Jeremy Kwok
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3
Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2017
Research topic: Developing applications of Global Vector Autoregressive models in financial institutions
Research supervisors: Rish Singhania, Engin Kara
Email: jk496@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Ahmed Pirzada
Economics Alumni
Department of Economics, University of BristolGraduation date: 2017
Research topic: Inflation Dynamics in New Keynesian DSGE Models
Current position:
I am currently a Visiting Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London and a Teaching Associate at the University of BristolEmail: ajpirzada@hotmail.com, aj.pirzada@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajpirzada/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ajpirzada
Website/Blog: https://sites.google.com/site/ajpirzada/home
Dr Keqing Liu
Economics Alumni
Economics Department, University of ExeterStart date: 2013
Graduation date: July 2017
Research topic: Three Essays on Macroprudential Policy and Learning
Current position:
Currently I’m a lecturer at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), ChinaEmail: liu.keqing@mail.shufe.edu.cn
Website/Blog: https://sites.google.com/site/liukeqingexeter/
Dr Lorenz Hartmann
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC 1+3)
Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: January 2019
Research topic: Decision Making under Ambiguity: Axiomatic Decision Theory and Games
I work on decision making under ambiguity, that is I study behaviour of decision makers whose preferences cannot be modelled within Savage’s subjective expected utility theory. In one of my projects “Hierarchy of Ambiguity Aversion” I aim to unify two leading definitions of ambiguity aversion. A by-product is the axiomatization of so called exact capacities. In another project “A Definition of Perceived Ambiguity” I propose a new way of measuring perceived ambiguity in the multiple prior model and I apply my theory to normal-form games.Research supervisors: Professor David Kelsey, Professor Dieter Balkenborg
Email: lh474@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Atisha Ghosh
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: June 2018
Research topic: Immigration and Institutions
I have analysed topics on immigration, both theoretically and empirically. In my dissertation, I have analysed topics on immigration, both theoretically and empirically. In the theoretical paper, we show how an institution which is initially favourable to workers, later benefits only a narrow economic and political elite and we show this using the European Union’s Free Movement of Persons. In the empirical paper, we try to analyse whether the introduction of the Academies Act in 2010 has had any effect on immigration to England (we specifically consider the North West region of England) as opposed to Wales where the Act was not introduced.Research supervisors: Professor Ben Zissimos , Dr Pradeep Kumar
Email: ag482@exeter.ac.uk
Website/Blog: https://sites.google.com/site/atishaghosh/
Dr Marta Skrzypinska
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC 1+3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: January 2020
Research topic: Macroeconomics
Research supervisors: Professor Jon Temple, Tony Yates
Email: skrzypinskamarta.2011@my.bristol.ac.uk
Dr Uijin Kim
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: January 2018
Research topic: Weak instrument measure in dynamic panel data models
Research supervisors: Professor Frank Windmeijer
Email: u.kim@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Rami Chehab
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Econometrics (ESRC +3)
Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: February 2018
Research topic: Bootstrap method for heavy tailed distribution under auto correlation
Research supervisors: James Davidson, Professor Richard D.F. Harris
Email: rc382@exeter.ac.uk
Sofiya Stoyanova
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Development Economics (ESRC +3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: January 2019
Research topic: Income inequality and the welfare state
Research supervisors: Professor Jon Temple, Dr Edmund Cannon
Email: ss13854@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Abeer Shafqat
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: June 2020
Research topic: Three essays on development economics
Research supervisors: Professor Sarah Smith, Dr Christine Valente
Email: abeer.shafqat@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Mingjuan Gao
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: October 2017
Research topic: The value function and weighting function in prospect theory
Research supervisors: Professor Todd Kaplan, Professor Robin Mason
Email: mg350@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Adwoa Nsor-Ambala
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: September 2017
Research topic: Impact of remittances on development and growth
Research supervisors: Professor Jon Temple
Email: an12482@bristol.ac.uk
Xiaoran Liang
Economics, Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: May 2022
My research focuses on using various methods, like Lasso and hard thresholding, to select variables from a large set in an econometrics/causal analysis framework (e.g. instrumental variables analysis with genes, Mendelian randomisation).Research supervisors: Professor Frank Windmeijer, Dr Alex Tetenov
Email: xl15923@bristol.ac.uk
Lutfi Rahimi
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC/Exeter 1+)
University of Exeter Business School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2016
Graduation date: December 2020
Research topic: Essays on Tax Compliance, Labour Supply and Bribery
My research is compiled in three filed and experimental essays: the first essay, explores the effects of windfall money on tax compliance and labour supply responses, exploring how and why people pay taxes, and how individual labour supply responds to non-labour income. The second paper tries to tease apart the dynamic effects of penalties/fines on firm tax compliance. The third paper focuses on punishment vs pro-social behaviour vis-à-vis the choice of public service delivery methods. The choices include a standard delivery system, fast track system with a higher premium and bribery option that’s risky and has a negative externality.Research supervisors: Miguel A. Fonseca
Email: lr359@exeter.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutfi-rahimi/
Dr Isabel Stockton
Economics Alumni
PhD Researcher in Economics (ESRC +3)
Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolStart date: September 2015
Graduation date: March 2020
Research topic: The role of non-wage job characteristics as determinants of women’s wages and employment patterns in labour markets characterised by search
At the moment, I am analysing a large set of social security data to find out to what extent women are more likely than men to accept lower wages to avoid long commutes. Women’s shorter commutes could thus contribute to enduring discrepancies in men’s and women’s wages and other labour market outcomes. A particular focus is on differences between women in urban and rural areas, the effect of childbirth, and the role of childcare availability. I use duration (aka survival) analysis and a structural model of a search labour market to infer behavioural parameters from observed choices.Research supervisors: Dr Annette Bergemann, Dr Gerard van den Berg
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Regularly visiting Institute for Employment Research (IAB, Nuremberg), previously worked with/at German Federal Statistical Office, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW, Berlin).Email: isabel.stockton@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-stockton-60a065106