On August 25–26, 2025, the international Economic Modelling 2025 Conference "Ukraine: Economic Insights for Future Policy Actions" was held at Trinity College Dublin. The event was organized with the support of Elsevier, Economists for Ukraine, and Trinity College Dublin (IM-TCD).
Young researchers from the Department of Monetary Relations Yuliia Shapoval and Oleksii Shpanel-Yukhta, presented a paper entitled "How Fast Do Commodity Markets Recover From Shock? Insights From the Russia-Ukraine War". The presentation highlighted the results of a study carried out within the framework of the young scientists’ research project "Financial Instruments for Reducing Economic Inequality in Ukraine" (0124U002254).
The conference gathered representatives of more than 20 academic institutions, central banks, and organizations from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, the United States, and Ukraine. Participants discussed a wide range of issues, including:
- consequences of trade blockades on ports
- U.S. support for Ukraine
- effectiveness of public procurement
- charitable fundraising during wartime
- cognitive losses caused by the war
- measuring corruption based on household microdata
- the impact of decentralization on education outcomes
- consequences of banking sector clean-up
- Ukraine’s exchange rate regime during the war
- direct and indirect war-related costs for Ukrainian enterprises
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