Professor Matthew Cole

Professor of Environmental Economics

Department of Economics

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6639

Fax +44 (0)121 414 7377

Email m.a.cole@bham.ac.uk

Department of Economics
University of Birmingham
JG Smith Building
Birmingham
B15 2TT

About

Research Interests: Environmental Economics; Development Economics; International Economics (and the intersection of the three)

Qualifications

BA(Hons) Economics, MA Economics, PhD Economics (Nottingham)

Biography

Research Director For Economics

REF lead for Economics

Leader of the Environment, Trade and Energy Research Group

Co-Editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Associate Editor of Environmental and Resource Economics, the official journal of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

My Google Scholar profile.

Teaching

Current teaching:

ECON110B Sustainable Development

ECONG46D Environmental Economics

Research

Globalisation and the environment. More specifically, the impact of trade, economic growth and investment flows on the environment and the role played by differences in environmental regulations. Of particular interest are firm and industry level studies of economy-environment interactions, often in developing countries. 

Publications

MY LINKS:  Full Publication List

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R., Okubo, T. and Zhou, Y. (forthcoming). The Carbon Dioxide Emissions of Firms: A Spatial Analysis. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Zhang, J. (forthcoming).Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Evidence fromChinese Cities. Journal of Regional Science.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J. (2009). Dirty Money: Is There a Wage Premium for Working in a Pollution IntensiveIndustry? Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 39, 2, pp. 161-80.

Cole, M.A. (2006). Does Trade Liberalisation Increase National Energy Use? Economics Letters, 92, pp. 108-12.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Fredriksson, P. (2006).Endogenous Pollution Havens: Does FDI Influence EnvironmentalRegulations? Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108, 1, pp. 157-78.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R and Shimamoto, K. (2005).Industrial Characteristics, Environmental Regulations and AirPollution: An Analysis of the UK Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50, 1, pp.121-43.

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