Tag: Microeconomics
LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition · Editorial Library
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LSESU Economics Challenge 2027: A 16-Week Plan for the 9 January Paper, for Students Coming from the Essay
A separate competition from the Essay: 50 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes on 9 January 2027, with registration by 27 December. What carries over, and a 16-week plan. Read article →
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The Sen Club at LSE: three Nobel laureates the Society has hosted
The Society flagship Sen Club seminar series has hosted Amartya Sen, Eric Maskin, and Oliver Hart. Each is connected to the analytical traditions that shape what the Essay Competition rubric rewards. Read article →
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Question 1 deep-dive: Pissarides on workers, monitoring, and the home office
The 2026 Question 1 is set by Sir Christopher Pissarides, 2010 Nobel laureate. It looks like a remote-work preference question — but the rubric rewards the candidate who frames it as a principal-agent problem. Read article →