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Royal Economic Society (RES) Annual Public Lecture 2017
Professor Stephen Machin - 'Why Commit Crime? Economic Incentives for Criminal Behaviour'

The 2017 Annual Public Lecture took place at the Royal Institution, London on 22 November 2017. In this lecture Professor Stephen Machin discusses the importance of economic incentives as a determinant of crime, what eco... Read more...

06 December 2017

LSE Business Review blog
If we want to create jobs in local areas, the idea of `local? needs to be revisited

New job openings attract not only local workers, but also those living relatively near, write Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo.  Place-based policies that target disadvantaged areas are widespread in b... Read more...

01 December 2017

LSE Business Review
Better location could lead to a 20-50% increase in wind farm profitability

Investors who strongly favour green energy make less thorough location searches, writes Yatang Lin Wind power is becoming an increasingly important part of the US energy mix, taking up more than four per cent of the tot... Read more...

19 April 2016

Share Radio
Which economic policy would @johnvanreenen from LSE put in his manifesto

CEP Director Professor John Van Reenen reveals the economic policy he would put in his election manifesto. The interview was recorded for Share Radio on 28 April 2015 Link to the interview here Related links John... Read more...

28 April 2015