Meshael Batarfi “What differences are there between male and female managers? Evidence from elite women’s soccer” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract We investigate male and female managers in a highly competitive and data-rich setting: association football. While in men’s football there is minimal gender variation in the high-profile roles, in...Read More >
Shahabeddin Gharaati (RHUL) “The welfare effects of introducing a tax on a collateralized loan” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract In this paper, I examine the effects of introducing a tax on social welfare in models with collateral and default. Two models are considered. The first model incorporates default...Read More >
Peter Dolton (ROSES)
Title: Is Football a Matter of Life and Death – Or is it more Important than that? About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade,...Read More >
Evripidis Bantis (ICMA) “Forecasting GDP Growth Rates Using Google Trends in the United States and Brazil” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract There are many studies that explore the usefulness of “Big Data” in forecasting specific economic variables such as unemployment or inflation, but only a few focus on the overall...Read More >
Rob Simmons (ROSES)
Title: TBC About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade, Carl Singleton and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Economics Research Group at the University...Read More >
Anna Zabrodzka “Convergence Across EU Regions and the Role of the EU Cohesion Policy” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract While there is evidence that the poorest regions in the European Union experienced the fastest economic growth, the gap between the richest and the poorest has not diminished. Additionally,...Read More >
Jingqi Pan (ICMA) “On the estimation of Value-at-risk and Expected Shortfall at extreme levels” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract The estimation of risk at extreme levels of significance (such as alpha = 0.01%) can be crucial considering events such as those related to the recent COVID-19 crisis. We...Read More >
Jan van Ours (ROSES)
Title: Common International Trends in Football Stadium Attendance About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade, Carl Singleton and Adrian Bell, part of the Football...Read More >