Applied microeconomics

The areas of expertise of our research staff include development, political economy, labour economics, economics of the digital economy, sports economics, and firm dynamics and productivity.

We publish in world-leading journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Journal of the European Economic Association among others.

Our research has led to links with many institutions including the World Bank, the European Commission, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). In addition to our activities being supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the European Research Council (ERC).

Some of our staff have editorial positions in journals such as the European Economic Review and Economic Modelling.


Team Name
Area of expertise coordinators Dr Ian Burn and Professor Nick de Roos
Research staff Dr Patrick Bennet
Dr Jacopo Bregolin
Dr Babatunde Buraimo
Dr Mayuri Chaturvedi
Shadi Farahzadi
Professor Giuseppe De Feo
Professor David Forrest
Dr Sam Hoey
Dr Yan Li
Dr Noemi Mantovan
Dr Eunyoung Moon
Dr Balazs Murakozy
Dr Kaori Narita
Dr Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams
Dr Juan De Dios Tena Horrillo
PhD students Victoria Biagi
Jessica Botros
Owen Croft
Shoumeli Das
Davidmac O. Ekeocha
Ziqi Liu
Antara Mandal
Jonathan Rae
Luke Walsh 
Carol Zihan Yin

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