Dr Sophocles Mavroeidis awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Economics
Posted on 21 Oct 2011 around 11am
Our congratulations to Sophocles Mavroeidis who has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize for his contributions to econometrics and empirical macroeconomics. Sophocles works on developing and applying methods for testing macroeconomic theories using available economic data.
Sophocles’ work has focused on the problem of identification: the extent to which data is sufficiently informative to distinguish between alternative explanations of economic phenomena, or to identify the effects of different policies. His research has shown that problems of identification are pervasive in macroeconomics and has developed tools to address those problems. Most promising of these is a method that exploits changes in the way the economy works to identify stable economic relationships.
Philip Leverhulme Prizes are designed to recognise and facilitate the work of outstanding young research scholars or practitioners of proven achievement, who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge in their discipline. Up to 30 prizes were awarded in 2011 in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Economics; Engineering; Geography; Modern European Languages and Literature; and Performing and Visual Arts.