Economics Observatory
The Economics Observatory (ECO) is a project funded by the ESRC that bridges the gap between academic research, government policy and the general public.
The goal of the ECO is to provide balanced and reliable answers to the economic questions that Covid-19 and its aftermath will bring. The mission is to make these answers as accessible and engaging as possible. The ECO team is drawn from across the countries and regions of the UK, with a hub in Bristol.
By publishing daily articles, videos and charts, the ECO can help the public, students and policymakers better understand the pandemic and the numerous challenges that will follow.
QBS Academics with ECO roles
Articles written by academics and PhD students in the School:
- Brexit
- Cryptocurrency and the future of money
- Are Bitcoin and other digital currencies the future of money?
- Author: William Quinn
- Money: back to the future
- Author: John Turner
- What are the lessons from history for digital currency?
- Author: John Turner
- Why are cryptocurrencies crashing?
- Author: William Quinn
- Why has the price of Bitcoin risen/fallen in the past day/week/month?
- Author: William Quinn
- Are Bitcoin and other digital currencies the future of money?
- Ethics and sustainability
- Finance and macroeconomics
- Why have insurance premiums gone up so much?
- Author: Mark Farrell
- How is Covid-19 affecting financial cooperatives?
- Authors: Declan French and Donal McKillop
- How is coronavirus affecting the insurance industry?
- Author: Mark Farrell
- Insurtech: what is it and what does it mean for insurance?
- Author: Mark Farrell
- How important is the City to the UK economy?
- Author: John Turner
- Banking crises: who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and why?
- Author: John Turner
- The birth of inflation targeting: why did the ERM crisis happen?
- Author: John Turner
- How does inflation affect asset prices?
- Author: Clive Walker
- Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail?
- Author: John Turner
- Why have insurance premiums gone up so much?
- Northern Irish economy
- The Good Friday Agreement at 25: has there been a peace dividend?
- Authors: John Turner, David Jordan, Graham Brownlow
- What has been the impact of Covid-19 on Northern Ireland’s economy?
- Author: Graham Brownlow
- How will Covid-19 affect Northern Ireland’s economy?
- Author: Graham Brownlow
- What effect did Northern Ireland’s spend local scheme have on the economy?
- Author: John Turner
- Northern Ireland’s election
- Author: John Turner
- How might Scottish independence affect Northern Ireland’s economy?
- Author: Graham Brownlow
- Can investment in skills improve Northern Ireland’s productivity performance?
- Author: David Jordan
- The Good Friday Agreement at 25: has there been a peace dividend?
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Lessons from history
- Financing UK rail infrastructure: how does today compare with the past?
- Authors: Padraig McKee and Chris Colvin
- What can we learn from historical recessions and depressions?
- Author: John Turner
- Does the Spanish flu offer lessons in how to tackle a pandemic?
- Author: Chris Colvin
- Are we about to experience another Roaring Twenties?
- Author: John Turner
- How did the UK economy change during the second Elizabethan age?
- Author: John Turner
- Platinum Jubilee: how has the UK economy changed over the past 70 years?
- Author: John Turner
- Financing UK rail infrastructure: how does today compare with the past?
- Ukraine and Russia
- Northern Ireland at 100
- Northern Ireland at 100
- Author: John Turner
- The great Irish Famine: what are the lessons for policy-makers today?
- Authors: Áine Doran, Chris Colvin, Alan Fernihough
- What is the economic legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles?
- Author: Graham Brownlow
- Ireland’s economy since independence: what lessons from the past 100 years?
- Authors: Alan de Bromhead and Robin Adams
- What explains Northern Ireland’s long-standing problem of low productivity?
- Author: David Jordan
- Northern Ireland at 100
- Stock markets
- Are we in the middle of a tech bubble?
- Authors: William Quinn and John Turner
- GameStop: what is going on with prices in the US stock market?
- Authors: William Quinn and John Turner
- Why has the stock market bounced back when the economy seems so bad?
- Authors: William Quinn and John Turner
- How has the news of a vaccine affected world stock markets?
- Authors: Gareth Campbell and John Turner
- Does the stock market reflect the economy?
- Author: Gareth Campbell
- What explains stock market reactions to the pandemic?
- Authors: Gareth Campbell and John Turner
- Should companies be allowed to buy back their own shares?
- Authors: Philip Fliers and Sweta Pramanick
- Are we in the middle of a tech bubble?
- Cost of living crisis
- Levies on energy profits: can they solve the UK’s cost of living crisis?
- Author: Karl Matikonis
- Levies on energy profits: can they solve the UK’s cost of living crisis?
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