Academic articles can sometimes be tricky to understand as a student. In this section, you will find short videos and posts which relate to relevant economics literature explaining complex concepts in an accessible way.

Acuff, S. F., Soltis, K. E., and Murphy, J. G. (2020) “Using demand curves to quantify the reinforcing value of social and solitary drinking”, Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 44(7): 1497-1507 – reel

Akerlof, G. (1970). “The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84(3): 488-500. – post

Baczyk, M., Laban, J., and Potts, J. (2018). “Choosing Cities: A Behavioural Economics Approach”, Annals of Regional Science – An International Journal of Urban, Regional, and Environmental Research and Policy. Special Issue: Spatial Aspects of Entrepreneurship and Innovation – reel

Bank of England (2025). “Monetary Policy Report – February 2025”, Access report here – reel 

Berlin, P.R., and Corsetti, G. (2023). “The Macroeconomic Stabilization of Tariff Shocks: What is the Optimal Monetary Response?”, Journal of International Economics, 143 – reel

Britto, J., Van der Erve, L., Belfied, C., Vignoles, A., Dickson, M., Zhu, Y., Walker, I., Dearden, L., Sibieta, L., and Buscha, F. (2022). “How Much Does Degree Choice Matter?”, Labour Economics, 79. post(1) post(2)

Campbell, S., Macmillan, L., Murphy, R., and Wyness, G. (2021). “Matching in the dark? Inequalities in student to degree match,” Journal of Labor Economics, 40(4) post(1) post(2)

Costa Dias, M., Hengel, E., jones, M., and Neves, H. (2023). “Report on the Status of Women in Academic Economics within the UK”, Royal Economic Society. URL: women-in-academic-economics-report-2024-v5.pdf – post

Emerson, J., and Hill, B. (2018). “”Peer Effects in Marathon Racing: The Role of Pace setters”, Labour Economics, 52: 74-82 – post

Goldin, C., Kerr, A. P., and Olivetti, C. (2022). “When the Kids Grow up: Women’s Employment and Earnings Across the Family Cycle”, NBER Working Paper Series, Working Paper 30323 – reel

Guan, H., Palma, N., and Wu, M., (2024). “The Rise and Fall of Paper Money in Yuan China, 1260-1368”, Economic History Review, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ehr.13305 – post

Hamermesh, D. S., and Biddle, J. (1994). “Beauty and the Labour Market”, American Economic Review, 84(5): 1174-1194 – post

Heywood, J., Izquierdo Sanchez, S. and Navarro Paniagua, M. (2024). “The Hollywood gender gap: the role of action films”, Journal of Cultural Economics, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-024-09514-0 – reel

Kozlovskaya, M. (2016). “Can’t buy me love-the economics of gift giving”, The Conversation – post

Roslow, S., Li, T. and Nicholls, J.A. F. (2000). “Impact of situational variables and demographic attributes in two seasons on purchase behavior”. European Journal of Marketing 34 (9/10), 1167–1180 –  post

Tayler, W. (2023). “How the Bank of England interest rate’s hikes are filtering through to your finances”, The Conversation – reel

Xi, X.; Yang, J.; Jiao, K.; Wang, S.; and Lu, T. (2002). “We buy what we wanna be: Understanding the effect of brand identity driven by consumer perceived value in the luxury sector”, Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 102275  reel