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Professor Kevin O'Rourke

Honorary Professor (Economics)
Honorary Professor (Sch Office Social Sciences & Philosophy)
      
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Professor Kevin O'Rourke

Honorary Professor (Economics)

 Kevin.ORourke@tcd.ie

 

Honorary Professor (Sch Office Social Sciences & Philosophy)


Kevin O'Rourke is a Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, and President of the European Historical Economics Society. He is a co-organiser of the CEPR's Economic History Initiative, which aims to promote a more 'presentist', quantitative and comparative approach to European economic history. He received his PhD from Harvard in 1989, and has taught at Columbia, Harvard, University College Dublin and Sciences Po Paris. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick. He has served as an editor of the European Review of Economic History, as an editorial board member of the Journal of Economic History and World Politics, as a member of the Economic Policy panel, as an Associate Editor of Economics Bulletin, and as a trustee of the Cliometric Society. Kevin O'Rourke has written extensively on the history of globalization, and his Globalization and History (co-authored with Jeffrey G. Williamson) won the 1999 American Association of Publishers/PSP Award for the best scholarly book in economics. Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium, co-authored with Ronald Findlay, was recently published by Princeton University Press. Professor O'Rourke's academic work has been mentioned in such international newspapers as The Economist; New York Times; Sunday Times; Publico (Portugal); Der Spiegel; Le Monde; Le Figaro, International Herald Tribune; The New Statesman; Politiken (Denmark); Wall Street Journal; Newsweek; and in the Irish media. Many of the articles are available at http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/orourkek/homepage.htm
  Economic History   Economic history, theory   Globalisation   International economics, finance, trade and development   International Trade
Project Title
 Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development
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Co-ordinator. The proposal was made on behalf of the Economic History Initiative at the CEPR. The proposal was the only successful economics proposal in this round. The grant is for over €1.7 million. The RTN aims to promote comparative and pan-European economic history, as well as 'presentist' economic history which speaks to today's academic and policy debates.
Funding Agency
European Union
Project Title
 TCD PRTLI application to the HEA
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Co-ordinator. The PRTLI grant was worth €8.8 million.
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HEA
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 Research Training Network Proposal on Trade, Industrialization and Development
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Team leader.
Funding Agency
European Union

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President, European Historical Economics Society, 2009-2011.
Co-organiser, Centre for Economic Policy Research Economic History Initiative (launched 2004). The CEPR is Europe's largest and most influential economics research network. For full details of the Economic History Initiative, see http://www.cepr.org/research/Initiatives/EH.htm. 2004
Editor, European Review of Economic History 2002-2007
Member, International Advisory Board, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick 2003-present
Panel Member, Economic Policy, 2006-2008.
Trustee, European Historical Economics Society 1996-2007
Editorial Board member, Journal of Economic History 1998-2001
Trustee, Cliometric Society 1998-2001
Associate Editor, Economics Bulletin 2001-present
Organizer, EHES Summer School in Economic History, Dublin 2001
Co-organizer, conference on 'The Political Economy of Globalization: Can the Past Inform the Present?', IIIS, Trinity College Dublin (August 29-31, 2002) 2002
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London (International Macro, International Trade and Institutions and Economic Policy programmes)
Visiting Professor, International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. 2005
Research Associate, National Bureau for Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts (International Trade and Investment Program) 2000 - present
Program committee member, 4th World Congress of Cliometrics, Montreal July 2000
Co-organiser, ESF/CEPR conference on 'The Long Run Growth and Development of the World Economy: Measurement and Theory,' Venice International University (April 28-May 1 2005).
Member, Economic Policy Panel, 2006-2008.
Editorial Board member, World Politics, 2007-2010.
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Danish Medium Basic Medium
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Fluent
Details Date From Date To
European Historical Economics Society
Economic History Association
Economic History Society
Global Economic History Network
American Economic Association
Centre of Economic Policy Research, London
National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Richard S. Grossman & Ronan C. Lyons & Kevin H. O'Rourke & Madalina A. Ursu, A monthly stock exchange index for Ireland, 1864-1930, European Review of Economic History, 18, (3), 2014, p248 - 276, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Miguel Almunia, Agustín Bénétrix, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Gisela Rua, "From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences, and Lessons.", Economic Policy , 2010, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
Stephen N. Broadberry and Kevin H. O'Rourke, Unifying the European Experience: An Economic History of Modern Europe, 1, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, Book, IN_PRESS
Trade and Empire in, Stephen N. Broadberry and Kevin H. O'Rourke , Unifying the European Experience: An Economic History of Modern Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, [Kevin H. O'Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Guillaume Daudin], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Globalisation, 1870-1914 in, editor(s)Stephen N. Broadberry and Kevin H. O'Rourke , Unifying the European Experience: An Economic History of Modern Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, [Guillaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
The End of Free Migration: Lessons for Today in, editor(s)Andrew C. Sobel , The Challenges of Globalization , London, Routledge, 2009, pp58-77 , [Kevin H. O'Rourke], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson, Did Vasco da Gama matter for European markets?, Economic History Review, 62, (3), 2009, p655 - 684, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke, Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2007, 624pp.pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor, The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2007, 456pp.pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Democracy and protectionism in, editor(s)Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor , The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2007, pp193 - 216, [Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

