Research by Lena Specht finds a key benefit of admitting #intlstudents: It increases #exports to the student’s country. Trust & information are particularly helpful for “differentiated” products, such as machinery. Adam Posen Scott Lincicome Michael R. Strain forbes.com/sites/stuartan…

Lena Specht Lena Specht from UCD Economics at University College Dublin is one to watch!!

Fantastic to see Lena Specht's research featured in @forbes #weareISWE

Ronald B. Davies, Zuzanna Studnicka: 'Tariff Evasion, the Trade Gap, and Structural Trade' bit.ly/3uywgz7

In 2015/16, over 1m refugees came to Germany. Within months, public opinion changed from welcoming to quite negative. In this paper, we ask whether this inflow changed how Germans view their society. TLDR: it did not. No impact on trust, perceived fairness,

🚨New working paper!🚨 With @pierrebachas, Anne Brockmeyer @annebrockmeyer.bsky.social and @Roel_Dom, we study how firms use tax incentives to lower their effective tax rate (ETR). How do ETRs vary with firm size? And what are the implications for the global minimum tax? A short 🧵👇[1/6]

📄 New working paper on gender gaps in labor market skills among adults, together with Michele Battisti and Alexandra Fedorets. Differences in numeracy skills favoring men compared to women are pervasive, especially among parents and at the top of the wage distribution. [🧵1/9]

#SupervisorPride. Well done Johannes Scheuerer and Julie Brun Bjørkheim!! UCD Economics #Skatteforsk #taxtwitter

Truly honored to receive this award for our paper “Transfer Pricing Strictness and the Demand for Tax Advisors” together with Julie Brun Bjørkheim! Special thanks to EU Tax Observatory for a great conference, and to Ron Davies UCD Economics and @annette_als for the support🙏 #Skatteforsk

Congratulations to Lena Specht for successfully passing her viva today! Lena works on the drivers of international student exchanges and their economic effects. She was supervised by Ron Davies and funded by the GOI Postgraduate Scholarship. We are now Research Ireland, #LoveIrishResearch

I’m so pleased by Lena Specht’s defence today! She has done excellent work and I’m happy to see it all come together!!

Very well done, Lena Specht!

Congratulations Lena Specht and all the best of luck in your future endeavours

International students - > increased international trade. - Lena Specht for Center for Growth and Opportunity thecgo.org/research/inter…

Check out my newest publication in Center for Growth and Opportunity‘s Center for Growth and Opportunity peer-reviewed Working Paper Series!

Ronald B. Davies Ron Davies, Lena S. Specht Lena Specht : 'Brexit and Foreign Students in Gravity' ucd.ie/economics/t4me…

TLDR: #Brexit decreased EU students studying there by 20-40%, only partly offset by increased numbers from elsewhere. Brexit decreased UK students studying abroad by 1/3 or more.

Brexit and Foreign Students in Gravity | Ron Davies , Lena Specht #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Congrats to ⁦Lena Specht⁩ and Eoin Flaherty! #supervisorpride

Ever wondered how you can travel more sustainably? Here are my tips for an eco-friendly trip in Europe 🌱 #Traveling #Europe #Sustainability oalpway.com/uncategorized/…