The Economics and Policy subject group

Growth, performance and quality of life

The Economics and Policy group analyses:

how economics can improve economic growth and business performance
how public policy can be improved to enhance economic growth, sustainability and the quality of life

Key research and teaching areas

The research of the group falls broadly into the following categories:

Behavioural insights and economics (Lucia Reisch, Christos Genakos, Michael Pollitt and Jochen Runde)
Circular economy (Khal Soufani)
Competition policy and regulation (Christos Genakos)
Consumer behaviour and policy (Lucia Reisch and David Reiner)
Decision-making under extreme uncertainty (Jochen Runde)
Energy and climate economics and policy (David Reiner, Kamiar Mohaddes and Michael Pollitt)
Econometric and statistical methods (Paul Kattuman and Christos Genakos)
Explanation in the social sciences (Jochen Runde)
Health economics (Juliana Kozak Rogo)
Impact investing (Khal Soufani)
Industrial organisation (Christos Genakos, Juliana Kozak Rogo and Michael Pollitt)
Innovation (Michael Kitson and Christos Genakos)
Macroeconomic policy and performance (Michael Kitson and Kamiar Mohaddes)
Productivity measurement and the regulation of utilities (Michael Pollitt and Christos Genakos)
Social ontology and the ontology of technology (Jochen Runde)

Research centres

Group members have leading roles in the following research centres:

Teaching

The Economics and Policy subject group faculty teach across the full range of undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programmes offered by the Business School.

Members

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Subject group head

Michael Pollitt

Professor of Business Economics

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Publishing output

The members of the group publish in leading journals and disseminate their work through other channels to ensure the maximum impact on policy and practice. The Centre for Business Research (CBR) and the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) also produce a range of publications and presentations which are available via their websites:

Selected publications

Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2022) “A social cost benefit analysis for the procurement of reactive power: the case of Power Potential.” Applied Energy, 312: 118512 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118512)
Bauer, J.M., Aarestrup, S., Hansen, P.G. and Reisch, L.A. (2022) “Nudging more sustainable grocery purchases: behavioural innovations in a supermarket setting.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179: 121605 (DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121605)
Bauer, J.M., Nielsen, K.S., Hofmann, W. and Reisch, L.A. (2022) “Healthy eating in the wild: an experience sampling study assessing the barriers and facilitators to dietary goal success.” Social Science and Medicine, 299: 114869 (DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114869)
Bauer, J.M., van der Laan, L.N., de Bruijn, G.-J. and Reisch, L.A. (2022) “Battle of the primes: the effect and interplay of health and hedonic primes on food choice.” Appetite, 172: 105956 (DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.105956)
Esposito, M., Tse, T., Soufani, K. and Chong, L. (2022) “How can vertical farming ensure the future of food security? [in Arabic]” Stanford Social Innovation Review (Arabic), 26 January 2022
Feduzi, A., Faulkner, P., Runde, J., Cabantous, L. and Loch, C. (2022) “Heuristic methods for updating small world representations in strategic situations of Knightian uncertainty.” Academy of Management Review (DOI: 10.5465/amr.2018.0235) (published online Oct 2020)
Forberger, S., Reisch, L., Meshkovska, B., Łobczowska, K., Scheller, D.A., Wendt, J., Christianson, L., Frense, J., Steinacker, J.M., Luszczynska, A. and Zeeb, H. (2022) “Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation processes: results of a scoping review.” Health Research Policy and Systems, 20: 33 (DOI: 10.1186/s12961-022-00832-3)
Genakos, C. and Pagliero, M. (2022) “Competition and pass-through: evidence from isolated markets.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14(4): 35-57 (DOI: 10.1257/app.20200863)
Heuer, T. and Runde, J. (2022) “The Elbphilharmonie and the Hamburg effect: on the social positioning, identities and system functions of a building and a city.” European Planning Studies, 30(1): 85-104 (DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2021.1908232)
Pollitt, M.G. (2022) “The further economic consequences of Brexit: energy.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 38(1): 165-178 (DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grab044)
Pollitt, M.G. and Dolphin, G. (2022) “Should the EU ETS be extended to road transport and heating fuels?” Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 11(1) (DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.11.1.mpol)

Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2021) “How to procure flexibility services within the electricity distribution system: lessons from an international review of innovation projects.” Energies, 14(15): 4475-4475 (DOI: 10.3390/en14154475)
Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2021) “The role of regulators in promoting the procurement of flexibility services within the electricity distribution system: a survey of seven leading countries.” Energies, 14(14): 4073 (DOI: 10.3390/en14144073)
Bauer, J., Bietz, S., Rauber, J. and Reisch, L.A. (2021) “Nudging healthier food choices in a cafeteria setting: a sequential multi-intervention field study.” Appetite, 160: 105106 (DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105106)
Cardinale, I. and Runde, J. (2021) “From dishwashing to dishwasher cooking: on social positioning and how users are drawn towards alternative uses of existing technology.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(4): 613-630 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/beab026)
Chudik, A., Mohaddes, K., Pesaran, H., Raissi, M. and Rebucci, A. (2021) “A counterfactual economic analysis of Covid-19 using a threshold augmented multi-country model.” Journal of International Money and Finance, 119: 102477 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102477)
Chudik, A., Mohaddes, K. and Raissi, M. (2021) “Covid-19 fiscal support and its effectiveness.” Economics Letters, 205: 109939 (DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109939)
Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Darby, S., Mohaddes, K., Sunikka-Blank, M., Cristina Villaça Coelho, A. and Isa, A. (2021) “Words against injustices: a deep narrative analysis of energy cultures in poverty of Abuja, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro.” Energy Research and Social Science, 72: 101892 (DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101892)
Faulkner, P., Feduzi, A., McCann Jr, C.R. and Runde, J. (2021) “F.H. Knight’s Risk, uncertainty, and profit and J.M. Keynes’ Treatise on probability after 100 years.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(5): 857-882 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/beab035)
Faulkner, P., Feduzi, A., McCann Jr, C.R. and Runde, J. (eds.) (2021) “Special issue on F.H. Knight’s Risk, uncertainty, and profit and J.M. Keynes’ Treatise on probability after 100 years.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(5)
Flamini, A., Jahanshabi, B. and Mohaddes, K. (2021) “Illegal drugs and public corruption: crack based evidence from California.” European Journal of Political Economy, 69: 102005 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102005)
Glachant, J.-M., Joskow, P.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (eds.) (2021) Handbook on electricity markets. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Kahn, M.E., Mohaddes, K., Ng, R.N.C., Pesaran, M.H., Raissi, M. and Yang, J.-C. (2021) “Long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change: a cross-country analysis.” Energy Economics, 104: 105624 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105624)
Kiesling, L., Meeus, L. and Pollitt, M.G. (eds.) (2021) “Special issue on innovation, policy, and regulation in electricity markets.” Energies, 14(19)
Han, Y., Li, V.O.K., Lam, J.C.K. and Pollitt, M. (2021) “How BLUE is the sky? Estimating air qualities in Beijing during the Blue Sky Day period (2008–2012) by Bayesian Multi-task LSTM.” Environmental Science and Policy, 116: 69-77 (DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.015)
Pollitt, M.G. (2021) “Measuring the impact of electricity market reform in a Chinese context.” Energy and Climate Change, 2: 100044 (DOI: 10.1016/j.egycc.2021.100044)
Pollitt, M.G. and Ananya, K.L. (2021) “Competition in markets for ancillary services? The implications of rising distributed generation.” The Energy Journal, 42(Special issue) (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.42.SI1.mpol)
Pollitt, M.G. and Chyong, C.K. (2021) “Modelling net zero and sector coupling: lessons for European policy makers.” Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 10(2): 25-40 (DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.10.2.mpol)
Pollitt, M. and Nillesen, P. (2021) “Ownership unbundling of electricity distribution networks.” Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 10(1) (DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.10.1.pnil)
Reisch, L.A. (2021) “Shaping healthy and sustainable food systems with behavioural food policy.” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 48(4): 665-693 (DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbab024)
Reisch, L.A., Sunstein, C.R., Andor, M.A., Doebbe, F.C., Haddaway, N.R. and Meier, J. (2021) “Mitigating climate change via food consumption and food waste: a systematic map of behavioural interventions.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 279: 123717 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123717)
Reisch, L.A., Sunstein, C.R. and Kaiser, M. (2021) “What do people want to know? Information avoidance and food policy implications.” Food Policy, 102: 102076 (DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102076)
Runde, J., Feduzi, A. and Cabantous, L. (2021) “Commentary on Brian T. McCann’s ‘Bayesian updating’.” California Management Review, 25 April 2021
Soufani, K. and Loch, C. (2021) “Circular supply chains are more sustainable. Why are they so rare?” Harvard Business Review, 15 June 2021
Sunstein, C.R. and Reisch, L.A. (2021) “Climate-friendly default rules.” In: Bali Swain, R. and Sweet, S. (eds.) Sustainable consumption and production: challenges and development: vol.1. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.141-164
Sunstein, C.R., Reisch, L.A. and Kaiser, M. (2021) “Most people like nudges – and why that matters.” In: Grundmann, S. and Hacker, P. (eds.) Theories of choice: the social science and the law of individual, collective and organizational decision making. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.73-86

Aboulamer, A., Soufani, K. and Esposito, M. (2020) “Financing the circular economic model.” Thunderbird International Business Review, 62(6): 641-646 (DOI: 10.1002/tie.22123)
Ananya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2020) “Reactive power procurement: a review of current trends.” Applied Energy, 270: 114939 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114939)
Chudik, A., Pesaran, M.H. and Mohaddes, K. (2020) “Identifying global and national output and fiscal policy shocks using a GVAR.” In: Pesaran, M.H., Li, T. and Terrell, D. (eds.) Advances in econometrics: vol.41: essays in honor of Cheng Hsiao. Bingley: Emerald Publishing, pp.143-190
Dimas, A. and Genakos, C. (2020) “Exploring the long-term impact of maximum markup deregulation.” Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 68(4): 5-29 (DOI: 10.51204/anali_pfub_20401a)
Dolphin, G., Pollitt, M. and Newbery, D. (2020) “The political economy of carbon pricing: a panel analysis.” Oxford Economic Papers, 72(2): 472-500 (DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpz042)
Geissdoerfer, M., Pieroni, M.P.P., Pigosso, D.C.A. and Soufani, K. (2020) “Circular business models: a review.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 277: 123741 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123741)
Generoso, R., Couharde, C., Damette, O. and Mohaddes, K. (2020) “The growth effects of El Niño and La Niña: local weather conditions matter.” Annals of Economics and Statistics, 140: 83-126 (DOI: 10.15609/annaeconstat2009.140.0083)
Pollitt, M.G. (2020) Reforming the Chinese electricity supply sector: lessons from global experience. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Reiner, D.M. (2020) “The political economy of carbon capture and storage.” In: Bui, M. and Mac Dowell, N. (eds.) Carbon capture and storage. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.536-558
Runde, J., Lewis, P. and Graça Moura, M. (2020) “Ontology and the history of economic thought: an introduction.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44(5): 981-990 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/beaa039)
Runde, J., Lewis, P. and Graça Moura, M. (eds.) (2020) “Special issue on ontology and the history of economic thought.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44(5)

Aboulamer, A., Esposito, M. and Soufani, K. (2019) “Financing the circular economy model [in Arabic].” Harvard Business Review (Arabic), 27 June 2019
Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2019) “Storage business models: lessons for electricity from cloud data, frozen food and natural gas.” The Energy Journal, 40(SI): 409-432 (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.40.SI1.kana)
Cave, M., Genakos, C. and Valletti, T. (2019) “The European framework for regulating telecommunications: a 25-year appraisal.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1): 47-62 (DOI: 10.1007/s11151-019-09686-6)
Chan, J.H. and Reiner, D. (2019) “‘Dominance by birthright’? Reconfiguration of firm boundaries to acquire new resources and capabilities.” Industrial Management and Data Systems, 119(9): 1888-1907 (DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-04-2019-0258)
Chan, J.H. and Reiner, D. (2019) “Evolution in inter-firm governance along the transport biofuel value chain in Maritime Silk Road countries.” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 122: 268-282 (DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2018.12.006)
El-Anshasy, A., Mohaddes, K. and Nugent, J.B. (2019) “Oil, volatility and institutions: cross-country evidence from major oil producers.” In: Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (eds.) Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.52-72 (DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198822226.003.0003)
Faulkner, P. and Runde, J. (2019) “Theorizing the digital object.” MIS Quarterly, 43(4): 1279-1302 (DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2019/13136)
Fontana, G., Pitelis, C. and Runde, J. (2019) “Financialisation and the new capitalism?” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 43(4): 799-804 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/bez029)
Fontana, G., Pitelis, C., and Runde, J. (eds.) (2019) “Special issue on financialisation and the new capitalism.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 43(4)
Fransman, M., Garzarelli, G., Lewin, P., Runde, J. and Torr, C. (2019) “Reminiscences of Ludwig M. Lachmann.” In: Fiorito, L., Scheall, S. and Suprinyak, C.E. (eds.) Including a symposium on Ludwig Lachmann (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol.37B). Bingley: Emerald Publishing, pp.83-92
Genakos, G. and Pollitt, M. (eds.) (2019) “Special issue on celebrating 25 years of the EU Single Market.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1)
Genakos, G. and Pollitt, M. (2019) “Introduction to the special issue in ‘Celebrating 25 years of the EU Single Market’.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1): 1-4 (DOI: 10.1007/s11151-019-09690-w)
Hannula, I. and Reiner, D.M. (2019) “Near-term potential of biofuels, electrofuels and battery electric vehicles in decarbonising road transport.” Joule, 13(10): 2390-2402 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2019.08.013)
Küfeoğlu, S. and Pollitt, M.G. (2019) “The impact of PVs and EVs on domestic electricity network charges: a case study from Great Britain.” Energy Policy, 127: 412-424 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.012)
Lam, J.C.K., Han, Y., Wang, S., Li, V.O.K., Pollitt, M. and Warde, P. (2019) “A comparative study of air pollution trends in historical London and contemporary Beijing.” In: Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (eds.) In search of good energy policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.282-304
Liu, X.-Y., Pollitt, M.G., Xie, B.-C. and Liu, L.-Q. (2019) “Does environmental heterogeneity affect the productive efficiency of grid utilities in China?” Energy Economics, 83: 333-344 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.07.001)
Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (2019) Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press (DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198822226.001.0001)
Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (2019) “Objectives, issues and findings.” In: Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (eds.) Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1-14 (DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198822226.003.0001)
Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (2019) “Reforming fiscal institutions in resource-rich Arab economies: policy proposals.” In: Mohaddes, K., Nugent, J.B. and Selim, H. (eds.) Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.237-271 (DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198822226.003.0009)
Newbery, D.M., Reiner, D.M. and Ritz, R.A. (2019) “The political economy of a carbon price floor for power generation.” The Energy Journal, 40(1) (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.40.1.dnew)
Ostfeld, R., Reiner, D.M., Howarth, D. and Krasny, P. (2019) “Peeling back the label: exploring sustainable palm oil ecolabelling and consumption in the United Kingdom.” Environmental Research Letters, 14: 014001 (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaf0e4)
Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (2019) In search of good energy policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (2019) “Responses and final thoughts.” In: Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (eds.) In search of good energy policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.336-350
Ozawa, M. and Pollitt, M. (2019) “Introduction to multidisciplinary approaches’.” In: Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (eds.) In search of good energy policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.275-281
Pollitt, M.G. (2019) “A global carbon market?” Frontiers of Engineering Management, 6(1): 5-18 (DOI: 10.1007/s42524-019-0011-x)
Pollitt, M.G. (2019) “The European single market in electricity: an economic assessment.” Review of Industrial Organization, 55(1): 63-87 (DOI: 10.1007/s11151-019-09682-w)
Rocha, M., Baddeley, M., Pollitt, M. and Weeks, M. (2019) “Addressing self-disconnection among prepayment energy consumers: a behavioural approach.” Energy Economics, 81: 273-286 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.03.025)
Schnellmann, M.A., Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M. and Scott, S.A. (2019) “Deploying gas power with CCS: the role of operational flexibility, merit order and the future energy system.” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 91: 102838 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102838)
Triebs, T.P. and Pollitt, M.G. (2019) “Objectives and incentives: evidence from the privatization of Great Britain’s power plants.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 65: 1-29 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.12.003)

Alawadhi, A., Mohaddes, K., Burney, N.A. and Al-Khayat, A. (2018) “Kuwait’s macroeconomic performance in the global context.” Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, 25(1): 93-119
Bui, M., Adjiman, C.S., Bardow, A., Anthony, E.J., Boston, A., Brown, S., Reiner, D.M. et al (2018) “Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward.” Energy and Environmental Science, 11(5): 1062-1176 (DOI: 10.1039/c7ee02342a)
Burney, N.A., Mohaddes, K., Alawadhi, A. and Al-Musallam, M. (2018) “The dynamics and determinants of Kuwait’s long-run economic growth.” Economic Modelling, 71: 289-304 (DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.12.018)
Chudik, A., Mohaddes, K., Pesaran, H.M. and Raissi, M. (2018) “Rising public debt to GDP can harm economic growth.” Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), 13(3): 1-4
Esposito, M., Tse, T. and Soufani, K. (2018) “Introducing a circular economy: new thinking with new managerial and policy implications.” California Management Review, 60(3): 5-19 (DOI: 10.1177/0008125618764691)
Esposito, M., Tse, T. and Soufani, K. (2018) “Reverse logistics for postal services within a circular economy.” Thunderbird International Business Review, 60(5): 741-745 (DOI: 10.1002/tie.21904)
Esposito, M., Tse, T. and Soufani, K. (2018) “The circular economy: an opportunity for renewal, growth, and stability.” Thunderbird International Business Review, 60(5): 725-728 (DOI: 10.1002/tie.21912)
Feduzi, A., Runde, J., Cabantous, L., Faulkner, P. and Loch, C. (2018) “Updating ‘small world representations’ in strategic decision-making under extreme uncertainty.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1) (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.141)
Genakos, C. (2018) “The tale of the two Greeces: some management practices lessons.” Managerial and Decision Economics, 39(8): 888-896 (DOI: 10.1002/mde.2971)
Genakos, C., Koutroumpis, P. and Pagliero, M. (2018) “The impact of maximum markup regulation on prices.” Journal of Industrial Economics, 66(2): 239-300 (DOI: 10.1111/joie.12175)
Genakos, C., Kühn, K.-U. and Van Reener, J. (2018) “Leveraging monopoly power by degrading interoperability: theory and evidence from computer markets.” Economica, 85(340): 873-902 (DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12257)
Genakos, C., Valletti, T.M. and Verboven, F. (2018) “Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications.” Economic Policy, 33(93): 45-100 (DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eix020)
Greve, T., Teng, F., Pollitt, M.G. and Strbac, G. (2018) “A system operator’s utility function for the frequency response market.” Applied Energy, 231: 562-569 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.088)
Guan, D., Meng, J., Reiner, D.M., Zhang, N., Shan, Y., Mi, Z., Shao, S., Liu, Z., Zhang, Q. and Davis, S.J. (2018) “Structural decline in China’s CO2 emissions through transitions in industry and energy systems.” Nature Geoscience, 11: 551-555 (DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0161-1)
Honegger, M. and Reiner, D. (2018) “The political economy of negative emissions technologies: consequences for international policy design.” Climate Policy, 18(3): 306-321 (DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1413322)
Newbery, D., Pollitt, M.G., Ritz, R.A. and Strielkowski, W. (2018) “Market design for a high-renewables European electricity system.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 91: 695-707 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.025)
Pollitt, M.G. (2018) “Electricity network charging in the presence of distributed energy resources: principles, problems and solutions.” Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 7(1): 89-103 (DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.7.1.mpol)
Richter, L.-L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2018) “Which smart electricity service contracts will consumers accept? The demand for compensation in a platform market.” Energy Economics, 72: 436-450 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2018.04.004)
Sidhu, A.S., Pollitt, M.G. and Anaya, K.L. (2018) “A social cost benefit analysis of grid-scale electrical energy storage projects: a case study.” Applied Energy, 212: 881-894 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.085)
Soufani, K., Tse, T., Esposito, M., Dimitriou, G. and Kikiras, P. (2018) “Bridging the circular economy and social enterprise: the Dutch Ministry of Defence and Biga Groep.” European Business Review, 18 March 2018
Soufani, K., Tse, T., Esposito, M., Dimitriou, G. and Kikiras, P. (2018) “A roadmap to circular economy in EU defence inspired by the case of the Dutch Ministry of Defence.” The European Financial Review, 10 February 2018

Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “Going smarter in the connection of distributed generation.” Energy Policy, 105: 608-617 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.036)
Anaya, K.L. and Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “Using stochastic frontier analysis to measure the impact of weather on the efficiency of electricity distribution businesses in developing economies.” European Journal of Operational Research, 263(3): 1078-1094 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.05.054)
Cashin, P., Mohaddes, K. and Raissi, M. (2017) “China’s slowdown and global financial market volatility: is world growth losing out?” Emerging Markets Review, 31: 164-175 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2017.05.001)
Cashin, P., Mohaddes, K. and Raissi, M. (2017) “Fair weather or foul? The macroeconomic effects of El Niño.” Journal of International Economics, 106: 37-54 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2017.01.010)
Chudik, A., Mohaddes, K., Pesaran, H.M. and Raissi, M. (2017) “Is there a debt-threshold effect on output growth?” Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(1): 135-150 (DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00593)
Esposito, M., Soufani, K. and Tse, T. (2017) “La chimie verte: moins d’impact écologique, plus d’avantage compétitif.” Harvard Business Review (France), 17 January 2017
Esposito, M., Soufani, K. and Tse, T. (2017) “Comment l’industrie automobile peut s’inspirer de l’économie circulaire.” Harvard Business Review (France), 16 February 2017
Esposito, M., Soufani, K. and Tse, T. (2017) “Les postiers, sauveurs de l’économie circulaire?” Harvard Business Review (France), 20 April 2017
Esposito, M., Tse, T., Soufani, K. and Xiong, L. (2017) “Et si l’agriculture pouvait de nouveau être un secteur d’avenir?” Harvard Business Review (France), 29 November 2017
Esposito, M., Tse, T. and Soufani, K. (2017) “Come la logistica inversa potrebbe resuscitare il servizio postale in declino.” Harvard Business Review (Italy), 3 May 2017
Esposito, M., Tse, T., Soufani, K. and Xiong, L. (2017) “Feeding the future of agriculture with vertical farming.” Stanford Social Innovation Review, 27 December 2017
Esposito, M., Tse, T. and Soufani, K. (2017) “Is the circular economy a new fast-expanding market?” Thunderbird International Business Review, 59(1): 9-14 (DOI: 10.1002/tie.21764)
Faulkner, P., Pratten, S. and Runde, J. (2017) “Cambridge social ontology: clarification, development and deployment.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(5): 1265–1277 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/bex048)
Faulkner, P., Pratten, S. and Runde, J. (eds.) (2017) “Special issue on Cambridge social ontology.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(5)
Faulkner, P., Feduzi, A. and Runde, J. (2017) “Unknowns, Black Swans and the risk / uncertainty distinction.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(5): 1279-1302 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/bex035)
Feduzi, A., Runde, J. and Zappia, C. (2017) “De Finetti and Savage on the normative relevance of imprecise reasoning: a reply to Arthmar and Brady.” History of Economic Ideas, 25(1): 211-223 (DOI: 10.19272/201706101009)
Genakos, C., Katsoulakos, Y. and Houpis, G. (2017) “Product market regulation and competitiveness: towards a national competition and competitiveness policy in Greece.” In: Meghir, C., Pissarides, C.A., Vayanos, D. and Vettas, N. (eds.) Beyond austerity: reforming the Greek economy. Boston, MA: MIT Press, 139-178
Greve, T. and Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “Determining the optimal length of regulatory guarantee: a length-of-contract auction.” The Economic Journal, 127(605): F325–F333 (DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12405)
He, X. and Reiner, D. (2017) “Why consumers switch energy suppliers: the role of individual attitudes.” Energy Journal, 38(1): 25-53 (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.38.6.hxia)
Mohaddes, K. and Pesaran, H.M. (2017) “Oil prices and the global economy: is it different this time around?” Energy Economics, 65: 315-325 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.011)
Mohaddes, K., Raissi, M. and Weber, A. (2017) “Can Italy grow out of its NPL overhang? A panel threshold analysis.” Economics Letters, 159: 185-189 (DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.08.001)
Mohaddes, K. and Raissi, M. (2017) “Do sovereign wealth funds dampen the negative effects of commodity price volatility?” Journal of Commodity Markets, 8: 18-27 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2017.08.004)
Oseni, M.O. and Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “The prospects for smart energy prices: observations from 50 years of residential pricing for fixed line telecoms and electricity.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 70: 150–160 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.214)
Pitelis, C. and Runde, J. (2017) “Capabilities, resources, learning and innovation: a blueprint for a post-classical economics and public policy.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(3): 679–691 (DOI: 10.1093/cje/bex022)
Pitelis, C. and Runde, J. (eds.) (2017) “Special issue on post-classical perspectives on the interaction between business organisation and public policy.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(3)
Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “David Michael Garrood Newbery (1943–).” In: Cord, R.A. (ed.) The Palgrave companion to Cambridge economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1131-1149
Pollitt, M.G. (2017) “The economic consequences of Brexit: energy.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 33(S1): S134-S143 (DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grx013)
Viñuales, J.E., Depledge, J., Reiner, D.M. and Lees, E. (2017) “Climate policy after the Paris 2015 climate conference.” Climate Policy, 17(1): 1-8 (DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1242060)

Industry and policy engagement

Regional, national and International organisations
Academic insitutions
Research centres and initiatives

Regional, national and international organisations

The research of the group is informed and stimulated by regular interactions with a wide range of regional, national and international organisations such as:

European Union
Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
National Infrastructure Commission
US Environmental Protection Agency
UK Met Office and Committee on Climate Change
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem).

We also provide advice and policy inputs at Prime Ministerial and Ministerial levels in the UK and abroad.

Academic institutions

The group maintains long-standing collaborations with leading academic institutions around the world including:

Stanford University Energy Modelling Forum
MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
CSIRO.

Research centres and initiatives

Members of the group are also actively engaged in business and policy engagement through the:

Centre for Business Research (CBR), which conducts interdisciplinary research on enterprise, innovation and governance in contemporary market economies, and whose research is used by managers, policy-makers and regulators in numerous countries
Circular Economy Centre, which collaborates with academic and non-academic institutions in the EU (e.g. the European Defence Agency) on issues relating to the enablers of circularity such digital technology and IoT, which was part of a University of Cambridge consortium on plastics, and which delivers an Executive Education programmes to executives in multiple organisations
El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy, which collaborates with the behavioural teams of the OECD, the UN, the European Commission, the WHO and several national governments, and which has a close collaboration with the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School
Energy Policy Forum (EPF), which facilitates knowledge exchange between the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) and a range of organisations including government departments, regulators, energy companies and consumer organisations
Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), whose aim is to improve public policy through the more effective use of evidence and expertise. It does this by facilitating visits to the University of Cambridge of civil servants from various government departments and agencies, as well as leading private companies with technology policy interests.

