Volterra have researched and produced a large array of reports and publications across a diverse selection of sectors, from business viability to social policy effectiveness. A selection of recent publications are sampled below, follow the links to read the reports in full. Other publications from our fourteen year history can be found listed in our Publication Archive. Alternatively why not search our site for what you’re looking for using the engine above.

2012

Back to the Drawing Board with Macroeconomics, Paul Ormerod and Dirk Helbing, as published in What is the Use of Economics, ed. Diane Coyle (September 2012)

Economics – Purposes and Directions Post‐Crisis, Bridget Rosewell, as published in What is the Use of Economics, ed. Diane Coyle (September 2012)

Complexity and Agent Based Models in the Policy Process, Bridget Rosewell and Paul Ormerod (September 2012)

Do the attributes of products matter for success in social network markets?, Paul Ormerod with Bassel Tarbush and R. Alexander Bentley (September 2012)

LSE Growth Commission: Infrastructure and Energy, Bridget Rosewell (June 2012)

The Networked Economy, Paul Ormerod (February 2012)

The Folly of Wellbeing, Paul Ormerod, a chapter in …and the Pursuit of Happiness published by the IEA (January 2012)

2011

Core Cities Report: Understanding the transport Infrastructure Requirements

A New Airport for London – Part Two  (November 2011)

The Wider Economic Benefits of VNEB Regeneration ‐ Interim Report (October 2011)

Risk, regulation and behavioural modelling of water company performance (October 2011)

Risk Regulation and Behavioural Modelling (October 2011)

Westfield Report

British Council for Offices Report

Safety and Solvency: The Case for a new approach to patient safety (September 2011)

The Medical Arms Race: A New Global Perspective (January 2011)

Previous Years

2020 Welfare: Life, Work Locally (November 2010)

The Fiscal Landscape: Understanding Contributions and Benefits (November 2010)

The Importance of Social Networks in Explaining Childhood Obesity (2010)

N Squared: Public Policy and the Power of Networks (November 2010)

From ‘More and Better Capital’ to Structural Reform (March 2010)

Peering Through the Blizzard (January 2010)

Have Economists Gone Mad (June 2009)

Were People Imitating Others or Exercising Rational Choice in Online Searches for ‘Swine Flu’ (June 2009)

Patterns of Recession and Recovery (May 2009)

Innovation, Trade and Connectivity – Manchester Independent Economic Review (April 2009)

Treasury Select Committee – Bank of England Inflation Report (February 2009)

Economic Impact of High Speed One (January 2009)

Binge Drinking in the UK – A Social Network Phenomenon (July 2008)

Real World Happiness (April 2008)

Resilliance after Local Economic Shocks (April 2008)

Working Paper 30 – London’s Housing Submarkets (March 2008)

Modelling Transport and Economy in London (December 2007)

The Economic Benefits of Crossrail (October 2007)

Innovation, Diffusion and Agglomeration (June 2007)

Crossrail – Costs of Delay (February 2007)

Transport and Economy Model (February 2007)

Working Paper 17 – Why Distance Doesn’t Die (June 2006)

Reviewing Futureskills Scotland’s Forward Looking Approach (December 2005)

Industrial Structure and Economic Success at the Local Level (November 2005)

More Residents, More Jobs? (January 2005)

Emissions Trading – The Evolution of a Market for Pollution Permits (November 1999)

Taxes and Trading – The Best Way to Reach Environmental Emissions Targets (1999)

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