Contemporary Economic Issues
Spring 2013
The latest series of Contemporary Economic Issues lectures aimed at students, staff and members of the public recommences on 28th January 2013 in Arts, room 01.02.
The series has been organised by ECO and brings together academics and practitioners dealing with economic questions related to current, real-life developments.
The talks will allow the audience to engage with the university and visiting academics, as well as with successful alumni and representatives of the business and public sectors.
The aim of the series is to make Economics more relevant to the real world and all are welcome.
Lectures take place on Mondays from 6pm, in Arts, room 01.02. To find out more, please contact Dr Liliana Harding at liliana.harding@uea.ac.uk.
Contemporary Economic Issues Lecture Series - Spring 2013
Mondays 6.10pm-8pm (refreshments are served at the end of the lecture).
| DATE/Location | Speaker: TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 28 January Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Alper Kara (University of Hull, Business School): ‘Financial Innovation and Banking Risks' |
| 4 February Arts 01.02 LT | Prof. Stephen Davies (UEA Centre for Competition Policy and the School of Economics): ‘Rip off Britain? Is there sufficient competition where it really matters?' |
| 11 February Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Tatiana Damjanovic (University of Exeter, Economics Department): ‘Financial Frictions and Monetary Economics' |
| 18 February Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Farasat Bokhari (University of East Anglia, School of Economics): ‘NHS reforms and hospital competition' |
| 25 February Arts 01.02 LT | Prof. Diane Coyle, OBE (Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford): 'GDP: measurement and values' |
| 4 March Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Peter Moffatt (University of East Anglia, School of Economics): ‘The Economics of the Sex Industry' |
| 11 March Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Mihai Mutascu (West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration): ‘New determinants of collected tax revenue' |
| 18 March Arts 01.02 LT | Dr. Hershbinder Mann (The UK Data Service, Essex): ‘An introduction to key resources for social scientists' |