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Explore Econ 2020
26 February 2020, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Organised by CTaLE, UCL's Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Department of Economics
Location
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Ground Floor, South WingInstitute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Common Ground and ForumGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
The conference showcases independent work undertaken by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. This will be presented in posters and presentations and in addition, the conference will also showcase the winning contributions of our First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
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- Programme
Conference room: Institute of Advanced Studies Common Ground, Wilkins Building
13:00 - 13:50 Registration & Coffee
Poster displays:
-Charles Graham: Derivatives: are we immune from another crisis?
-Niharika Singh: Analysing the effect of cultural norms on the student debt crisis and educational arms race
-Jiri Pastrnak: Synthetic securitisation: An unconventional weapon in a Central Bank’s arsenal.
-Jonathan Kwan: Found without being known: Dynamic pricing with auxiliary information
-Georgie Conlan: Can the environment be fully internalised into business decision making?
-Daniel Nandwani: Antibiotic resistance: Are economic incentives the solution?
-Shivam Gujral: Direct Benefit Transfers: A way forward to transform the Indian Education system?
-Arshiya Sawhney: Is "eco-friendly" fashion more than just a gimmick?
-Jin Luo: The effect of mental health on labour productivity: A machine learning approach
The winner of S-Factor:
-Melusine Lebret: Mars Colonisation
The winners of UCL EconFrame:
-Frank Zeng: Per Aspera Ad Astra
-Souveer Aggarwal: Unintended consequences
-Tianru Mu: Signalling
13:50 - 14:00 Opening Address: Professor Anthony Smith, Vice Provost (Education and Student Affairs) 14:00 - 14:45 Presentations Session 1: Markets
Chair: Professor Martin Cripps (UCL)
-Nicholas Waltz and Oscar Lyle Perez:
-Sean Tiansui Tu:
-Alberto Minghetti:
14:45 - 15:00 First Year Challenge & EconFrame Presentations/Awards
Presented by: Professor Aureo de Paula (UCL)
15:00 - 15:45 Presentation Session 2 : Finance and macroeconomy
Chair: Dr Wei Cui (UCL)
-Junzhao Shi:
-Jogi Sidhu:
-Cezary Klimczuk:
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break and posters 16:15 - 17:00 Presentation Session 3: Inequality and development
Chair: Dr Silvia Dal Bianco (UCL)
-Marco Cokic:
-Dong Yi Wu:
-Marcell Daniel Orban:
17:00 - 17:30 Break and posters 17:30 - 18:30 #whateconomistsreallydo Ignite Session.
Chair: Professor Sasha Roseneil, Executive Dea, Social and Historical Sciences
Theme: Using (and abusing) data in economics
-Professor Morten Ravn (UCL) & Tien-Jen Kao
-Dr Michela Tincani (UCL) & Xiaotang Xu
-George Stoye (IFS) & Yixuan Li
18:30 - 19:30 Reception and Prize-giving by Professor Marcos Vera Hernandez (UCL) - Judging panel
Mark McDonald - HSBC Global Research
Phil Burns - Frontier Economics
Alexis Raichoudhury - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Guido Tubaldi - Roundhill Ventures
- Venue
Conference room: Institute of Advanced Studies Common Ground, Wilkins Building
Ground Floor, South Wing, UCL. Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
