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Professor Paul Scanlon publishes paper in the Journal of Financial Economics
Professor Scanlon shows how the introduction of new goods into a standard macro model raises both the incentive to save and the degree of consumption risk. In turn, this helps to resolve the risk-free rate and equity premium puzzles.
Professor Sean Barrett inaugurated as new Pro-Chancellor of Trinity
Economist Sean Barrett was inaugurated as the new Pro-Chancellor at a ceremony in the Provost’s House recently. Barrett, a Fellow Emeritus of the college, was a member of Trinity’s Department of Economics from 1977 and a senator for the University of Dublin from 2011 to 2016.
Trinity economics and philosophy graduates win Schwarzman scholarships
Two Trinity graduates—Conor McGlynn and Conor O´Meara—are among the 147 individuals that comprise the 2020 cohort of the Schwarzman Scholars, which is one of the world´s leading graduate fellowship programmes, located at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Trinity and Oxford go head-to-head in Student Economic Review Brexit debate
The Student Economic Review (SER) recently co-hosted a debate with the College Historical Society (The Hist) on the motion This House would unite Ireland post-Brexit. The event was part of an SER tradition of annual debates between Trinity and either Oxford or Cambridge.
Reducing child mortality in the last mile:experimental evidence from Uganda
An innovative health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda. Professor Andrea Guariso summarizes his new research (with M Björkman Nyqvist, J Svensson, and D Yanagizawa-Drott) in an article published in "VoxDev".