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
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| 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 |