Expertise: Labour Economics, Political Economy
Biography:I am a Lecturer ('Assistant Professor') at Warwick and a Research Associate at both CEP and CAGE (Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy).
My main research area is applied microeconomics, with applications to crime, political economy, the labour market and technical change.
Current projects include work on the 'returns to crime', the impact of targeted economic sanctions on firms, and further work on lobbying.
Education:
- Phd University College London
Selected Publications:
See also
Publications on LSE Research Online 
- "Panic on the Streets of London" (with Steve Machin and Robert Witt), Accepted for Publication, American Economic Review.
- "Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability" (with Steve Machin and John Van Reenen), Accepted for Publication, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
CEP Publications:
- The Changing Returns to Crime: Do Criminals Respond to Prices?
Mirko Draca,
Theodore Koutmeridis,
Stephen Machin,
June 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1355:
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- The UK's 'riddle of peacefulness': what explains falling crime?
Mirko Draca,
June 2013
Paper No' CEPCP392:
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- The returns to lobbying
Jordi Blanes i Vidal,
Mirko Draca,
Christian Fons-Rosen,
February 2012
Paper No' CEPCP360:
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- Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity
Nicholas Bloom,
Mirko Draca,
John Van Reenen,
January 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1000:
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This paper has been published as: Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity, Nicholas Bloom, Mirko Draca and John Van Reenen, Review of Economic Studies, 83:1, January 2016
- In brief: 'Revolving door' lobbyists
Jordi Blanes i Vidal,
Mirko Draca,
Christian Fons-Rosen,
November 2010
Paper No' CEPCP322:
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This article summarises 'Revolving Door Lobbyists' by Jordi Blanes I Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 993 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0993.pdf).
- Revolving Door Lobbyists
Jordi Blanes i Vidal,
Mirko Draca,
Christian Fons-Rosen,
August 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0993:
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- Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks
Mirko Draca,
Stephen Machin,
Robert Witt,
February 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0852:
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- Panic on the Streets of London
Mirko Draca,
Stephen Machin,
Rober Witt,
October 2006
Paper No' CEPCP207:
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- Productivity and ICT: A Review of the Evidence
Mirko Draca,
Raffaella Sadun,
John Van Reenen,
August 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0749:
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- Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
Mirko Draca,
Stephen Machin,
John Van Reenen,
February 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0715:
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- The Employment Effects of the October 2003 Increase in the National Minimum Wage
Richard Dickens,
Mirko Draca,
June 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0693:
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