Research seminars

Spring 2012

Seminars take place on Tuesdays from 4-5pm (unless otherwise stated) in room JG2004, John Galsworthy Building.

Date	Title
1 February 2012	Modelling the link between US inflation and output: the importance of the uncertainty channel Menelaos Karanasos (Brunel University)
15 February 2012	Post-Fordism as a dysfunctional accumulation regime: A comparative analysis of Denmark, Germany, the UK and the US Matt Vidal (King's College)
29 February 2012	Is job quality becoming more unequal? Francis Green (Institute of Education, University of London)
14 March 2012	The Contribution of Wealth Concentration to the Subprime Crisis: A Quantitative Estimation Thomas Goda (London Metropolitan Business School)
21 March 2012	Post-Keynesianism meets Critical Realism: A qualitative study of exchange rate determination in emerging markets Nina Kaltenbrunner (University of Leeds)
28 March 2012	The evolving crisis of Western Capitalism Alan Mulhern (School of Economics, Kingston University)
25 April 2012	Unemployment, recession and effective demand: The contribution of Marx, Keynes and Kalecki Claudio Sardoni (Department of Economic and Social Analyses, Sapienza University of Rome)
9 May 2012	Convergence clusters in an enlarging Europe Vince Daly & Andrea Ingianni (School of Economics, Kingston University)

Autumn 2011

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm (unless otherwise stated) in room JG2004, John Galsworthy Building.

Date	Title
12 October 2011	Of fat cats and fat tails: from the financial crisis to the 'new' probabilistic marxism Julian Wells
26 October 2011	What causes changes in the wage share? Engelbert Stockhammer
9 November 2011	Modelling the Great Transition: building a systems dynamics model of the UK macroeconomy James Meadway
16 November 2011	Title TBC Jalal Siddiki
30 November 2011	Modelling the link between US inflation and output: the importance of the uncertainty channel Prof Menelaos Karanasos (Brunel University)
7 December 2011	A Classical-Marxian Model Of Education, Growth And Distribution Roberto Veneziani (Queen Mary University)

Spring 2011

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm (unless otherwise stated) in the John Galsworthy Building.

Date	Title
16 February 2011	Integration or segmentation in the Chinese stock markets Hong Li (with Wei Pang) Room JG2003
23 March 2011	Approaches to Convergence Testing and Modelling: a Survey Vince Daly Room JG2003
30 March 2011	German wages and Greek debt Engelbert Stockhammer Room JG3005
4 May 2011 3-4pm	The Spatial Restructuring of Work and Maquiladoras of the Automotive Industry Fidelma Murphy Room JG5007
11 May 2011	Public debt, growth and distribution Thomas Michl (Colgate University) Room JG3005
18 May 2011	Neo-Liberalism and Work-Time Regulation: A Panel Data Analysis of British Capitalism, 1992-2010 Bruce Philp (Nottingham Trent University) Room JG2003
23 May 2011	The Ongoing Economic Crisis Alan Mulhern Room JG5005
25 May 2011	Multiproduct Firms, Income Distribution and Global Trade Joachim Stibora Room JG2005
8 June 2011	The Giant Firm as a Model of Socialist Co-ordination Paul Auerbach Room JG3005
15 June 2011	Measuring the link between monetary policy and inequality José Sanchez-Fung Room JG3005

Autumn 2010

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG5014.

Date	Title
27 October 2010	Ambiguity in Financial Markets: Herding and Contrarian Behaviour Wei Pang
24 November 2010	Financialization, income distribution, and aggregate demand in the USA Ozlem Onaran

Spring 2010

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG1010.

Date	Title
3 March 2010	The effect of attending Catholic high schools on educational attainments and earnings Young-Joo Kim
24 March 2010	Open lecture on the Economic Crisis Alan Mulhern
28 April 2010	Determinants of functional income distribution in OECD countries" Engelbert Stockhammer
12 May 2010	Stock market interdependence in East Asia Hong Li

Autumn 2009

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG2006.

Date	Title
21 October 2009	Assessing McCallum and Taylor rules in a cross-section of emerging market economies (with Aaron Mehrotra, Bank of Finland) José Sanchez-Fung
11 November 2009	Modelling the Political Economy of a Predatory State Vince Daly
25 November 2009	Intra-European Union Trade Openness and New Members Output Convergence: a Time-series Analysis Andrea Ingianni
9 December 2009	The Plan was made Flesh in the form of Henry Ford Paul Auerbach

Spring 2009

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG1004.

Date	Title
18 February 2009	Growth, Crises and the Impact of Ambiguity Willem Spanjers
18 March 2009	Asymmetric Momentum Return Under Uncertainty Wei Pang
1 April 2009	Testing for the Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in the Spanish Regions Alan Mulhern
22 April 2009	Size effects in financial ratios: the econophysics perspective Julian Wells
6 May 2009	Has there been any structural convergence in the transmission of European monetary policies? Christian Richter

Autumn 2008

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG1003.

