Seminars
I organise the seminar series in the department. Here are the upcoming speakers. For this term. I’ll post links to the papers as they become available.
Spring 2008, Wednesdays 2pm-3pm, CGO-55.
All seminars take place in CG-055, Wednesdays 2-3pm. All are welcome.
Jan 30, Dr. Pat Massey, COMPECON, The Role of Economics in Competition Policy
Feb 6, Prof. Amrita Ray Chaudhuri, Department of Economics, Tilburg & TILEC, “Environemntal Policy and Coalitions in Polluting Oligopolies”
Feb 13, Dr. Charlie Hickson, Department of Economics, Queens University, Belfast, “Pre and Post Famine Irish Stock Market Index”
Feb 20, Dr. Lisa Farrell, School of Economics and Geary Institute, University College Dublin, “A pack a day for twenty years: Smoking and cigarette pack sizes”.
March 5, Ronan Lyons, Daft.ie, “The dishwasher & Foxrock effects: Modelling Ireland’s property market”
March 19, Prof. Denis Conniffe, Department of Economics, NUI, Maynooth, “Choice of intertemporal utility functions and the CCAPM premium puzzles”
March 26, Michael King, IIIS, TCD, “African Development: Policy Challenges for Ireland”
April 9th, Prof. Luigi Mittone, CEEL, University of Trento, “Experimental Economics: Theory and Practice”
April 30, Prof. Arthur Schram, University of Amsterdam, “Experimental Economics: An Introduction”
Autumn 2007
Links to papers will be posted closer to the seminar date.
26 September, Prof. Stephen Roper, Aston University, “Innovation, Ownership and Profitability ”
5 October, Prof. Deirdre McCloskey, U. Illinois at Chicago, “The Cult of Statistical Significance”
24 October Dr. Alan Ahearne, NUI, Galway, “Internal and External Current Account Balances in the Euro Area.”
14 November Dr. Liam Delaney, UCD & ESRI, “Neuroeconomics and decision making in different life domains”
21 November Prof. Miriam Wiley & Dr. Jacqueline O’ Reilly, ESRI, “The Public/Private Mix in Irish Acute Public Hospitals: Trends and Implications“
28 November Dr. Arnold Polanski, Queens University Belfast, “Mediated Auctions”"
Spring 2007
16th February 12h00-13h00
Ronan Lyons, Forfas
National Competitiveness & Export-Led Growth: Why Policymakers Should Still Care’
23rd February 12h00-13h00
Brendan Kenelly & Eoghan Garvey, Department of Economics, NUI, Galway
‘The Socio-Economic Determinants of Suicide in the OECD’
2nd March 12h00-13h00
Fergal O’Brien, Department of Accounting and Finance, UL
‘Index Options: Forward Looking Systematic Moments’
9th March 12h00-13h00
Vanni Borooah, Department of Economics, University of Ulster
‘Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry Is There In Western Countries?
16th March 12h00-13h00
Dermot McCarthy and Donal Palcic, Department of Economics, University of Limerick
‘Employee Share Ownership Plans and Privatisation in Ireland’
23rd March 12h00-13h00
Todd Watkins, Lehigh University, USA
‘Absorptive Capacity and R&D Tax Policy: Are In-house and External Contract R&D Substitutes or Complements?’
30th March 12h00-13h00
Charles Larkin, Trinity College, Dublin
‘Ius Naturale, Ius Gentium and the IMF Quota-Voting System’
13th April 12h00-13h00
John Hill, Department of Economics, University of Limerick
‘Evaluating the Income and Employment Effects of Labour Market Programmes in Ireland’
20th April 12h00-13h00
Ajit Singh, Queens College, Cambridge
‘Globalisation, Industrial Revolutions in China and Labour Markets in Advanced Countries: Implications for National and International Economic Policy.’
27th April 12h00-13h00
Aidan Kane, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway
‘Public Revenue and Expenditure for Ireland, 1922-64’
4rth May 12h00-13h00
Eoin Reeves, Department of Economics, UL
‘The Practice of Contracting in Public Private Partnerships: Transaction Costs and Relational Contracting in the Irish Schools Sector’