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Government policies and the collapse in trade during the Great Depression in, R. Baldwin , The great trade collapse: Causes, consequences and prospects, London, CEPR, 2009, [Kevin H. O'Rourke], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Kevin H. O'Rourke, "Protectionism and the Great Depression." , BEPA Monthly Brief , 27, 2009, p3 - 7, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Kevin H. O'Rourke, Politics and Trade: Lessons from Past Globalisations, 2009, -, Notes: [Bruegel Essay], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
"Engage multilateral institutions in solutions to today's problems." in, editor(s)R. Baldwin and S. Evenett , What world leaders should do to halt the spread of protectionism, London , CEPR, 2008, [Kevin H. O'Rourke], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Gregory Clark, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor, Made in America? The New World, the Old, and the Industrial Revolution, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 98, (2), 2008, p523 - 528, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Economic Globalization, Roland Robertson and Jan Aart Scholte , Encyclopedia of Globalization , Routledge, 2007, pp357 - 363, [Kevin H. O'Rourke], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED
Kevin H. O'Rourke, The International Trading System, Globalization and History , Edward Elgar, 2005, Book, PUBLISHED
Commodity market integration, 1500-2000 in, editor(s)M.D. Bordo, A.M. Taylor and J.G. Williamson , Globalization in Historical Perspective, University of Chicago Press/NBER, 2003, pp13 - 62, [Findlay R., O'Rourke, K. H.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Long-distance trade: long-distance trade between 1750 and 1914 in, editor(s)J. Mokyr , Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Volume 3, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp365 - 370, [O'Rourke, K. H.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Ireland and the bigger picture in, editor(s)David Dickson & Cormac Ó Gráda , Refiguring Ireland, Dublin, Lilliput Press, 2003, pp342 - 355, [O'Rourke, K. H.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
2003 IRCHSS Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship 2003-4
Association of American Publishers/PSP Award for best new scholarly book in Economics, (for Globalization and History) 1999
Cole Prize Winner, 1997-98: awarded annually to author of best article published in the Journal of Economic History (for "The European grain invasion, 1870-1913") 1998
Joint winner, International Economic History Congress dissertation competition 1994
Barrington Prize Lecturer, Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 1994
President's Research Award, UCD 1994
Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship, 1988-89 1998
Jens Aubrey Westengaard Scholarship 1988
Whately Prize in Economics, TCD 1984
Annual Silver Medal for Composition, Dublin University Theological Society 1984
Foundation Scholarship, Economics and Mathematics, TCD 1982
Entrance Exhibition, First Class, Ancient and Modern Literature, TCD 1980
2007 IRCHSS Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship 2007
Keynote speaker, 2nd Sound Economic History Workshop, Lund, 23 November. 2007
Keynote speaker, 27th Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History, Lisbon, 16 November. 2007
FIELDS OF INTEREST: Economic History, International Economics. I work on the economic history of globalization, and on the political economy of globalization.