News and blogs
Matias Mäkiranta wins the Stone Centre Explore Econ prize
Matias Mäkiranta, a UCL undergraduate student in economics, won the Stone Centre Explore Econ 2023 prize. His paper investigating the impact of labour market concentration and wages.
Risk mitigation to reduce barriers to innovation broadly defined - 3 illustrative policies
We introduce the Stone Working Group on Economic Dynamism and Distributive Justice. The Group will investigate whether it is possible to give greater economic decision-making power to the less wealthy so as to promote a more dynamic economy.
A year of Stone Centre at UCL
The Stone Centre at UCL launched on 26 May 2022 in Westminster. See what we've been up to in our first year of activities, from the people who joined us to the events we organised.
The classroom and the real world: Claudia Buch on the intersection of academia and policy
Claudia Buch (VP, Deutsche Bundesbank) highlights the importance of evidence-based research and teaching in economics, which is at the centre of CORE Econ's mission.
Wendy Carlin awarded Royal Economic Society Medal
Wendy Carlin was awarded the Royal Economic Society Medal for Services to the Economics Profession, recognising her contribution to CORE Econ and to diversifying the profession.
The interest rate went up, and it's not good news for inequality. Here's why.
The Bank of England raised the main interest rate to 4%. Stone Centre Affiliate Fred Malherbe explains the effects of this decision on inequality: shareholders profit, and monetary policy weakens.
Behavioural responses to estate taxation: evidence from Taiwan
Would an increase in the tax produce higher tax revenues for the government or will this incentivise individuals to change their behaviour by reducing savings or increasing tax avoidance and evasion? Stone Scholar Linda Wu presents her doctoral research, addressing this question with Taiwanese data.
Past puzzles, wayward wisdom, and contemporary capitalism
Stone Centre/ExploreEcon award winner Gaurav Khatri reflects on Philippe's Aghion Stone Public Lecture on 'Rethinking capitalism to make it more innovative and more inclusive'.
