The Forum brings together young researchers from across Scotland and across all of the research areas encompassed by SIRE to meet and discuss economics research. The aim is to develop a shared understanding of what research they are each doing, and foster the development of joint research. Each meeting consists of a half a day event with presentations given by junior researchers from Scottish universities and one presentation by an internationally recognized senior researcher.
Next meeting
1 May 2012: University of Glasgow
The second meeting of the Glasgow series will be held on the 1st of May 2012 with Professor Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford) giving a talk entitled "Do the Biggest Aisles Serve a Brighter Future? Global Retail Chains and Their Implications for Romania" (co-authored with Yue Li).
The young researcher presentations will be given by:
- Dr. Marina Spaliara (University of Glasgow): "Financial health, exports, and firm survival: Evidence from a panel of UK and French firms" (co-authored with Holger Görg).
- Dr. Rodolphe Desbordes (University of Strathclyde): " Market familiarity and the location of South and North MNEs" (co-authored with Celine Azemar, Julia Darby and Ian Wooton).
The full programme is now available to download.
Participation is free although registration is required as spaces are limited. To register, please email Lavina McMillan.
Previous meetings
University of St Andrews
The last meeting took place at the University of St Andrews on 16 November 2011, with guest speaker Gianni De Fraja. Additional junior input was from Stephan Heblich (Stirling) and Joao Jalles (Aberdeen).
Check the programme with details of the presentations
University of Glasgow
3 May 2011
Invited speakers:
- Michael Devereux (University of Oxford), "Options for taxing banks after the crisis"
SIRE presenters:
- Giuseppe de Feo (University of Strathclyde), "Is competition for FDI bad for regional welfare?"
- Yin Zhang (University of Dundee), "Trade, growth and the environment"
Heriot-Watt University
18 February 2011
Invited speaker:
- Jonathan Thomas (University of Edinburgh) "The wages of new hires over the business cycle"
SIRE presenters:
- Almos Talegdy (CEU Budapest and Hungarian Academy of Sciences) "FDI and Wages: Evidence from Hungary using LEED"
- Ioana Moldovan (University of Glasgow) "The Stabilizing and Distributional Effects of Automatic Stabilizers"
11 March 2011
Invited speaker:
- Bereket Kebede (University of East Anglia) "Of love and deadly sins: Experimental games in development research"
SIRE presenters:
- Silvia Mendolia (University of Aberdeen) "Maternal working hours and the well-being of adolescent children"
- Dennis Petrie (University of Dundee) "When to Quit Under Uncertainty? A real options approach to smoking cessation"
University of Aberdeen
18 September 2010 (held in Edinburgh)
Invited masterclass:
- Rosemarie Nagel, Barcelona: Part One "Four Treasures in Experimental Economics", Part Two "Things to do in Neuro-economics"
SIRE presenter:
- Tatiana Kornienko (Edinburgh) "How Long is a Piece of String? A Theory of Reference-Dependent Utility"
29 October 2010
Invited speaker:
- Simon Gaechter, Nottingham "Do Incentives destroy voluntary cooperation? (with Esther Kessler and Manfred Koenigstein)
SIRE presenters:
- Fabio R Arico, St. Andrews "Two-sided endogenous heterogeneity and matching frictions. Subsidise technology or skills?"
- Giuseppe De Feo, Strathclyde "Tax Competition for FDI and Undesired Effects of the Non-Discrimination Principle".
University of Edinburgh
10 February 2010
Invited speaker:
- Professor Amrita Dhillon (Warwick) “Corporate control and multiple large shareholders”
SIRE presenters:
- Dr Martin Jones (Dundee) “On the autonomy of experiments in economics.”
- Dr Daniel Danau (St Andrews) “Capital structure and contract renegotiation with private firms in public projects.”
5 May 2010
Invited speaker:
- Professor Imran Rasul (UCL), who unfortunately was unable to attend due to flight cancellations. Dr Santi Sanchez-Pages (Edinburgh) presented instead: “The interplay between biological features and social preferences.”
SIRE presenters:
- Dr Philippe LeMay-Boucher (Heriot Watt) “Double, double toil and trouble: an investigation into witchcraft expenditures in the heartland of voodoo.”
- Dr Dimitra Politi (Edinburgh) "The economic effects of micronutirent deficiency: evidence from salt iodization in the United States.”
University of Dundee
4 November 2009
Invited speaker:
- Professor Andrew Street (York) “Getting out what we put in: how productive is the NHS?”
SIRE presenters:
- Professor Sascha Becker (Stirling) “Catch me if you can: education and catch up in the industrial revolution.”
- Dr Yin Zhang (Dundee) “Multidimensional measurement of poverty: an application to China.”
2 December 2009
Invited speaker:
- Dr Gulcin Oskan (York), who unfortunately had to cancel due to illness. Dr Paul Allanson (Dundee) presented instead.
SIRE Presenters:
- Dr Alex Trew (St Andrews) “Contracting institutions and growth”
- Dr Paul Alagidede (Stirling) “Beyond unit roots: a close look at the net barter terms of trade for developing countries.”
University of Strathclyde
11 February 2009
Invited speaker:
- Hylke Vandenbussche (Université Catholique de Louvain) “Heterogeneous Responses of Firms to Trade Protection”
SIRE presenters:
- Alex Dickson (Strathclyde) “Of the Nature of Cournot Competition”
- Gonzalo Forgues Puccio (St Andrews) “Can Foreign Aid Help Countries Escape from Poverty Traps?”
13 May 2009
Invited speaker:
- Mark Schaffer (Heriot-Watt and SIRE) “Exogamy and the Evolution of Cooperation”
SIRE presenters:
- Rodolphe Desbordes (Strathclyde) “Global and Diplomatic Political Risks and Foreign Direct Investment”
- Ioana Moldovan (Glasgow) “Optimal Monetary Policy in a New Keynesian Model with Habits in Consumption”.
University of Stirling
30 September 2008
Invited speaker:
- Professor Andrew Oswald (Warwick, Cornell and ESRC Professorial Fellow). “Happiness and Health and the Future of Economics”.
SIRE presenters:
- Ian Lange (Stirling) “Contract Parameters’ Impact on Coal Prices”.
- Helmut Rainer (St Andrews) “Good Intentions, Unintended Outcomes? The Effects of Tax-benefit Policy on the Behaviour of Divorced Parents.”
25 November 2008
Invited speaker:
- Professor David Ulph (St Andrews and SIRE) “Too Much of a Good Thing? Some Thoughts on Charities.”
SIRE presenters:
- Céline Azémar (Glasgow) “International Corporate Taxation and US Multinationals’ Behaviour: An Integrated Approach”.
- Colin Jennings (Strathclyde) “A Model of Political Agency with Emotional Voters”
The inaugural Forum meeting took place at the University of St Andrews on the 22 February 2008, and was well attended by young researchers from around Scotland. At that time, the format of the meeting was different with one presentation per meeting, followed by three subsequent meetings.
Inaugural Meetings: University of St Andrews
| 22 February 2008 | Santiago Sanchez-Pages (Edinburgh) 'The Emergence of Institutions' |
| 14 March 2008 | Luis Angeles (Glasgow) 'Economics and the Demographic Transition' |
| 18 April 2008 | Michael Finus (Stirling) 'Stability and Success of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations' |
| 9 May 2008 | Juergen Bracht (Aberdeen) 'An experimental study of information mechanisms in the trust game: Effects of observation and cheap talk' |
After the St Andrews meetings it was decided to change the format: rather than having just one presentation from a junior researcher, the event became a full afternoon of discussion with presentations given by junior researchers from Scottish universities as well as one presentation by an internationally recognized senior researcher.