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Two great speakers taking the floor at UCD Economics this week! 🎓✨
We’re hosting Rimjhim Saxena (GSEM, Univ. of Geneva) and Hans Degryse (KU Leuven).
We can’t wait for the research insights! 👋☕
#ResearchLife #Economics @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
Tomorrow we’re hosting @mylene_lagarde (LSE), who will be sharing her experimental research from South Africa. 💹
We look forward to a great presentation and discussion!
#UCDEconomics #HealthEcon #DevelopmentEconomics @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
Join us for the 2026 Walsh-Neary Lecture honouring Professors Peter Neary and Brendan Walsh! 🎓📊
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Guido Tabellini (Università Bocconi) as our guest speaker.
Please register here: eventbrite.com/e/walsh-neary…
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Up next in our UCD Economics seminar series! 📈✨
We’re delighted to host Prof. Gregory Clark (University of Southern Denmark) this week.
Looking forward to a great presentation and lively discussion! ☕🧠
@ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
How does economics explain the wild world of sports betting? ⚽️📊
Join us for a public lecture by @EconomicsUCD own Prof. Karl Whelan, featuring insights from his new book Fine Margins: How Economics Explains Sports Betting!
📘Book info: karlwhelan.com/sportsbetting…
Does FDI still deliver on its promise of positive spillovers? Yes; but with great heterogeneity in innovation spillovers across manufacturing and service sector firms.
A new paper by Holger Görg and Biniyam Gezahegn Worku.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
A great lineup of seminar speakers at the UCD School of Economics this week!
We’re delighted to welcome two brilliant visiting researchers— Subhrendu Pattanayak (Duke University) and Christopher Bollingerger (University of Kentucky)
@ucdsocscilaw @ucddublin
Why classic portfolio theory is surprisingly hard to beat.
By dropping restrictive assumptions on market returns, new research validates foundational finance theory—proving that simple, sharpe-maximizing portfolios remain near-optimal for real-world investors.
A new working paper by Karl Whelan
ucd.ie/economics/t4media/WP2…
#Economics #Finance #PortfolioTheory #Investing #Research @ucdsocscilaw @ucddublin
We are excited to kick start the UCD Econ seminar series of the Fall term with two brilliant speakers this week: @CarstenEckel (LMU Munich) and Sarah McNamara (ZEW Mannheim -> LISER). @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw ucd.ie/economics/research/re…
To fix a life-saving organ shortage, you don't need a massive cultural shift—just a clear conversation with a doctor and a survivor. 🫀 📘
A new paper evaluates a simple educational intervention in Tunisia that significantly boosted organ donor registrations.
A new working paper by @ChristinaSaraha and Maleke Fourati:
🔗 ucd.ie/economics/t4media/WP2…
#EconTwitter #HealthEcon #PublicHealth #OrganDonation #BehavioralEcon #DevelopmentEconomics #ResearchImpact @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
📊 Tell me what you want to hear—unless you’re new here.
New research by ChristinaHauser finds that female interviewers elicit more progressive views on gender norms among Italian natives and second-generation immigrants, but not first-generation immigrants.
#Migration #Gender
Yesterday our colleague Professor Aisling Reynolds-Feighan presented an oral briefing to the European Parliament Transport Committee in Brussels on the impacts of jet fuel price volatility. A summary is available here europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e…
