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 >
Anh Nguyen (ICMA) – “The real impact of sovereign rating changes: Sovereign ceiling or crowding out of public debts?” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This paper investigates the impacts of sovereign ratings on domestic corporate investments. Based on a sample of 1757 non-financial firms in 51 countries from 1994 to 2018, we find...Read More >
Michael Simmons (RHUL) “Pre-layoff search” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsSee Michael's personal website here Abstract Are workers able to foresee job loss? If so, how many and how far in advance? In this paper, I document the extent to...Read More >
Muayad Ismail “Distributional and Welfare Effects of IMF Programs in Sudan” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This research aims at evaluating the distributional and welfare effects of IMF programs implemented in Sudan during the period 1960-2018. This research is expected to contribute to the current...Read More >
Alex Vickery (RHUL) “Reaching for the SKY: Parental Investments in Academic Skills and Competition for University Places” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsSee Alex's personal website here Abstract I study the development of child academic skills through adolescence in anticipation of entry to university. I look at how heterogeneity in initial household...Read More >
Yongda Liu (ICMA) “Internal Information Quality and Financial Policy Peer Effects” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This paper investigates how firms' internal information quality influences the peer effects in its financial policy. By employing earning announcement speed and insider trading profitability difference as measurements, we...Read More >
Ran Tao (ICMA) “News-Based Links and Cross-firm Return Predictability” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract Applying a “co-coverage” concept to the Dow Jones Newswire articles, we propose to identify each firm’s news-based links (NBLs) and thereby construct a newsworthiness economic grouping scheme. The advantage...Read More >
Konstantina Boutsioukou (RHUL) “Parental background and access to tertiary education in Greece: Changes in times of crisis” – PhD seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract In this study I explore how university entry patterns in Greece were affected by the debt crisis over the period 2008-2016. In particular, I study the distribution of educational participation in...Read More >
Luqman Saeed (RHUL) “Political and Economic Consequences of Humanitarian Military Interventions Abstract” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract This study investigates the impact of humanitarian military interventions (HMIs) on conflict termination, conflict escalation, economic output and democratic performance using panel data on 144 countries covering time-period of...Read More >