GEAR Quarterly Lectures

 

 

 

We, the members and associate members, agreed in late 2021 to rename our EARG = Economic Analysis Research Group (or, rather, reshuffle/update EARG’s name/acronym) into GEAR = Group for Economic Analysis at Reading, an acronym that is easier to pronounce and to remember, as well as more meaningful. Formally, this took place at the inaugural GEAR Quarterly Lecture on 31 March 2022. We shall, henceforth, hold these GEAR Quarterly Lectures every quarter, with a flexible date within a quarter (and, perhaps, as a hybrid event). As EARG earlier (i.e., since its founding in 2005), GEAR continues to cover the core topics in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, as well as modern extensions, with particular application of the analysis to policymaking at global, national or local level.

(1) 2022Q1 – The inaugural lecture (poster) was held on 31 March 2022, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT/BST (London time), and our 1st speaker was Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma, University of Kent, CEPR and MaGHiC, who is also one of our GEAR Associate Members and the originator of the GEAR acronym. His talk’s title was “Growth Volatility and Trade: Diversification vs Specialisation”. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(2) 2022Q2 – Our 2nd lecture (poster) was held on 23 June 2022, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT/BST (London time), and our speaker was Professor Martin Ellison, University of Oxford, CEPR and NuCamp. His talk’s title, and underlying paper, was “The Ends of 30 Big Depressions”. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(3) 2022Q3 – Our 3rd lecture (poster) was held on15 September 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm GMT/BST (London time), and our speaker was Professor Chryssi Giannitsarou, University of Cambridge, CEPR and CfM. Her talk was under the title of “Multinationals, Investment and Stock Market Comovement” and was based on a paper just accepted at the Journal of Monetary Economics (and some additional results in a work-in-progress spin-off paper). The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(4) 2022Q4 –Our 4th lecture (poster) was held on 10 November 2022, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT (London time), and our speaker was Professor Kalina Manova, University College London, CEPR and CEP. The talk presented her work on “Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks” based on an underlying paper. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(5) 2023Q1– Our 5th lecture (poster) was held on 28 March2023, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT (London time), and our speaker wasProfessor Mark Casson, University of Reading. His talk was on “The Entrepreneur: A ‘Missing Person’ in Mainstream Economic Theory” and was based on a forthcoming book. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(6) 2023Q2 – Our 6th lecture (poster) was held on 29 June 2023, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT/BST (London time), and our speaker was Professor Paul Levine, University of Surrey, who is also one of our GEAR Associate Members. His talk was on “Information Assumptions in Macroeconomics: Implications for Modellers and Applied Econometricians”, drawing from an underlying paper. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(7) 2023Q3 – Our 7th lecture (poster) was held on 13 September 2023, 3:30-5:00 pm GMT/BST (London time), and our speaker was Professor Hélène Rey, London Business School and CEPR. Her talk was on “Granular Credit Risk”, drawing on an underlying paper. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(8) 2023Q4 – Our 8th lecture (poster) was held on 23 November 2023, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT (London time), and our speaker was Professor Wendy Carlin, University College London. Her talk is entitled “It’s time for a COherent and RElevant new benchmark model for teaching economics”. The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(9) 2024Q1 – Our 9th lecture (poster) was held on 12 March 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT (London time), and our speaker was Professor Michael Clements, University of Reading. His talk on “Uncertain Data” will draw on research over the last decade or so to explain some of the implications of revisions to official statistics for econometric modelling and forecasting.The synchronous MS Teams recording of the lecture is available for viewing from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel.

(10) 2024Q2 – Our 10th lecture (poster to be added) will be held on 15 May 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm GMT (London time), and our speaker is Professor Jennifer Castle, University of Oxford (time and details to be circulated). As usual, the lecture will be synchronously recorded and available for viewing ex post from the University of Reading’s Research YouTube channel. Here is the MS Teams link to join (to be added) – but do try to come in person!