Economics
Influential faculty and cutting-edge research
The Economics group at London Business School has particular strengths in academic research and in applying it to problems relevant to businesses and governments.
Our faculty regularly advise a range of national and international government agencies and corporations, and publishes in leading international research journals.
Our teaching and research focuses on:
- economic theory
- industrial economics
- strategic business behaviour
- the global macroeconomy
- economic integration in Europe.
The Economics subject area is chaired by Professor Lucrezia Reichlin.
Economics Seminars 2011-12
The Economics subject area holds weekly seminars. Please see below for this year's schedule.
If you would like to join our Seminars Mailing List, please send an email to eburke@london.edu specifying micro, macro or both.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Room | Paper |
| 25 Jan | 1115-1245 | Laurent Bouton (BU) | SG06 | |
| 29 Feb | 1115-1245 | JC Rochet (Zurich) | LT3 |
Aggregate Investment Externalities and Macro-prudential Regulation |
| 07 Mar | 1115-1245 | Saverio Simonelli (EUI and Unversity of Naples Federico II) | LT2 | Mafia and Public pending |
| 14 Mar | 1115-1245 | Yeon-Koo Che (Columbia) | LT4 | Assigning Resources to Budget-Constrained Agents |
| 21 Mar | 1115-1245 | Jeff Ely (Northwesten) | LT3 | Surprise and Suspense |
| 18 Apr | 1115-1245 | Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda (Ecole Polytechnique) | WLT | Strategic Formation of Collaboration Networks among Complementors |
| 25 Apr | 1115-1245 | Cancelled | LT10 | |
| 30 Apr | 1115-1230 | Dan Levin (Ohio) | LT4 | Generalized Winner's Curse: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation |
| 09 May | 1115-1245 | Gianluca Violante (NYU) | LT4 | Measuring Mismatch in the U.S. Labor Market |
| 16 May | 1115-1245 | Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan) | LT5 | The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil |
| 23 May | 1115-1245 | Luca Gambetti (UAB) | LT5 | |
| 06 Jun | 1115-1245 | Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford) | LT5 | |
| 13 Jun | 1130-1300 | TBC | LT5 | |
| 18 Jun | 1115-1245 | Eric Leeper (Indiana) | LT2 | |
| 27 Jun | 1115-1245 | Linda Tesar | LT2 |
Contact us
For more information on the Economics subject area, contact Eleanor Burke, administrator
eburke@london.edu
Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 8420
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7000 8401
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Forthcoming events
London Business School hosts exciting, informative economics events, including:
