Professor Alex Trew

Professor in Economics (Economics)

telephone: 0901
email: Alex.Trew@glasgow.ac.uk

Adam Smith Business School, Room 207, Main Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Biography

Alex was educated at Durham University, the University of Warwick and the University of St Andrews. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in July 2019, he was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of St Andrews. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research interests

Alex is a member of the School's Macroeconomics research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

Economic geography
Economic growth
Economic history
Financial development

Publications

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2026

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (Ed.) (2026) The Wealth of Nations at 250: Understanding Prosperity and Development in the Modern World. Cambridge University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2026) Adam Smith’s economic system at 250: imaginary machines for a transformed world. In: Trew, Alex (ed.) The Wealth of Nations at 250: Understanding Prosperity and Development in the Modern World. Cambridge University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Stefanski, Radoslaw and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2024) Selection, patience, and the interest rate. Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, 2(1), pp. 149-181. (doi: 10.1086/727798)

2022

Khomba, Daniel Chris and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2022) Aid and local growth in Malawi. Journal of Development Studies, 58(8), pp. 1478-1500. (doi: 10.1080/00220388.2022.2032668)

Muscatelli, Anton, Roy, Graeme ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-5408 and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2022) Persistent states: lessons for Scottish devolution and independence. National Institute Economic Review, 260, pp. 51-63. (doi: 10.1017/nie.2022.5)

2021

Heblich, Stephan, Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 and Zylberberg, Yanos (2021) East Side Story: historical pollution and persistent neighborhood sorting. Journal of Political Economy, 129(5), pp. 1508-1552. (doi: 10.1086/713101)

2020

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2020) Endogenous infrastructure development and spatial takeoff in the first Industrial Revolution. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 12(2), pp. 44-93. (doi: 10.1257/mac.20160162)

2019

Heblich, Stephan and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2019) Banking and industrialization. Journal of the European Economic Association, 17(6), pp. 1753-1796. (doi: 10.1093/jeea/jvy037)

2016

Heblich, Stephan, Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 and Zylberberg, Yanos (2016) East Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting. School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper 1613. Working Paper. University of St Andrews.

Khomba, Daniel Chris and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2016) Aid and Local Growth in Malawi. School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper 1612. Working Paper. University of St Andrews.

2015

Nolan, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-7472 and Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2015) Transaction costs and institutions: investments in exchange. B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 15(2), pp. 391-432. (doi: 10.1515/bejte-2013-0090)

2014

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2014) Spatial takeoff in the first industrial revolution. Review of Economic Dynamics, 17(4), pp. 707-725. (doi: 10.1016/j.red.2014.01.002)

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2014) Finance and balanced growth. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 18(4), pp. 883-898. (doi: 10.1017/S1365100512000661)

2012

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2012) Contracting institutions and development. Review of Economics and Institutions, 3(3), (doi: 10.5202/rei.v3i3.82)

2010

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2010) Infrastructure finance and industrial takeoff in England. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 42(6), pp. 985-1010. (doi: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2010.00317.x)

2009

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2009) Institutions and the Scale Effect. CDMA working paper 0906. Working Paper. Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis.

2008

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2008) Efficiency, depth and growth: Quantitative implications of finance and growth theory. Journal of Macroeconomics, 30(4), pp. 1550-1568. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2007.12.005)

2006

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2006) Finance and growth: A critical survey. Economic Record, 82(259), pp. 481-490. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00361.x)

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Articles

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2014) Spatial takeoff in the first industrial revolution. Review of Economic Dynamics, 17(4), pp. 707-725. (doi: 10.1016/j.red.2014.01.002)

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2014) Finance and balanced growth. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 18(4), pp. 883-898. (doi: 10.1017/S1365100512000661)

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2012) Contracting institutions and development. Review of Economics and Institutions, 3(3), (doi: 10.5202/rei.v3i3.82)

Trew, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-9480 (2006) Finance and growth: A critical survey. Economic Record, 82(259), pp. 481-490. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00361.x)

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