Alex Trew Lecturer and CDMA Research Affiliate Room G12E Office Hours Wednesday 9-11 Telephone +44(0)1334 461950 Fax +44(0)1334 462444 Email Current CV Personal Web Page
About	Alex has studied economics at the University of Warwick and the University of Durham and has previously worked at the Bank of England and EKOS Consulting as a summer intern. He obtained his PhD at the University of St Andrews. He started a Lectureship in Economics in 2007, funded by the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
Teaching	EC3202: Econometrics 1 (PMT) EC4203: Contemporary Issues EC5803: Central Banking (PMT)
Research	Alex's current research is centred around his PhD thesis, which is titled "Towards the Microfoundations of Finance and Growth." More generally, his research interests include aspects of growth theory, finance and growth, general equilibrium theory, economic history, contract theory and the economics of institutions.
Selected Publications	Trew, A.W. (2006), 'Finance and Growth: A Critical Survey', Economic Record, 82(259), pp. 481--90. Trew, A.W. (2008), 'Efficiency, Depth and Growth: Quantitative Implications of Finance and Growth Theory', Journal of Macroeconomics, 30(4), pp. 1550--68.
CDMA Working Papers	0507: Alex Trew, 'Finance and Growth: A Critical Survey' 0702: Alex Trew, 'Endogenous Financial Development and Industrial Takeoff' 0712: Alex Trew, 'Efficiency, Depth and Growth: Quantitative Implications of Finance and Growth Theory' 0809: Alex Trew, 'Infrastructure Finance and Industrial Takeoff in the United Kingdom'. 0904: Alex Trew, 'Contracting Institutions and Growth'. 0906: Alex Trew, 'Institutions and the Scale Effect'. 09xx: Alex Trew and Charles Nolan, 'Transactions Costs and Institutions', (coming soon, contact me for current paper).