Media briefings on papers presented at the conference are in six broad subject areas and now available. See below.  RES Media Consultant is Romesh Vaitilingam: romesh@compuserve.com:

• GETTING AND SPENDING, BETTING AND VOTING: THE ECONOMICS OF HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING

• THE ECONOMICS OF WORK AND EDUCATION

• THE ECONOMICS OF FIRMS AND INDUSTRIES

• THE ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS

• MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND FORECASTING

• TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION

GETTING AND SPENDING, BETTING AND VOTING: THE ECONOMICS OF HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. Spending, saving, credit, betting, voting and household behaviour in general are some of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

• Booming UK House Prices Boost Consumer Spending

• Economists Pinpoint System for Winning at Spread Betting

• Urban Road Congestion Charges: What Level and What Impact?

• Frequent Flyer Programmes: Bad News for Travellers

• Young Children Make Divorce Less Likely

• Educated Consumers Demand Skill-intensive Products

• Direct Democracy Improves the Quality of Public Goods

• Why Dealers Often Offer Better Terms for Consumer Credit Than Banks

Media briefings on these papers are available here.  RES Media Consultant: Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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THE ECONOMICS OF WORK AND EDUCATION

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. Jobs, careers, pay and education are some of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

Primary and University Education

• How Much Must Parents Pay for Good State Primary Education?

• Have Educational Standards Fallen in UK Universities?

• Why Students Might Drop Out of University

Pay and Conditions

• Gays’ Pay in the UK

• Causes and Consequences of Stress at Work

Minimum Wages

• The UK Minimum Wage: No Adverse Impact on Employment

• Evidence from Ireland on the Impact of a Minimum Wage

Careers and Intergenerational Mobility

• Intergenerational Mobility in Britain has Fallen

• ‘Just Like Daddy’: The Occupational Choices of UK Graduates

• Fathers and Sons: Earnings Mobility in the United States Across Generations

Media briefings on these papers are available here.  RES Media Consultant Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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THE ECONOMICS OF FIRMS AND INDUSTRIES

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. Business success and failure, foreign direct investment, public-private issues, executive pay and the business of football are some of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

• The Effects of Merger Activity on Executive Pay

• Will Prize Money Save the FA Cup?

The Public/Private/Non-profit Debate

• Building and Managing Facilities for Public Services: When is the PFI Appropriate?

• The Motivational Advantages of Non-profit Firms in the ‘Caring Sectors’

• ‘Minimal Squawk’: Why Regulators are Too Lenient

Foreign Direct Investment

• The Unpredictable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Productivity

• Footloose Multinationals?

Business Success and Business Failure

• Macroeconomic Instability Kills! The Dangers of Business Failure for UK Firms

• In Which Industries Do Firms Face the Biggest Threats to Their Survival?

• Which Firms are Most Susceptible to Recessions and Recoveries?

• Profitability, Uncertainty and New Capital Investment

Media briefings on these papers are available here. RES Media Consultant Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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THE ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. Financial markets are one of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

• The Asymmetric Impact of Wall Street on the London Stock Market

• Active Pension Fund Managers Can Consistently Beat the Market

• How the Stock Market Reacts to Profit Warnings

• How Useful are Security Analysts?

• How Reliable are Global Credit Rating Agencies?

• Key Drivers of Individual Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds

• Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking Industry: Lessons from Argentina

 In addition, there will be five special sessions on related issues:

• ‘Foreign Currency Hedging for Long-term Investors’ - John Y Campbell (Harvard)

• Monetary Policy and Asset Prices

• New Technologies and Productivity Growth – Bank of England

• Foreign Direct Investment and the Productivity Gap in the UK

• ‘International Lending, Monetary Regimes and Credibility: The Classical and Interwar Gold Standards Compared’ – Maurice Obstfeld (Berkeley)

Media briefings on these papers are available here.  RES Media Consultant Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND FORECASTING

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2001

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. Inflation, productivity and output growth, unemployment and monetary policy are some of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

• Forecast Probabilities for Inflation and Output Growth into 2003

• Inaccuracies of the Bank of England’s Inflation Forecasts

• Economic Forecasting: Lessons from Recent Research

• Monetary Policy Should Respond to Movements in Asset Prices

• Ten Years of Inflation Targets: What Impact on UK Monetary Policy?

• ‘Keep it Real!’: Using Real-time Data for Economic Policy Evaluation

• The ‘Technological Gap’: Why US Productivity Gains are Sustainable

• Tackling Unemployment Via Product Markets Rather Than Labour Markets

 In addition, there will be four special sessions on related issues:

• New Measures for a Changing Economy – Office for National Statistics

• ‘Laws and Limits of Econometrics’ – Sargan Lecture by Peter CB Phillips (Yale)

• New Technologies and Productivity Growth – Bank of England

• ‘Foreign Currency Hedging for Long-term Investors’ - John Y Campbell (Harvard)

Media briefings on these papers are available here. RES Media Consultant Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION

NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002

The Royal Economic Society’s Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, takes place on 25-27 March 2002 at the University of Warwick. Journalists are welcome to attend the conference. International trade, exchange rates and the transition to market economies are some of the subjects under discussion. On the agenda:

Trade and Exchange Rates

• Do Firms or Workers Gain Most from Globalisation?

• The Collapse of the Argentine Peso: Fundamentals or Self-fulfilling Panic?

• International Trade, National Net Assets and the Implications for Exchange Rates

The Transition to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe

• Occupational Mobility in Times of Rapid Technological Change

• Who Wants a More Equal Society? Contrasting Attitudes Across Europe

• Measuring Vulnerability: Why Uncertainty Can Be as Damaging as Poverty

 In addition, there will be two special sessions on related issues:

• Globalisation and the Trend in Inequality – Centre for Economic Policy Research

• Foreign Direct Investment and the Productivity Gap in the UK

Media briefings on these papers are available here.  RES Media Consultant Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 (email: romesh@compuserve.com).

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