Research seminars

Upcoming seminars

5
May

Transition Risk and the Green Innovation: Strategies for Low-Carbon Transformation in Emerging Economies

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Shuya Zhang, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

6
May

When the Grid Fails, So Does the Transition? Estimating the Impact of Power Outages on Household Adoption of Clean Energy Technologies

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Jiashu Zhu, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

12
May

Climate Nationalism

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Alessio Terzi, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge.

19
May

The Voice of Climate: How Public Opinion Shapes Government Responses

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Yiran Shen, ClimaTRACES Lab, University of Cambridge.

20
May

The Prospects of International Cooperation on Phasing out Fossil Fuels

Join our Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Harro van Asselt, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

27
May

Long-term Development and Technological Change of Low-Carbon Technologies (1950-2050): Solar, Nuclear, CCS and Hydrogen

Join our Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Christian von Hirschhausen, Berlin University of Technology and EPRG Associate Researcher.

3
Jun

Consequences of Missing Long-term Markets for Low-Carbon Power Systems

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Emil Dimanchev, Princeton University.

17
Jun

Insights from History: National Energy Transition in Post-War Britain

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Kathy Davies, The British Library.

2024

11
Dec

Europe’s Declining Productivity Growth: Diagnoses and Remedies

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Gee Hee Hong, International Monetary Fund.

4
Dec

Make-or-Buy Versus Make-and-Sell: The Trade-off between Economics of Scale and Specialisation

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Professor Markus Reisinger, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

3
Dec

Examining the Rate of UK Energy Transition: A National Model of Zero Emissions Infrastructure Deployment

Join our Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Dr Andrew Garrick, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

26
Nov

Digital Revolution vs Global Warming: How Open Networks Will Power Climate Solutions

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Pramod Varma, Chief Technology Officer, EkStep and Carlos Montes, Lead for the Innovation Hub for Prosperity, CIGB, Cambridge Judge Business School.

25
Nov

Contracts for Transportation Capacity, Competing Uses of Natural Gas and Grid Reliability During Winter Storms

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Chiara Lo Prete, Pennsylvania State University.

20
Nov

Is Competition Only One Click Away? The Digital Markets Act Impact on Google Maps

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Michelangelo Rossi, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

18
Nov

Drowning in Debt: The Rising Tide of Default in Flood-Prone Areas

Join our climaTRACES Lab workshop with Darragh McLaughlin, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

13
Nov

Regulation and Service Provision in Dynamic Oligopoly: Evidence from Mobile Telecommunications

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Joao Granja, University College London.

12
Nov

Exploring the Pollution Haven Hypothesis in China: Evidence from Clean Air Policy

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Chiang Liu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

11
Nov

Methodologies of Climate Mobility

Join the weekly climaTRACES workshop, attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion.

6
Nov

Information and Disparities in Health Care Quality: Evidence from GP Choice in England

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Andre Veiga, Imperial College Business School.

30
Oct

Knowledge Spillovers from Clean Innovation: A Tradeoff between Growth and Climate?

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Dennis Verhoeven, SKEMA Business School.

29
Oct

Let Me Think About It: How More Choices Boost Charitable Giving

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Atiyeh Yeganloo, El-Erian Institute, Cambridge Judge Business School.

16
Oct

Understanding Cost Pass-Through when Prices are Dispersed

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Luke Garrod, Loughborough University.

15
Oct

Electricity Dispatch and Pricing using Agent Decision Rules

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Andy Philpott, University of Auckland.

11
Jun

Data-driven Global Coal-fired Power Plant Unit Efficiency Improvements

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Dr Peipei Chen, Cambridge Judge Business School & EPRG.

28
May

New Geopolitical Perspectives on Natural Gas Supply to Europe: Lessons from 4 Long-Term Scenarios

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Professor Christian von Hirschhausen, Technical University Berlin.

14
May

A Framework for Accelerating Climate-Relevant Technology Development

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Dr Chris Coleridge, Cambridge Judge Business School.

2023

29
Nov

Price Dispersion and Informational Frictions: Evidence from Supermarket Purchase

An Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Helena Perrone, Mannheim University.

22
Nov

Entry and Competition in Platform Markets: Evidence from the European Tablet Industry

An Economics and Policy seminar with Néstor Duch-Brown, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

15
Nov

A Framework for Detection, Measurement and Welfare Analysis of Platform Bias

An Economics and Policy seminar with Professor Imke Reimers, Cornell University.

8
Nov

Price and Design Comparability

An Economics and Policy seminar with Professor Nicholas de Roos, University of Liverpool Management School.

25
Oct

Identification and Estimation of Demand Models with Endogenous Product Entry and Exit

Join our Economics and Policy seminar with Dr Alessandro Iaria, University of Bristol.

18
Oct

Bridging the Gap: Using Predictive Algorithms for Context-sensitive Behavioural Policy Interventions

An Economics and Policy seminar with Micha Arne Kaiser, El-Erian Institute.

13
Jun

Bringing Breakthrough Technologies to Market: Evidence from Solar Power and Feed-In Tariffs

An Energy Policy Research Group seminar with Dr Sugandha Srivastav, University of Oxford.

2
Jun

A Manifesto for Applying Behavioural Science

A Behavioural Roundtable with Dr Michael Hallsworth, Behavioural Insights Team.

1
Jun

Policymaking and Limited Willpower

A Behavioural Roundtable with Professor Will Tiemeijer, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

25
May

The Evolution and Growth of Behavioural Public Policy

A Behavioural Roundtable with Faisal Neru, Think.Test.Do and the El-Erian Institute.

