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Diseases, infection dynamics, and development (2010)
Journal Article
Chakraborty, S., Papageorgiou, C., & Pérez Sebastián, F. (2010). Diseases, infection dynamics, and development. Journal of Monetary Economics, 57(7), 859-872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2010.08.004

The relationship between health and development is a subject of ongoing debate. This paper contributes to the debate by proposing a general equilibrium theory of infectious disease transmission, prevention investment, and rational behavior. Diseases... Read More about Diseases, infection dynamics, and development.

Curriculum changes using concept maps (2010)
Journal Article
Simon, J. (2010). Curriculum changes using concept maps. Accounting education, 19(3), 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639280903411336

As accounting educators we are frequently involved in developing and revising the curriculum. This might involve changes to incorporate new content and skills identified from attending conferences, reading texts and journals, peer-reviewing colleague... Read More about Curriculum changes using concept maps.

Strategic and general equilibrium models in poverty measurement studies (2010)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2010). Strategic and general equilibrium models in poverty measurement studies. Romanian journal of economic forecasting, 13(1), 137-150

Incentive compatibility in poverty alleviation game for the most efficient and just allocation of resources and maximisation of social welfare requires cooperation from both rich and poor households, governments and the global community. Noncooperati... Read More about Strategic and general equilibrium models in poverty measurement studies.

Physical distribution service quality in online retailing (2010)
Journal Article
Xing, Y., Grant, D. B., McKinnon, A. C., & Fernie, J. (2010). Physical distribution service quality in online retailing. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 40(5), 415-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/09600031011052859

Purpose - Many traditional retailers use the internet as a complementary business channel while "pure player" retailers only sell products via the internet. The question of who is better at offering electronic physical distribution service quality (e... Read More about Physical distribution service quality in online retailing.

Developing environmental supply chain performance measures (2010)
Journal Article
Shaw, S., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, J. (2010). Developing environmental supply chain performance measures. Benchmarking, 17(3), 320-339. https://doi.org/10.1108/14635771011049326

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature and present a proposed research agenda to examine whether environmental, i.e. green performance measures, can be integrated within an existing supply chain performance framework, expl... Read More about Developing environmental supply chain performance measures.

Econometric analysis of microscopic simulation models (2010)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Donkers, B., & Melenberg, B. (2010). Econometric analysis of microscopic simulation models. Quantitative finance, 10(10), 1187-1201. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697680903460176

Microscopic simulation models are often evaluated based on visual inspection of the results. This paper presents formal econometric techniques to compare microscopic simulation (MS) models with real-life data. A related result is a methodology to com... Read More about Econometric analysis of microscopic simulation models.

The influence of social pressure and nationality on individual decisions: Evidence from the behaviour of referees (2010)
Journal Article
Dawson, P., & Dobson, S. (2010). The influence of social pressure and nationality on individual decisions: Evidence from the behaviour of referees. Journal of economic psychology, 31(2), 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2009.06.001

This study considers the influences on agents' decisions in an international context. Using data from five seasons of European cup football matches it is found that referees favour home teams when awarding yellow and red cards. Previous research on r... Read More about The influence of social pressure and nationality on individual decisions: Evidence from the behaviour of referees.

Do benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts? (2010)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Hamill, P. A., & Opong, K. K. (2010). Do benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts?. Global finance journal, 21(1), 71-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2010.03.006

This paper investigates if benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts reported for financial time series returns. The returns distributions of the Africa All-Share, Large, Medium and Small Company Indices were found to be leptokurtot... Read More about Do benchmark African equity indices exhibit the stylized facts?.

Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective (2010)
Journal Article
Liu, X., McKinnon, A. C., Grant, D. B., & Feng, Y. (2010). Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective. Logistics Research, 2(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-010-0024-7

This paper empirically examines perceptions on the sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers (LSPs) drawing on two influential theories of strategic management, Porter’s competitive advantage theory and the resource-based view (RBV).... Read More about Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective.

Crashes in real estate prices: causes and predictability (2010)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q. (2010). Crashes in real estate prices: causes and predictability. Urban studies, 47(8), 1725-1744. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009356482

Large swings in real estate prices that end in devastating crashes have been witnessed by many countries in the past two decades. To curtail the damage of these crashes, it is imperative that we understand their causes. This study proposes a model th... Read More about Crashes in real estate prices: causes and predictability.

The residential market of Hong Kong: rational or irrational? (2010)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q., & Liu, Y. (2010). The residential market of Hong Kong: rational or irrational?. Applied economics, 42(7), 923-933. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701720960

The current study attempts to investigate the proposition that Hong Kong residential market is only driven by a rational speculative bubble, in addition to fundamentals. The fundamentals are chosen according to the present value model, but will accou... Read More about The residential market of Hong Kong: rational or irrational?.

Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market (2010)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q., & Huang, W. (2010). Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market. Quantitative finance, 10(5), 529-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697680903236113

This study explores the short-run predictability of, and the risks facing investors in, Singapore's private housing market. We explicitly model a periodically collapsing rational speculative bubble within the present value framework, and propose an u... Read More about Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market.

Taxes, public spendings and economic growth in OECD countries (2010)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2010). Taxes, public spendings and economic growth in OECD countries. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 8(1), 14-30

Impacts of taxes and spending on accumulation and growth are assessed theoretically using neoclassical, optimal growth and overlapping generation models. Empirical supports based on rank correlation and panel regression analysis suggest that countrie... Read More about Taxes, public spendings and economic growth in OECD countries.

Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports (2010)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Goddard, J. (2010). Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports. European journal of operational research, 205(3), 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.024

This article develops a dynamic game-theoretic model of optimizing strategic behaviour by football (soccer) teams. Teams choose between defensive and attacking formations and between a non-violent and a violent playing style, and can vary these choic... Read More about Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports.

Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, D., Juntunen, J., Juga, J., & Juntunen, M. (2009, July). Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty

Purpose: This research applies theory and techniques from the services and marketing literature to a logistics service provider (LSP) context to determine whether corporate brand equity and the LSP’s service offerings lead to customer satisfaction wh... Read More about Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty.

Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America (2009)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2010). Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America. Economics letters, 107(2), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.038

In contrast to other research, lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality. This result is consistent with the idea that the corruption-inequality relationship may be different where there is a large informal sector, as in Latin Amer... Read More about Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America.

Information Asymmetry and Socially Responsible Investment (2009)
Journal Article
Rhodes, M. J. (2010). Information Asymmetry and Socially Responsible Investment. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(1), 145-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0343-2

Selecting, applying and reporting on investment screens for socially responsible investing (SRI) presents challenges for companies, investors and fund managers. This article seeks to clarify the nature of these challenges in developing an understandi... Read More about Information Asymmetry and Socially Responsible Investment.

Redistributive effects of transfer programmes in the United Kingdom (2009)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K., & Whalley, J. (2009). Redistributive effects of transfer programmes in the United Kingdom. Economica, 76(303), 413-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00686.x

We discuss the redistribution effects of transfer using a conditional-choice general equilibrium model. We calibrate it to UK data for the early 2000s. Results indicate that a money-metric measure of the welfare value of transfer received by the bott... Read More about Redistributive effects of transfer programmes in the United Kingdom.