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Congratulations to our Professor of Economics, Silvana Tenreyro for being appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours, for services to the economy. 👏🥇
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Congratulations again to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer for winning the 2019 @NobelPrize. We're thrilled to be celebrating with Michael who's visiting today #NobelPrize
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To all looking for an assistant professor position: the LSE Department of Economics will interview candidates in Rotterdam at the European Job Market. This year, we will not interview in San Diego at the ASSA. See you in Rotterdam! eeassoc.org/index.php?page=2…
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Congratulations to Professors @ben_moll, Balazs Szentes and Silvana Tenreyro on their election to Fellows of the Econometric Society @econometricsoc: bit.ly/3CJNMT0 @LSEnews @CFMUK @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC
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Congratulations to our Professors of Economics, Nava Ashraf and Ricardo Reis, for being named Fellows of the British Academy! This prestigious recognition celebrates their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. 🎉
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In the latest podcast episode, Prof @ben_moll (@LSEEcon) explains how tech leads to higher inequality through income & wealth differences, & discusses the impact of financial asset ownership on wealth inequality across developed & developing countries. ➡bit.ly/3KnlRwH
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🚨 Exciting News 🚨 We're thrilled to announce the re-launch of the Applicant Mentoring Programme (AMP) for individuals applying to PhDs in Economics. Read on to find out more➡️(1/6) #EconTwitter @CamEcon @OxfordEconDept @EconUCL @warwickecon
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In her job market paper, Antonella asks the question ‘Can White Elephants Kill?’ and analyses the unintended consequences of unfinished public infrastructure in Peru. Read @AntonellaBanca2’s JMP abstract, paper and additional papers on her profile: lse.ac.uk/economics/phd-job-…
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Upcoming event: Inflation: new and old perspectives with @IvanWerning See you next week ! lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/01/202…
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Prof @landais_camille has been awarded an @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for his research on children & gender inequality. #ERCCoG are awarded to 'outstanding researchers' with a 'scientific track record showing great promise'. Congratulations! More ℹ️ bit.ly/2W10b1i
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Congratulations to Professor Oriana Bandiera @orianabandiera who will be awarded the Ester Boserup Prize for Research on Development 2018! lse.ac.uk/economics/news @STICERD_LSE
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Mission Economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism Join us for this public lecture by @MazzucatoM who'll outline her new approach for governments to deal with inequality, disease & climate change. Chaired by @alanmanning4 ⏰ 29 Jan, 4.00-5.00pm bit.ly/2KUvF7H
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Congratulations to @orianabandiera for being awarded the new Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics! lse.ac.uk/economics/newsEven… @STICERD_LSE
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Many congratulations to Professors Francesco Caselli and Ricardo Reis @R2Rsquared who have been elected Fellows of the Econometric Society! @econometricsoc Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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New event- Silvana Tenreyro (@LSEEcon & member of @bankofengland Monetary Policy Committee) will discuss emerging academic research on the #macroeconomics of #COVID19 including how it has influenced her recent monetary policy decisions ➡️ 15 July. ℹ️ & 🎟️ bit.ly/3f75QuF
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How does bureaucracy matter for development? #TimBesley, #RobinBurgess, @adnanqk @Jonathan_Old & @guoxu_econ review recent literature around this question & embed it in the broader discussion on how bureaucracies contribute to economic development. @voxeu bit.ly/3C1ybNF
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Join us for our upcoming public event! @CassSunstein will discuss an ongoing programme of research that has created a form of Hayekian behavioural economics. Chaired by #TimBesley. ⏰ 18 January, 4-5pm GMT ℹ️ bit.ly/2Xmpwnj
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Congratulations to @XJaravel who has been awarded a @ERC_Research Starting Grant for the project, 'Prices and Inequality'. Find out more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @CEP_LSE #ERCStG
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Professor @landais_camille has been awarded an @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for the project 'GENEQUALITY' @STICERD_LSE @LSEnews Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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We're thrilled to announce the re-launch of the Applicant Mentoring Programme (AMP) for individuals applying to PhDs in Economics. Read on to find out more➡️(1/7) #EconTwitter @CamEcon @OxfordEconDept @EconUCL @warwickecon
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Congratulations to Professor Tim Besley on being awarded a knighthood for services to economics and public policy in the New Years Honours!
