The Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR), known until 2022 as the Economic Analysis Research Group (EARG), is part of the Department of Economics within the School of Politics, Economics and International Relations (SPEIR) at the University of Reading. It was founded in 2005 by Kerry Patterson, Professor of Econometrics, and focuses on the analysis of core areas of economics and econometrics. Its interests include macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics, with an emphasis on the practical application of theoretical concepts. It has worked in collaboration with the Bank of England, the Fondation Banque de France, the European Central Bank, the Money, Macro and Finance (MMF) Society, the Groupement de recherche européen (GdRE) Monnaie banque finance, ESRC's Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network, the National Institute of Social and Economic Research (NIESR), Université de Lille as well as with other international, national and local research and policymaking institutions.
Major research events organised and hosted by the GEAR since 2022
- 3rd annual Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance (October 2023)
- GEAR Research Retreat (July 2023)
- CEIBH-GEAR-NIESR multidisciplinary workshop on The Impact of Climate on the Economy (May 2023)
- 2nd annual Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance (November 2022, held online at the University of Lille, co-organised but not hosted by GEAR)
- GEAR Quarterly Lectures (since Q1 of 2022) - see the listing with links, recordings and details in this website's subpage
Major research events organised and hosted by the EARG in 2011-2021
- 1st annual Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance (November 2021, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, video recordings via the link), supported by the Money, Macro and Finance Society
- joint EARG-ESRC's Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network conference on Macroeconomics and Reality (November 2020, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, video recordings via the link)
- 2nd annual European Workshop on Political Macroeconomics (October 2017)
- joint BoE-EARG-MMF Research Workshop on How Should DSGE Models Be Estimated? (December 2015)
- joint CIP-EARG workshop on Pensions and Pension Policy (March 2015; this link, which directed to a folder on the University's server, has been unfortunately lost in subsequent redesign of storage facilities and non-recoverable)
- international workshop on Modelling and Forecasting Inflation (December 2012)
- annual international symposium on Money, Banking and Finance (June 2011)