Research students

Name E-mail Supervisor(s) Research topic
Ronaldo Nazare rn2r08@soton.ac.uk Jean-Yves Pitarakis, Hector Calvo Pardo Forecasting with factor models for the Brazilian economy
Zulkeflty Abdul Karim zak1x07@soton.ac.uk Peter Smith Monetary Policy and Investment Behaviour: Empirical Evidence Using Macro and Micro Level Data in Malaysia
Riayati Ahmad ra6g08@soton.ac.uk Giulio Seccia, Jan Podivinsky The Effect of Corporate Tax on Firm Capital Structure and Investment in Malaysia
Ahmad Alawadhi asa2g09@soton.ac.uk Xavier Mateos-Planas Financial economics
Waei Alshewey wa1g09@soton.ac.uk Xavier Mateos-Planas Financial integration among the GCC countries
Dayang Awang Marikan daamlw07@soton.ac.uk Jean-Yves Pitarakis, Peter Smith, Jian Tong Income Convergence of Selected Asean Countries
Reza Boostani R.Boostani@soton.ac.uk Martin Gervais, Xavier Mateos-Planas Money Growth and Inflation in Iran
Jurica Brajkovic jb78@soton.ac.uk Jean-Yves Pitarakis Real Options Approach to Investment
Greg Bulczak gmb2v07@soton.ac.uk Xavier Mateos-Planas Regional Disparities: Theory and Polish Evidence
Juan Correa
(personal website)
jlcorrea@soton.ac.uk Carmine Ornaghi, Jackie Wahba Main Factors that Determine R & D Investment in Developing Countries
Corrado Giulietti (personal website) c.giulietti@soton.ac.uk Christian Schluter, Jackie Wahba Essays on Migration and Labour Markets
Dimitrios Gkountanis (personal website) dg1006@soton.ac.uk Grant Hillier Contemporary Econometric Issues
Ke Li K.Li@soton.ac.uk Jean-Yves Pitarakis Micro and International Economics
Alessandro Mennuni   Xavier Mateos-Planas Explaining Short and Long-term Differences in Economic Dynamics between Developed Countries
Luis Pinedo Caro (personal website) lpc1e09@soton.ac.uk John Knowles, Xavier Mateos-Planas Essays on gender discrimination
Norimah Rambeli@Ramli nbr1g08@soton.ac.uk Jan Podivinsky An Analysis of Vector Error Correction Modeling (VECM) for the Dynamic Relationship Between Money, Output and Exchange Rate Under Three Exchange Rate Regime System in Malaysia
Derya Tas dt2@soton.ac.uk Ákos Valentinyi A Channel for Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Credit Channel and an Empirical Analysis of Turkish Economy
Mauro Testaverde mt7e08@soton.ac.uk Thierry Verdier, Jackie Wahba, Hector Calvo Pardo Political economy of migration

