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Mr Daniel Cassidy

BA., MA

Biography

Daniel holds a BA (economics and History), a Masters degree in Economic Science (International Finance) and a Ph.D. in economics. His research interests are macroeconomics, maritime economics, finance, and economic history. Daniel's PhD research explored the relationship between historical Irish exchange rates, prices, credit conditions and international trade flows. The underlying focus of this work was a long run examination of the integration of Irish commodity and financial markets, the connections between the financial economy and the real economy and the effects of structural change in exchange rate regimes and economic crises. Daniel is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Whitaker Institute (SEMRU). His research explores how the maritime transport industry can support the growth of the Irish economy.

Daniel has lectured on a range of financial and macroeconomics courses. These include financial economics, financial management, financial (time series) econometrics, international economics and macroeconomics. Prior to commencing his PhD, he worked as a researcher at GDSI and as a financial analyst for Deutsche Bank.

Research Interests

Economic history: financial and monetary economics.

The history of risk mangement.

International economics, finance and trade.

Market integration: long run commodity and financial market integration.

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	Evaluation of the International Growth Centre's Research Commissioning. GDSI Report (2019) Evaluation of the International Growth Centre's Research Commissioning. DFID, London. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
		Irish Quantitative History Group Annual Meeting, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Currency revaluations and trade in Ireland 1698–1750. [Conference Paper], Irish Quantitative History Group Annual Meeting, TCD, January, 2020 . [Details]
		Economic and Social History of Ireland Society Annual Conference, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Currency revaluations and trade in Ireland, 1698–1750. [Conference Paper], Economic and Social History of Ireland Society Annual Conference, UCC, December, 2019 . [Details]
		European Historical Economics Society, FRESH Workshop, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Irish and English commodity market integration, evidence from grain prices, 1698–1826. [Conference Paper], European Historical Economics Society, FRESH Workshop, UCC, August, 2019 . [Details]
		Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics (IPECE) Workshop, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Irish and English commodity market integration, evidence from grain prices 1698–1826. [Conference Paper], Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics (IPECE) Workshop, NUI Galway, June, 2019 . [Details]
		Economic and Social History of Ireland Society Annual Conference, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Exchange rates and credit conditions in Ireland 1760–1826. [Conference Paper], Economic and Social History of Ireland Society Annual Conference, Central Bank of Ireland, November, 2017 . [Details]
		European Historical Economics Society Annual Conference, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Exchange rates and credit conditions in Ireland 1760–1826. [Conference Paper], European Historical Economics Society Annual Conference, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, September, 2017 . [Details]
		Eighteenth Century Ireland Society Annual Conference, Daniel Cassidy and Aidan Kane. Irish exchange rates 1760–1784. [Conference Paper], Eighteenth Century Ireland Society Annual Conference, NUI Galway, June, 2016 . [Details]

Seminar

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	‘The Scalpel and the Ledger: Peter Johnstone Freyer and managing the uncertainties of professional life in Ireland, India and Britain, 1888–-1921'. QUCEH seminar, Queens University Belfast. Daniel Cassidy and Kieran Fitzpatrick (2020) ‘The Scalpel and the Ledger: Peter Johnstone Freyer and managing the uncertainties of professional life in Ireland, India and Britain, 1888–-1921'. QUCEH seminar, Queens University Belfast. Seminar [Details]

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	Regional market integration and the emergence of a Scottish national grain market. European Historical Economics Society, Working Papers, No. 200. Daniel Cassidy and Nick Hanley (2020) Regional market integration and the emergence of a Scottish national grain market. European Historical Economics Society, Working Papers, No. 200. Working Paper [Details]

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2016	Hardiman PhD Scholar	NUI Galway
	2015	Department of Finance Economic Policy Competition	Government of Ireland

Teaching Interests

Economic History

Financial Economics

Financial Management

Financial (time series) Econometrics

Macroeconomics

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