School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews, KY16 9AJ.
Email: alex.trew@st-andrews.ac.uk; Tel: +44(0) 1334 461950.
Office (F14) hours: Thur 1-3pm.
2000-03, University of Durham, BA Economics, First Class (Hons.).
2003-04, University of Warwick, MSc Economics.
2004-07, University of St Andrews, PhD Economics, Thesis Title: 'Towards the Microfoundations of Finance and Growth', Supervisors: Prof. Charles Nolan and Dr. Gary Shea, Examiners: Prof. John Driffill (Birkbeck); Prof. David Ulph (St Andrews).
2002, Bank of England, Economic Assistant in the Structural Economic Analysis Division, Undergraduate Scheme.
2003, EKOS Consulting, Summer Internship.
2004--, Research Affiliate/Associate, Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis.
2007--, Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews.
'Finance and Growth: A Critical Survey', Economic Record, 2006, 82(259), pp. 481-90, link.
'Efficiency, Depth and Growth: Quantitative Implications of Finance and Growth Theory', Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30(4), pp. 1550-68, link.
'Infrastructure Finance and Industrial Takeoff in England', Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42(6), lead article, pp. 985-1010, link.
'Contracting Institutions and Development', 2009, CDMA Working Paper 0904, link.
'Institutions and the Scale Effect', 2009, CDMA Working Paper 0906, link.
'Finance and Balanced Growth', 2010, revise and resubmit, CDMA Working Paper 1012, link.
'Transaction Costs and Institutions', 2011, with Charles Nolan, CDMA Working Paper 1103, link.
'Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution', 2012, contact me for paper.
'A Simple Theory of Elites', with Charles Nolan.
'Finance and Growth in Space'.
'Debt, Equity and Coalitions in Economic Development'.
'Financial Coalitions, Infrastructure and Growth in the UK', with Gary Shea.
Economic growth; institutions; financial development.
2004-06, £26,400 from CDMA: Full PhD Studentship.
2006-08, £131,500 (non fEC) from Shell Foundation: 'Private Sector Finance and the Support of Infrastructure as a Source of Economic Growth', joint with Charles Nolan and Gary Shea.
Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Fiscal Studies, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Manchester School.
March 2007, Koç University, Turkey; April 2007, Economic History Society, Exeter; April 2007, Royal Economic Society, Warwick; September 2007, CDMA, St Andrews; September 2007, MMF, Birmingham; February 2008, Exeter; February 2008, SIRE/CEFS Conference, Glasgow; March 2008, Royal Economic Society, Warwick; June 2008, ISNIE Annual Conference, Toronto; May 2009, University of Stirling; December 2009, SIRE Forum, Dundee; April 2010, Scottish Economic Society; September 2010, MMF, Cyprus University of Technology; November 2010, University of Oxford; November 2010, University of Edinburgh; November 2010, University of Newcastle; November 2010, University of Leicester.
2004-10, CDMA Webmaster.
2008, Organizer, 2nd St Andrews Workshop in Applied Microeconomics.
2008, Co-Organizer, SIRE Forum for Young Researchers.
2009-, School IT Strategy Group.
2010-, School seminar organiser.
2010-11, Associate Examiner, University of London International Programmes.
2011-, School Research Committee, member.
2011, Co-Organizer, SIRE/CDMA Workshop in Economic Growth.
EC3202 Econometrics (Junior/Senior Honours).
EC4203 Contemporary Issues: Financial Regulation (Senior Honours).
EC5608 Financial Intermediation (MSc).
EC5801 Money and Banking (MSc).
Central Banking (MSc).
Contemporary Issues: Institutions (Senior Honours).
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Updated February 2012.