Date	Title
15 October 2008	The links between output growth and inflation uncertainty: Evidence from China Hong Li
12 November 2008	Nonhomothetic Preferences and Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory with a Continuum of Goods Joachim Stibora
19 November 2008	Fiscal and monetary policy interactions in emerging market economies Jose Sanchez-Fung
10 December 2008	International interdependence and dynamic linkages between the emerging stock markets of South East Asia Jalal Siddiki

Spring 2008

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG2007.

Date	Title
20 February 2008	The Provision of Liquidity in the Presence of Ambiguity over Asset Returns Willem Spanjers
9 April 2008	William Baumol on Innovation and Growth Paul Auerbach
23 April 2008	Is there anything new to add to the research field of Spanish inter-regional migration? Alan Mulhern
30 April 2008	Migration and the EU Labour Market: Granger Causality Tests on a Panel VAR (with Dr. T. Moore [Brunel]) Subrata Ghatak
7 May 2008	The judgement Proof Problem Revisited Alex Tackie
14 May 2008	Outsourcing: A Crtique of the Value-chain Model Ali Shamsavari

Autumn 2007

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in John Galsworthy Building Room JG1001.

Date	Title
7 November 2007	Forecasting inflation in China Jose Sanchez-Fung (Chair Paul Auerbach)
14 November 2007	Financial Liberalisation and Endogenous Growth: Cointegration Analysis with Regime Shifts Jalal Siddiki (Chair Paul Auerbach)
21 November 2007	Trade and migration flows between CEE countries and the UK Vince Daly (Chair Paul Auerbach)
28 November 2007	A new conjecture on the distribution of rates of profit Julian Wells (Chair Paul Auerbach)
5 December 2007	Modelling Monetary Policy in Brazil Jose Sanchez-Fung (Chair Paul Auerbach)

Spring 2007

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 41.

Date	Title
14 March 2007	Testing for the balanced growth in the Chinese regional economy Hong Li (with Vince Daly)
28 March 2007	Stalin as Totalitarian Democrat Paul Auerbach
25 April 2007	Over-education in Spain: an examination of the contribution of human capital to total factor productivity in the Spanish Economy, 1980-2000 Alan Mulhern
16 May 2007	The judgement-proof problem: individual bankruptcies in the UK Alex Tackie

Autumn 2006

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 208.

Date	Title
25 October 2006	Karl Marx as precursor of econophysics Julian Wells
8 November 2006	Exploring the Dynamics of International Rankings Vince Daly
22 November 2006	Technology Transfer Paradigm: A Critique Ali Shamsavari
6 December 2006	Liquidity Provision under Ambiguity: Banks or Asset Markets? Willy Spanjers (with Juergen Eichberger of the University of Heidelberg, Germany)

Spring 2006

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 208.

Date	Title
1 March 2006	The Demand for Money in South Asian Countries: A Cointegration Analysis with Regime Shifts Jalal Siddiki
15 March 2006	Do 'in situ' advantages mask US decline? Paul Auerbach
29 March 2006	International linkages of the Chinese stock exchanges: a multivariate GARCH analysis Hong Li
26 April 2006	The Formation of Preferential Trade Agreements under Nonhomothetic Preferences Joachim Stibora
24 May 2006	Spanish regional migration: a structural break Alan Mulhern

Winter 2005

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 208.

Date	Title
26 October 2005	Modelling Profit-Rate Distributions: a Case Study in the Use of L-Moment Julian Wells
9 November 2005	Twin Deficits in OECD Countries: Cointegration Analysis with Regime Shifts Vince Daly and Jalal Siddiki
23 November 2005	Is fiscal policy sustainable in developing economies? (with Professor Subrata Ghatak), and Measuring the impact of inflation targeting on the macroeconomy Jose Sanchez-Fung
7 December 2005	Social Capital and Credit Constraints in Informal Finance Willy Spanjers (with Dr Wei Liu, United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific)

Spring 2005

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 208.

Date	Title
16 February 2005	Loss of Confidence and Currency Crises Willy Spanjers
9 March 2005	Trade Policy in a Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods under Nonhomothetic Preferences Joachim Stibora
13 April 2005	Structural Breaks and the Introduction of Market Reforms in China Vince Daly and Hong Li
27 April 2005	Economic Income and Accretions to Human Assets Paul Auerbach
11 May 2005	Inter-regional migration in Spain Alan Mulhern

Winter 2004

Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-5pm in Main Building Room 208.

Date	Title
1 December 2004	Why don't they move? Inter-regional Migration in Poland Subrata Ghatak
15 December 2004	Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates in the Dominican Republic during the 1990s Boom and the Millenium Crisis Jose Sanchez-Fung