Economic Policy and Politics

Research in this area focuses on the study of labour and asset markets for macroeconomic stability, including measures of underemployment. This research links with how fiscal and constitutional changes shape, and are shaped by organisations, local and national governments.

Related staff

Dr David Comerford

Professor Sheila Dow

Professor Robert Hart

Professor Brian Loasby

Dr Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos

Dr Willem Sas

Dr Till Stowasser

Research staff

Mr John Houston

Honorary staff

Professor Angus Armstrong

Related outputs

Underemployment in the United States and Europe

Bell DNF & Blanchflower DG (2021) Underemployment in the United States and Europe. ILR Review, 74 (1), pp. 56-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793919886527

Starting from scratch? A new approach to subnational public finance

Bell D, Sas W & Houston J (2020) Starting from scratch? A new approach to subnational public finance. Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1839640

Nonfinancial sector debt and the U.S. Great Moderation: Evidence from flow-of-funds data

Grydaki M & Bezemer D (2019) Nonfinancial sector debt and the U.S. Great Moderation: Evidence from flow-of-funds data. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 24 (1), pp. 80-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1650

Are There Gains to Joining a Union? Evidence from Mexico

Gutiérrez Rufrancos H (2019) Are There Gains to Joining a Union? Evidence from Mexico. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57 (3), pp. 676-712. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12463

Can fiscal equalisation mitigate tax competition? Ad valorem and residence-based taxation in a federation

Sas W (2017) Can fiscal equalisation mitigate tax competition? Ad valorem and residence-based taxation in a federation. International Tax and Public Finance, 24 (5), pp. 817-853. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-016-9435-y

Electoral Cycles in Savings Bank Lending

Englmaier F & Stowasser T (2017) Electoral Cycles in Savings Bank Lending. Journal of the European Economic Association, 15 (2), pp. 296-354. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvw005

Migration and fiscal policy as factors explaining the labour-market resilience of UK regions to the Great Recession

Bell D & Eiser D (2016) Migration and fiscal policy as factors explaining the labour-market resilience of UK regions to the Great Recession. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9 (1), pp. 197-215. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsv029

Who gained from the introduction of free universal secondary education in England and Wales?

Hart RA, Moro M & Roberts JE (2015) Who gained from the introduction of free universal secondary education in England and Wales?. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2015-02.