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PERSONAL
DETAILS
John Hudson:
Professor in Economics
Telephone: +44 1225 385287
Fax: +44 1225 383423
E-mail Address:l J.R. Hudson@bath.ac.uk
Postal Address:
Department of Economics & International Development,
University of Bath,
Bath
BA2 7AY, United
Kingdom
PROFILE
Professor Hudson has
published more than 60 papers in refereed journals, including the
Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Economic Journal, The European
Journal of Political Economy, The Journal of Public Economics, Economics
Letters, Kyklos, the International Review of Law and Economics, the British
Journal of Political Sciences, Political Studies, the Journal of Banking
and Finance and the Journal of Economic and Behavioral Organization. These
publications span a wide range of areas including bankruptcies, inflation,
unemployment, the impact of development aid, standardization, taxation,
altruism as well as the politico-economic interface. A belief that
economics, widely defined, is a coherent and interrelated discipline in
which developments in one area can influence developments in other areas is
a key feature of his work. An example of this is applying the literature on
combining forecasts from different experts to the optimal manner in which
to combine stochastic signals of quality. A further foundation on which his
work is based is the use of advanced empirical techniques in both time
series and cross section analysis. Finally, there is the belief, partly
stemming from his time in industry, that research should be relevant to the
real world and real world problems. Apart from academic papers he has also
presented many conference papers and chaired many conference sessions in Britain, North America and Europe.
In addition to academic
research Professor Hudson has in the past been engaged by the Department of
Trade and Industry, along with Professor Keith Cuthbertson, to build a
forecasting model of company liquidations and business bankruptcies and by
the Planning Bureau in Cyprus
to build a macroeconomic model of the Cypriot economy. More recently
Professor Hudson has been appointed as a member of the Panel of Economists
advising the South West Regional Development Agency and DFID to examine aid
volatility. This combining of academic and advisory roles is felt to be an
important aspect of the modern economist's job and significantly informs
his teaching. For example, first year macro-economics includes sections on
bankruptcies and macro-economic modelling, both of which are closely
related to Professor Hudson's research interests.
John Hudson is a
Professor in Economics. He joined the University of Bath
in 1979. Prior to that he was a research assistant and lecturer at Durham and Sheffield
Universities respectively and was
also completing his Phd thesis at the University of Warwick.
This thesis, which was on inflation, was eventually published in a book the
American library journal Choice chose as one of its outstanding books of
the year. Prior to going to University John Hudson worked in industry for
almost eight years in the West Midlands,
becoming a skilled toolsetter. For fifty years he has also suffered the
trials and tribulations of supporting Birmingham City.
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