Dr Emiliya Lazarova

Lecturer in Economics

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 2294

Fax +44 (0) 121 414 7377

Email e.a.lazarova@bham.ac.uk

About

Research interests: Game Theory, Coalition formation, Applied Economics

Qualifications

PhD Tilburg University, The Netherlands, M.A. Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Czech Republic, B.A. American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Biography

Emiliya Lazarova is a Lecturer in Economics. She joined the Department in January 2011. Her main research interests lie in the areas of coalition formation, matching theory, relational economies, and applied economics. Emiliya defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled 'Stability, Governance and Effectiveness: Essays on the service economy' in December 2006 at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

Teaching

 

  • ECON32 Applied Econometrics
  • Econ210 Economics of Public Expenditure

Research

  • Game Theory
  • Coalition formation
  • Applied Economics

Other activities

Welfare Tutor, Internal Seminar Series Organizer

Publications

Di Maria, C. and E. Lazarova (2012) "Migration, human capital formation and growth: An empirical investigation", World Development, 40(12), 938-955.

Lazarova, E. and D. Dimitrov (2012) "Status-Seeking in Hedonic Games with Heterogeneous Players". Social Choice and Welfare, forthcoming.

Lazarova, E., Borm, P., and B. van Velzen (2011) "Contracts and coalition formation based on individual deviations", Top, 19, 507-520.

Chakrabarti, S.,  Gilles, R., and E. Lazarova (2011) “Strategic behavior under partial cooperation”, Theory and Decision, 71(2), 175-193.

Dimitrov, D. and E. Lazarova (2011) “Two-sided coalitional matchings”, Mathematical Social Sciences, 62(1), 46-54.

Lazarova, E., P. Borm, M. Montero, H. Reijnierse (2011) "A bargaining set for monotonic simple games based on external and internal stability'', Top, 19, 54-66.

Di Maria, C.,  Ferreira, S., and E. Lazarova (2010) “Shedding light on the light bulb puzzle: The role of attitudes and perceptions in the adoption of energy efficient light bulbs”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy,  57(1), 48-67.

Lazarova, E. and D. Dimitrov (2010) "Balanced weights and three-sided coalition formation", Games, 1(2), 159-167.

Lazarova, E. and I. Mosca (2008) "Does governance matter for aggregate health capital?", Applied Economic Letters, 15(3), 199--2002..

Gilles, R., Lazarova, E., and P. Ruys (2007) "Stability, specialisation, and social recognition", Division of Labour and Transaction Costs, 2(2), 83-109.

Gilles, R., Lazarova, E., and P. Ruys (2006) "On socio-economic roles and  specialisation", Economic Papers, 25(2), 157-170.

Lazarova, E. (2006) "Governance in relation to infant mortality rate: Evidence from around the world", Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 77(3), 385-394.

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