Dr Eugene Michaels

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Dr Eugene Michaels is Senior Lecturer in Economics and Programme Leader at the University of Derby. His work focuses on behavioural economics and its application to policy-making. He has co-authored with Melanie Powell Behavioural economics: Using ‘nudges’ for promoting pro-environmental behaviours in the workplace (2016) and was co-author for Politeia of Banking on Recovery: Towards an accountable, stable financial sector (2016).

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Economy - Recent Publications

‘Banking on Recovery: Towards an Accountable, Stable Financial Sector’, by Lord McFall, S. Kamall, G. Lyons, R. Roberts, F. Capie, G. Wood, K. Matthews, D. B. Smith, M. Powell, E. Michaels and S. Lawlor

By Dr Eugene Michaels
April 2, 2016

The financial crisis of 2007/8 and its causes still loom large in the debate about Britain’s economy and its recovery. While politicians and economists agree on some...

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