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Department of Economics

Research Students in the Economics Department

Recently awarded PhDs in the Economics Department
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Luigi VentimigliaAlternative monetary policies for commodity dependent developing countries: the myth of the exchange rate solution. A post-keynesian analysis of the Peruvian economic structure (1991-2010)
Giovanni CozziCrisis and Recovery in Malaysia. An assessment of financial and real sector development from 1990 to 2009
Radha UpadhyayaAnalyzing the sources and impact of segmentation in the banking sector: a case study of Kenya
Daniela TavasciA Political Economy Exploration of the Argentinean Crisis in 2001
Jan KnoerichGoing global for growth and catch-up: A development approach to Chinese outward foreign direct investment
Bernd MuellerWorking for development? A study of the political economy of rural labour markets in Tanzania
Chi-Jen WuThe Economic Integration of Greater China, the 1980s-2008: An historical and comparative institutional approach
Annina KaltenbrunnerCurrency internationalisation and exchange rate dynamics in emerging markets: A post keynesian analysis of Brazil
Ekaette IkpeAgriculture, the means to do an industrialisation end: Lessons from the developmental state paradigm with reference from Nigeria
Demophanes PapadatosLoanable money capital, forms of money and monetary policy
Juan Pablo Painceira PaschoaCentral banking in middle income countries in the course of financialisation: A study with special reference to Brazil and Korea
Grace KiteLinked In: The Software and IT Services Sector in India's Economic Development, 1980 to 2011
Emmanuel CodjoeForeign Direct Investment in Ghanaian manufacturing: Exploring the extent of technology transfer and exporting behaviour of FDI firms
Thuttai KeeratipongpaiboonPopulation ageing: Changes in household composition and economic behaviour in Thailand
Suphannada LimpanondaProvincial disparities in Thaliland - Convergence, agglomeration, economies and effects on poverty, 1988-2008
Hazel GrayTanzania and Vietnam: A comparative political economy of economic transition
Chiara MariottiDisplacement, resettlement and adverse incorporation in Andhra Pradesh. The case of the polavaram dam
Linda MatarThe political economy of investment: A historical examination of domestic investment behaviour in Syria
Alexandre AbreuMigration and development in contemporary guinea-bissau: A political economy approach
Mohammed Ali Syed
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The Fertility Transition in Bangladesh: Explaining Regional Variations in Fertility and the Effects on Family Welfare (working title)

Abdulla Abdulaal
Abdulla Abdulaa

Diversification and neoliberal policies in Bahrain (Working Title)


Nana Amma Afari-Gyan
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Emerging Labour Relations and Institutions under Globalisation: A case study of Ghana (Working Title)

Rashed Al Mahnud Titumir
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(Working Title) Land Transactions and Capitalist Transitions in Rural Bangladesh

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Sandhya Balasubrahmanyam
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Driving growth in post Liberalization India – the role of the state.

Neha Batura
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The Cause and Long-term Impact of Poor Nutrition: Evidence from Rural Tanzania


Marco Boffo
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A Political Economy of Software: Labour, Production of Knowledge, and Use of Knowledge in Production (Working Title)

Bruno Bonizzi
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Capital flows to emerging markets and institutional investors (working title)


Pinar Cakiroglu
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(Working Title) Capitalist Industrial Transformation in the 19th Century Interior Salonika and the Role of Greek Community

Kevin Deane
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A Socio-economic Analysis of HIV : Exploring the relationship between population mobility and HIV risk in Tanzania


Samina Naher Dossani
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(Working Title): Is service sector growth an alternative paradigm of economic development? : The case of India post-1990s

Stefania Georgakakou-Koutsonikou
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A Political Economy of Financial Derivatives


Osiel González Dávila
Osiel Davila

Food Security and Water Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and Mexico

Yingquan Jiang
Yingquan Jiang

The relationship between financial development and economic growth in China


Elif Karacimen
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Political Economy of Turkish Banking and Household Indebtedness

Ewa Karwowski
Ewa Karwowski

Financial Operations of Firms: The Case of South Africa (working title)


Majid Kazemi Najaf Abadi
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Oil and economic development in Iran


Jodie Keane
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The new trade/new growth nexus for late industrialisers

Woocheol Lee
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Property Rights and Political Economy in Vietnam

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Cui Li
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Institutional changes and uneven regional development in China after 1978

Duncan Lindo
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A Political Economy of Derivatives


Ilara Mahdi
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Formalizing Informal Finance in Sierra Leone in promoting economic growth (Working title)


Shaikh Moniruzzaman
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Climate Change Variability and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change


Christine Ngoc Ngo
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Vietnam: The State and the Political Economy of Industrialization, Technology Upgrading and Capability Building

Jago Penrose
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Firm But Liquid: Economic Transition in Vietnam


Eugénia Pires
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Working Title: Political Economy of Migrants’ Remittances: Evidence from the Angolan Diaspora in Portugal


Usman Qadir
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The Political Economy of Technology Acquisition in Pakistan: Policy and Constraints in the Automobile Industry


Omid Rahmani
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The Financialisation and Fundamentals of Commodities Markets: The Case of Food and Metals

Mary Robertson
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A Systems of Provision approach to Housing (working title)


Cleo Rose-Innes
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Transport Infrastructure and Regional Integration in Southern Africa

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Pallavi Roy
Pallavi Roy

The Political Economy of Growth: Role of the Industrial Development Corporation in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat


Mimoza Shabani
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The Incidence of Bank Default and Capital Adequacy Regulation in USA and Japan

Sara Stevano
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Women’s work and household food practices: A study of northern Mozambique (working title)


Lotta Takala-Greenish
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The role of industrial policy in the decline of the South African textiles and clothing sector

Tony Norfield
Tony Norfield

(Working title) British Imperialism & Finance: A contribution to the theory of contemporary imperialism


Judith Tyson
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Systemic Risk and Microfinance

Sophie Van Hullen
Sophie Van Hullen

(working title) Excess Volatility or Volatile Fundamentals: The impact of financial speculation on commodity markets


Mei WU
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Industrial Development Policies and Foreign Investment in Guangdong Province, China