please register below and we will email you the link to join the event. Registration will close at 1.00pm UK time on the day of the event.
- Tue16Mar
CAGE Lunchtime Seminar - Arun Advani and Dennis Novy
CAGE lunchtime chat: Untangling the Budget
CAGE will be hosting a lunchtime chat to provide an opportunity to discuss what the Chancellor’s Budget actually means.
Dr Arun Advani, CAGE Impact Director, and Dennis Novy, CAGE Associate, will be speaking.
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92586736133?pwd=UjZpL2tlSGlaaDBIOEIwdW80TVljQT09
Meeting ID: 925 8673 6133 Passcode: 281202
- Tue16Mar
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
- Tue16Mar
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern)
We have a limited number of slots for one-on-one meetings, which you can sign up using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aKL06L-18ptjGVGAgwSgEaCJYvEasIT3KTHgzTBa4l0/edit?usp=sharing
Seema will present: Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question women's agency index
- Wed17Mar
CAGE-AMES - Song Yuan (PGR)
The Title of Song Yuan's presentation is Reallocation and Assets of Bureaucrats : Evidence from India (Amit Chaudhary and Song Yuan)
- Wed17Mar
MIMA (Microeconomics Reading Group in Macroeconomic Theory) - Lingsi Wei (Bath)
Title is Monetary policy, bounded rationality, and incomplete markets
This group is via Zoom, Meeting ID: 823 8172 6193 Passcode: MIMA
- Wed17Mar
Careers in Economics Webinar Series 2021-22
As part of our Careers in Economics Webinar Series we would like you to join us for an informal discussion with a panel of Warwick Alumni discussing their career journeys since graduating from Warwick.
About the talk
We will be talking to four Warwick Alumni: Clara Ana Coutinho de Sousa, Nahrin Swarna, Jakob Christensen and Nikhil Sanghani.
The panel will share:
- Their experience of studying economics at university
- The key transferable skills they think were important for their chosen career
- Their current role and what it involves
The panel will be introduced by Atisha Ghosh, Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics and the Q&A session will be conducted jointly by Atisha Ghosh and Stephanie Redding, our Senior Careers Consultant.
Please note that these events are for current students only. Once registered, we will send you MS Teams joining details via email.
Wednesday 17th February
Time: 15.00 – 16.00 (UK Time)
Virtual via MS TeamsAlumni Career Journeys
Clara Ana Coutinho de Sousa (PhD Economics, 1998) - Manager of the IDA Strategy and Operations Unit, World Bank
Nikhil Sanghani BA (Hons) Economics, Politics and International Studies, 2018 - Emerging Markets Economist, Capital Economics
Nahrin Swarna (MSc Economics, 2015) - Policy Analyst, BRAC
Jakob Christensen (MSc Quantitative Development Economics, 1996) - Chief Analyst, Head of International Macro and Emerging Market Research, Danske Bank
About the speakers
Clara Ana Coutinho de Sousa (PhD Economics, 1998) - Manager of the IDA Strategy and Operations Unit at the World Bank.
For more information about the work Clara currently leads on at the World Bank, see International Development Association (IDA). Clara joined the World Bank in 2005 as Senior Economist in the Department of Economic Policy for the Latin America and the Caribbean and during her career at the World Bank also held the positions of Senior Economist at Vice- Presidency for Development and Finance and Resident Representative to Angola and Sao Tome and Principe, based in Luanda. Prior to this, Clara worked at the Bank of Mozambique leading the team negotiating IMF supported programmes.
Nikhil Sanghani (BA (Hons) Economics, Politics and International Studies, 2018) - Emerging Markets Economist at Capital Economics.
Nikhil joined Capital Economics on their graduate scheme in 2018 and has worked across the company, covering the US, Canada and global financial markets before joining the Emerging Markets team in 2019. Nikhil is also currently studying for a Master’s degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics.
