Irish Economy Conference Slides and Recordings

Sincere thanks to Geary’s Mark Hargaden who processed the recordings from last week’s conference. For each speaker there is an audio recording synchronised with the slide show. There is a separate link to slides only, for those who do not want to listen. Unfortunately, due to a technical hitch, we did not secure an audio recording from Paul Gorecki, but we do have his slides.

Here is the link, with recordings/slides linked to the programme.

We can see the evolution of the conference over the last three years from this site as well, with previous years linked here and here.

Ireland’s Report Card: February 2014

here.

ECB makes progress with asset quality review, and confirms stress test parameters for comprehensive assessment

here.

Economics and Finance Teaching Before and After the Crisis

Brian Lucey and I conducted a survey of all university teachers of economics and finance in December 2013. A presentation of our findings is here (.pdf). Brian’s thoughts are here.

The main results from the sample of respondents are:

  • Teaching has not changed much in response to the crisis.
  • Attitudes to newer, or more critical material appear mixed at best.
  • Respondents emphasised the need for broader contextualisation and increased mathematical competence.We find it hard to see how to reconcile these findings.

    • EBA: Details on 2014 EU-wide stress test

    here.