Economics
The Department of Economics at Queen's Business School brings together expertise on fields including the economics of networks and institutions, cooperative and non-cooperative game theory, labour economics and social policy, development and population economics, and economic and business history.
We pride ourselves in delivering research-led teaching to both undergraduates and postgraduates, and our academic staff regularly consult with think tanks and policymaking institutions in the UK and Ireland.
Economics at Queen's
The Department of Economics at Queen’s Business School consists of over 20 full-time academic staff members, conducting researching across the discipline of economics and allied social sciences.
Latest Publications
Financing UK rail infrastructure: how does today compare with the past?
12 March 2024Catholic-Protestant wage differentials in Northern Ireland 2011: a re-examination with newly available data
- Andrew Gillespie
- Duncan McVicar
- Neil Rowland
- Ian Shuttleworth
What can we learn from historical pandemics? A systematic review of the literature
- Aine Doran
- Chris Colvin
- Eoin McLaughlin
Northern Ireland Productivity Dashboard 2023
1 December 2023Information revelation and coordination using cheap talk in a game with two-sided private information
- Chirantan Ganguly
- Indrajit Ray
Economics Research Project Spotlight
The equality and efficiency of school choice allocation
In Northern Ireland, parents of children in their final year of primary school rank available secondary schools. Parental preferences are collected and pupils are allocated to schools by an algorithm. Recently, the number of dissatisfied parents has majorly increased. Dr Josue Ortega is undertaking a ground-breaking research project for Northern Ireland, creating a new fairer and more efficient algorithm.
New Algorithm set to Improve Allocation of Pupils to Schools in Northern Ireland