Research events
Professor Christos Kotsogiannis and Professor Alan Woodland (keynote speaker).
Beyond borders: influence on a global scale
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P rofessor Alan Woodland, University of New South Wales
Conferences and workshops feature prominently in the research culture of the Department:
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Michael Toman, World Bank
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Jon Strand, World Bank.
In April 2011 we held the Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum, a three-day international conference. It involved facilitated debates, interactive discussions and top level knowledge exchange in an intimate atmosphere quite different from other major international conferences. Key stakeholders and international experts came together to shape new global economic agreements focused on environmental protection and sustainability. This conference was part of the University of Exeter’s ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Futures Programme’ which has identified this area as a central element of its future strategy. Keynote speakers included: ■
Michael Toman (keynote speaker).
Professor Scott Barrett.
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P rofessor Scott Barrett, Columbia University
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P rofessor Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia
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P rofessor James Markusen, University of Colorado
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P rofessor Larry Karp, University of California at Berkley
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P rofessor Charles Kolstad, University of California, Santa Barbara
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P rofessor Charles Mason, University of Wyoming
In September 2011 we also held a workshop in honour of Professor Cuong Le Van, with keynote speakers including: ■
P rofessor Robert Becker, Indiana University
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P rofessor Jean Michael Grandmont ICEF, University Ca’ Foscari di Venezia at San Giobbe and CREST-GRECSTA
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P rofessor Roger Guesnerie, College de France
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P rofessor Herakles Polemarchakis, Warwick University
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P rofessor Myrna Wooders, Vanderbilt University.
In April 2012 we held the Contests, Mechanisms and Experiments Conference, a two-day event that brought together researchers working in the areas of contests and mechanisms in theory and experiments. With 12 prominent speakers and 40 delegates from institutions around the world the conference also gave students and academics a chance to present their current research areas through a successful poster session. This workshop was organised by the Behaviour, Decisions and Markets (BDM) research group of the Department of Economics.
In May 2012 we held the Resource Insecurity, International Trade and the Environment Workshop. A two-day international workshop that addressed recent research on resource insecurity and international trade. Specific topics covered conflict over resources, political economy issues, economic development and its interplay with international trade and the environment. The workshop featured prominent economists from North America and Europe presenting current research on these themes. This workshop was organised by the Public Economics, Trade and the Environment (PETE) research group. In June 2012 we held the 21st European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory with over 80 participants from all over Europe presenting the latest developments in general equilibrium theory and its applications. This year plenary lectures were given by Felix Kubler and Yves Balasko who joined the list of distinguished past speakers that include Leonid Hurwich, Wener Hildenbrand, Graciela Chichilnisky, David Cass, Andreu MasColell, Roger Guernerie, Roy Radner, David Schmeidler, and Herakles Polemarchakis.
economics and finance and provides insights into some of the biggest societal challenges. The workshops covered topics as diverse as ‘Chinese Economic Growth: Is it sustainable?’ to ‘Climate change: Can we change behaviour?’ PhD Workshop Series The Department of Economics organise, as part of its Distinguished Visitors Programme, the PhD Workshop Series, events that offers PhD students the opportunity to attend lectures taught by prominent economists in different research areas and discuss their current research with them. During 2012 the following workshops were held: ■
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P rofessor Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia gave a series of lectures on Trade and Environment covering the recent literature on the interaction between international trade and the environment.
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P rofessor Harris Dellas, University of Bern gave a series of lectures on ‘Monetary Economics’ discussing issues such as the determinants of the slope
Inspiring the economists of the future July 2012 we held the Economics and Business Year 12 Conference with plenary speaker Professor Ian Sheldon from Ohio State University. 140 Year 12 pupils from around the region attended. This regular conference – organised by Professor Steve McCorriston and Juliette Stephenson – introduces students to
P rofessor Eyal Winter, Hebrew University gave a series of lectures on incentive schemes in organisations with special emphasis on the role peer effects in designing optimal incentives. The internal information about peer effort in the organisation and its effect on agents’ incentives and the principal’s cost of providing these incentives were central topics of the course.
of the Phillips curve, the properties of optimal monetary policy, under what conditions should monetary policy be exclusively pre-occupied with price stability, how can optimal monetary policy be implemented, and what are the properties of alternative monetary policy rules. ■
P rofessor John Weymark, Vanderbilt University gave a series of lectures on redistributive nonlinear income taxation.
Contests, Mechanisms and Experiments Conference 2012.
Resource Insecurity, International Trade and the Environment Workshop 2012.
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