UCD School of Economics

12/10/2026

Another busy seminar week at the UCD School of Economics! 🧠📊
We’re thrilled to welcome two outstanding seminar speakers to our weekly series:

• Brian Higgins (IIES, Stockholm University)
• Sarah Duffy (Oxford / European Central Bank)

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06/10/2026

Tomorrow we’re hosting Mylene Lagarde (LSE), who will be sharing her experimental research from South Africa. 💹

We look forward to a great presentation and discussion!

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01/10/2026

Join us for the 2026 Walsh-Neary Lecture honoring Professors Peter Neary and Brendan Walsh! 🎓📊

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Guido Tabellini (Università Bocconi) as our guest speaker.

We look forward to welcoming faculty, students, alumni, and friends across the economics community, as well as family and friends of Peter and Brendan.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walsh-neary-lecture-tickets-2002722101718

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18/09/2026

The UCD School of Economics is delighted to invite you to a public lecture by our esteemed colleague, Prof. Karl Whelan, based on his newly released book, Fine Margins: How Economics Explains Sports Betting.

Join us for a fascinating look at the intersection of economic theory, market efficiency, and sports strategy.

Learn more about the book: https://www.karlwhelan.com/sportsbetting/about/

Register to attend: https://forms.gle/EncJAJqrnej5gnKw9

We look forward to seeing you there!

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16/09/2026

Does FDI still deliver on its promise of positive spillovers? Yes; but with great heterogeneity in innovation spillovers across manufacturing and service sector firms.

A new paper by Holger Görg and UCD PhD candidate Biniyam Gezahegn Worku.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.70106

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We estimate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) firms on the innovation likelihood of domestic firms in Ethiopia in the manufacturing and services industries. Our novel shift–share instrume...

15/09/2026

A great lineup of seminar speakers at the UCD School of Economics this week!

We’re delighted to welcome two brilliant visiting researchers— Subhrendu Pattanayak (Duke University) and Christopher Bollingerger (University of Kentucky)
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14/09/2026

Why classic portfolio theory is surprisingly hard to beat.

By dropping restrictive assumptions on market returns, new research validates foundational finance theory—proving that simple, sharpe-maximizing portfolios remain near-optimal for real-world investors.

A new working paper by Karl Whelan

https://www.ucd.ie/economics/t4media/WP2026_17.pdf
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07/09/2026

We are excited to kick start the UCD Econ seminar series of the Fall term with two brilliant speakers this week: Carsten Eckel (LMU Munich) and Sarah McNamara (ZEW Mannheim -> LISER). University College Dublin UCD College of Social Sciences and Law https://www.ucd.ie/economics/research/researchseminars/

25/08/2026

To fix a life-saving organ shortage, you don't need a massive cultural shift—just a clear conversation with a doctor and a survivor. 🫀 📘

A new paper evaluates a simple educational intervention in Tunisia that significantly boosted organ donor registrations. The key driver wasn't changing social expectations, but dismantling medical mistrust and clarifying religious alignment.
A new working paper by Christina Sarah Hauser and Maleke Fourati:
🔗https://www.ucd.ie/economics/t4media/WP2026_16.pdf
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14/08/2026

📊 Tell me what I want to hear—unless you’re new here.
A new paper shows that when a female researcher asks questions about gender norms, Italian natives and second-generation immigrants suddenly become much more progressive. First-generation immigrants, however? They don't change their tune at all. It turns out that knowing how to play the social desirability game requires a deep read of the host country's cultural playbook.
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A new paper by Christina Sarah Hauser.

https://www.ucd.ie/economics/t4media/WP2026_15.pdf