Centre for Economic Policy Research
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a registered charity founded in 1983 by Richard Portes [1], FBA, CBE, is a network of over 700 researchers based mainly in universities throughout Europe, who collaborate through the centre in research and its dissemination. CEPR's office is located in London but CEPR is a Think-Net [2] drawing on academic research across Europe.
Mission
The Centre's mission is to promote research excellence and policy relevance in European economics.[3] The CEPR network consists of over 750 Research Fellows and Affiliates [4] based in over 237 different institutions in 28 countries (90% in the European Union). Because it draws on such a large network of researchers, CEPR is able to produce a wide range of research that reflects a broad spectrum of individual viewpoints and perspectives.
Notable members
All but one of the recipients of the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in economics [5] and all but one of the recipients of the Germán Bernácer Prize in economics [6] are CEPR members. The 2008 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Paul Krugman has been a CEPR Research Fellow since 1984. The 2009 winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, Emmanual Saez, is Co-Director of the Centre's Public Policy Programme.
Contributions to policy debates
CEPR is ranked among the leading European think tanks by James McGann.[7]
Discussion papers
The Centre disseminates its research in the first instance through the CEPR Discussion Paper Series, in which it publishes almost 700 papers annually. As of May 2009, the CEPR series is ranked fifth among all economics working paper series and journals in terms of total downloads, according to the RePEc database.[8]
VoxEU.org
VoxEU.org is an online information policy portal set up by CEPR in conjunction with a consortium of other European sites, including the Italian site LaVoce(which provided inspiration for the idea and help from the start), the French site Telos, the Spanish site Sociedad Abierta, and the German Ökonomenstimme. Vox aims to enrich the economic policy debate in Europe and beyond.
Vox aims to promote research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading scholars. The intended audience is economists in governments, international organisations, academia and the private sector as well as journalists specializing in economics, finance and business. The main editors are leading European economists and economic journalists including: Richard Baldwin, Tito Boeri, Juan Dolado, Romesh Vaitilingam, and Charles Wyplosz.
Felix Salmon discusses VoxEU and the difference between blogs and policy portals.[9], and Clive Crook in his blog discusses Vox's contribution to policy debates [10]
Notes
- ^ Richard Portes and Economics in the UK
- ^ Think-Net concept
- ^ Kirman, Alan & Dahl, Mogens, 1994. "Economic research in Europe," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(3-4), pages 505-522, April. [1]
- ^ Research Fellows and Affiliates
- ^ Yrjö Jahnsson Award in economics
- ^ Germán Bernácer Prize in economics
- ^ The Global “Go-To” Think Tanks: The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World, January 19, 2009, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program [2]
- ^ http://logec.repec.org/scripts/seriesstat.pl
- ^ Blogonomics: When Blogs and Links are Second-Class, FelixSalmon.Com, October 2008 [3]
- ^ All praise Vox, July 24, 2008