Alex Trew
Economics
Adam Smith Business School
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.Email: .
Economics
Adam Smith Business School
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.Email: .
2004-07, University of St Andrews, PhD Economics, Thesis Title: 'Towards the Microfoundations of Finance and Growth', Supervisors: Charles Nolan and Gary Shea, Examiners: John Driffill; David Ulph.
2003-04, University of Warwick, MSc Economics.
2000-03, University of Durham, BA Economics, First Class (Hons.).
2019-, Professor in Economics, University of Glasgow.
2017-19, Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews.
2007-17, Lecturer, University of St Andrews.
2023-, Fellow, CESifo.
2023-, Fellow, IZA.
2016-, Fellow, Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
2004-, Research Affiliate/Associate, Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis.
Economic growth; economic geography; economic history; financial development.
Radek Stefanski and Alex Trew, 'Selection, Patience, and the Interest Rate', Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, 2024, 2(1):149-81, paper; working paper version.
Muscatelli, Anton, Graeme Roy and Alex Trew, 'Persistent States: lessons for Scottish devolution and independence', National Institute Economic Review, 2023 (Spring):51-63, paper; working paper version.
Khomba, Dan and Alex Trew, 'Aid and Local Growth in Malawi', Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58(8):1478-1500, paper.
Heblich, Stephan, Alex Trew and Yanos Zylberberg, 'East Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting’, Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129(5):1508-52, paper. TED talk. Cheddar video. Guardian article. WSJ podcast. econimate video. The Economist. Freakonomics Radio.
Trew, Alex, 'Endogenous Infrastructure Development and Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution', American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2020, 12(2):44-93, paper. AEA Research Highlight.
Heblich, Stephan and Alex Trew, 'Banking and Industrialization', Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(6):1753–1796, paper.
Nolan, Charles and Alex Trew, 'Transaction Costs and Institutions', The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Contributions), 2015, 15(2):391-432, paper.
Trew, Alex, 'Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution', Review of Economic Dynamics, 2014, 17:707-25, paper, MATLAB code.
Trew, Alex, 'Finance and Balanced Growth', Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, 18(4):883-98, paper.
Trew, Alex, 'Contracting Institutions and Development', Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012, 3(3), paper.
Trew, Alex, 'Infrastructure Finance and Industrial Takeoff in England', Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42(6):985-1010, paper.
Trew, Alex, 'Efficiency, Depth and Growth: Quantitative Implications of Finance and Growth Theory', Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30(4):1550-68, paper.
Trew, Alex, 'Finance and Growth: A Critical Survey', Economic Record, 2006, 82(259):481-90, paper.
Stephan Heblich, David Nagy, Alex Trew and Yanos Zylberberg, 'The Death and Life of Great British Cities', working paper.
Hans-Joachim Voth, Bruno Caprettini and Alex Trew, ⓡ, 'Fighting for Growth: Labor Scarcity and Technology Adoption during the British Industrial Revolution', Adam Smith Business School Discussion Paper 2022-15, working paper, revision invited at American Economic Review. The Economist. FAZ.
Trew, Alex, 'Institutions and the Scale Effect', 2009, CDMA Working Paper 0906, working paper.
Dan Khomba, 2013-17, Essays on Aid and Growth. First job: Scottish Fiscal Commission.
Nikolay Chernyshev, 2015-18, Essays on Endogenous Growth Theory. First job: University of Bristol.
Mingchen Liu, 2023-
Sulemana Abdul-Karim, 2023-
Yohannes Marshall, 2023-
Dehua Li, 2024-
2015-18, $95,000, Institute for New Economic Thinking, "Transport Infrastructure, Long-Run Development and Policy: Evidence from England and Wales, c.1817 to 2011", joint with Stephan Heblich.
2015, £4,831, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics, for Workshop on Structural Transformation, joint with Radek Stefanski.
2015, £5,000, Royal Economic Society Special Project Grant for Workshop on Structural Transformation, joint with Radek Stefanski.
2012, £750, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics, conference travel.
2011, £7,875, funding for Workshop on Economic Growth, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics.
2006-08, £131,500, Shell Foundation: 'Private Sector Finance and the Support of Infrastructure as a Source of Economic Growth', joint with Charles Nolan and Gary Shea.
2004-06, £26,400 from CDMA: Full PhD Studentship.
Economic Geography (Honours).
Economic History (Honours).
Advanced Macroeconomics (Junior Honours).
Central Banking (MSc).
Contemporary Issues: Institutions; Financial Regulation (Senior Honours).
Econometrics (Junior/Senior Honours).
Economic Analysis: Growth theory (Senior Honours).
Economic Fundamentals and Financial Markets (MSc).
Economic Growth (Honours).
Financial Intermediation (MSc).
Money and Banking (MSc).
2023-27, External Examiner, University of Bristol.
2023-26, Scottish Economic Society, council member.
2020-25, External Examiner, Heriot Watt University.
2020-23, MRes Economics, director.
2017-19, School Ethics Committee, chair.
2017-19, External Examiner, University of Glasgow.
2015-17, Deputy Director of Teaching.
2014-19, Sub-Honours Advisor (Faculty of Science).
2012-13, MSc Money, Banking and Finance, director (maternity cover).