Research

Rated a 5*A institution in the recent RAE exercise, London Business School is widely acknowledged as centre for outstanding research. The Economics faculty's research interests include competition policy; industrial economics; strategic business behaviour; the global macroeconomy and economic integration in Europe.

Recently funded projects include:

• Risk sharing and contingent debt
  Andrew Scott
  Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in 2005

• Empirical analysis of consumer aversion to price variations
  Pascal Courty
  Funded by the Economics and Social Research Council

• Economic policies for the transition to digital television
  Marco Ottaviani and Jerome Adda
  Funded by the Economics and Social Research Council in 2003

• Monetary policy design for monetary unions (MAPMU)
  Morten Ravn, Andrew Scott et al
  Funded by EU Framework Programme 5 in 2003

• Social and economic impact of information and communications technology: productivity, growth and have-nots
  Leonard Waverman, Fernando Suarez, Michael Jacobides and Jean Imbs
  A four-year, multi-disciplinary programme funded by the Leverhulme Trust in 2002

• Analysis of international capital markets
  Richard Portes et al
  An EU Researcher Training Network Project funded in 2000

Further details on these projects are listed in the School's research database, which also provides access to our faculty publications, working papers and case studies.

Economics faculty are also involved in a range of research programmes, initiatives and research centres based at  London Business School.