Welcome to Queen's University Centre for Economic History
Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH) is an interdisciplinary research centre based at Queen's University Belfast. Hosted by Queen's University Management School (QUMS), the centre brings together faculty and graduate students working on the economic study of the past from across the university and elsewhere. QUCEH's mission is to support its members by coordinating research projects, providing a forum for interdisciplinary discussion, hosting regular research workshops with invited speakers, and providing graduate training to the next generation of economic historians and historical economists.
Announcements
QUCEH Launch Event, 28 June 2012
QUCEH will be holding its launch event on 28 June 2012 at Riddel Hall. Confirmed speakers are Stefano Battilossi, Chris Colvin, Christopher Coyle, Leslie Hannah, Natacha Postel-Vinay, Janette Rutterford and Stephan Werner. More details can be found here.
QUCEH will be holding its launch event on 28 June 2012 at Riddel Hall. Confirmed speakers are Stefano Battilossi, Chris Colvin, Christopher Coyle, Leslie Hannah, Natacha Postel-Vinay, Janette Rutterford and Stephan Werner. More details can be found here.
New research by QUCEH members
- Using the original data from a parliamentary inquiry conducted in 1881-86, 'Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons', a new working paper co-authored by Arcangelo Dimico, Lecturer in Economics at QUMS, argues that the Sicilian Mafia arose out of the need to protect citrus production from predation by thieves.
- 'Myopic Rationality in a Mania', an article by Gareth Campbell, Lecturer in Finance at QUMS, was published in Exploration in Economic History in January 2012. Gareth suggests that investors in the British Railway Mania of the 1840s may have been myopic, as their expectations were only accurate in the short-term. He concludes, however, that they remained rational, as they acted in a utility maximising manner given their expectations.
