post

Senior Lecturer in Economics

responsibilities

Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator

brief biography

Nishaal is a part time lecturer at LMBS and also work as a Lead Modeller at HM Revenue and Customs. Nishaal obtained his PhD in economics at Nottingham University and also taught there for 5 years. He also worked in the industry as a Senior Data Analyst at BMI before moving to LMBS in April 2008. He has published in journals including World Development, Regional Studies, Research Policy and Annals of Tourism Research and Tourism Economics.

key teaching areas

Nishaal teaches on a range of courses including:

• Business and Government
• Competition and Regulations
• Macroeconomics and
• Quantitative Research Methods.

research interests

Economics of Tourism, Economics of Taxation, Innovation, International Business, Small Island Economies, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis and Econometrics.

publications

Chapter in Book

Structural Adjustments in Mauritius, In Greenaway, D. and Dabee, R. (Eds), The Mauritian Economy: A Reader, Palgrave: London, 2002. (with D. Greenaway)

Journal Articles

• Optimal Commodity Taxation in the Presence of Tourists, International Economic Journal, 2009, Volume 23, No. 2. Commodity Taxation in the Presence of Tourism, Tourism Economics, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 4, (with T. Sinclair)
• Commodity Taxation in the Presence of Tourism, Tourism Economics, forthcoming (with T. Sinclair)
• A Tale of Two Literatures: Transaction Cost and Property Rights in Innovation Outsourcing, Research Policy, 2007, Vol. 36, 1483-1495. (with A. Hanley)
• Integrating Forecasting and Scenario Models: The Case of Tourism in Scotland, Tourism Management, 2006, Vol. 27, pp. 292-305 (with A. Blake, J.L. Eugenio Martin and M. Sinclair)
• Competitiveness Indicators in the Travel and Tourism Industry, Tourism Economics, 2005, Vol. 11, pp. 25-43. (with G. Sugiyarto)
• The Economics of Tourism Taxation, Annals of Tourism Research, 2005, Vol. 32, pp. 478-498. (with T. Sinclair)
• Spillover Effects in Long-Haul Visitors between Two Regions, Regional Studies, 2005, Vol. 39, pp. 727-738 . (with A. Hanley)
• Assessing Indirect Tax Reform in a Tourism Dependent Developing Country, World Development, Vol. 33, pp. 1183-1200. (with C. Milner).

professional practice and consultancy

Nishaal has undertaken various consultancy works for the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), Visit Scotland, Department of Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS), Cyprus Government and the World Bank.