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Economics PhD Student Iris Wohnsiedler publishes article in The Journal of Economic HistoryIn their paper “Weber revisited: The Protestant ethic and the spirit of nationalism”,Iris Wohnsiedler, Felix Kersting and Nikolaus Wolf revisit Max Weber’s famous hypothesis on the influence of a Protestant work ethic on economic development and empirical tests. -
Assistant Professor Nicola Mastrorocco wins prestigious European Economic Association Young Economist AwardThe award, which recognises outstanding research by authors who are no more than three years past their PhD defence, was presented to Dr Mastrorocco, and his co-author Dr Arianna Ornaghi (University of Warwick), for their research project: "Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behaviour in the United States". -
TCD/LSE/BREAD Conference in Development EconomicsTIME Conference in Development Economics, organised in collaboration with the LSE (CEPR) and BREAD will take place on zoom on the 2nd and 3rd of October 2020. Submissions are now open on any topic in development economics. Deadline Friday 4th September 2020. -
Professor Paul Scanlon publishes article in Economics LettersPaul Scanlon’s article "Aggregate Risk and Wage Dispersion" examining a link between labour income risk and inequality has been published in Economics Letters.
