Congratulations to our students who participated in the PDST Young Economist of the Year competition.    All seven of our Gold Medals were placed and we won one of the three main awards (details below):

1st Year:

Students:   Sebastiano Joyce and Tom McCormack

Project:  Leveraging the Ebola outbreak to predict the economic impact of the Coronavirus

Award:  2nd Place in the 1st Year Category

5th Year:

Students:  Grace Westrup and  Matthew McCrea

Project:  How COVID-19 is Affecting Global Supply Chains

Award:  2nd Place in the 5th Year Category

Students:  Fergal Francis and Saskia Kirkland

Project:   Which Market Structure Best Facilitates Climate Action?

Award: 1st Place in the 5th Year Category

6th Year:

Student: Giorgio Mucciacito Franco

Project:  An Investigation into the effect of an Ad Valorem tax on sugary drinks market, on the healthcare cost in Canada

Award: 2nd Place in the 6th Year Category

 

IGEES (Irish Government and Economic and Evaluation Service) Awards

These awards are for projects with a focus on Government Economic Policy:

5th Year:

Students: Amit Weitzman and Frida Älfvåg

Project: An Economically Viable Solution to Ireland’s Pollution Problem

Award: 5th Year IGEES Runner Up

6th Year:

Student: Giorgio Mucciacito Franco

Project: An Investigation into the effect of an Ad Valorem tax on sugary drinks market, on the healthcare cost in Canada

Award: 6th Year IGEES Runner Up

Student: Phineas Godfrey

Project:  An Investigation into the Susceptibility of the Irish Retail Mobile Market to Tacit Collusion

Award: 6th Year IGEES Winner

 

Central Bank of Ireland Award

This award is for projects based on the Irish Economy or Monetary Policy

5th Year: 

Student: Giulia Baratta

Project: Pandemics and the Economy: How can Central Banks Respond?

Award: Overall Winner of the Central Bank of Ireland Award 2020

Giulia has won €500 and once it is safe to do so she will have the opportunity to carry out two weeks of work experience in the Central Bank. 

Irish Economic Olympiad Team 2020

Giorgio Mucciacito Franco (6IB) has been selected as one of the five students from all 32 counties to represent Ireland at the above event that was due to take place in Khazakstan but due to Covid-19 will now take place as a virtual event in September. 

Please click  here here for an article that appeared on RTÉ's website and for an article from the Irish Times, please click  here.