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2018

Prelims

• 2018 Prelims (PDF 583)

Economic History

• The Failure of International Multilateralism and the Great Depression, Melissa Barrett, Senior Fresher  (PDF 122KB)
• A Recipe for Emmigration: Grain price fluctuations and Italian Immigration from 1870-1913, Rebecca Fryeer, Senior Sophister   (PDF 239KB)

Economic Policy

• Touts Out: How a New Pricing System Could Solve Ticket Resale's Problems, Eoin Cambay, Senior Sophister   (PDF 172KB)
• The War on Drugs: Worst Comedown Ever?, Ali Crighton, Senior Fresher   (PDF 111KB)
• Can Crowdsourcing Help us Address Wicked Problems? Arthaud Mesnard, Senior Sophister  (PDF 126KB)
• Switching Costs and the Irish Mortgage Market,Sibeal Wheatley, Senior Sophister   (PDF 99KB)

Development Economics

• Should Ghana specailse in the production and export of cocoa beans? Eimear Flynn, Senior Sophister   (PDF 244KB)
• How best to Invest: Human Capital in Economic Development?, Mide Ni Ghriofa,, Senior Fresher   (PDF 102KB)
• How important is Directly Targeting Inequality for Economic Development?,Eilis O'Brien, Junior Sophister   (PDF 101KB)

Behavioural Economics

• "There are no seats in the library!": Nudging Students Toward Efficient Seat Reservation Behaviour in the Library, Aine O'Gorman, Natali Gordo and Tamsin Greene Barker, Senior Sophister   (PDF 541KB)
• Homo Oeconomicus: Useful Abstraction or Perversion of Reality?, Sophie Donnely, Senior Sophister   (PDF 119KB)
• Not-So-Rational: Reflections on the Homo Economicus, Juliette Weyend, Senior Sophister   (PDF 116KB)

European Economics

• Eurozone Reform: Beyond Institutionalism, Conor Judge, Senior Sophister (PDF 129KB)

Applied Economics

Low Turnout: Reducing Demand for Income Redistribution and the Development of the Welfare State?, Doireann O'Brien, Senior Sophister (PDF 137KB)

Winning the Middle Ground: The Strategic Behaviour of Campaigners and Politicians on the Eight Amendment Referendum, Mide Ni Ghriofa, Senior Sophister  (PDF 328KB)

The Game Theory of Protective Governments and Airplane Manufacturers, India Healy O'Connor, Senior Sophister  (PDF 346KB)

Method to the Madness? A Game Theoretic Analysis of the USA and North Korea's Standoff, Marcel Jeansch, Senior Sophister (289 KB)

Economics Research

Weed Money: How Fungibilty affects Colorado's Education Funding Gap, Michael Howard, Junior Sophister (PDF 219KB)

A New Theory of Health and Consumption, Ryan Cleary, Senior Sophister  (PDF 348KB)

Survival of the Fittest? An Econometric Analysis in to the Effects of Military Spending on Olympic Success from 1996-2012, Mark Frahill, Senior Sophister (PDF 452KB)