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In a personal essay, @johnvanreenen reflects both on the emotional colouring of #BrexitDay, and on the economic costs implied for the United Kingdom bit.ly/3b4CNqn
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Read volume 162 of the Journal of Public Economics, dedicated to Sir Tony Atkinson sciencedirect.com/journal/jo… @STICERD_LSE
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Tomorrow! Join @ResearchInColor for their 2nd annual conference #RIC2021 This year's theme will be 'Working Towards a More Holistic Understanding of Value in Economics' 📅 13 August, 2-5pm BST/ 9am-12pm EDT 🎫 Register: bit.ly/3s95Ulb #PaintTheProfession
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Maitreesh Ghatak has been elected as a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Congratulations @maitreesh on this well-deserved achievement !👏👏
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🎉 Congratulations to our 2020/21 Job Market Candidates on their placements! Find out more: bit.ly/3v5aqRG
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Dimitra Petropoulou has been selected as a winner of the Economics Network’s annual prize for her “Outstanding Contribution to Economics Education”. Congratulations from all of us @LSEEcon! Read more ➡️ lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Congratulations to @XJaravel who has been awarded the 'Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France 2021' ➡️ 'The Best Young French Economist Award 2021' This annual @lemondefr & @Cercle_eco award is given to a French economist < the age of 40. Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Congratulations to Professors @ben_moll, Balazs Szentes and Silvana Tenreyro on their election to Fellows of the Econometric Society @econometricsoc: bit.ly/3CJNMT0 @LSEnews @CFMUK @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC
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Today's #GoogleDoodle celebrates Sir W Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize-winning economist & LSE's first Black academic. His pioneering research prompted new ways of thinking about issues of poverty & underdevelopment #partofLSE
📈 Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates St. Lucian economist, professor, and author Sir W. Arthur Lewis, a pioneer in the field of international development economics. Learn more → google.com/doodles/celebrati…
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Congratulations to @orianabandiera who will join the editorial team at Econometrica in 2020! Head of @LSEEcon Professor Steve Pischke said, 'Congratulations to Oriana & thanks to her for taking on such an important (& demanding) professional role.' lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Congratulations to #LSEEconPhD graduate Dr Guo Xu @guoxu_econ, who has been awarded the 2017 John Hicks Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation! lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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‘Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer for winning the @NobelPrize for their research on understanding poverty in developing countries. They're all friends of the Dept & we're proud to currently host Mike Kremer as a visitor.' Prof Steve Pischke, HOD
BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” #NobelPrize
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Congratulations to Oriana Bandiera @orianabandiera & Imran Rasul @ImranRasul3 who have been awarded the 2019 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics. Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC @EconUCL @TheIFS
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Congratulations to Professors John Moore and Silvana Tenreyro on receiving the @banquedefrance & @TSEinfo Prizes in Monetary Economics and Finance. Read more 👉 lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Congratulations to @profnavaashraf and prof @orianabandiera who, with their co-authors @EdMDavenport and Scott S Lee @VanderbiltU, have received the 29th Arrow Award for for the best paper in @healtheconomics! Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Congratulations to Soroush Sabet & @LukaszRachel, winners of the 20/21 Sir John Hicks Prizes 👏 🔸 Outstanding performance in MRes Economics: Soroush Sabet 🔸 Outstanding doctoral thesis: Lukasz Rachel for "Essays in Applied Macroeconomics" Read more: bit.ly/3sJPdLL
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TOMORROW! Esther Duflo, joint winner of the #NobelPrize2019 in Economic Sciences, will speak on 'Good Economics for Hard Times'. Chaired by Robin Burgess #LSEStamp. If you weren't able to get a ticket, you can watch the live webcast here: bit.ly/2NEs7nf
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Welcome to 2021 ⭐ ! Coming up this month: Join @LSEEcon on Friday 29 January to hear @MazzucatoM speak on Mission Economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism. Registration opens 10am, 15 Jan. More info ➡ bit.ly/3miGugo #LSEMazzucato
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Huge congratulations to Ricardo Reis @R2Rsquared & Silvana Tenreyro who have been awarded the 2021 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics, for their contribution to #macroeconomics. Read more @EEANews 👉bit.ly/31xqMGn
Ricardo Reis @R2Rsquared & Silvana Tenreyro awarded the 2021 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics. More info at eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-jahn… Congratulations to both.
