The Lipsey Lectures
The Lipsey Lecture series is
named in honour of the Department's founding professor,
Richard G. Lipsey.
Professor Lipsey
instilled at Essex a commitment to explore challenging issues in applied
economics, grounded in formal economic theory, the predictions of which
were to be subjected to rigorous testing, thereby illuminating important
policy debates. This approach remains central to economic research at
Essex and an inspiration for members of the Department of Economics.
In
recognition of Richard Lipsey's early vision, and in
continued pursuit of its mission of academic excellence, the Department
is pleased to organize the lecture series, with support
from Oxford University
Press, which publishes a monograph based on each set of lectures.
The Lipsey lecturers - chosen from among professional economists approaching the
height of their careers - will have recently made key contributions at the
frontier of any field of theoretical or applied economics. The emphasis is on
novelty, originality and relevance to an understanding of the modern world.
It is expected that each series will offer a forum for leading scholars to
reflect upon their research. Each volume in the resulting monograph series
should become a core source for graduate students and an inspiration for further
research.