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Working Papers

2008

1. To Bat or Not to Bat: An Examination of Contest Rules in Day-night Limited Overs Cricket
   Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

2007

2. Broadcasting Productivity Growth in the UK
   Occasional Papers, Industrial Economics Division

2006

3. Teenage Pregnancy Risk: the impact of parental involvement for contraception
   Occasional Papers, Industrial Economics Division

2005

4. Matching Estimates of the Impact of Over-the-Counter Emergency Birth Control on Teenage Pregnancy
   Occasional Papers, Industrial Economics Division
   See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2006)
5. The Abortion-Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales
   Occasional Papers, Industrial Economics Division
   Also in Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department (2005)
   See also Journal Article in Economica (2008)

2004

6. Costs, biases and betting markets: new evidence
   Working Papers, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, Economics Division
7. Do ‘Fat Tails’ Matter in GARCH Estimation? Stock Market Efficiency in Romania and the Czech Republic
   Working Papers, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, Economics Division
8. Productivity Measurement in a Service Industry: Plant-Level Evidence from Gambling Establishments in the United Kingdom
   Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics
9. Random Behaviour Or Rational Choice? Family Planning, Teenage Pregnancy And STIs
   Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004, Royal Economic Society

2003

10. An Econometric Analysis of Trends in Research Joint Venture Activity
    Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Managerial and Decision Economics (2005)
11. Taxation and the Demand for Gambling: New Evidence from the United Kingdom
    Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics View citations

2002

12. 'Quarbs' and Efficiency in Spread Betting Markets: can you beat the book?
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002, Royal Economic Society

Undated

13. A Direction Dynamic Approach to Inside Information
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
14. Advertising, Quality and Sales: Some New Evidence
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
15. Advertising: signal of productive efficiency or cause of allocative inefficiency
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
16. Can Regulation Make Betting Markets More Efficient?
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
17. Do Transactions Costs Explain Market Efficiency in Football Fixed Odds and Spread Betting Markets
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
18. Explaining the Sign of Betting Biases?
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University
19. Odds, Information and Arbitrage: Explorations in a Betting Market
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University

Journal Articles

2009

1. Do bookmakers possess superior skills to bettors in predicting outcomes?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 71, (2), 539-549
2. Productivity growth and funding of public service broadcasting
   Public Choice, 2009, 141, (3), 335-349
3. The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications
   Economica, 2009, 76, (302), 219-224

2008

4. Advertising as an Entry Deterrent: Evidence from UK firms
   International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2008, 15, (1), 63-83
5. The Abortion-Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales
   Economica, 2008, 75, (297), 1-21 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
6. The export intensity of venture capital backed companies
   Small Business Economics, 2008, 31, (1), 39-58

2006

7. Market Efficiency in Person-to-Person Betting
   Economica, 2006, 73, (292), 673-689 View citations
8. Matching estimates of the impact of over-the-counter emergency birth control on teenage pregnancy
   Health Economics, 2006, 15, (9), 1021-1032
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

9. An econometric analysis of trends in research joint venture activity
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2005, 26, (2), 149-158
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. Forecasting outcomes in spread betting markets: can bettors use 'quarbs' to beat the book?
    Journal of Forecasting, 2005, 24, (2), 139-154
11. The economics of corporate social responsibility: an overview of the special issue
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, (3), 309-312 View citations
12. The impact of environmental performance on firm performance: static and dynamic panel data evidence
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, (3), 395-412 View citations
13. Transition, the Evolution of Stock Market Efficiency and Entry into EU: The Case of Romania
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2005, 37, (3), 203-223 View citations
    Also in Economic Change and Restructuring, 2004, 37, (3), 203-223 (2004) View citations

2003

14. Does advertising increase labour supply? Time series evidence from the UK
    Applied Economics, 2003, 35, (11), 1357-1368 View citations

2002

15. A Policy Response To The E--Commerce Revolution: The Case Of Betting Taxation In The UK
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (480), F296-F314 View citations
16. Advertising, Quality and Sales
    Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (4), 431-38 View citations
17. An analysis of policy initiatives to promote strategic research partnerships
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (8-9), 1459-1466 View citations
18. Have Lower Real Wages Helped Industrial Restructuring in Romania?
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2002, 39, (1), 165-180 View citations
19. Identifying Irregularities in a Financial Market
    Applied Financial Economics, 2002, 12, (9), 633-37
20. The economics of family planning and underage conceptions
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (2), 207-225 View citations

2001

21. Gambling Taxation: A Comment
    Australian Economic Review, 2001, 34, (4), 437-440 View citations
22. Monopoly Rents and Price Fixing in Betting Markets
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2001, 19, (3), 265-278 View citations
23. The determinants of voluntary investment decisions
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2001, 22, (8), 453-463 View citations

1999

24. Regulating Insider Trading in Betting Markets
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1999, 51, (3), 237-41 View citations

1998

25. Do Betting Costs Explain Betting Biases?
    Applied Economics Letters, 1998, 5, (5), 333-35 View citations
26. Who A dvertises Prices? A Firm Level Study Based on Survey Data
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1998, 5, (1), 57-75
27. Why Are Some Favourite-Longshot Biases Positive and Others Negative?
    Applied Economics, 1998, 30, (11), 1505-10 View citations

1997

28. Does Information Efficiency Require a Perception of Information Inefficiency?
    Applied Economics Letters, 1997, 4, (10), 615-17
29. Why Is There a Favourite-Longshot Bias in British Racetrack Betting Markets?
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (440), 150-58 View citations

1996

30. Transaction Costs, the Firm and Industrial Policy: Review Article
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1996, 10, (3), 435-38