About the centre
The Global Economic Policy Group (GEPG) is a joint venture between the University of Westminster (UK), FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany) and Shandong University (China). We promote multilateral cooperation between researchers working in the area of international economics with a shared vision to produce high-quality research that advances knowledge while ensuring that it has a positive impact on policy and practice.
We host regular workshops, where our recent speakers have included Professor Yifan Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Professor Gabriel Felbermayr (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Professor Plutarchos Sakellaris (Athens University of Economics and Business), Dr Christoph Görtz (University of Birmingham) and Professor Mathias Hoffmann (University of Zurich). Our upcoming events are listed here.
If you would like to receive details of our upcoming events, please contact Karen Jackson (E: [email protected])
Publications
2024
- Beck, K. and Jackson, K., 2024. International trade fluctuations: global versus regional factors. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique. 57 (1), pp. 331-358
- Cao, Y., Sickles, R.C., Triebs, T.P. and Tumlinson, J., 2024. Linguistic distance to English impedes research performance. Research Policy, 53(4), p.104971.
- D’Costa, S., 2024. Re-evaluating the urban wage premium: the changing roles of geographical and job transitions for women and men1, 2. Regional Science and Urban Economics, p.104038
- D'Costa, S., Holl, A. and Ribaudo, D., 2024. Service sector firm death and productivity in urban and rural locations. Economics Letters, 235, p.111560
- Filippidis, M., Filis, G. and Magkonis, G. 2024. Evaluating Oil Price Forecasts: A Meta-analysis. The Energy Journal. 45 (2).
- Jackson, K. and Magkonis, G., 2024. Exchange Rate Predictability: Fact or Fiction?. Journal of International Money and Finance, p.103026
- Khan, J., Li, Y. and Mahsud, Q.J., 2024. Linkages and Structural Changes in the Chinese Financial Sector, 1996–2018: A Network and Input–Output Approach. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 70, pp. 33-44
2023
- Beckmann, J. and Schmerer, H.J., 2023. Real and Financial Integration in Asia–Recent Evidence and Policy Perspective. Open Economies Review, pp.1-8.
- Bournakis, I. and Mei, J. 2023. Embodied and Disembodied FDI Spillovers and Distance from the Educational Frontier. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade.
- Bournakis, I. and Mei, J.C. 2023. Gender, Firm Performance, and FDI supply-purchase Spillovers in Emerging Markets. International Economics. 175, pp. 90-105.
- Carnero, M.A., León, A. and Ñíguez, T.M. 2023. Skewness in energy returns: estimation, testing and implications for tail risk. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 90, pp. 178-189.
- Filippidis, M., Filis, G., Magkonis, G. and Tzouvanas, P. 2023. Evaluating robust determinants of the WTI/Brent oil price differential: A dynamic model averaging analysis. Journal of Futures Markets. 43 (6), pp. 807-825.
- Grabowski, W., Janus, J. and Stawasz-Grabowska, E., 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic and financial markets in Central Europe: Macroeconomic measures and international policy spillovers. Emerging Markets Review, 54, p.100991.
- Jackson, K. and Shepotylo, O., 2023. Transforming East Asia: Regional Integration in a Trade War Era. Open Economies Review, 34(3), pp. 657 - 672.
2022
- Beck, K., 2022. Macroeconomic policy coordination and the European business cycle: Accounting for model uncertainty and reverse causality. Bulletin of Economic Research.
- Beckmann, J., Belke, A. and Gros, D., 2022. