Autumn 2007
Links to papers will be posted closer to the seminar date.
26 September, Prof. Stephen Roper, Aston University, "Innovation, Ownership and Profitability "
5 October, Prof. Deirdre McCloskey, U. Illinois at Chicago, "The Cult of Statistical Significance"
24 October Dr. Alan Ahearne, NUI, Galway, "Internal and External Current Account Balances in the Euro Area."
14 November Dr. Liam Delaney, UCD & ESRI, "Neuroeconomics and decision making in different life domains"
21 November Prof. Miriam Wiley & Dr. Jacqueline O' Reilly, ESRI, "The Public/Private Mix in Irish Acute Public Hospitals: Trends and Implications"
28 November Dr. Arnold Polanski, Queens University Belfast, "Mediated Auctions""
Spring 2007
16th February 12h00-13h00
Ronan Lyons, Forfas
National Competitiveness & Export-Led Growth: Why Policymakers Should Still Care’
23rd February 12h00-13h00
Brendan Kenelly & Eoghan Garvey, Department of Economics, NUI, Galway
‘The Socio-Economic Determinants of Suicide in the OECD’
2nd March 12h00-13h00
Fergal O’Brien, Department of Accounting and Finance, UL
‘Index Options: Forward Looking Systematic Moments'
9th March 12h00-13h00
Vanni Borooah, Department of Economics, University of Ulster
‘Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry Is There In Western Countries?
16th March 12h00-13h00
Dermot McCarthy and Donal Palcic, Department of Economics, University of Limerick
‘Employee Share Ownership Plans and Privatisation in Ireland’
23rd March 12h00-13h00
Todd Watkins, Lehigh University, USA
‘Absorptive Capacity and R&D Tax Policy: Are In-house and External Contract R&D Substitutes or Complements?’
30th March 12h00-13h00
Charles Larkin, Trinity College, Dublin
‘Ius Naturale, Ius Gentium and the IMF Quota-Voting System’
13th April 12h00-13h00
John Hill, Department of Economics, University of Limerick
‘Evaluating the Income and Employment Effects of Labour Market Programmes in Ireland’
20th April 12h00-13h00
Ajit Singh, Queens College, Cambridge
‘Globalisation, Industrial Revolutions in China and Labour Markets in Advanced Countries: Implications for National and International Economic Policy.’
27th April 12h00-13h00
Aidan Kane, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway
‘Public Revenue and Expenditure for Ireland, 1922-64’
4rth May 12h00-13h00
Eoin Reeves, Department of Economics, UL
‘The Practice of Contracting in Public Private Partnerships: Transaction Costs and Relational Contracting in the Irish Schools Sector’