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See below for the main info on our new MSc in Behavioural Economics. I direct the programme and there will be a combination of 4 new modules specifically designed for the behavioral programme and core economics modules and electives. As said below, the level of this course will require that applicants have relevant undergraduate degrees, ideally in...

What should the Fed's long-run interest rate target be? The traditional view is that the glide path should aim at 4% -- 2% real plus 2% inflation.3%?One big question being debated right now is whether the "natural'' real rate of interest -- r* or "r-star" in econspeak -- has declined...

Nicholas Eberstadt in Commentary, (HT Marginal Revolution) offers a revealing look at what's wrong with "middle" America's stagnation. Read the whole thing, but the following snapshot jumped out at me. He starts with a review, probably familiar to readers of this blog, of the sharp decline in work rates, even among prime-age men and women.As of late...

On Sundays it has been my habit to read the New York Times Sunday Review. I like to peer in the bubble. On view, the old lady is still full-on foaming at the mouth with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Sunday's Review:Our PutinBring Back Hypocrisy ("The American President and the American Way of Lying") Donald Trump Will Numb youWhen it's time to blow...

Economic research associate vacanciesFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA)Type: 2 x temporary Research AssociatesStart Date: Mid-March 2017 Duration: 2-3 months Rate: £180 per day (negotiable)Interested candidates should email their CV to bdu@fca.org.uk and Liridona.Asllani@fca.org.uk before Friday 3rd March 2017.The Behavioural Economics and Data Science...

Frank Diebold, on Mostly Harmless Econometrics:All told, Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion is neither "mostly harmless" nor an "empiricist's companion." Rather, it's a companion for a highly-specialized group of applied non-structural micro-econometricians hoping to estimate causal effects using non-experimental data and largely-static,...

Professor Cass Sunstein will visit UCD on March 31st. He will speak on "New Directions in Behaviorally Informed Policy". The talk will take place in the UCD Sutherland School of Law from 12pm to 2pm. Registration is free but places are limited by space and we ask participants to register. About Professor Sunstein: Cass R. Sunstein is currently...

Two interesting upcoming lectures on the Irish health system courtesy of the UCD Health Systems Group: How is the Irish Health System Financed? Stephan Mulvanny, Chief Financial Officer, Health Services Executive. 9th March 2017, 12:00-12:50, C005 Health Sciences Centre.Registration linkCurrent Status of Irish Health System: Opportunities and...

Savvy urban communities of the future Smart urban communities without bounds Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017 | 9:00 PM ET | 03:22 Keen urban areas are coming. Civil governments around the world are utilizing enormous information and Internet-of-Things applications to enhance numerous parts of day by day life. Significant tech organizations like IBM, Cisco...

How can economies forget? How is it that once we have learned to do something better, that knowledge can be lost and economies move backward? How can productivity decline? Viewing productivity as knowledge, it would seem almost impossible for it to do so -- and real business cycle...

In 2017, we have five meet-ups scheduled, as well as the annual Irish economics and psychology workshop on December 1st:9th February: Behavioural Economics and the Ethics of Influence (sign-up here)31st March: Professor Cass Sunstein Public Lectures in UCD and ESRI18th May: Field, Lab, and Natural Experiments in Public Policy (sign-up here)7th September:...

A Chinese steel laborer loads steel poles onto a substantial truck for transport at a plant on April 6, 2016 in Tangshan, Hebei region, China. China's January sends out effectively surpassed examiners' desires, rising 7.9 percent from a year prior, while imports ascended by 16.7 percent, likewise besting gauges, preparatory information appeared on...

OPEC individuals have all the earmarks of being consenting to concurred generation cuts, however Saudi Arabia is overcompensating for some of its kindred oil makers. The OPEC bargain, concurred toward the end of last year, requires 10 part states to lessen their aggregate yield by 1.2 million barrels for each day (bpd) beginning from January 1. S&P...

French far right National Front (FN) political gathering's pioneer, Member of the European Parliament, and possibility for the 2017 French Presidential Election Marine Le Pen conveys a discourse amid her meeting at the event of her 'Assises de la présidentielle' at the Cite internationale on February 5, 2017 in Lyon, France. As U.S. speculators —...

European stocks are the least expensive they've been in respect to their U.S. partners in almost 40 years, and they have more upside potential revenue driven development, making them an alluring purchase even with approaching political hazard, as per investigators at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The investigators put forth a bullish defense Thursday...

On repeal and replace, a healthcare oped on "The Hill", here.  Republicans replacing Obamacare, beware. It has a certain logic. Much of it patches up unintended consequences of previous regulations. If we just roll back and patch once again, we will end up right back where we started.It’s wiser to start with a vision of the destination. In an...

President Donald Trump may have since quite a while ago advanced his notoriety for being an arrangement producer, however the odds of finding a two-sided exchange manage Japan seem thin, best case scenario, examiners said. Exchange is probably going to be on the plan as Trump and...

Increased French political hazard and approach instability, reflected by a bounce in sovereign yields and a weaker single money, are obfuscating a booked evaluations survey by Moody's, market analysts and cash strategists told CNBC. Moody's rates French government obligation at Aa2, the third-most noteworthy speculation review positioning, however...

The U.K. is one of the most reduced payers for tech ability, regardless of depending on more than a fourth of remote specialists to satisfy parts in the division, as indicated by a report into worldwide innovation segment pay rates. The report from employment seek commercial center Hired, discharged Thursday, included experiences that 27 percent...

Pushback is rising among traditionalist Republicans over President Donald Trump's clear support for the Export-Import Bank, an establishment they have pilloried as a giveaway to huge organizations. The Ex-Im bank, as it's called, helps U.S. organizations' abroad business by doing things, for example, ensuring credits for outside purchasers of U.S....

Jim Cramer Cramer: Trump's duty talk 'quite recently got individuals going' Fitch Ratings discharged a notice shot Friday about President Donald Trump's monetary approaches,saying hard-line positions on exchange and movement posture possibly significant issues for the world. "The...

Synopsis Customer and business good faith surged to multi-year highs in December. In spite of the surge in good faith, the customer seems tapped out. Business conditions additionally reflect monetary shortcoming, recommending good faith might be lost. Since the tidy has settled on the race and introduction of President Trump, and we have redesigned...