Nahrin Rahman Swarna (MSc Economics, 2015) - Policy Analyst at BRAC.
Nahrin's current role at BRAC, the largest NGO in the world based in Bangladesh, involves research and policy analysis to support informed policy making. Prior to this, she spent over 3.5 years at the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute, a national level think tank. She describes herself as a development professional with a demonstrated history of working in the area of economic development and International Trade.
Jakob Christensen (MSc Quantitative Development Economics, 1996) - Chief Analyst, Head of International Macro and Emerging Market Research at Danske Bank.
Jakob’s current role involves leading the international macroeconomic research on both advanced countries and emerging markets. Jakob has also worked as a Senior Economist for Exotix, on the European Commission’s Greek desk as an Economic Analyst, in roles for the Nationalbanken and as an Economist for the International Monetary Fund for over 7 years.
Registration will close at 1pm on the day.
- Wed17Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Lones Smith (Wisconsin-Madison)
Lones Smith (University of Wisconsin-Madison) will be presenting The Behavioral SIR Model, with Applications to the Swine Flu and COVID-19 Pandemics (with Samuel Engle, Jussi Keppo, Marianna Kudlyak, Elena Quercioli and Andrea Wilson)
This seminar is via Zoom : Meeting ID 826 9511 0678 ; Passcode SET2021
- Thu18Mar
MIRG (Microeconomics Reading Group) - Nick Scholtz
Time: 1pm London time
Nick Scholtz will be presenting: A Comprehensive Approach to Revealed Preference Theory; Nishimura, Ok and Quah (2017), https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20150947
- Thu18Mar
DR@W Forum Online: Peter Kvam (University of Florida)
Value representations in pricing versus decision-making
- Thu18Mar
Macro/International Seminar - Sarah Zubairy (Texas A&M University)
Fuller details to be advised.
- Fri19Mar
Warwick Macro and International Economics Group - Bogdan Marcu(PGR)
Bogdan presentation titled Policy intervention and the signal value of prices under rational inattention.
- Mon22Mar
POLECONUK Webinar - Catherine de Vries (Bocconi)
Catherine de Vries (Bocconi), paper to be advised.
The POLECONUK Webinar provides a platform for scholars to disseminate research in political economy to a broad academic audience. We are a part of the POLECONUK network.
Please register by joining our mailing list. We will send out to all registered users an email with details how to join the seminar about three hours before the event.
- Tue23Mar
Discover Economics Virtual Series
The Discover Economics Virtual Series aims to open the eyes of Year 9 and 10 students from local schools to the exciting subject of economics, to help them gain a better understanding of what economics is at a crucial stage of their education, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their future studies.
Date: Tuesday 23 March - Thursday 25 March 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00 for Students, 18:00 - 19:00 for Parents
*Please note that we've changed the original timings of the sessions for students to allow more students to participate outside of school hours.
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
*Joining instructions will be sent via email on Monday 22 March to registrants.
At Warwick, we believe that access to a world-leading university should be open to people from all backgrounds. We hope to raise student's aspirations and increase their awareness of the benefits of Higher Education.
It is well known that economics, as a subject, suffers from a lack of female role models. This has been indicated as one of the reasons why female students in economics are under-represented. It is our objective to emphasise the role of women in economics with the objective to widen female participation within the subject.
Please note that this programme should be useful for any students who are curious about economics and want to find out more about what it involves and what careers it may lead to.
We would also like to extend our invitation to parents who would like to find out more about what studying economics involves and how we guide and support our students so that they can prepare for exciting careers in economics. to The session for parents is on 25 March (see for details in the Programme below)
Why should I attend?
The virtual series, delivered by staff from the Department of Economics at Warwick provides the opportunity:
- for students to meet academics and professional economists from outside of academia, who will talk about what's like to be an economist and gain a taste of what it might be like to study economics at university.
- for students to participate in an exciting competition, focusing on the topic of climate change;
- or parents to join a session to learn how to engage young learners with the subject of economics.
