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Cambridge alumnus awarded Nobel economics prize | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-alumnus-awarded-nobel-economics-prize12 Oct 2015: By emphasizing the links between individual consumption decisions and outcomes for the whole economy, his work has helped transform modern microeconomics, macroeconomics and development economics.”. ... Professor Sanjeev Goyal, Chair of the Faculty of -
Digital bargain hunters: optimal online searching | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/digital-bargain-hunters-optimal-online-searching6 May 2015: In academic terms, search is a form of sequential decision making for which there is an optimal stopping point. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 06 May 2015. -
If poor people don't vote, will their children be poor as well |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/discussion/if-poor-people-dont-vote-will-their-children-be-poor-as-well8 Sep 2015: Recent research suggests that higher public spending on education for very young children and more progressive taxation can help foster social mobility, thereby making parental earnings less important for a ... When more children from poor households -
London Tube strike produced net economic benefit | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/london-tube-strike-produced-net-economic-benefit14 Sep 2015: one,” said co-author Dr Ferninand Rauch from Oxford’s Department of Economics. ... In economics, this is known as the Porter hypothesis. “For the small fraction of commuters who found a better route, when multiplied over a longer period of time, -
New centre for biodiversity conservation named after Sir David…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-centre-for-biodiversity-conservation-named-after-sir-david-attenborough21 Apr 2015: The Museum’s collections include many significant specimens that have been instrumental in furthering scientific knowledge, such as Darwin’s finches, as well as a number of examples of extinct organisms ... For image use please see separate credits -
Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/capital-structure-used-to-gauge-firms-foundations9 Feb 2015: It promises to provide financial decision-makers with a model for enhancing company value, while also offering potential investors a litmus-test from which they can make sounder judgements about a ... By making this presumption, economists can account -
If you go down to the woods today… | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today10 Feb 2015: The mathematical tools have similarities to technology they are also developing for tumours. ... Airborne remote sensors for conservation, by contrast, gather data on which trees are in the forest, where they are and how healthy. -
Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cooperative-communities-emerge-in-transparent-social-networks9 Mar 2015: On its own, common knowledge of social connections had little impact on overall levels of cooperation. ... They investigated four treatments that varied the amount of knowledge subjects have about the network and previous actions of others. -
Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/using-experts-inexpertly-leads-to-policy-failure-warn-researchers14 Oct 2015: A seemingly straightforward question, ‘How many diseased animals are there in the area?’ for example, could be interpreted very differently by different people. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 14 Oct 2015. -
Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/elephants-and-humans-a-love-affair-over-1300-years1 Jul 2015: However, knowledge about its dietary needs was sadly lacking. It was fed meat and beer – and survived for just two years. ... For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 01 Jul 2015. -
How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-yaks-and-humans-have-lived-in-partnership-for-centuries18 Nov 2015: They are a much prized and beloved livestock, and yak-rearing knowledge is something people are proud of. ... Yak herders know their environment intimately, and this knowledge is culturally encoded, as seminal studies by Bhutanese scholars, such as Dasho
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