The downside risk channel of monetary policy
by Niklas Schmitz, Winner of the Cambridge Finance Best Student Paper Award 2022, PhD Student, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge During recessions, central banks play a key role to support the economy. They are often concerned with avoiding bad…
Financial Times: Letter – Why inflation is a chance to drive energy transition
Author Natalie Chapman, a student at Cambridge Judge Business School (MBA 2021), explains why inflation is a topic currently on everyone’s mind. UK inflation has hit a 40-year high of 9 per cent, leading to widespread speculation that a recession…
The Guardian: Battle lines drawn over the future of UK’s biggest pension fund
Raghavendra Rau, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on pension funds. He said that “there is no precedent since at least 1900 – covering two world wars, the great depression and the 1970s…
Sohu: Slow post-pandemic recovery
"Under the raging epidemic, the supply, demand and confidence of the global market have been hit unprecedentedly, and the economic development situation is very different from the crises experienced in the past," says Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, University Senior Lecturer in…
World Economic Forum: The economic consequences of Covid-19: Why no country is immune
An article the economic consequences of Covid-19 co-written by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, University Senior Lecturer in Economics & Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. The global recession is likely to be long lasting, with no country escaping the impact of…
Slow recovery
Dr Kamiar Mohaddes says the pandemic's economic situation is 'really different' from past crises in that the combination of supply, demand, and confidence shocks is unprecedented, in a webinar for the What's Next? How to Survive and Thrive in a…
Four ways firms can prepare for post-coronavirus recovery
Four key insights can help companies better navigate the expected COVID-19 (coronavirus) recession and be poised for growth when the economy improves, Hamza Mudassir, Visiting Fellow in Strategy and alumnus (MBA 2012) of Cambridge Judge Business School, writes in a…
Industrial policy (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
The financial crisis has revived the notion of industrial policy in the UK. But how is it different today from the 'discredited' policies of the 1970s, and do we risk betting on winners once again? In this episode, joining podcast…
Greek shoots?
Dr Christos Pitelis doesn’t just study real-world policy decisions. As an adviser to the Greek government at a time of economic and political turmoil he has seen their true impact. How can academics affect real-world policy decisions? In the case…
Time is running out for the euro
A leading Cambridge economist predicts the death of the euro despite the efforts of policy makers who are papering over cracks and trapping very different countries with tight fiscal rules when they should have a looser monetary policy. Michael Kitson,…
