Research and insights from the Department of Economics at City St George’s, a distinguished member of the University of London. https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/schools/policy-global-affairs/economics#accordion576967-header576972https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mll5z7dzlc2pOnly 2 days left to apply for two newly funded PhD positions in Economics. Join a rapidly expanding, research-intensive department spanning applied and theoretical microeconomics, macroeconomics, and finance. Deadline: 13 May 2026. #EconSky https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRK358/fully-funded-phd-in-economics-at-city-st-georges-university-of-london-starting-date-october-202611 May 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll5z7dzlc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3ml4sm4jjvs27📢 Publication alert! Our colleague Victoria Serra-Sastre has a new article out (with co-authors Jaime Pinilla and Wasana Kalansooriya) titled "The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and social care workers", published in Health Economics. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.7009005 May 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4sm4jjvs27https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mkqd6maqbk26📣 Publication alert! Our colleague Keith Pilbeam has a new article out (with T. Cheng, S. Xing, and C. Yan) titled "Do active Chinese equity fund managers produce positive alpha?" in the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104244312600028430 Apr 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqd6maqbk26https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mkanto6ghs2fExcited to share another of our many upcoming events! On 29 April at City St George’s — a workshop at the intersection of experimental economics and health, jointly organized by the City Health Economics Centre (CHEC) and the Theory & Experiment Research Group. Details and registration below. https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/april/workshop-on-experiments-in-health24 Apr 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkanto6ghs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mkancisrnc2fLooking forward to the 1st London MEF Meeting (Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Finance) at City St George’s on Wednesday 29 April. @ran-gu.bsky.social @orkunsaka.bsky.social Full program here: https://sites.google.com/view/london-mef-meeting24 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkancisrnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mkamgt4gks2fThe Department of Economics and the Modern History Cluster of the Department of International Politics at City St George’s are hosting a workshop in memory of Geoffrey Kay (1938–2025). Tuesday 28 April 2026, 3–6 pm | Room ELG12 All welcome24 Apr 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamgt4gks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mjz5awzssc26📣 Join us on 12–13 May for the 4th City St George’s/CMA Workshop. The workshop brings together the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy at City and the Competition and Markets Authority, with participants from academia, policy, and industry. 👉 Details: https://sites.google.com/view/anikandrova/economics-of-competition-and-regulation-workshop-202621 Apr 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5awzssc26https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mjwnpvpzdk2mWe’re very excited to host Marcin Kacperczyk, Professor of Finance at Imperial College London, in our upcoming external seminar: “What is a carbon premium a premium on?” 📍 D427, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 22 April, 2:30–3:45 pm All welcome.20 Apr 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwnpvpzdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mjk6fadads2zOne week to go for this timely workshop hosted by the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy (CCRP), in collaboration with the City Law School: Competition, Strategy, and Regulation in AI-Driven Markets 📅 23 April 📍 Room TLG11, The City Law School https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/april/competition-strategy-and-regulation-in-ai-driven-markets15 Apr 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk6fadads2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mitkjvx3ts23We’re delighted to host Jesse Matheson, Professor of Economics at the University of Sheffield, in our upcoming external seminar: “Teleworking, local labor markets, and the structure of cities” 📍 D427, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 8 April, 2:30–3:45 pm All welcome.06 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitkjvx3ts23https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mhsxogd35225The City Health Economics Centre (CHEC) & the Economics Dept. are excited to host Peter Sivey (@petesivey.bsky.social, U. of York) in our next external seminar: “The effects of elective surgical hubs on elective surgery access, casemix and inequalities” 📍 FG06, Whiskin St 📅 25 March, 2:30–3:45 pm24 Mar 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsxogd35225https://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mhbzfynyuk2jThe Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy (CCRP) at City is delighted to host the workshop “Competition, Strategy, and