Nottingham Centre for Research on
Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP)
Nottingham Centre for Research on  Globalisation and Economic Policy

Welcome to GEP

The Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) is the major centre in Europe studying the impact of globalisation and economic policy and one of the biggest of its kind in the world.

Established in 2001, GEP has a well-founded reputation in the study of international trade, foreign direct investment, immigration and the political economy of globalisation and were pioneers in the application of micro data to these questions. Its research continues to be published in the top field and general interest journals, including over 25 papers in the Journal of International Economics alone.

The centre has an impressive international reputation; its academics have advised the Treasury, the World Bank, OECD and WTO. It also maintains a well-earned reputation as a key producer of future talent; former staff, research fellows and PhD students have gone on to senior positions in academia and policy making around the world.

Upcoming events

GEP Seminar: Laura Alfaro (Harvard)

Date
10 December 2024 (15:00-16:15)
Location:
Zoom
Description
Industrial and trade policy in supply chains: The case of rare earth elements

GEP Seminar: Banu Demir Pakel (University of Oxford)

Date
18 February 2025 (15:00-16:15)

GEP Seminar: Joep Konings (Nazarbayev University)

Date
25 February 2025 (15:00-16:15)
Location:
Zoom

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Discussion papers

GEP 2024/06: Trading places: How trade policy is reshaping multinational firms' location

Description
Alejandro Graziano, Monika Sztajerowska and Christian Volpe Martincus

GEP 2024/05: Tax incentives and return migration

Description
Jacopo Bassetto and Giuseppe Ippedico

GEP 2024/04: Do capital incentives distort technology diffusion? Evidence on cloud, big data and AI

Description
Timothy DeStefano, Nick Johnstone, Richard Kneller and Jonathan Timmis

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Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy

Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Enquiries: hilary.hughes@nottingham.ac.uk