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John Turner

@profjohnturner.bsky.social

Professor at Queen's Business School, financial historian

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Economic History Review@echistsocreview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Now on Early View: 'Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019'. By William Quinn, John D. Turner & Clive B. Walker. @willquinn.bsky.social @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cepr.org @unibonn.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EHS100

<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculatio...

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The Productivity Institute@productivity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📊 Northern Ireland Productivity Dashboard 2025 Explore data on productivity trends across Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK. By Ruth Donaldson, @djordanecon.bsky.social, Seán McDonald and @profjohnturner.bsky.social. 🔗 www.productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

Northern Ireland Productivity Dashboard 2025 - The Productivity Institute

The dashboard assesses NI’s performance across the key drivers of productivity, which provide the foundations for long-run productivity growth.

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CEPH@cephie.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thank you to everyone who braved the weather and attended our ESRC Festival of Social Science talk "Chatting GPT" last night in the Lyric Theatre, Belfast! It was great to engage with the public on what the lessons of the past might tell us about the rise of AI today #NSRPProject #economichistory

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CEPH@cephie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Is the rise of AI "unprecedented"? How worried should we be, really? Is it all doom and gloom? Join us on Oct. 30 as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science for a live event examining AI with a historical lens! Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chatting-g... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Chatting GPT: What does history tell us about the future of AI?

Event exploring how technologies of the past impacted the working lives of those who coexisted with them and what this means for AI

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CEPH@cephie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It was a pleasure to host Michael Aldous and @profjohnturner.bsky.social at the Irish Stock Exchange for our event "The CEO: Examining Executive Impact on Business Performance". Chaired by Tom Lyons and held in the historic Irish Stock Exchange, the event explored the makings of the modern CEO.

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Rebecca Spang@rlspang.bsky.social · last yr.

Fascinating, incredibly detailed study by the great team of @willquinn.bsky.social and @profjohnturner.bsky.social Imagine having a dataset with the names, addresses, professions of 7000 investors in any particular sector or enterprise! Methodological model. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Who Wins and Loses in a Bubble? Evidence from the British Bicycle Mania | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core

Who Wins and Loses in a Bubble? Evidence from the British Bicycle Mania - Volume 85 Issue 2

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LSE Blogs@lseblogs.bsky.social · last yr.

Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity. Michael Aldous & @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social draw on a new book @universitypress.cambridge.org for @lsebr.bsky.social

British CEOs earn 100 times what they pay employees - LSE Business Review

Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.

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The Productivity Institute@productivity.bsky.social · last yr.

Spotlight on Northern Ireland | #NationalProductivityWeek 2025 The NI Productivity Forum at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social released "NI Productivity 2040" in National Productivity Week, by Ruth Donaldson, @djordanecon.bsky.social & @profjohnturner.bsky.social: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

NI Productivity 2040: Addressing Northern Ireland’s productivity gap for greater prosperity - The Productivity Institute

The Northern Ireland Productivity Forum's 2025 updated Insights Paper.

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