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 >
S-TRAINING-ROSES @ 3pm (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 >
Julia Wirtz (External Seminar)
Title: Control, cost, and confidence: Perseverance and procrastination in the face of failure (joint w/ Inga Deimen) Abstract: We study effort provision and the development of control beliefs over time:...Read More >