Economics

Research

We have particular research strengths in three areas: game and decision theory, applied microeconomics and microeconometrics, and monetary policy and banking. We have received research grants and awards from a wide range of bodies including: ESRC Future Research Leaders Award, Welcome Trust, British Academy, Inter-American Development Bank, Ministry of Justice, ESRC-DFID, Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship, ESRC, French National Research Agency (ARN), and Nuffield Foundation. In addition we work with a large number of external organisations reflecting our research strengths, these include:

• Advisor to The Bank of Greece
• Committee Member of the UN Project LINK
• Consultant to the Brazilian Health Ministry
• Consultant to the Central Bank of Bangladesh
• Consultant to the European Central Bank
• Consultant to the European Commission
• Consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank
• Research Partner with Leicestershire Police
• Council Member of the Game Theory Society
• Department of Work and Pensions
• External Member of the Finnish Research Panel
• Former Governor of the Bank of Cyprus
• HMRC Tax Gap Roundtable Panel Member
• Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
• Member of the European Research Council Panel of Research Experts
• Member of the Programme Committee for the Royal Economic Society Conference
• Ministry of Public Security (Brazil)
• Panel Member of the ERC Mega-grants Committee
• Partner with Statistics Canada
• The Welsh Assembly

Find out more about:

• Publications and books
• ESRC/DFID Project and ESRC/ORA Project - Read about the projects that our division members are currently working on and collaborating on with researchers from around the globe
• HaPPEN - Health and public policy evaluation network
• Discussion papers - our working paper series
• Annual PhD Conference - Our annual conference gives PhD students from across the globe a chance to present their research and gain an insight about the work being carried out by fellow students
• LExEcon - Our laboratory for controlled experimentation in economic and social research.

Division Head

Professor Stephen Hall

Division Members

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