Three successful in Academic Career Pathways
The University of Cambridge Academic Career Pathways scheme recognises and reward outstanding contributions and celebrate academic achievement through promotion and pay progression. This year, all three of the candidates from the Faculty of Economics that were put forward have been successful.
Published on: Friday 16th June 2023
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Meredith Crowley on Brexit
Professor Meredith Crowley was interviewed on the BBC 2 TV programme Newsnight with her analysis of the state of the UK economy three years on from Brexit.
Published on: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Boris Johnson leaves a mixed legacy with his Brexit gambit
The e-book, “The Economics of Brexit: What Have We Learned?”, which Prof. Meredith Crowley provided a chapter for, has been quoted in a New York Times article about Boris Johnson's prime ministerial legacy.
Published on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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The Trade Environment and Trade Policy Options for the post-Brexit United Kingdom
The Faculty of Economics and Janeway Institute for Economics held a conference on "The Trade Environment and Trade Policy Options for the post-Brexit United Kingdom" on Wednesday 8th December 2021, 12:00am–17:30pm at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. The event focussed on frontier research developments in international trade and spatial economics. The emphasis was on new models and methodologies for studying complex economic phenomena.
Event Date: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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New £12m research centre for inclusive trade policy
A major new research centre on inclusive trade policy is to launch in early 2022. The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy aims to be a centre of excellence for innovative trade policy research. It will include Co-Investigator Professor Meredith Crowley from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Economics and Janeway Institute.
Published on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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The Shifting Fronts in the Battle Over EU Trade Policy
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Covid-19 Fiscal Support and its Effectiveness" (joint with Alexander Chudik and Mehdi Raissi) was quoted by Martin Sandbu in his Financial Times column.
Published on: Thursday 4th March 2021
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Rebuilding a Resilient Britain: Trade and Aid
Dr Meredith Crowley has contributed to a report for the Government Office for Science on Rebuilding a Resilient Britain: Trade and Aid. Dr Crowley was part of a working group which produced the report, identifying existing evidence, and gaps in the evidence base.
Published on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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The Effect of Trade Deals on UK Farming and Food Prices
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed for BBC1's Countryfile, where she talked about how future trade deals could affect the UK, especially UK farming and food prices.
Published on: Monday 1st February 2021
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Cambridge Economics Alumni Webinar Series: The Economics of a Post-Brexit UK
In this webinar, Dr Meredith Crowley (University Reader in International Economics) explores what can we learn about major changes in global trade from studying Brexit. She was joined by Professor Catherine Barnard (Professor of European Union and Labour Law) who talked about the new UK-EU trade deal, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Event Date: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Brexit - As Consumers, Britons have the Most to Lose
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed about Brexit and it's effect on the UK economy, by the daily French newspaper La Croix. Dr Crowley answered questions on the proposed post-Brexit trade deals that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is negotiating with countries such as Japan, China and the US.
Published on: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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The Freeport Con
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the New Statesman article "The Freeport Con", which looks at the setting up of freeports as a post-Brexit trade policy. The UK government is championing these free economic zones, but experts are not convinced they will work.
Published on: Thursday 12th November 2020
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How High is US-UK Trade on Joe Biden's Agenda?
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave a pre-recorded interview to Victoria Craig for the Marketplace Morning Report podcast. In the interview, Dr. Crowley talks about what a Joe Biden administration means for future UK-US trade relations and for Brexit. The Marketplace Morning Report is a BBC programme that broadcasts in the US on National Public Radio.
Published on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Deep Trade Agreements - World Bank Webinar
Dr. Meredith Crowley will be presenting new research on trade agreements at the World Bank's "The Economics of Deep Trade Agreements Seminar Series". Dr. Crowley's new paper is "The Value of Deep Trade Agreements in the Presence of Pricing to Market", and is joint with Lu Han (Cambridge-INET affiliate and Lecturer at Liverpool University) and Thomas Prayer (Faculty of Economics, PhD student).
Published on: Friday 16th October 2020
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European Parliament and Future EU-UK Trade Relations Webinar
Dr. Meredith Crowley will be a panellist on the live webinar "The European Parliament and Future EU-UK Trade Relations", organised by the European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom. The webinar will take place on Thursday 3rd September 2020, between 12:30-2:00pm. It is open to all and registration is free.