2022

Lent term

2 February 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Market structure, investment and technical efficiencies in mobile communications

Paul Scott, Assistant Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business

9 February 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Growth and the fragmentation of production

Johannes Boehm, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at Sciences Po

16 February 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Patent enforcement and subsequent innovation

Marek Giebel, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School

23 February 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Race to the bottom: competition and quality in science

Ryan Hill, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University

2 March 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

A tale of two networks: common ownership and product market rivalry

Bruno Pellegrino, University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business

9 March 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Common ownership and competition in the ready to eat cereal industry

Matthew Backus, Associate Professor, Columbia Business School

16 March 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

How does price competition affect innovation? Evidence from US antitrust cases

Hyo Kang, Assistant Professor, USC Marshall School of Business

Michaelmas term

12 October 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Innovation and competition: the breakup of IG Farben

Felix Poege, Postdoctoral Associate, Technology and Policy Research Initiative, Boston University

19 October 2022 | 13:00-14:00, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

The welfare consequences of urban traffic regulations

Isis Durrmeyer, Assistant Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

26 October 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Manipulative consumers

Nikita Roketskiy, Assistant Professor, University College London

2 November 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

A BLP demand model of product-level market shares with complementarity

Ao Wang, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick

9 November 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Climatarian diets: evaluating behaviour change interventions to accelerate the sustainable food transition

Paul Lohmann, Research Associate, El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

16 November 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Understanding port performance and the role of infrastructure

Theodore Papageorgiou, Felter Family Associate Professor of Economics, Boston College

23 November 2022 | 16:00-17:00, Online

You can lead a horse to water: spatial learning and path dependence in consumer search

Charles Hodgson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University

30 November 2022 | 15:00-16:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Private monopoly and restricted entry: evidence from the notary profession

Biliana Yontcheva, Assistant Professor, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics

2021

Michaelmas term

20 October 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Algorithmic pricing and competition: empirical evidence from the German retail gasoline market

Daniel Ershov, Assistant Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

27 October 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Search frictions and efficiency in decentralised transport markets

Myrto Kalouptsidi, Assistant Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

27 October 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

GDPR and the lost generation of innovative apps

Michael Kummer, Assistant Professor, University of East Anglia, Norwich

10 November 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Price transparency, media and informative advertising

Itai Ater, Professor, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University

17 November 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Seminar Room 1 and online

The aggregate consequences of forbearance lending: evidence from Japan

Isabelle Roland, Associate Lecturer, St John’s College, University of Cambridge

24 November 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

The value of information in competitive markets: the impact of big data on small and medium enterprises

Ricard Gil, Associate Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Business Economics, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University

1 December 2021 | 15:00-16:00, Online

Licensing life saving drugs for developing countries: evidence from the medicines patent pool

Alberto Galasso, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman Chair in Life Sciences Commercialisation, University of Toronto

2020

Lent term

22 January 2020 | 13:00-14:00, Lecture Theatre 4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Are consumers myopic? Evidence from handset and mobile services choices

Ambre Nicolle, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Munich

29 January 2020 | 12:30-14:00, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Evaluation of bidding groups in first price auctions

Christine Zulehner, Professor of Economics, University of Vienna

5 February 2020 | 12:30-13:30, Lecture Theatre 1, Cambridge Judge Business School

An aggregative games approach to merger analysis in multiproduct firm oligopoly

Nicolas Schutz, Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim

12 February 2020 | 12:30-13:30, Lecture Theatre 1, Cambridge Judge Business School

Natural monopoly in delivery services

Sean Ennis, Director, Centre for Competition Policy, Professor of Competition Policy, UEA Norwich Business School

19 February 2020 | 12:30-14:00, Room W2.01, Cambridge Judge Business School

Distracted from shopping: product design and advertisement with limited attention

Benson Tsz Kin Leung, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge

26 February 2020 | 12:00-13:30, Room W2.01, Cambridge Judge Business School

Shelving or developing? The acquisition of potential competitors under financial constraints

Massimo Motta, Professor of Economics, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

4 March 2020 | 12:30-14:00, Room KH107, Cambridge Judge Business School

The extensive margin of aggregate consumption demand

Andrea Pozzi, Associate Professor, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

11 March 2020 | 12:30-14:00 Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Mergers and demand enhancing innovation

Yassine Lefouili, Assistant Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

2019

Lent term

30 January 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

How well-targeted are soda taxes?

Professor Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics

6 February 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Mark-ups and concentration in the digital era

Chiara Criscuolo, OECD

13 February 2019 | 13:00-14:00, Lecture Theatre 4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Mental capabilities, heterogeneous trading patterns and performance in an experimental asset market

Dr Frédéric-Guillaume Schneider, Cambridge Judge Business School

20 February 2019 | 12:30-14:00, Room W2.01, Cambridge Judge Business School

Segmentation versus agglomeration: competition between platforms with competitive sellers

Professor Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim

27 February 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Market entry, fighting brands and tacit collusion: the case of the French mobile telecom market

Professor Frank Verboven, KU Leuven

6 March 2019 | 12:30-14:00, Room 107 (Keynes House), Cambridge Judge Business School

Regulatory in consumer search markets: the case of credit cards

Professor Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics

12 March 2019 | 12:30-14:00, Castle Teaching Room, Cambridge Judge Business School

Pass-through and firm behaviour in generalised economic models with an application to the trade cost puzzle of international trade

Professor Michal Fabinger, University of Tokyo

Easter term

2 May 2019 | 12:00-13:00, LT1, Cambridge Judge Business School

Targeted branding, price competition and consumer data

Professor Lynne Pepall, Tufts University

8 May 2019 | 12:00-13:30, Room W2.01, Cambridge Judge Business School

Competition in the venture capital market and the success of startup companies: theory and evidence

