Sonia – “Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Output: Evidence from Pakistan” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: Global warming is a major ecological concern of the 21st century. The increasing trends in climate change over the past few decades have immensely affected the agricultural sector, as...Read More >
Bushan Mohan – “Modelling returns to education in a developing economy context” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: This paper provides a brief overview of the models being used to determine the returns to education in Guyana’s labour market. The models are limited to the Quarterly LFS...Read More >
Matthew Yeo – “Mass Outdoor Events and the Spread of an Airborne Virus: English Football and Covid-19” — PhD Seminar
Abstract: Mass attendance events are a mainstay of economic and social activity. However, such events can potentially have public health consequences by facilitating the spreading of disease. Despite these concerns,...Read More >
Reema Altheyab – “Female Entrepreneurship: Factors governing the Performance of Female-owned SMEs in Saudi Arabia” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: There is limited literature that examines SMEs’ growth, barriers to growth, female entrepreneurs and the Saudi economy dimension, where these are considered together. So, this research aims to make...Read More >
Abdulaleem Isiaka – “Public Expenditure Shocks and the Inequality Multiplier: Evidence from a Sample of Middle-Income Countries” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: This paper examines the impact of unexpected public expenditure shocks on income inequality within a sample of middle-income countries. Also, this study investigates how different percentiles are affected by the spending shocks. The...Read More >
Alanood Alotaibi – “Pandemics and Economic Growth: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza in the UK” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: This study investigates the link between the 1918 Influenza and economic growth in the UK. The pandemic caused about 160,000 deaths in in England and Wales. The study applies an...Read More >
Agnes Martins (ICMA, Henley Business School) – “Basel II/III Implementation in Nigeria: Impact on the Resilience of its Banking Sector” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: The last twelve years have been characterised by a myriad of banking reforms in response to the 2007 to 2009 global financial crisis which propagated rapidly across the world....Read More >
Caterina Muratori (Reading/Collegio Carlo Alberto) – “The impact of abortion access on women’s agency” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract In this paper, I document the centrality of reproductive rights, and in particular of the abortion right, in women's empowerment process. Limiting access to abortion implies higher rate of...Read More >
Jian Chen (ICMA)– “Modelling Price and Volatility Jump Clustering by Marked Hawkes Process” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This paper studies clustering behaviours of price and volatility jumps using high-frequency data, modelled using a Marked Hawkes Process embedded in a bivariate jump-diffusion model. Under de-periodisation, we find...Read More >
Ana Sina – “Leveraged Loans, Systemic Risk and Network Interconnectedness” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract Especially among those who lived the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, it is likely that few regulators will instinctively be careless about the above pre-crisis level achieved by the...Read More >
Wei-Fong Pan – “The Labour Market Effect of Fiscal Policy Uncertainty” (PhD Seminar)
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This study examines the effect of fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) on job searches and labour demand in the United States. We first develop search-based job search indices and find...Read More >
Mobolaji Alabi (ICMA) – “The financial impact of Financial Fair Play regulation: Evidence from the English Premier League” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract In response to the ailing financial situation of European Football clubs, UEFA introduced Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulation in 2011 to guide clubs towards profitability and sustainability. The existing...Read More >