
06/05/2025 Allison Shertzer – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series
Allison Shertzer is an Economist and Economic Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. https://www.allisonshertzer.com/
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Allison Shertzer is an Economist and Economic Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. https://www.allisonshertzer.com/
Alexander Willén is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics https://www.alexanderwillen.com/
Melanie Xu is an Assistant Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. https://www.melaniexue.net/
Jutta Bolt is a Professor of Global Economic History at the University of Groningen. https://www.rug.nl/staff/j.bolt/?lang=en
Regina Grafe is Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-regina-grafe/
Christian Maruthiah is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at CEPH, Trinity College Dublin. https://ceph.ie/people-re/christian-maruthiah/
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