Professor Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University

Michaelmas term

7 October 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Data science: what is it not?

Professor Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University

23 October 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

From mad men to maths men: concentration and buyer power in online advertising

Dr Francesco Decarolis, Bocconi University

30 October 2019 | 13:30-14:30, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Price or Variety? An Evaluation of Mergers Effects in Grocery Retailing

Professor Tomaso Duso, DIW Berlin

6 November 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Paying for what kind of performance? Performance pay, multitasking and sorting in mission-oriented jobs

Professor Michael Vlassopoulos, University of Southampton

13 November 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Common ownership, competition and top management incentives

Dr Martin Schmalz, Saïd Business School

20 November 2019 | 12:00-13:30, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Conflicts of interest, ethical rules and competition

Professor Jan Bouckaert, University of Antwerp

27 November 2019 | 12:00-13:30, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change: a cross-country analysis

Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, Cambridge Judge Business School

4 December 2019 | 13:00-14:00, LT4, Cambridge Judge Business School

Insurance between firms: the role of internal labour markets

Dr Giacinta Cestone, Cass Business School

2018

Lent term

30 January 2018 | 17:00-18:30, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Pro-market regulatory reform: an applied method and impact analysis

Dr Sean Ennis, OECD Competition Division

6 February 2018 | 17:00-18:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Face-to-face communication in organisations

Dr Jordi Blanes i Vidal, London School of Economics

13 February 2018 | 17:30-18:30, Room KH107, Cambridge Judge Business School

Assessing the impact of mobile consolidation on innovation and quality

Serafino Abate, GSMA

20 February 2018 | 17:00-18:00, Room W2.01, Cambridge Judge Business School

Competition in London local bus tendering

Professor Michael Waterson, University of Warwick

27 February 2018 | 17:00-18:00, Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Judge Business School

Heterogeneous effects of performance pay with market competition: evidence from a randomised field experiment

Professor Tobias Kretschmer, LMU Munich

12 March 2018 | 17:00-18:00, Lecture Theatre 4, Cambridge Judge Business School

The law of large populations: the return of the long-ignored N and how it can affect our 2020 vision

Professor Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University

13 March 2018 | 17:00-18:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Competition in a differentiated product market with individualised pricing: the case of the UK brick industry

Professor Howard Smith, Oxford University

Michaelmas term

9 October 2018 | 12:30-14:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

Electric power distribution in the world: today and tomorrow

Dr Sinan Kufeoglu, Cambridge Judge Business School

10 October 2018 | 18:00-19:30, Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge

Fiscal space: what have we learnt since the crises?

Professor Jagjit Chadha, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

17 October 2018 | 12:30-14:00, Room W4.05, Cambridge Judge Business School

Experience markets: an application to outsourcing and hiring

Dr Catherine Thomas, London School of Economics

23 October 2018 | 12:30-14:00, Keynes Room, Faculty of Economics

The technical, environmental and economic implications for power systems of phasing out coal and nuclear

Professor Pedro Linares, Comillas Pontifical University

24 October 2018 | 13:00-14:00, LT2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Competition and pass-through: evidence from the Greek islands

Dr Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School

31 October 2018 | 12:30-14:00, LT2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Multiproduct intermediaries

Dr Andrew Rhodes, Toulouse School of Economics

6 November 2018 | 12:30-14:00, Keynes Room, Faculty of Economics

The solar revolution: who made it happen?

Professor Felix Muesgens, Brandenburg University of Technology

7 November 2018 | 12:30-14:00, Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Judge Business School

Cheap trade credit and competition in downstream markets

Dr Emanuele Tarantino, University of Mannheim

14 November 2018 | 13:00-14:30, Room KH107, Cambridge Judge Business School

Competitive cross-subsidisation

Dr Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics

21 November 2018 | 13:00-14:00, Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Judge Business School

Welfare effects of R&D support policies

Dr Otto Toivanen, Aalto University Business School

2017

Michaelmas term

17 October 2017 | 17:45-18:45, Lecture Theatre 1, Cambridge Judge Business School

Internet and politics: evidence from UK local elections and local government policies

Tommaso Valletti, Chief Competition Economist at the Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, and Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School

24 October 2017 | 17:30-18:30, Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School

The dynamics of technology adoption and vertical restraints: an empirical analysis

Professor Michelle Sovinsky, University of Mannheim

31 October 2017 | 17:30-18:30, Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Carbon pricing and firm profits: theory and estimates for US airlines

Dr Robert Ritz, University of Cambridge

7 November 2017 | 17:30-19:00, Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Heterogenous time preferences and hyperbolic discounting: evidence from the UK mortgage market

Dr Pasquale Schiraldi, London School of Economics

14 November 2017 | 18:00-19:30, Lecture Theatre 3, Cambridge Judge Business School

Incentives and rank concerns in managerial tournaments

Dr Julia Shvets, University of Cambridge

21 November 2017 | 17:30-19:00, Lecture Theatre 2, Cambridge Judge Business School

Do tax incentives for research increase firm innovation? An RD design for R&D

Dr Ralf Martin, Imperial College Business School

Easter term

17 May 2017 | 15:00-16:00, Room W2.02, Cambridge Judge Business School

The decline of science in corporate R&D

Dr Andrea Patacconi, Norwich Business School

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Market structure, investment and technical efficiencies in mobile communications

Growth and the fragmentation of production

Patent enforcement and subsequent innovation

Race to the bottom: competition and quality in science

A tale of two networks: common ownership and product market rivalry

Common ownership and competition in the ready to eat cereal industry

How does price competition affect innovation? Evidence from US antitrust cases

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