Recent PhDs awarded

Name Date awarded Supervisor(s) Title of thesis
Nayef Alsadoun February 2010 Xavier Mateos-Planas Essays on the Economic Integration among the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
Greg Taylor January 2010 Robin Mason Essays on New Internet Marketplaces
Siti Mohd Daud November 2009 Jan Podivinsky  Issues in International Economics:  An Empirical Study on the Sustainability, External Debt and Reserves Management
Wan Azman Saini Wan Ngah  June 2009 Maurice Kugler, Peter Smith  Three empirical essays on foreign direct investments, research and development and insurance
Hairong Mu  May 2009 Peter Smith, Jian Tong  Three essays on regulation and competition in the Chinese telecommunications industry
Xing Wang May 2009 Grant Hillier  Some aspects of Empirical Likelihood 
Yu Liu January 2009  John Bluedorn, Xavier Mateos-Planas  Three essays in New Open Economy Macroeconomics with Multiple Countries, Non-tradable Goods, Capital Accumulation and Distribution Sector. 
Chris Mukiza December 2008 Peter Smith, Jackie Wahba Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Inequality and Poverty reduction in Uganda
Yun Zhu June 2008 Maozu Lu Essays on the Chinese Financial Markets
Xinyi Li June 2008 Maurice Kugler, Ákos Valentinyi Essays on International Trade and Regional Economic Integration in East Asia
Reza Ofoghi March 2008 Maurice Kugler Essays on the Macroeconomic Impact of Insurance Market Integration
Phawarat Khonsoomboon March 2008 Maurice Kugler, Ákos Valentinyi Empirical Essay on Development and Trade: Case Study in Thailand
Normaz Wana Ismail November 2007 Maurice Kugler, Peter Smith Issues in Regional Economic Integration: Evidence from the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
Abdol Samad Nawi November 2007 Maurice Kugler, Peter Smith Essays on Total Factor Productivity, International Trade, Business Cycles and Mark-up
Yuemin Han June 2007 Maozu Lu Three Essays on Chinese Stock Markets
Ioannis Kingdom June 2007 Giulio Seccia Three Essays on Personal Bankruptcy
Wilson Correa May 2007 Grayham E. Mizon, Jan Podivinsky Dynamic Structural Econometric Models and High Inflation in Brazil
Souraya El Yaman January 2007 Maurice Kugler Essays on International Trade and Factor Flows
Manpreet Sidhu December 2006 Patricia Rice Health Investment: How can the State Influence the Consumer to Obtain the Maximum Health Investment?
Jie Ma November 2006 Robin Mason, Jian Tong Three Essays in Imperfect Competition, Political Economy and International Trade
Rosita Chong September 2006 Peter Smith, Simon Wolfe (School of Management) Economics of Funding Instruments: An Empirical Analysis of Conventional and Islamic Instruments
Federico Martellosio May 2006 Grant Hillier Essays on the Econometric Analysis of Spatial Data
Stuart Redding May 2006 Patricia Rice How Industrial, Occupational and Racial Structure Contribute to Spatial Variation in Unemployment in England and Wales
Zukernain Zakaria February 2006 Maurice Kugler, Peter Smith Essays on Financial Structure and Economic Development
Orietta Dessy December 2005 Patricia Rice Wage Rigidity at the micro-level in the European Union's countries: evidence and estimation issues
Mokhrazinin Mokhtar December 2005 Peter Smith Measurement, Management and Disclosure of Risk and Return in Islamic Banks
Wu-Chang Luo October 2005 Maozu Lu, Jan Podivinsky The Predictability of Stock Index Futures Markets in Taiwan
Sheikh Tareq Selim October 2005 Ákos Valentinyi Optimal Taxation in Dynamic General Equilibrium
Johnson Asiama July 2005 Maurice Kugler, Peter Smith Essays in Economic Stabilisation and Long Term Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emanuela Lotti July 2005 Maurice Kugler, Yves Zenou Essays on Determinants and Effects of Labour Mobility
Francesco Zollino February 2005 Ákos Valentinyi Equity Issues in a Dynamic Economy with Heterogeneous Agents and Imperfect Markets
Simon Palmer December 2004 Patricia Rice, Yves Zenou The Role of Location in determining Intergenerational Mobility and Unemployment Duration
Ioannis Kasparis September 2004 Grant Hillier Functional Form Misspecification in Regressions with Integrated Time Series
Lucy O’Shea July 2004 Robin Mason, Alistair Ulph Essays in Environmental Policy, Biotechnology and Non-Point Source pollution
Karima Kamal February 2004 Robin Mason, Alistair Ulph Externalities and Agreements in International Rivers
Eleonora Patacchini February 2004 Raymond O'Brien, Patricia Rice Unobservable Factors and Panel Data Sets
Sugiharso Safuan February 2004 Mathias Hoffmann, Peter Smith Three Essays on International Macroeconomic and Interdependence in the Asian Crisis
Gianluca Grimalda November 2003 Alan Hamlin Essays on Norms and Growth in a Dynamical Perspective
Zheng Wang September 2003 Maurice Kugler, In Ho Lee Provincial Economic Growth, Inter-Provincial and Coastal-Inland Income Inequality in China from 1991 to 1999
Manfred Eckert July 2003 Antonella Ianni, Jan Podivinsky The German Financial Market: an Empirical Investigation into the Natural Sackelberg Situation and Initial Public Offering
Surjinder Singh Johal July 2003 Alistair Ulph Political Economy Models of Trade and the Environment in a Federal System
Mulenga Pamu March 2003 Mathias Hoffmann, Peter Smith Effects of External Shocks, External Debt and Stabilization Policies on the Zambian Economy
Alessandra Canepa February 2003 Raymond O'Brien Bootstrap Inference in Cointegrated VAR Models
Colin Jennings February 2003 Alan Hamlin Political Conflict and Constitutional Reform
Nicoletta Pashourtidou February 2003 Raymond O'Brien Cointegration in Misspecified Models
Grazia Rapisarda February 2003 Antonella Ianni Essays on Pricing Games with Asymmetric Players
Austin Tirivavi February 2003 Ákos Valentinyi Causal Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence