Dr Elissaios Papyrakis
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer |
E dot Papyrakis at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2338 |
Arts 2.66 |
Biography
I am an economist specialising in issues related to economic growth and natural resource management, although my general research interests extend to a broad array of socio-economic matters. I am mainly interested in macroeconomic aspects of economic development, the resource curse, sustainability, regional economics, economic history and the current global income distribution, growth econometrics, stochastic frontier analysis, institutional approaches to economic development, and endogenous growth modelling. Recently I started developing an interest in the interrelationship between religion and growth.
For an interesting discussion on how resource-abundant countries (e.g. OPEC members) failed to take advantage of their endowments and transform them into enhanced economic growth over the last four decades, have a look at my thesis (“The Political Economy of King Midas”:
http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/bitstream/1871/9834/1/7480.pdf
I am currently supervising the following research students:
Xochitl Valdez; ‘Child Labour and Its Interaction with Poverty: The Mexican Case 1987 – 2004’
My advice for students:
1. In order to fully understand what development (economic and non-economic) is all about, you will need to visit at least a developing country (with a GDP per capita of below $10,000 per head) every few years.
2. Economic development is more popular than ever. This year’s Nobel Prize in economics went to Edmund Phelps, who has worked extensively on growth issues (have a look at his book “Golden Rules of Economic Growth”, Norton, 1966).
My favourite book (in economics):
The “Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists Adventures and Misadventure in the Tropics” by William Easterly is a great (non-technical!) book to introduce yourself to economic development.
CV and Experience
Key Research Interests
Research Groups: Business, Accountability, Regulation and Development
Publications
Franz, J., Papyrakis, E. 2010, Online calculators of ecological footprint: Do they promote or dissuade sustainable behaviour? Sustainable Development
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FitzRoy, F., Papyrakis, E., 2009, An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy. London: Earthscan, p.214.
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Baggio, J., Papyrakis, E., 2009, Ethnic diversity, property rights and natural resources. DEV Working Paper No15, University of East Anglia
Papyrakis, E., Covarrubias, A., Verschoor, A., 2009, Gender and Trade: A Review of Theory and Evidence 2009, DEV Working Paper No17, University of East Anglia
Papyrakis, E., Selvaretnam, G. 2009. The greying Church: The Impact of Life Expectancy on Religiosity. St Andrews Working Paper 0912.
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Papyrakis, E, Gerlagh, R., 2006, Resource Abundance and Economic Growth in the United States, forthcoming in the European Economic Review.
Link to journal article Link to document Papyrakis, E., Gerlagh, R., 2006, Natural Resources, Investment and Long-Term Income, Resources Policy 31, 2: 117-128.
Link to journal article Link to document Papyrakis, E., Gerlagh, R., 2004, The Resource Curse Hypothesis and its Transmission Channels, Journal of Comparative Economics 32, 1:181-193.
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Papyrakis, E., Gerlagh, R., 2003, Are the Economic Costs of (Non-)Stabilising the Atmosphere Prohibitive? A comment, Journal of Ecological Economics 46, 3:325-327.
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Papyrakis, E., Gerlagh, R., 2003, A Sustainable Future? An Economic Perspective on Industrial Transformation, Newsletter of the IHDP on Global Environmental Change, 01, 10-12.