Programme
You can view the full programme here:
Did you know...
- You don't need to have studied economics before to study it at degree level? Whilst economics is a fine A Level to be taking, no degree programme in the UK requires economics A level.
- You also don't need to have studied maths at A Level before to study it economics degree level? Economics has a reputation for being very mathematical, however many programmes which contain the study of economics do not require maths at A Level.
- We provide contextual offers for our degree course programmes? This means if a student meets two or more of our contextual data indicators they may be eligible for a 2 grade reduction to the standard offer. For programmes within the Department of Economics at Warwick, this would reduce the typical offer from A*AA to AAB.
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- Wed24Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Ben Brooks (Chicago)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed24Mar
Applied Young Economist Webinar - Felix Schaff (LSE)
Felix Schaff (LSE): “Warfare and Economic Inequality: Evidence from Preindustrial Germany (c. 1400-1800)”
Zoom Link: https://monash.zoom.us/j/87488770746?pwd=c0NLYkRldzhXYWF1VnZxemdJbFpoQT09
- Wed24Mar
T&L Seminar: Supporting Students Through the Pandemic and Beyond
EconTEAching chat with Jessica Calarco (Indiana University), Karen Kufuor (Westminster University)
Chair: Stefania Paredes Fuentes
To attend the Zoom chat, please register here (or contact Steffie).
The event is also live-streamed on YouTube (CTaLE channel). - Wed31Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Julien Combe (Ecole Polytechnique)
Paper to be advised.
- Tue03Dec
Driving change in the UK bus network: Lessons from London
The number of people taking the bus in the UK is declining almost universally. London is no exception, though its franchise system sees significantly more bus travel per person than any other area – over 250 journeys per year.
There are a host of reasons why policymakers should be getting on board with investing across the UK’s bus networks. Bus travel remains essential to preserving free movement throughout the UK and investment in bus infrastructure can ease congestion in cities and contribute to the transition to net-zero.
The government has recently announced the first steps in its ‘bus revolution’. Plans include offering support to local authorities and metropolitan mayors who want to create London-style franchised services. In October 2019, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority began its journey towards a franchised system.
But can this work for the rest of the UK? And what considerations are needed to make bus franchising a success outside the capital? Join Mike Waterson to discuss at this CAGE event in collaboration with the Social Market Foundation.
Speaker:
Mike Waterson (Professor of Economics, University of Warwick, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy)
Chair:
James Kirkup (Director, Social Market Foundation)
Date and time:
Tuesday 3 Dec, 13:00-14:00 (Refreshments will be available from 12:30. Please arrive by 12:45 for a prompt start at 13:00)
Location:
Social Market Foundation
11 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3QB
- Wed04Dec
CAGE Advisory Board
- Thu01Apr
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
- Wed07Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Navin Kartik (Columbia)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu08Apr
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Wed14Apr
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Wed14Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Georgios Gerasimou (St Andrews)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed21Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Pierre Boyer (Ecole Polytechnique-CREST)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon26Apr
Economic History Seminar - Cory Smith (Maryland)
- Mon26Apr
Econometrics - Rosa Matzkin (UCLA)
This Economtrics Seminar is hosted by Bristol
- Wed28Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu29Apr
DR@W Forum Online: Philip Millroth (Uppsala)
Details TBC
- Tue04May
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue04May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - David Dorn
- Wed05May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Martin Cripps (UCL)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon10May
Econometrics Seminar - Debopam Bhattacharya (Cambridge)
- Tue11May
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Tue11May
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Wed12May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Siyang Xiong (UC Riverside)
Paper to be advised.
- Tue18May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Vasco Carvalho
- Wed19May
Seminar in Economic Theory - David Dillenberger (Pennsylvania)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu20May
DR@W Forum Online: Felix Kölle (Universität zu Köln)
Details TBC
- Mon24May
Economic History Seminar - Melanie Xue (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Mon24May
Econometrics Seminar - Xavier D'Haultfoueuille (CREST)
This Econometrics Seminar is hosted by Bristol.
