Spring 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf Podcast
1) Understanding the Equity Premium Puzzle
Contributor(s): Professor George Constantinides | Professor Constantanides is one of the most prominent and creative research scholars in the field of financial economics, in particular of theories of...Show More
2) Contracts Reference Points and the Theory of the Firm
Contributor(s): Professor Oliver Hart | This lecture launches two new annual lecture series, the Coase Lecture and the Phillips Lecture. These names reflect the authorship of the two most famous artic...Show More
3) Which way China? Will the world's most populous country embrace sustainable development? Is Dongtan City - Shanghai's new eco-city - the model for saving our cities and sustainable urban development?
Contributor(s): Prof. Herbie Girardet, Isabel Hilton | Dongtan Eco-City, has been widely publicised and is regarded as a flagship model for sustainable urban development. But as China continues to urb...Show More
4) From Kabila to Kabila: what else is new?
Contributor(s): Professor Rene Lemarchand | Professor Lemarchand will consider the prospects for peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the wake of the country's recent elections. ...Show More
5) Psychology as Social Science
Contributor(s): Professor Nikolas Rose | This talk considers what it means to approach psychology as a 'social' science in a specific sense - that is to say it sketches out an approach to the analysis...Show More
6) The Kosovo Precedent? Secession and Frozen Conflicts
Contributor(s): Dr Florian Bieber, Professor Bruno Coppieters | This roundtable discussion will explore the concept of secession by placing the experience of Kosovo in a comparative context. Copyright...Show More