Everything you always wanted to know about the Irish economy since it joined Europe (but were afraid to ask); boiled down into 75 pages in this new book by John FitzGerald and myself. (And free to download for the next fortnight 🙂) cambridge.org/core/elements/…

❓ Allocation of capital and labour in firms may be mismeasured, with knock-on effects on average and marginal products figures. Mark Bils Pete Klenow Cian Ruane devise a correction applied to Indian and US data. Read their research summary ➡️ stone-econ.org/research/misal… UCL Economics

I think that the equilibrium is field-specific, and it starts with referees. I am happy to report that macro-development is asking (and sometimes publishing) big questions!

Call for Papers is out for the STEG Annual Conf. & Theme Workshops CEPR. Held Department of Economics, Oxford, Jan 8-11, 25. Submit by Oct 6. Broad topic range: structural transf., trade & spatial, industrial policies, political econ. Happy to organise this round w/ Gabriel Ulyssea & Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis🙌

I learned so much working on this paper, and it feels incredibly rewarding to see it coming out at REStud. Big thanks to the editor, referees and of course my brilliant coauthors!

🚨🚨 Call for Papers 🚨🚨 📢We're organizing a workshop on *Growth and Productivity* at the BSE Summer Forum Barcelona School of Economics ➡️ Keynote by Ufuk Akcigit ➡️ Confirmed talks by Michael Peters & Paco Buera ➡️ June 17/18 in Barcelona Find the full call here: events.bse.eu/live/files/539…

Call for Papers – "Uncertain Tides: The Past and Present of Trade Policy". - mailchi.mp/cepr/joint-cep…

Excited to be organizing a workshop to be held at the Central Bank of Ireland on the past and present of trade policy with some fantastic colleagues at #UCD! 🌍📉 📢 We're looking for great papers to include in the program, so please submit!

We're extending the deadline for our CEPR-UCD-CBI workshop on history and international trade by one week, so there's still time to submit your papers! Call For Papers here: mailchi.mp/cepr/joint-cep…

It is Workshop Day! CEPR-UCD-CBI workshop “Uncertain Tides: The Past and Present of Trade Policy” is kicking off today at the Central Bank of Ireland. Alan de Bromhead Cian Ruane UCD Economics University College Dublin Central Bank of Ireland CEPR

It all started with “How come all macro models of misallocation imply that high-markup firms should be subsidized?” The answer: firms are restricted to linear pricing! Very excited to see this paper with Gideon Bornstein come out in AER 🤩

An amazing paper that everyone working on misallocation should read, huge congrats for you and Gideon!

The programme for the Economics Winter Workshop on Friday Dec 19th at the Central Bank of Ireland is now live! This pre-Christmas gathering is featuring a fantastic array of talks from top academics and policy economists. Register at the link below: centralbank.ie/events/2025/12…