Justus Haucap (ROSES)
Title: Does crowd support drive the home advantage in professional soccer? Evidence from German ghost games during the COVID-19 pandemic About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised...Read More >
Emma Riley + Lukas Hensel (External Seminar)
Talk 1: Emma Riley, "Resisting sharing pressure in the household using mobile money: Experimental evidence on microenterprise investment in Uganda" Abstract: I examine whether changing the way microfinance loans are...Read More >
Su-Min Lee + Shuyi Ge (External Seminar)
Talk 1: Shuyi Ge, "Text-based linkages and local risk spillovers in equity markets" Time: 14:30 - 15:15 BST Abstract: One stylised fact of asset returns is that the interconnectedness in...Read More >
Kaelo Ntwaepelo – “Assessing the Effects of Macroprudential Policy on the Core Objectives of Monetary Policy: Evidence From Emerging Economies” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: Macroprudential policy instruments have several benefits for central banks to use in managing the financial cycle. Although there is research that examines their effects on output and inflation in...Read More >
Ifeatu Uzodinma – “Suppetias Ex Machina: Can AI Technologies Aid Financial Decision-Making of People with Low Socioeconomic Status?” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: In this conceptual paper, we outline how individuals with low socioeconomic status are more vulnerable to making choices that undermine their welfare in economic decision environments that require an...Read More >
Stefan Szymanski (ROSES)
Title: On the incidence of an ad valorem tax: the adoption of VAT in the UK and cost pass through by English football clubs About ROSES: An online series of...Read More >
Sarah Clifford + Benson Tsz Kin Leung (External Seminar)
Talk 1: Sarah Clifford, "Tax enforcement using a hybrid between self- and third-party reporting" Time: 14:30 - 15:15 BST Abstract: We study behavioural responses to a widely-used tax enforcement policy...Read More >
Willie Nakunyada–“Termination of Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBRs) In Zimbabwe: Trends, and Implications” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: Following the global financial crisis of 2008, correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) which facilitate the settlement of domestic and cross-border payments, have been terminated in several developing countries mostly in...Read More >
Stephen Opata – “Inflation forecasting performance of a developing economy central bank- The Case of Ghana” – PhD Seminar
Microsoft TeamsAbstract: This study used historical inflation forecast data of the Bank of Ghana and quarterly inflation outcomes to assess forecast performance through the use of Mincer-Zarnowitz regressions and the incorporation...Read More >
Daniel Weimar (ROSES)
Title: A Bright Spot for a Small League: Social Media Performance in a Football League without a COVID-19 Lockdown About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by...Read More >