News Archive: Academic Year 2012 - 2013

Two students of the MSc in Economics, Anuj Pratap Singh and Yijie Huang, have been presented with Government of Ireland International Scholarships by the Minister of Education and Science, Ruairi Quinn.

The Department of Economics would like to congratulate Assistant Professor Tara Mitchell who recently won the Denis Conniffe award for best paper presented by a young economist at the Irish Economics Association Annual Conference. The title of the paper was 'Middlemen, Bargaining and Price Information: Is Knowledge Power?'

A lecture on British and Irish relations in a changing EU was given by the former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, Trinity College, Professor Emeritus, Antoin Murphy, and Director of the Centre for European Reform, Charles Grant at the Embassy of Ireland in London on Thursday, May 2nd.

The Department of Economics, in association with the Electricity Research Centre, was delighted to welcome David Newbery (Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cambridge University) to give a seminar on April 26th 2013.

Trinity College Dublin was among the 10 finalists in the internationally respected Econometric Game 2013, hosted April 9-11 by the University of Amsterdam. The team was composed of five postgraduate Economics students: Sara Mitchell (PhD), Benedetta Bianchi (PhD), Lionel Cottier (MSc), Nick Fitzpatrick (MSc), and Jason Somerville (MSc).

This year saw the launch of the 27th Edition of the Student Economic Review. Under the supervision of the Trinity College Department of Economics and SER President Prof John O'Hagan, the review is run by a committee of Junior Sophisters and comprises a selection of the best undergraduate papers from the last year.

The Department of Economics is pleased to congratulate Assistant Professor Carol Newman who has been elected to Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Dublin was founded as a corporation consisting of the Provost, the Fellows and the Scholars. Scholars are elected annually in various subjects on the result of an examination held in Trinity term. Scholarship or research achievement of a high order is the primary qualification for Fellowship, coupled with evidence of the candidate's contribution to the academic life of the College and an effective record in teaching.

The Department of Economics is delighted to extend its congratulations to Conor McGlynn (TSM), Feidhlim McGowan (TSM), Colm Farrell (BESS), Sean Healy (BESS), George Leopold Sorg-Langhans (BESS), Catalina De La Sota Bouyssou (PPES) and William Dunne (PPES) who were announced as new Scholars of the College. Scholars are elected annually on the basis of very high achievement in a special examination.

Debating teams from Trinity College Dublin and Yale University recently took part in the Trinity Student Economic Review (SER) debate chaired by the Provost Dr Patrick Prendergast. Debating for the motion, that 'This House Believes that Taxation is Theft', the Trinity team narrowly defeated their Yale rivals in the overall debate.

Assistant Professor Gaia Narciso has had a column published on Voxeu.org. The article, based on her recent research paper 'Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion' (joint with Guglielmo Barone and Francesco D'Acunto) examines the impact of media bias on electoral outcomes.

Assistant Professor of Economic Policy, Michael King delivers a public lecture on financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi, Kenya to an audience drawn from research institutions, policymakers and the banking sector.

Assistant Professor in Economics Carol Newman has had an article published recently in The World Bank Economic Review entitled 'Industry Switching in Developing Countries.'

Recent events, from the US subprime mortgage crisis to capital flow reversals and the European banking crisis, have shaken the faith that even advanced economies can harness the benefits of greater financial flows and deepen financial integration without incurring costs.

The Central European University (CEU) established the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities in order to promote excellence in teaching across the European Higher Education Area.