Regulation in AI-Driven Markets” 📅 23 April 2026 📍Room TLG11, The City Law School Speaker lineup, program, and registration: https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2026/april/competition-strategy-and-regulation-in-ai-driven-markets17 Mar 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbzfynyuk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mhby4xxops2jWe’re pleased to announce the next internal seminar (this week featuring an external speaker): Amrutha Manjunath, tenure-track Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. “Language Barriers, Internal Migration, and Labor Markets in General Equilibrium” 18 Mar, 12–1 pm; Room D113, Rhind Bldg17 Mar 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhby4xxops2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mhbvz66ckk2jWe’re delighted to host Wendy Janssens (Professor of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Director of the HERA institute) in our upcoming external seminar: “The Impact of an Edutainment Intervention on Child Marriage and Girls’ Education in Pakistan” 📍 D221, Rhind Bldg 📅 18 Mar, 2:30–3:45 pm17 Mar 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbvz66ckk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mgpt7tbpe22rWe’re very excited to host Evan Piermont, Associate Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway, in our upcoming external seminar: “Iterated Revelation: How to Incentivize Experts to Reveal Novel Actions” 📍 D427, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 11 March, 2:30–3:45 pm10 Mar 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpt7tbpe22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mgfy5aohw22fOur next internal seminar will feature our colleague Agne Suziedelyte. “The Impact of Local Digital Infrastructure Expenditure on Employment” (with Silvia Mendolia and Anna Zhu) 📅 11 March, 12–1 pm 📍 D113, Rhind Building See below for Agne’s broader research https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/agne-suziedelyte#about-link06 Mar 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfy5aohw22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mgfuwgfpok2fNew work by our colleague Arina Nikandrova and our recently graduated PhD student Anushree Parekh is cited in the Competition and Markets Authority blog on AI and collusion. Great to see academic research informing policy discussions. Link below. https://competitionandmarkets.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/04/ai-and-collusion-frontiers-opportunities-and-challenges/06 Mar 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfuwgfpok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mg6obwp3u22r📣 Publication alert! New article by our colleague Keith Pilbeam (with Dimitrios Asteriou and William Pouliot) developing a robust statistical test for evaluating multi-factor asset pricing models, published in the International Journal of Finance & Economics. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijfe.7014703 Mar 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6obwp3u22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mfjrimfed22mWe’re delighted to host Magdalena Rola-Janicka (Assistant Professor of Finance at Imperial College London and research affiliate at CEPR) in our upcoming external seminar: “Voting on Public Goods: Citizens vs Shareholders” 📍 D427, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 25 February, 2:30–3:45 pm All welcome23 Feb 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjrimfed22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3metmzytmdk2dWe’re very excited to host Áureo de Paula (@paulaaureo.bsky.social), Professor of Economics at UCL and a Research Fellow at the IFS, in our upcoming external seminar: “Production function estimation using subjective expectations data” 📍 D427, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 18 February, 2:30–3:45 pm14 Feb 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3metmzytmdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3melvhq6pck2rCongrats to our colleague Arina Nikandrova on being awarded a prestigious UKRI Policy Fellowship, @ukri.org As a 2025 Policy Fellow, she will join the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to work on digital markets. We’re proud to see her research helping shape public policy!11 Feb 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3melvhq6pck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mejpvxeihk2i📣 Publication alert! New article by our colleague Itzhak Rasooly (with Jesper Akesson, Robert W. Hahn, and Robert D. Metcalfe) on race and redistribution in the US, published in the Journal of Public Economics. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004727272500254310 Feb 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejpvxeihk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cityeconomics.bsky.social/post/3mejp4wckdc2nOur next internal seminar will feature @tommasoreggiani.bsky.social from Cardiff University and a Visiting Scholar in our department (see below for his profile). “The long-term impact of church activity on social capital” 📅 11 Feb, 12–1 pm 📍 D113, Rhind B. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/reggianit10 Feb 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:uodaivbvl7xp34rflvhze72e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejp4wckdc2n