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Such things occur outside idle thought experiments. Guy Michaels, of the London School of Economics, and Ferdinand Rauch, of the University of Oxford, studied the fortunes of Roman-era towns in Britain and France. When t... Read more...
09 September 2019
Article by Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch The world is urbanising rapidly (World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision). Some of its rapidly growing cities, however, seem to be misplaced. They are ... Read more...
24 May 2018
Article by Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch The world is urbanising rapidly (World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision). Some of its rapidly growing cities, however, seem to be misplaced.... Read more...
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12424 ... Read more...
05 February 2018
Snippet…Here is the amazing fact: today, 16 of France’s 20 largest cities are located on or near a Roman town, while only 2 of Britain’s 20 largest are. This difference existed even back in ... Read more...
03 September 2017
..With incredible timing, Michaels and Rauch, alongside two other coauthors, have another working paper called Flooded Cities. Essentially, looking across the globe, there are frequent very damaging floods, oc... Read more...
30 August 2017
Big data shows you can save up to $11 per shopping trip, argue Fabio Pinna and Stephan Seiler Most of us are familiar with the experience of scouring supermarket shelves to find the items we want at the right price - b... Read more...
01 July 2016
Dr Joan Costa Font commenting on the Catalan elections. The interview was broadcast on the BBC World Service on December 21, 2015 Link to programme here Also broadcast on 6 other BBC outlets See also NPR/National Pu... Read more...
21 December 2015
The Coordinator of the economic program and citizens Social (C's), Luis Garicano, has invited the Economist Xavier Sala-i-Martin, favourable to the independence of Catalonia, to discuss the economic implications of that ... Read more...
16 September 2015
Joan Costa Font interviewed regarding the push for Catalan independence in Spain. The interview was broadcast by Al Jazeera International on September 12, 2015 [No link available.] Related links Joan Costa Font webpa... Read more...
12 September 2015
In a letter to the Financial Times, academics from Scotland and England warn that separation is a gamble with very poor odds. Professor John Van Reenen, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance; Professor Mike El... Read more...
17 September 2014