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Congratulations to all our @LSEEcon Graduates today! We hope you have a brilliant day celebrating with your family and friends - you deserve it! 🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 #LSEGraduation
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In this @voxeu column, Tim Besley, Chris Dann and Torsten Persson review evidence from 25 years of data to argue that countries form persistent ‘development clusters’ according to their levels of internal peace and state capacity. @STICERD_LSE bit.ly/3dm3xFz
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The @RoyalEconSoc is launching a series of webinars focusing on the economic issues and policy solutions to the #COVID19 crisis. Tomorrow's webinar will be chaired by Tim Besley, with panellists Daron Acemoglu and Jean Tirole. Register now: bit.ly/2wnIlMW
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33 months after the referendum we have enough evidence to evaluate the short-run impact...The UK as a whole is economically poorer than it would have been if the country had voted Remain | Thomas Sampson via @lsebrexitvote ⁦@CEP_LSE⁩ ⁦bit.ly/2UdzGYc
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Congratulations to Professors Silvana Tenreyro & Maitreesh Ghatak @maitreesh who were elected as Fellows of the @BritishAcademy_ together with five Professors from other @LSEnews departments! lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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👏 Congratulations to @economeager who has been awarded a 2022 @AEAjournals Best Paper Award for the article, 'Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit Expansions: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Seven Randomized Experiments'. Find out more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Monetary policy for commodity booms and busts | Read Silvana Tenreyro, @td_econ & Michael McLeay's recent @voxeu column ➡️ bit.ly/2QYloaz @BoE_Research #econtwitter
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Event: Why Do People Stay Poor? People living in poverty remain poor not because they lack talent, motivation or ability; they’re stuck in a low-opportunity poverty trap. Wednesday 01 March 2023 The Old Theatre, LSE 6.00pm to 7.30pm eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-do-pe…
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We're delighted to share that our Professors of Economics: Robin Burgess and Silvana Tenreyo have been honoured with ERC Advanced Grants for their outstanding work in Economics! 🏆👏 Congratulations on this remarkable achievement! #ERCGrants Article: lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-f…
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What is the most efficient way to respond to recessions in the labour market? 👉 Read the new @cepr_org discussion paper by @giulia_giupponi @landais_camille and @LapeyreAlice @LSEEcon @Unibocconi @CrestUmr bit.ly/3g4g41N
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🎉 We’re thrilled to have been ranked 5th in the world for Economics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020 (bit.ly/2VTtkN4)! Thank you to everyone @LSEEcon for making this possible!!! 🎉 #partofLSE Find out more: bit.ly/2TFklfV
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Congratulations to Daniel Sturm from @LSEEcon @CEP_LSE & his co-authors Gabriel Ahlfeldt @Ahlfeldt, Steve Redding @Princeton, & Nikolaus Wolf @HumboldtUni for being awarded the 2018 Frisch Medal! lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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We're proud to introduce our 2021/2022 Job Market Candidates: lse.ac.uk/economics/phd-job-… #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter
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We're thrilled to announce the re-launch of the Applicant Mentoring Programme (AMP) for individuals applying to PhDs in Economics. Read on to find out more➡️(1/7) #EconTwitter @CamEcon @OxfordEconDept @EconUCL @warwickecon
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'We shouldn't just study why people are poor but also why do people stay poor?' | @maitreesh discusses a cash transfer experiment in #Bangladesh targeting the ultra-poor which reveals that complimentary assets are key in escaping poverty @vox_dev bit.ly/2Tq0518
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Congratulations to Tim Besley who has been elected President of @econometricsoc - he will serve in 2020 lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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Today! @MazzucatoM offers a path to fix capitalism, using lessons learnt from the Apollo 11 mission: a dynamic public sector able to take risks & experiment towards a concrete goal. Join this exciting event to learn why today’s goals are more challenging! bit.ly/2KUvF7H