- Wed26May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Zhen Zhou (Tsinghua)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed02Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Chiara Margaria (Boston)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu03Jun
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Mon07Jun
Econometrics Seminar - Raffaella Giacomini (UCL)
Paper to be announced.
- Wed09Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Marina Halac (Yale)
Paper to be advised.
- Thu10Jun
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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- Wed16Jun
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Wed16Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Deniz Kattwinkel (UCL)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed23Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Laura Doval (Columbia Business School)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed30Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Annie Liang (Northwestern)
Paper to be advised.
- Tue06Jul
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Tue03Aug
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Tue07Sep
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue14Sep
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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- Wed15Sep
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Thu07Oct
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue12Oct
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Thu01Apr
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Thu08Apr
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Wed14Apr
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
- Tue04May
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue11May
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Tue11May
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Thu03Jun
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Thu10Jun
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
Chat directly with staff and students from the Department of Economics to get your questions answers. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions before joining.
Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Wed16Jun
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Tue06Jul
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue13Jul
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Wed14Jul
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Tue03Aug
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat for Offer Holders
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Offer Holders will be sent an email invitation 48 hours before the Live Chat is due to commence.
- Thu05Aug
Economics Undergraduate Live Chat
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- Tue10Aug
Economics Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Mon22Mar
POLECONUK Webinar - Catherine de Vries (Bocconi)
Catherine de Vries (Bocconi), paper to be advised.
The POLECONUK Webinar provides a platform for scholars to disseminate research in political economy to a broad academic audience. We are a part of the POLECONUK network.
Please register by joining our mailing list. We will send out to all registered users an email with details how to join the seminar about three hours before the event.
- Wed24Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Ben Brooks (Chicago)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed24Mar
T&L Seminar: Supporting Students Through the Pandemic and Beyond
EconTEAching chat with Jessica Calarco (Indiana University), Karen Kufuor (Westminster University)
Chair: Stefania Paredes Fuentes
To attend the Zoom chat, please register here (or contact Steffie).
The event is also live-streamed on YouTube (CTaLE channel). - Wed31Mar
Seminar in Economic Theory - Julien Combe (Ecole Polytechnique)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed07Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Navin Kartik (Columbia)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed14Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Georgios Gerasimou (St Andrews)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed21Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Pierre Boyer (Ecole Polytechnique-CREST)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon26Apr
Economic History Seminar - Cory Smith (Maryland)
- Mon26Apr
Econometrics - Rosa Matzkin (UCLA)
This Economtrics Seminar is hosted by Bristol
- Wed28Apr
Seminar in Economic Theory - Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern)
Paper to be advised.
- Tue04May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - David Dorn
- Wed05May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Martin Cripps (UCL)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon10May
Econometrics Seminar - Debopam Bhattacharya (Cambridge)
- Wed12May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Siyang Xiong (UC Riverside)
Paper to be advised.
- Tue18May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Vasco Carvalho
- Wed19May
Seminar in Economic Theory - David Dillenberger (Pennsylvania)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon24May
Economic History Seminar - Melanie Xue (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Mon24May
Econometrics Seminar - Xavier D'Haultfoueuille (CREST)
This Econometrics Seminar is hosted by Bristol.
- Wed26May
Seminar in Economic Theory - Zhen Zhou (Tsinghua)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed02Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Chiara Margaria (Boston)
Paper to be advised.
- Mon07Jun
Econometrics Seminar - Raffaella Giacomini (UCL)
Paper to be announced.
- Wed09Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Marina Halac (Yale)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed16Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Deniz Kattwinkel (UCL)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed23Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Laura Doval (Columbia Business School)
Paper to be advised.
- Wed30Jun
Seminar in Economic Theory - Annie Liang (Northwestern)
Paper to be advised.
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