Responsive Public Policy
Addressing these problems in a timely way requires a deep capability in research design and data analysis. Our research programme on Responsive Public Policy produces high-quality, timely research. It focuses on capacity building underpinned with long-term research projects including:
- Improving UK energy efficiency and compliance with environmental regulations.
- Planning regulations and the UK housing system.
Project Contacts:
Ludovica Gazze
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Thiemo Fetzer
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Nikhil Datta
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Project News
How empty high streets increase support for populist candidates
High streets traditionally served dual functions: economic exchange and social consumption. But the importance of space for community interaction has largely...
Thursday 8 May 2025
Fluctuating renewable fuel costs are a small price to pay for environmental benefits - new research finds
The UK’s biofuels policy has been quietly pushing up pump prices and making them more volatile, but the resulting environmental gains are found to outw...
Friday 25 Apr 2025
Nurturing Grounds for Populists
When more and more shops in city centres close, social meeting points also disappear. This raises questions about the political consequences of rundown pedes...
Tuesday 8 Apr 2025
The impact of the energy price crisis on UK customers
In April 2022 consumers in the UK saw a 54% increase in the energy price cap because Russia invaded Ukraine in February that year. This sent wholesale gas pr...
Thursday 24 Oct 2024
Research Highlights
Working papers
Politics of Food: An Experiment on Trust in Expert Regulation and Economic Costs of Political Polarization
Thursday 6 Feb 2025
Currency Wars and Trade
Thursday 19 Dec 2024
Beyond the Headlines: The intangible costs of terrorism
Wednesday 27 Nov 2024
Publications
Local decline and populism
Economic Letters, 2025
Cohesive Institutions and Political Violence
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024
The Long-Run Spillover Effects of Pollution
Journal of Labor Economics, 2024
Feature
Insights from pandemic research
The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges and opportunities for research. Thiemo Fetzer writes about his studies which explored the way government actions influenced public health outcomes and economic stability.