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In her job market paper, Alexia Delfino studies men’s selection into traditionally female-dominated occupations. Read @AlexiaDelf's JMP and and additional publications on her profile: lse.ac.uk/economics/phd-job-…
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Congratulations to @XJaravel who has been awarded a @ERC_Research Starting Grant for the project, 'Prices and Inequality'. Find out more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @CEP_LSE #ERCStG
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We’re pleased to announce the @LSEEcon 2019 job market candidates! You can find a complete list of the candidates and read their paper abstracts here: lse.ac.uk/economics/phd-job-… #EconTwitter
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Why do people pay their taxes? Tim Besley explains why some countries have high rates of taxation and high compliance, while some failed states have neither. @vox_dev bit.ly/2FsPaxP
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Congratulations to Professors @ben_moll, Balazs Szentes and Silvana Tenreyro on their election to Fellows of the Econometric Society @econometricsoc: bit.ly/3CJNMT0 @LSEnews @CFMUK @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC
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'The Korean government's chaebol reforms in the late 1990s transformed the economy from an investment-based to an innovation-based model. There are lessons here for China.' Writes @PAghion @sguriev & Kangchul Jo @voxeu bit.ly/2rqVdPB
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Swap lines between advanced economy central banks are a relatively recent and important part of the global financial architecture. How has their role been affected by #COVID19? @R2Rsquared discusses with @timsvengali @voxeu voxeu.org/content/central-ba…
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Congratulations to Oriana Bandiera @orianabandiera & Imran Rasul @ImranRasul3 who have been awarded the 2019 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics! Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC @EconUCL @TheIFS @EEANews
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Congratulations to @XJaravel who has been awarded a @ERC_Research Starting Grant for the project, 'Prices and Inequality'. Find out more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @CEP_LSE #ERCStG
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(1/3) Today's live #CEBRA2020 Keynote Talk by @HyunSongShin @BIS_org on 'The Economics of Distributed Ledger Technology' will now be streamed to the @LSEEcon YouTube homepage: bit.ly/3jw1Sh6 ⏰ 3.55pm (BST) @BoE_Research @CFMUK @CebraOrg @SAFE_Frankfurt
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How does bureaucracy matter for development? #TimBesley, #RobinBurgess, @adnanqk @Jonathan_Old & @guoxu_econ review recent literature around this question & embed it in the broader discussion on how bureaucracies contribute to economic development. @voxeu bit.ly/3C1ybNF
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Why natural experiments won the Nobel #VoxTalks Professor Steve Pischke speaks to @timsvengali @voxeu about the history of natural experiments, and the impact of the methods pioneered by this year's Laureates, Joshua Angrist, David Card, and Guido Imbens. bit.ly/31DHt5Y
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We’re very proud to congratulate former PhD student, @DrDaronAcemoglu of @MITEcon ,on being named Institute Professor at @MIT. Read more here: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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The People versus the Markets: A Parsimonious Model of Inflation Expectations | New @cepr_org paper by @R2Rsquared bit.ly/3rZZdBr
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Congratulations to Steve Pischke & Joshua Angrist who have been awarded the @ChicagoBooth Fama Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Doctoral Education! Read more bit.ly/2x1OXNt
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'Future historians will judge our effectiveness in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Unless world leaders work together, they will not judge us kindly', writes @ErikBerglof in @ProSyn bit.ly/3ds5Chm
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Congratulations to Silvana Tenreyro, winner of the 2022 Birgit Grodal Award @EEANews! Find out more: bit.ly/3KhDaOy @CFMUK @LSEnews
2022 Birgit Grodal Award goes to Silvana Tenreyro of @LSEEcon @CFMUK @LSEnews Full details mailchi.mp/eeassoc.org/2022-… Thanks to @nationalbanken, who support the Award since 2012.