Published on: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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UK-US Trade Deal Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave testimony to the House of Commons International Trade Committee, via Zoom, on the 17th June 2020. You can watch a video of the meeting on the parliamentlive.tv website.
Published on: Monday 22nd June 2020
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The Brexit Negotiations: A Stocktake
Dr. Meredith Crowley is one of the authors of a new report called "The Brexit Negotiations: A Stocktake", published by academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe. This report finds that it is hard to see how the sort of comprehensive deal the UK and EU say they want can be agreed without an extension.
Published on: Thursday 18th June 2020
Tags:Will ‘level playing field’ Issues Derail the UK-EU Negotiations?
UK in a Changing Europe have published a blog by Dr. Meredith Crowley and Dr. Lu Han on "Will ‘level playing field’ Issues Derail the UK-EU Negotiations?" The blog poses that key question now is whether the two sides will be able to bridge the gap in a way that facilitates continued negotiation and, ultimately, a free trade deal.
Published on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Tags:Will the UK’s Free Ports Project Survive Covid-19?
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the New Statesman article "Will the UK’s free ports project survive Covid-19?" which looks at the delays and possible cancellation of UK free ports project after the COVID-19 crisis.
Published on: Wednesday 13th May 2020
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Transatlantic Trade and Economic Cooperation through the Pandemic
Dr. Meredith Crowley will join Ed Balls, Nick Macpherson, and George Osbourne to discuss Covid-19 and the next round of the UK-US Free Trade Agreement at a webinar organised by The Strand Group. Please register to watch the webinar.
Published on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Tags:Brexit Breakdown - Podcast
Dr. Meredith Crowley and Raoul Ruparel (former special advisor to Theresa May) took part in a Brexit Breakdown podcast, for The UK in a Changing Europe. This episode looks at the UK-EU trade talks, the possibility of a deal by the end of December and the likelihood of a UK-US trade deal.
Published on: Friday 6th March 2020
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Brexit Day - UK and EU Trade Deal
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BBC World Service's World Update programme about the prospect for the UK and EU negotiating a trade deal modelled on the EU's deal with Canada. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (story starts at 6mins).
Published on: Friday 31st January 2020
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Is the UK headed for a trade war with the US?
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland about the UK's proposed digital sales tax and whether it will lead to a trade war with the US. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (starts at 1h 06m).
Published on: Monday 27th January 2020
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Brexit - The New Trade Era
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the New York Times article "Brexit’s Advance Opens a New Trade Era" about the implications of the General Election result and the now inevitable Brexit for the system of global trade.
Published on: Monday 16th December 2019
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US-China Trade Relations: A Way Forward
Dr. Meredith Crowley is a member of the US-China Trade Policy Working Group. Bloomberg reported that this trans-national working group have just released a proposal "US-China Trade Relations: A Way Forward", which proposes a new way to negotiate an end to the US-China Trade War. The statement was co-signed by a number of prominent economists and legal scholars, including 5 Nobel Laureates in Economics.
Published on: Monday 28th October 2019
Tags:Passing a Brexit Deal Could Still End in No Deal
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in The New York Times article "Getting Brexit Deal Over Finish Line Would Only Begin a Torturous New Race", which predicts that should Parliament pass the current Brexit deal, then this would only be the start of tough trade deal negotiations with the EU, that would more than likely end in a no deal outcome.
Published on: Sunday 27th October 2019
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UK Eyes Post-Brexit Trade Deal with Japan
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the Japan Times article "As UK eyes post-Brexit trade deal with Japan, its hand may not be as strong as it thinks", discussing the prospects for a Japan-UK Free Trade Agreement post-Brexit.
Published on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Tags:Brexit and Global Trade
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in The New York Times article "Global Trade is Deteriorating Fast and Sapping the World’s Economy", regarding the negative impact that Brexit is having on the growth of global trade.
Published on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Review of World Economics Young Economist Prize
Faculty of Economics Research Associate Dr. Lu Han has been awarded the Review of World Economics Young Economist Prize 2019 for his paper "The Mutable Geography of Firms' International Trade: Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications".
