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Dr Allan Beltran is an environmental economist with research interests on environmental valuation, the economics of climate change and climate policy. His research combines the use of econometric analysis and geographical data to improve our understanding of the economic costs and benefits of climate change, as well as the effects of policies designed to limit its impact.

Allan joined the ...

Dr Sami Bensassi joined Birmingham Business School in January 2013. He is currently a Reader in Trade and Development Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris-Nanterre.

His research interests lie at the intersection of trade, development and institutions. His recent work has focused on trade informality, corruption and conflict zones.  Dr Sami Bensassi's research ...

Professor Matt Cole is an environmental economist whose research examines the relationships between economic development and the natural environment, with a particular focus on issues relating to international trade, air pollution, health and biodiversity. He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous book contributions. His work has received over 12,500 career ...

Professor Robert Elliott is an applied economist who works at the intersection of international economics, development economics, environmental and energy economics and international business. He has a particular interest in the Chinese economy, firm behaviour, natural disasters and the impact of globalisation on the environment.

He is an editor for the Sustainable Future Policy Lab, ...

Liza joined the Business School in 2010. Previously she worked as a lecturer at the Manchester Business School and as a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. She is an external research fellow of the GEP centre and of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Liza gained her PhD at the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Her main research interest is applied international ...

Professor David Maddison is Director of the Birmingham Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management (BCEEEM). He is also co-editor of the journal Climate Change Economics.

David Maddison is a part of the Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of ...

Fiona's interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploring the links between poverty and the environment.

Eric is a part-time research Professor in the department of economics and is currently based at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.  His main research is in the area of applied development economics but he has also published in the areas of international, environmental and labour economics.  He is currently working on the economics of natural disasters linking economics with techniques from ...

Eleni’s research interests are in the area of international environmental politics with a specific specialisation in the following topics: how do nations come to cooperate in environmental issues?

Liyun’s main research interests are international economics and environmental economics with a focus on firms’ internationalization strategies and environmental behaviour.