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Economics CAGE Research Centre

Programme

Policy and the UK’s Competitive Advantage:
Evidence from 10 Years of Research

Thursday, 27th June 2019
M1, WBS Teaching Centre and Radcliffe Conference Centre
The University of Warwick
Coventry

10:00-10:10 Visitors arrive at Warwick
10:10-10:20

CAGE Introduction

Prof Nick Crafts to introduce the day and discuss the overview of the decade of CAGE.
10:20-11:20

Impact Highlights Theme 4: What are the Implications of Globalisation and Global Crises for Policymaking and for Economic and Political Outcomes in Western Democracies?

Theme Leader’s Overview (10 minutes): Prof Vera Troeger (University of Warwick and CAGE)

Academic Keynote (20 minutes): Prof David Rueda (Oxford University and CAGE)

Policy Overview (20 minutes): Dr Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government)
11:20-11:40

Coffee and Networking

11:40-12:40

Impact Highlights Theme 3: How can the measurement of wellbeing be improved and what are the implications for policy?

Theme Leader’s Overview (10 minutes): Prof Daniel Sgroi (University of Warwick and CAGE)

Academic Keynote (20 minutes): Prof Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick and CAGE)

Policy Overview (20 minutes): Lord Gus O'Donnell (Frontier Economics)
12:40-13:20

Keynote on Policy and Uncertainty delivered by Prof Nick Bloom, Stanford University.

13:20-14:00

Buffet Lunch (M1 Foyer area)

14:00-15:00

Policy Panel on productivity, competitive advantage and policy in the UK

  • Chair: Dame Frances Cairncross
  • Ms Tera Allas (McKinsey Center for Government)
  • Prof Nick Bloom (Stanford University)
  • Prof Nick Crafts (CAGE director)
  • Dr Rebecca Riley (NIESR / ESCOE)
15:00-15:20

Coffee and Networking

15:20-16:20

Impact Highlights Theme 1: What Explains Comparative Long-run Growth Performance?

Theme Leader’s Overview (10 minutes): Prof Stephen Broadberry (University of Oxford and CAGE)

Academic Keynote (20 minutes): Prof Sascha Becker (University of Warwick and CAGE)

Policy Overview (20 minutes): Dr Michael Keoghan (BEIS)
16:20-16:40

Coffee and Networking

16:40-17:40

Impact Highlights Theme 2: How do culture and institutions help to explain development and divergence in a globalising world?

Theme Leader’s Overview (10 minutes): Prof Sharun Mukand (University of Warwick and CAGE)

Academic Keynote (20 minutes): Prof Amrita Dhillon (King's College London and CAGE)

Policy Overview (20 minutes): Dr Rachel Glennerster (DFID)

17:40-17:55

Closing remarks

Prof Paul Nightingale, Director of Strategy and Operations, ESRC

Prof Simon Swain, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Warwick
18:00-18:45

Drinks and Networking / Radcliffe bar area

18:45-20:45

Dinner (invitation only) / Radcliffe dining room

By 21:00

Return to Coventry station