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Welcome to the Department of Economics in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Ranked 1st in Ireland QS Subject Ranking, 2024. Recognised internationally for our research expertise, particularly in applied economics, we are committed to delivering high quality teaching and providing world-class postgraduate programmes.
News
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Gita Gopinath of the IMF speaks at TrinityGita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, led a Grattan Talk in the Trinity Long Room Hub yesterday for an audience of undergraduate students and Department of Economics staff. The event was opened by Head of Department Agustín Bénétrix.
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Irish Public Economics Workshop took place on 30-31 August 2024The inaugural Irish Public Economics Workshop (IPEW) took place in TCD on August 30, with the support of the Irish Research Council, the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, the Department of Economics at TCD and the School of Economics at UCD. It saw 18 research papers presented, alongside keynote lectures.
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Department welcomes new staff for 2024/25 academic yearWe would like to wish a very warm welcome to all of our new academic staff in the Department of Economics and the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy! Best of luck in the new academic year and beyond!
Recent Publications
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New Article by Professor Ronan Lyons published in Energy Economics in September 2024"Better energy cost information changes household property investment decisions: Evidence from a Nationwide experiement" is co-authored with James Carroll, Eleanor Denny (of Trinity College Dublin) and Ivan Petrov. It is the first paper to conduct a large controlled field trial for residential properties covering a nationwide market.
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Professor Agustín Bénétrix published in Economic Policy"Automatic for the (tax) people: Information sharing and cross-border investment in tax havens" is co-written by Lorenz Emter and Martin Schmitz. The paper examines the impact of international automatic exchange of information treaties on cross-border investments in tax havens.