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Department of Economics 
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7542/6426
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7831 4626
Email: Econ.Office@lse.ac.uk

  

Information Office (32L.1.01) Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday 10:00-17:00

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32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PH

 

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Welcome to the Department of Economics at the LSE, one of the largest economics departments in the world. We are a leading research department, ensuring all mainstream areas of economics are strongly represented in research and teaching. For more information see About Us.

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Academic Jobs

Assistant Professorship in Economics - Closing date: 23 November 2016 (Please note that the post will be live on EconJobMarket from 1 October 2016)

Professorship/Associate Professorship in Economics - Closing date: 31 January 2017

 

2016 John Hicks Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

Congratulations to Erika Deserrano and Andrea Lanteri who have been joinlty awarded the John Hicks Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation  in 2016. 

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Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics Public Lecture 

23 November 2016

The Curse of Cash by Kenneth S Rogoff, Thomas D Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

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LSE Financial Markets Research

Professor Ricardo Reis to contribute to new LSE financial markets research programme in partnership with Swiss Re.

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LSE Research Festival 2016 Booth Prize

Congratulations to our second year BSc Economics student Robert Clark for winning the Booth Prize as part of the LSE Research Festival!

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The Econometric Society

We are pleased to announce that Professor Oriana Bandiera has been elected Fellow of the Econometric Society.

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Philip Leverhulme Prize

Dr Camille Landais has been named as one of the thirty 2016 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners by the Leverhulme Trust.

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Department of Economics, Centre for Macroeconomics and Department of International Relations Public Lecture in November: Investing in Inclusive Growth by Bill Morneau (pictured left), Minister of Finance of Canada  audio recording  //  more>>

Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics Public Lecture in September: The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power and Status in the Twenty-First Century by Ryan Avent, The Economist  audio and video recordings  //  more>>

 
                     Selected Faculty Publications  more>>
Review of Economic Studies
Szentes, Balázs (2015) Contractible Contracts in Common Agency Problems. Review of Economic Studies, 82 (1), pp. 391-422.
 
American Economic Review

Bloom, Nicholas, Sadun, Raffaella, and Van Reenen, John (2015) Do Private Equity Owned Firms Have Better Management Practices? American Economic Review, 105 (5), pp. 442-446.

 
Review of Economic Studies

Bloom, Nicholas, Propper, Carol, Seiler, Stephan and Van Reenen, John (2015). The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals. Review of Economic Studies 82 (2), pp. 457-489.            

 
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Every year, we present our PhD students that are going in to the Job Market. Please go to PhD Job Market Candidates to find out more about their research and skills.
 
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Congratulations to our PhD students successfully placed last year. We wish you all good luck in your careers! See the lists of Job Market Candidates from previous years.
 
 
 
 
 
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