post

Senior Lecturer in Economics

responsibilities

(Joint) Course Leader of Undergraduate Economics courses

brief biography

Before joining the University in January 2009, Abay was a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Lecturer at the University of Manchester and before that worked as a Research Fellow at both the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

key teaching areas

Environmental Economics, International Economics and Econometrics

research interests

Abay’s main research covers empirical international trade, environmental and development economics.

publications

Selected publications:

• Mulatu A., Gerlagh R., Rigby D. and Wossink A. (forthcoming), 'Environmental Regulation and Industry Location in Europe'. Environmental and Resource Economics .
• Florax R., Withagen C. and Mulatu A. (2007),'Optimal Environmental Policy Differentials under Emissions Constraints in Open Economies'. Journal of Economics 91 (2): 129-149.
• Crafts N. and Mulatu A. (2005), 'What Explains the Location of Industry in Britain, 1871-1931'. Journal of Economic Geography 5 (4): 499-518.
• Mulatu A., Florax R. and Withagen C. (2004),'Environmental Regulation and International Trade: Empirical Results for Germany, the Netherlands and the US, 1977-1992'. The Berkley Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 3 (2), (Contributions).

Memberships

Abay is a Research Associate of the Cambridge - MIT Institute.