Economist Channel

China builds a railway station in 9 hours (HT Marginal Revolution).Yes, it's basically a propaganda video, but interesting nonetheless as a reflection on infrastructure.  The video does not say how long China spent on environmental review -- did it disturb wetlands, threaten various species, what's it's carbon footprint -- legal review --...

Derville Rowland will speak on "Financial Conduct Regulation: Why Understanding Behaviour Matters.". The talk takes place on Wednesday 7th February at 930am in the UCD Geary Institute seminar room. The talk will be followed by a Q+A session ending at 1030am.Speaker Biography: Derville Rowland was appointed Director General (Financial Conduct) in the...

The tariff and the wall were the big news this week, with some lessons for looming infrastructure.The Tariff30% on solar cells, 20-50% on washing machines. Since the ill effects of tariffs have been know for, oh, about 250 years, said again eloquently by the Wall Street Journal in Trump...

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Speaker: Professor Neil Stewart Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2Registration: There is no fee to attend this event but please register your attendance HERE. Seminar TopicProfessor Stewart will discuss three papers on behavioural science with mass transaction data.Paper 1: Gathergood, J., Mahoney, N., Stewart, N., &...

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Geary Institute and Amarach Research Event: Decisions and Well-Being in the Irish Population Venue: Institute of Banking, Main Auditorium. Details of how to get to the venue are available hereTime: 1115am to 1pm.Overview: We are delighted to invite you to a joint event being run by the Geary Institute for Public Policy and Amarach Research on...

Sometimes it is not good to get to the right answer for the wrong reasons. This thought comes to mind reading to recent WSJ articles, Walmart raises wages and Tax reform releases the bulls."Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would raise starting hourly pay to $11 for all its U.S. employees and distribute one-time bonuses, doling out some of the windfall...

Are you a young economist or other professor, and would you like to spend a year at Stanford with no teaching? The Hoover National Fellows program may be for you. Information and application instructions here. It's ideal for someone from a few years after PhD to a few years after tenure who wants a break to bring a research project to fruition.  Hoover...

Call for Papers: Irish Economics Postgraduate and Early Career Conference 2018The Irish Society for New Economists (ISNE) workshop for postgraduate and early career researchers will take place in University College Dublin Geary Institute for Public Policy on Friday May 4th. The event is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers across the...

Every now again in writing a blog one puts down an idea that is not only wrong, but pretty obviously wrong if one had stopped to think about 10 minutes about it. So it is with the idea I floated on my last post that property taxes are progressive.Morris Davis sends along the...

I think most of the debate misses an important point about the state and local tax deduction -- incentives. Suppose you are in the top, (roughly) 40% marginal federal tax bracket.  If you pay an extra $100 in state taxes, you deduct $100 from income, and pay $40 less in federal...

Below are some potential routes to study and work in this area with our group in UCD.a) Our MSc in Behavioural Economics is recruiting for the 2018/2019 round. This is one-year programme covering core economics modules and a wide range of modules and engagments in behavioural economics.b) Those considering a PhD in the area should look at the PhD scholarships...