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Join us for this exciting event! Philippe Aghion offers a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity under capitalism. Chaired by @LSEEcon Head of Department, Steve Pischke. ⏰ 4 May, 4-5pm GMT bit.ly/39jgLAJ
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In this @voxeu column, Tim Besley, Chris Dann and Torsten Persson review evidence from 25 years of data to argue that countries form persistent ‘development clusters’ according to their levels of internal peace and state capacity. @STICERD_LSE bit.ly/3dm3xFz
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Wages for low-skilled workers have stagnated — even in industries that have experienced years of economic growth. Why? Dr Rachel Ngai's research investigates. #LSEResearchForTheWorld bit.ly/3zxEUPh
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Congratulations to PhD Economics student @rrmaura on being named a finalist of the 2022 @Meta PhD Research Fellowship 🎉 Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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TONIGHT! Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen will discuss his memoir, Home in the World. We're thrilled to welcome Professor Sen back @LSEnews, which is very close to his heart, having spent many years here as Prof @LSEEcon, teaching part-time & visiting friends. bit.ly/3oDmMRk
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Economic theory suggests market economies are likely to underprovide innovation because of the public good nature of knowledge. Nicholas Bloom, @johnvanreenen of @LSEEcon & Heidi Williams provide a toolkit of policies to promote innovation @AEAjournals bit.ly/2nMoBhn
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Can economics be harnessed for the common good? Tune in to tomorrow's #LSEMorishimaLecture delivered by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo. ⏰ 17 June, 5-6pm (BST) ℹ️ Hosted by @STICERD_LSE: bit.ly/3fvuqFo
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What is the most efficient way to respond to recessions in the labour market? 👉 Read the new @cepr_org discussion paper by @giulia_giupponi @landais_camille and @LapeyreAlice @LSEEcon @Unibocconi @CrestUmr bit.ly/3g4g41N
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'Workers in certain low-skilled occupations benefit considerably from working in more R&D-intensive firms', say Philippe Aghion, Rachel Griffith, @a_bergeaud & @R_Blundell_UCL. @voxeu bit.ly/36tFcrF
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Why do people pay their taxes? Tim Besley discusses why some countries have high rates of taxation and high compliance, while some failed states have neither. @vox_dev bit.ly/2FsPaxP
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Women earn less than men after they start a family. Can better policies close the gap? Camille Landais tells Tim Phillips @timsvengali about new research comparing six countries @voxeu ow.ly/qjQ950uoTV8
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We're looking forward to this afternoon's @EconomicaLSE Centenary Coase Lecture with @PikettyLeMonde: A Brief History of Equality #LSECoase ⏰ 10 March, 4pm 📺 Join us: bit.ly/3s6ReS6
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The new #openaccess #macroeconomics textbook from @LSEPress introduces dynamic optimisation in the context of economic growth, applying it to a range of policy questions & new developments in fiscal/monetary policy. Download it: press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m…
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Congratulations to Silvana Tenreyro who has been awarded the Carl Menger Prize for Economics! Read the news story here: bit.ly/2x1OXNt
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Join us for this exciting event with @MazzucatoM, outlining her new approach for governments to deal with #inequality, #disease & #climatechange. Chaired by @alanmanning4 ⏰ 29 Jan, 4.00-5.00pm ℹ️ bit.ly/2KUvF7H
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Alan Manning @alanmanning4 gave the Marshall Lecture on The Measure of Monopsony at this year's @EEANews Congress. Chaired by Silvana Tenreyro. The lecture is available to watch now: bit.ly/3bkmO87 #EEAVirtual #EEA2020
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🎉 Congratulations to Eddy Zou (BSc Econ), Brooklyn Han, Stefanus Phan & Callum Renton (BSc EME) on winning 1st place in the ‘Econometrics Game’ hosted by @UChicago's Oeconomica Society. Read more: lse.ac.uk/economics/news
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