Microeconomics
About us
The Microeconomics Research Cluster focuses on the behaviour of individuals and on institutions allocating scarce resources. Microeconomists at the Adam Smith Business School studies market failures arising from asymmetric information, default and miscoordination of expectations, as well as non traditional markets like electronic commerce, or markets without money, such as reputation systems on the internet and the assignment of students to schools. They examine the normative foundations of decision making under uncertainty and behavioural biases together with related empirical paradoxes. They apply this methodology to the empirical analysis of oligopolistic markets, of behavioural poverty traps, disease prevalence, crime, copyright, and more.
Leadership and members
Economics lunchtime seminar series
The Economics Lunchtime Seminar Series enables academic staff and doctoral researchers to share their work with colleagues.
Abstracts and biographies for upcoming seminars can be found on our Research Seminars webpage. For further information about the series, please contact the ASBS Research Team.
4 October 2023
Dr Dennie van Dolder, University of Essex
25 October 2023
1 November 2023
8 November 2023
13 March 2024
Dr Lukasz Wozny, Warsaw School of Economics
20 March 2024
Dr Gabriela Stockler, NYU Abu Dhabi and Universitat Pompeu Fabra
We foster a positive and productive environment for seminars through our Code of conduct.
Microtheory Seminar Series
The Microtheorists of the Adam Smith Business School welcome distinguished speakers from institutions worldwide to present their latest research.
On our page, you will find abstracts and biographies for upcoming seminars.
For further information and to register for individual seminars, please contact the Research Team.
2023-2024
12 September 2023
Dr Ludvig Sinander, University of Oxford
19 September 2023
Dr Jung You, California State University
26 September 2023
Dr Thomas Norman, University of Oxford
03 October 2023
Professor Makoto Yano, RIETI / Kyoto University
10 October 2023
Professor Yuan Ju, University of York
17 October 2023
Professor Roberto Serrano, Brown University
24 October 2023
Dr Artyom Jelnov, Ariel University
31 October 2023
Professor Alexander Martos, University of South Carolina
07 November 2023
Dr Tatiana Mayskaya, Higher School of Economics
14 November 2023
Professor Simone Cerreira-Vioglio, Bocconi University
21 November 2023
Professor Robert Simon, London School of Economics
28 November 2023
Dr Ina Taneva, University of Edinburgh
05 December 2023
Professor Carmine Ventre, King's College London
12 December 2023
Dr Tatiana Kornienko, King's College London
19 December 2023
Dr Jorgen Krazt, University of York
20 February 2024
Professor Ehud Lehrer, University of Durham
27 February 2024
Professor Shigehiro Serizawa and Mr Yuya Wakbayashi, Osaka University
05 March 2024
Professor Spyros Galanis, University of Durham
19 March 2024
Professor Bernhard von Stengel, London School of Economics
26 March 2024
Dr Duarte Gonçalvez, University College London
16 April 2024
Professor Dorothea Kübler, WZB Berlin
23 April 2024
Professor Marciano Siniscalchi, Northwestern University
30 April 2024
Professor Pierpaolo Battigalli, Bocconi University
07 May 2024
Professor Miguel Ballester, University of Oxford
14 May 2024
Professor Daron Acemoglu, MIT
21 May 2024
Dr Khushboo Surana, University of York
28 May 2024
Dr Arina Mikandrova, University of London
4 June 2024
Professor Michele Lombardi, University of Liverpool
11 June 2024
Professor Juuso Välimäki, Aalto University
We foster a positive and productive environment for seminars through our Code of conduct.
Impact and engagement
Learn about our projects and activities
NHS fraud recovery
Professor Sayantan Ghosal and Dr Theodore Koutmeridis have worked with NHS Scotland to increase cash recoveries and save public money. Incorrectly claimed payment exemptions for dental and ophthalmic treatments previously cost NHS Scotland approximately £10 million per year. Using theoretical and empirical-based research, Professor Ghosal and Dr Koutmeridis collaborated with NHS Scotland on an initiative that increased cash recoveries by £580,000 during the pilot phase and ultimately changed the NHS’s practice and culture.
Related links
Disadvantage and participation accountability processes in India
Using theory and evidence from school development and management committees in Karnataka, India, Professor Sayantan Ghosal and Dr Theodore Koutmeridis have developed a conceptual framework to examine how poverty, marginalisation and exclusion impact on the beliefs and agency of parents, and to assess the impact of a pro-poor accountability framework. The project will lead to the development of training programmes tailored to encourage participation by disadvantaged groups in social accountability processes. Professor Michele Schweisfurth (Education), Dr Patricio Dalton (Tilburg School of Economics), and Dr Sanchari Roy (King’s College London) are co-investigators on this interdisciplinary ESRC-funded research project.