"accounting and finance" blog posts
The UK Budget: A budget for working people? Perhaps, but too risky...
Professor Costas Milas and Dr Michel Ellington share their expert views on the latest UK Budget statement and the potential knock-on effect of tax increases on workers.
Posted on: 31 October 2024
New tools to measure real-time systemic risk and financial uncertainty
Based on a new model developed by Dr Michael Ellington that views links between businesses and sectors as a network, Dr Mattia Bevilacqua shows how we can detect industries with the greatest impact on the real economy.
Posted on: 12 September 2024
For the next prime minister to solve the UK’s productivity problem, they must attract more foreign investment – here’s how
Ahead of the next general election, Professor Costas Milas explains why addressing the UK's productivity problems must be at the top of the next government's agenda, and the steps to attract foreign investment.
Posted on: 18 June 2024
What Ben Bernanke’s review might change in the Bank of England’s forecasting models
Professor Costas Milas makes suggestions of what the Bernanke Review should include, ahead of the publication of Ben Bernanke's review of the Bank of England’s forecasting models.
Posted on: 4 April 2024
Lessons learnt from the experience of lasting zero interest rates and non-standard monetary policy measures
Read Bank of Greece Governor, Professor Yannis Stournaras, speech for his guest speaker talk at the University of Liverpool, about the lessons learnt from the experience of lasting zero interest rates and non-standard monetary policy measures, on 26 February 2024.
Posted on: 26 February 2024
Do geopolitical risks influence UK monetary policy?
In their search for factors influencing UK monetary policy, Costas Milas and Michael Ellington trace the impact of geopolitical risks and oil prices on CPI inflation, GDP growth and monetary policy over the last 65 years.
Posted on: 9 February 2024
Does High-Speed Rail really make any difference? The impact of high-speed trains on access to interfirm financing
In the context of the UK Government's controversial decision to scrap the Manchester leg of the HS2, new research co-authored by Dr Steven Chen presents timely evidence which highlights how high-speed rail (HSR) connections boost interfirm finance for local businesses.
Posted on: 23 October 2023
Predicting cybersecurity nightmares
Professor Chris Florackis’ research presents a new firm-level measure of cybersecurity risk for US publicly listed enterprises, and examines whether investors expect greater returns from firms that are more exposed to cyberthreats.
Posted on: 10 October 2023
Gender diversity reforms have helped UK company boards, but they are failing in other countries - new research explains why
Dr Jannine Poletti-Hughes explores the impact of independent female board directors on organisational performance, within the cultural context and family traditions of Latin America.
Posted on: 2 March 2023