I joined the Department in September 2003. I obtained a BA (Economics) and MA (Economics) at the universities of Leicester and Essex and studied for my PhD with Professor David Greenaway, Dr Peter Wright and Robert Hine at the University of Nottingham.

ECONOMICS GROUP:

Environment, Trade and Energy Group

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Head of Department
Programme Director for MSc Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

My main research covers empirical international trade, environmental, development and labour economics under the broad umbrella of the economics of globalisation.

Specific topics include:

Economics of Globalisation.
Trade, the environment and industrial restructuring.
Wages, risk, jobs and the environment and the value of statistical life.
Geographical specialisation in the UK and the EU: patterns, trends and determinants.
Conceptual, methodological and empirical analysis of intra-industry trade.
Empirical estimation of vertical and horizontal vertical intra-industry trade.
Link between trade structure and labour market adjustment.
Empirical testing of EU-ASEAN trade patterns, multinationals and foreign direct investment.
Sectoral and occupational mobility in the UK using microeconometrics.
Economics of immigration.

I am currently involved in a related, Leverhulme Trust research projects in the general area of "Globalisation and the Environment" with Matthew Cole at the University of Birmingham. 

For a regular commentary on economic aspects of “Globalisation and the Environment” please click here.

For information on our new MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics please click here. 

MY LINKS:     Globalization and the Environment homepage
                        Globalization and Environment Blog
                        Personal Homepage

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Azhar, A.K.M., Elliott, R.J.R. and Junting, L. (2008), On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra-Industry Trade: An Empirical Test for China, China Economic Review, Vol. 19, (2), pp. 336-344.

Azhar, A.K.M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2008) On the Measurement of Changes in Product Quality in Marginal Intra-Industry Trade, Review of World Economics, Vol. 144, (2), pp. 225-247.

Barassi, M.R., Cole, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2008) Stochastic Divergence or Convergence of Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Re-examining the Evidence. Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 40, (1), pp. 121-137.

Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J.K. (2008), Immigrant Wage Differentials, Ethnicity and Occupational Clustering. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Vol. 171 (3), pp. 645-671.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Wu, S. (2008), Industrial Activity and the Environment in China: An Industry Level Analysis, China Economic Review.

Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K., (2008), Are ASEAN Countries Havens for Japanese Pollution Intensive Industry? World Economy, Vol. 31 (2), pp. 236-254.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2008), Multinationals and Environmental Spillovers: The Role of Ownership, Training, and Experience. Ecological Economics, Vol. 65 (3), pp. 538-546.

Cole, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2007), Do Environmental Regulations Cost Jobs? An Industry-Level Analysis of the UK. BE Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy.

Azhar. A.K.M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2007), Trade and Specialisation in Pollution Intensive Industries: North-South Evidence, International Economic Journal, Vol. 21 (3), pp. 361-380.

Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J. (2006), Skill Specificity and Labour Mobility: Occupational and Sectoral Dimensions. Manchester School, Vol. 74, 3, pp. 389-413.

Azhar, A.K.M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2006), On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra-Industry Trade, Review of World Economics, Vol. 142, 3, pp. 476-495.

Brülhart, M. and Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J. (2006), Intra-Industry Trade and Labour-Market Adjustment: A Reassessment Using Data on Individual Workers, Review of World Economics, Vol. 142, 3, pp. 521-545.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K. (2006), Globalisation, Firm-Level Characteristics and Environmental Management: A Study of Japan, Ecological Economics, Vol. 59, pp. 312-323.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Fredriksson, P. (2006), Endogenous Pollution Havens: Does FDI Influence Environmental Regulations? Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 108, 1, pp. 157-178.

Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J. (2006), Trade, Skills and Adjustment Costs: A Study of Intra-Sectoral Mobility, Review of Development Economics, Vol. 10, 1, pp. 20-41.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R and Shimamoto, K. (2005), Why the Grass is not Always Greener: The Competing Effects of Environmental Regulations and Factor Intensities on US Specialization, Ecological Economics, Vol. 54, 1, pp. 95-109.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K. (2005). A Note on Trends in European Industrial Pollution Intensities: A Divisia Index Approach, Energy Journal, Vol. 26, 3, pp. 61-73.

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K. (2005), Industrial Characteristics, Environmental Regulations and Air Pollution: An Analysis of the UK Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 50, 1, pp. 121-143.

Cole, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2005). FDI and the Capital Intensity of ‘Dirty’ Sectors: A Missing Piece of the Pollution Haven Puzzle. Review of Development Economics, Vol. 9, 4, pp. 530-548.

Azhar. A.K.M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2004), Economic Integration and the Evolution of Trade: A Geometric Interpretation, Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 19, 4, pp. 651-666.

Elliott, R.J.R. and Ikemoto, K. (2004), AFTA and the Asian Crisis: Help or Hindrance to ASEAN Intra-Regional Trade? The Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 18, 1, pp. 1-35.

Cole, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2003), Determining the Trade-Environment Composition Effect: The Role of Capital, Labour and Environmental Regulations, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 46, 3, pp. 363-83.

Cole, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2003), Do Environmental Regulations Influence Trade Patterns? Testing Old and New Trade Theories. The World Economy, Vol. 26, 8, pp. 1163-86.

Barrios, S., Brülhart, M., Elliott, R.J.R. and Sensier, M. (2003), A Tale of Two Cycles: Co-Fluctuations Between UK Regions and the Euro-Zone, The Manchester School, Vol. 71, pp. 265-292.

Azhar, A.K.M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2002), On the Measurement of Trade Induced Adjustment”, Review of World Economics, Vol. 139, pp. 419-439.

Brülhart, M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2002), Labour-Market Effects of Intra-Industry Trade: Evidence for the United Kingdom, Review of World Economics, Vol. 138, pp. 207-228.

Elliott, R.J.R., Greenaway, D. and Hine, R.C. (2000), Tests for Factor Homogeneity and Industry Classification, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 136, 2, pp. 355-371.

Greenaway, D., Milner, C.R. and Elliott, R.J.R. (1999), UK Intra-Industry Trade with the EU North and South, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 61, no.3, pp.365-384.

Azhar A.K.M., Elliott, R.J.R. and Milner C.R. (1998), Static and Dynamic Measurement of Intra-Industry Trade and Adjustment: A Geometric Reappraisal, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 134, 3, pp. 404-442.

Brülhart, M. and Elliott, R.J.R. (1998), Adjustment to the European Single Market: Inferences from Intra-Industry Trade Patterns, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 25, pp. 225-247.

Greenaway, D., Hine, R.C., Milner, C.R. and Elliott, R.J.R. (1994), Adjustment and the Measurement of Intra-Industry Trade, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 130, pp. 418-427.