Published on: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Dollars and sense: The sterling depreciation and UK price competitiveness
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti, Dr. Meredith Crowley, and Lu Han have published an article for VOXeu titled "Dollars and sense: The sterling depreciation and UK price competitiveness". This column shows that UK export price response to depreciation depends on the currency in which UK firms invoice their cross-border transactions.
Published on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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The chilling economic effects of Brexit uncertainty are intensifying
Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton, and Lu Han's paper "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence from the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports", which looks into the effect of Brexit on exports, has been quoted by the Economist.
Published on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Tags:Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti, Romain Lafarguette and Arnaud Mehl have published an article for VOXeu titled "Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy". This column argues that high-frequency trading can increase market efficiency and the quality of trade.
Published on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Tags:What Free Ports Can and Can’t Achieve
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in The Economist article "What free ports can and can’t achieve", regarding the government's new policy to create free ports or free trade zones. It is proposed there will be ten of the new tariff-free zones around the UK, post-Brexit.
Published on: Friday 9th August 2019
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Freeports Advisory Panel
Dr. Meredith Crowley has been appointed to serve on the Freeports Advisory Panel at the Department for International Trade under Secretary of State Liz Truss. This Panel has been set up to ensure the UK is ready to trade post-Brexit.
Published on: Monday 5th August 2019
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Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti has just published a paper in the European Central Bank's (ECB) Working Paper Series. The paper "Fast Trading and the Virtue of Entropy: Evidence from the Foreign Exchange Market" is joint with Romain Lafarguette and Arnaud Mehl.
Published on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Tags:Is the U.S. Still Driving Globalization?
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in an article by the New York Times which discusses the changing position of the U.S. in globalization and the world order, particularly in light of President Trump's current China U.S. trade war and the tariffs imposed on Mexico.
Published on: Thursday 20th June 2019
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Dr. Meredith Crowley has been made one of nine Senior Fellows by the ESRC for her research into "UK Trade Policy post-Brexit". The UK in a Changing Europe Hub has been given an additional £3.19 million, which will enable the hub to run for a further three years.
Published on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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What would a US-UK trade deal look like?
Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke to BBC News about a potential US-UK trade deal, along with David Henig (UK Director of European Centre For International Political Economy). You can watch the discussion on BBC presenter Christian Fraser's Twitter feed.
Published on: Wednesday 5th June 2019
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Trade War: The Clash of Economic Systems Threatening Global Prosperity
Dr. Meredith Crowley is the editor of a new CEPR Vox eBook, "Trade War: The Clash of Economic Systems Threatening Global Prosperity". The eBook was launched today via the CEPR website and is acompanied by a VoxEU column introduction, written by Dr. Crowley.
Published on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Tags:US-China Trade War
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave two interviews about the ongoing US-China trade war. The first was the lead story for the BBC World Service - World Update "Trump imposes tariffs on China" and the second for BBC World News - TV Impact, "Will the US and China reach a deal?". She was also quoted in the article "Who loses out in the US-China trade war?", featured on the BBC website.
Published on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Tags:US-China Trade Dispute, Tariff Threats and Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave four interviews about the US-China trade dispute and negotiations. BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme (starts 1h 51m), BBC World Service - World Update (starts 27m 30s) BBC World Service - Newshour (starts 31m 22s) and BBC World News - Impact.
Published on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Symposium on World Trade - Brexit Panel
Dr. Meredith Crowley will be speaking on a panel at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute's (MSRI) Symposium on World Trade at the British Academy on 23rd May 2019. Dr. Crowley will be taking part in the "Brexit and the United Kingdom’s Future Trade Relationships in the Global Economy" panel discussion.
Published on: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Brexit Uncertainty
Oliver Exton (PhD student) will present his research on "Brexit uncertainty", at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference on Wednesday 17th April 2019. His talk will be based on the paper "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence from the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports" (joint with Dr. Meredith Crowley and Lu Han).
Published on: Monday 15th April 2019
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US-China Trade War Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the ongoing Trade War negotiations between the US and China. Dr. Crowley's segment starts at 15:00 minutes into the broadcast.
Published on: Friday 15th February 2019
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Is Japan's EU deal a threat to the UK industry?
Dr. Meredith Crowley discusses how the new free trade agreement between the EU and Japan could be a possible threat to the post-Brexit British industry, in both the Guardian Newspaper and Customs Today.
Published on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Dr. Meredith Crowley has been appointment to the Trade and the Economy Panel. The TEP is part of the Department for International Trade and aims to raise the DIT’s analytical capacity and capability, while championing high-quality, robust analysis to help secure the best outcomes for UK trade policy.
Published on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Tags:Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions
Dr. Meredith Crowley gave three interviews about her Cambridge Working Papers in Economics research paper "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence form the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports" (joint with Oliver Exton and Lu Han).
Published on: Monday 21st January 2019
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The Design of Trade Agreements
Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke at the World Trade Organization's 'Updating Trade Cooperation: An Economic View' event, in Geneva on the 11th of December 2018. Dr. Crowley gave her presentation on 'Updating Economic Cooperation: Rethinking exibility tools in light of modern evidence' and you can watch her remarks on the WTO website (starts at 2 hours 22 mins).
Published on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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U.S. Blocks Appointments of New Judges to World Trade Organization
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on the NPR Morning Edition programme about her research with Rob Howse on the Tuna-Dolphin II dispute, in relation to President Trump's attacks on the World Trade Organization.
Published on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Tags:North American Free Trade Agreement
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in two BBC News articles about President Donald Trump's North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico. "Donald Trump says new trade deal is 'most important ever'" and "US and Canada reach new trade deal to replace Nafta".
Published on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Tags:Counting the Costs of Brexit Uncertainty
The Financial Times (subscription required) have quoted the report authored by Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han in an article about the impact of Brexit on UK exports.
Published on: Monday 10th September 2018
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Brexit Uncertainty Damages Britain’s Exporters
Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han's paper "Renegotiation of Trade Agreements and Firm Exporting Decisions: Evidence from the Impact of Brexit on UK Exports" has been quoted in articles by both The Economist and The Telegraph.
Published on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Tariff Scares Can Reduce Export Activity
Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the NBC News article "Tariffs on sugar, shoes, mean higher costs for consumers". "Even the threat of a tariff - that is never followed through and imposed - can reduce export activity".
Published on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Injecting Chaos into Economic Policy Negotiations
Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today about the recent G7 meeting in Canada and President Trump's policy of injecting chaos into international economic policy negotiations. Starts at 15 minutes into programme.
Published on: Monday 11th June 2018
Tags:Dr. Crowley Discusses Research Findings on BBC World Service
Dr. Meredith Crowley discussed the findings of the paper "Markups and Markets: A New Empirical Framework and Evidence on Exporters from China" (joint with Giancarlo Corsetti, Lu Han and Huasheng Song) in an interview with Fergus Nicoll of BBC World Service Business Matters.
Published on: Monday 26th March 2018
Tags:Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Crowley Publish Brexit Article on Project Syndicate.Org
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti and Dr. Meredith Crowley have published an opinion editorial on the UK's post-Brexit trade strategy, "The UK's Multilateral Trade Future" on Project Syndicate.Org.
Published on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Tags:Trade & Brexit Mini-Conference
Cambridge-INET and Dr Meredith Crowley are hosting a Brexit Mini-Conference, in St John College, Cambridge, on the 29th September 2017.
Event Date: Friday 29th September 2017
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Dr. Crowley, Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Bartels (Law) win £300k ESRC grant.
Dr. Meredith Crowley, with co-investigators Prof. Corsetti and Dr. Bartels (Law), wins £300k ESRC grant to study the impact of trade policy and exchange rate shocks on trade volumes and prices in post-Brexit Britain.
Published on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
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Networks in Trade and Macroeconomics
The Cambridge-INET and the Centre for History and Economics will hold a 'Networks in Trade and Macroeconomics' event on June 13th-14th 2016, in Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Event Date: Monday 13th June 2016 - Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Macro/Trade Mini Conference
The Macro/Trade Mini Conference will be held on 31 May 2016, New Combination Room, Corpus Christi College. From 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Event Date: Tuesday 31st May 2016
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International Trade, Finance, and Macroeconomics Conference
Supported by: CEPR, The Bank of England, Centre For Macroeconomics and Cambridge-INET Institute.
Event Date: Thursday 18th December 2014 - Friday 19th December 2014
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