Press & events
European Parliament Roundtable
The proceedings from a European University Institute – European Parliament roundtable on the ‘Role of the European Parliament in promoting the use of independent expertise in the legislative process’ have now been published. Siôn Jones, Partner at LE, spoke at the roundtable in sessions on ‘Building the Digital Single Market – identifying most efficient policy […]
South Korean Financial Supervisory Service
Dr Charlotte Duke, Partner at LE, expert speaker at the South Korean Financial Supervisory Service, Seoul, November 29th 2018. Charlotte will speak about advances in consumer protection using behavioural economics. http://english.fss.or.kr/fss/eng/p/news/nae_list.jsp?bbsid=1289275383004
Insurance Fraud Forum 2018
Dr Charlotte Duke, Partner at LE, invited speaker at the Insurance Fraud Forum 2018 in London. Charlotte discussed how behavioural economics and nudges can be used to reduce insurance casual fraud and errors in applications and claims. http://www.postevents.co.uk/fraud
The Economic Impact of Group of Eight Universities (Australia)
London Economics presented their report on the economic impact of Group of Eight universities (Australia). The total economic impact associated with Group of Eight universities’ activities across Australia in 2016 was estimated to be $66.43 billion. The full report is available here. The study has received media coverage, for example: Times Higher Education Sydney Morning Herald The […]
London Economics at the ICO’s Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2018
The ICO’s Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2018 took place on Monday 9 April at the Manchester Central Conference Centre. Moritz Godel presented LE research carried out last year for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the benefits of personal data rights under the GDPR. The work on produced two important insights: the existence, rather than the exercise, […]
The Business Benefits of Improved Trust Via the GDPR – UK Insurer GDPR and PCI Working Group, 29 November 2017
How does GDPR interact with other dimensions of trust to enable consumer participation in the digital economy? LE presented new insights on consumer valuation of GDPR rights and discussed the implications for the UK insurance industry in a meeting of the UK Insurer GDPR and PCI Working Group in London on 29 November 2017. Download […]
AmCham EU – The Action Scorecard
AmCham EU’s launches the 2016 Agenda for Action Scorecard at high-level policy discussion “Europe at a crossroads: Where do we go from here?” held on 9th November 2016. The Action Scorecard prepared by London Economics measures the progress the EU is making against AmCham EU’s action areas for growth, as well as offering an outlook […]
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
London Economics’ Charlotte Duke, Moritz Godel and Laura on a tour of the State Control Centre at Emergency Management Victoria. London Economics have recently been commissioned to undertake a study of the economic value of services provided by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology to support a Function and Efficiency Review.
The Impact of Literacy, Numeracy and Computer Skills on Earnings and Employment Outcomes – March 2016
Marguerita Lane, Senior Economic Consultant asks ‘Why do we bother with skills?’ in the latest CVER blogpost, based upon our OECD Education working paper. The blogpost and the report can be found below. Blog: http://cver-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/why-do-we-bother-with-skills.html Working paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm2cv4t4gzs-en
Met Office, General Review – Press Release
MET Office publishes economic study by London Economics on the value to the UK of MET office services. Press Release MET Office General Review