James Rockey

The Department of Economics
Professor in Economics
Head of Department of Economics

Contact details

Address: Department of Economics
Birmingham Business School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TY
United Kingdom

Prior to joining the department, James was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Leicester and previously also taught at the University of Bristol. An applied economist, his substantive research interests are broadly in the areas of Political Economy and Inequality. He also enjoys interdisciplinary collaborations.

Qualifications

PhD in Economics, University of Bristol
MSc in Economics, University of Bristol
BA Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, University of Oxford

Teaching

Contemporary Economic Challenges A
Contemporary Economic Challenges B
Extended Essay Supervision

Research

Political Economy & Inequality

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Gebrewolde, T & Rockey, J 2022, 'The effectiveness of industrial policy in developing countries: causal evidence from Ethiopian manufacturing firms', Journal of Development Effectiveness, vol. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2022.2090997

Stevens, L, Rockey, J, Rockowitz, S, Kanja, W, Colloff, M & Flowe, H 2021, 'Children's vulnerability to sexual violence during COVID-19 in Kenya: recommendations for the future', Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, vol. 2, 630901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.630901

Rockey, J, Smith, HMJ & Flowe, H 2021, 'Dirty looks: politicians’ facial appearance and unethical behaviour', The Leadership Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101561

Rivas, J & Rockey, J 2021, 'Expressive voting with booing and cheering: evidence from Britain', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 67, 101956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101956

Rockowitz, S, Stevens, LM, Rockey, JC, Smith, LL, Ritchie, J, Colloff, MF, Kanja, W, Cotton, J, Njoroge, D, Kamau, C & Flowe, HD 2021, 'Patterns of sexual violence against adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a prospective cross-sectional study', British Medical Journal Open, vol. 11, no. 9, e048636. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048636

Smith, HMJ, Andrews, S, Baguley, TS, Colloff, MF, Davis, JP, White, D, Rockey, JC & Flowe, HD 2021, 'Performance of typical and superior face recognizers on a novel interactive face matching procedure', British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12499

Colloff, M, Seale-Carlisle, T, Karoğlu, N, Rockey, J, Smith, HMJ, Smith, LL, Maltby, J, Yaremenko, S & Flowe, H 2021, 'Perpetrator pose reinstatement during a lineup test increases discrimination accuracy', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 13830. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92509-0

De Fraja, G, Lemos, S & Rockey, J 2021, 'The wounds that do not heal: the life-time scar of youth unemployment', Economica, vol. 88, no. 352, pp. 896-941. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12384

Flowe, H, Colloff, M, Smith, HMJ, Seale-Carlisle, T, Rockey, J & Pradhan, M 2020, 'Active exploration of faces in police lineups increases discrimination accuracy', American Psychologist.

Ladley, D, Liu, G & Rockey, J 2020, 'Losing money on the margin', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 172, pp. 107-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.01.027

Lockwood, B & Rockey, J 2020, 'Negative voters? Electoral competition with loss-aversion', Economic Journal, vol. 130, no. 632, pp. 2619-2648. https://doi.org/10.1093/EJ/UEAA037

Rockey, J & Zakir, N 2020, 'When two tribes go to work: Board political diversity and firm performance', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 63, pp. 101883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101883

Rockey, J & Temple, J 2016, 'Growth econometrics for agnostics and true believers', European Economic Review, vol. 81, pp. 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.05.010

Pickering, AC & Rockey, J 2013, 'Ideology and the size of US state government', Public Choice, vol. 156, no. 3-4, pp. 443-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-0026-x