Volume 5 • Issue 1 • October 2026

Introductions & Foreword

Foreword

Miss Kavya Krishnan

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A Note from the Incoming Director

A Note from the Incoming Director

Mr Aaditya Vikrant Rana

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UCL Research Papers

A Structural Theory of the Willingness-to-Pay Gap: Valuation and Behaviour in Climate Mitigation

A Structural Theory of the Willingness-to-Pay Gap: Valuation and Behaviour in Climate Mitigation

Mr Haochen Ni

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Will China Avoid Japanification? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Total Factor Productivity Growth Determinants at the National and Provincial Level

Will China Avoid Japanification? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Total Factor Productivity Growth Determinants at the National and Provincial Level

Mr Javier Torre de Silva

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Neural Evidence and Behavioural Welfare Economics: When Can Neuroeconomics Inform Policy?

Neural Evidence and Behavioural Welfare Economics: When Can Neuroeconomics Inform Policy?

Mr Louis Yiven Zhu

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Explore Econ Research Papers

Control Over Resources and Women's Political Empowerment: Evidence from Brazil

Control Over Resources and Women's Political Empowerment: Evidence from Brazil

Charyl Kong

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Non-UCL Research Papers

“Factories or Flux? Deciphering the Partisan Signature of FDI in Ghana’s Fourth Republic.”

“Factories or Flux? Deciphering the Partisan Signature of FDI in Ghana’s Fourth Republic.”

Payton Ross Garcia

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Asteroid Mining and Capital Markets: A Long-Term Analysis of Economic Viability and Commodity Market Implications

Asteroid Mining and Capital Markets: A Long-Term Analysis of Economic Viability and Commodity Market Implications

Mr Salman Maqubool Ansari

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