Social Sciences: Economics

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Southampton adjunct professor in top five per cent of authors

24 May 2013

An Adjunct Professor of Economics has been named in the top five per cent of authors on the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) website.


Economics Lecturer secures PhD funding for Economic History Project

4 April 2013

The Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute have announced that they have awarded Craig Lambert, Anne Curry and Helen Paul (Economics) a doctoral award to be hosted by the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics.


Economics lecturer discusses South Sea Bubble on Radio 4

14 January 2013

The financial market crash of 1720 known as the South Sea Bubble was recently discussed on Radio 4.


Economics professor appointed to the Migration Advisory Committee

11 January 2013

Professor of Economics Jackline Wahba has been appointed as a Non-Executive Board Member of the Home Office’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).


Doctoral Training Centre studentships on offer

2 January 2013

The Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Centre (ESRC DTC) at the University of Southampton has been awarded 18 studentships to fund postgraduate training and research at doctoral level every year for the next five years.


Enhancing Southampton’s research impact

18 December 2012

A new team has been created at the University of Southampton to bring together world-leading researchers with key policy-makers and practitioners.


VoxEU.org column by Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos

26 July 2012

Money matters, but is that all?


Best Paper Award on Social Economy

27 June 2012

The paper “Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment” by Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos, both at the Economics Division, won the “Best Paper Award” at the “9th Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economy” organized by the University of Bologna on June 15-16, 2012.


Southampton Spring Econometrics Event

26 June 2012

The first Southampton Spring Econometrics Event (SSEE) will take place on June 28-29. The two day conference is organised and hosted by Peter Phillips, Grant Hillier, Jean-Yves Pitarakis, Tassos Magdalinos, and Maria Kyriakou.