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 Professors Jean-Pierre Benoit and Andrew Scott.

Economics Seminars 2009

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
03 Mar	1230-1400	Emir Kamenica (Chicago Booth)	LT4	Bayesian Persuasion
15 Mar	1115-1245	Preston McAfee (Yahoo Research)	LT3	Maximally Representative Allocations
17 Mar	1230-1400	Preston McAfee (Yahoo Research)	LT3	Unscheduled Appointments
14 Apr	1230-1400	Maurice Obstfeld (Berkeley)	LT4	Global Imbalances & the Financial Crisis: Products of Common Causes
28 Apr	1230-1400	Morten Ravn (UCL)	LT4
07 May	1230-1400	Kyle Bagwell (Stanford)	LT4
12 May	1230-1400	Dirk Krueger (U Penn)	LT3
26 May	1230-1400	M Gertler (NYU)	LT4
3 June	1230-1400	Peter Sorensen (Copenhagen)	S114/5
9 June	1230-1400	G Primiceri (Northwestern)	LT4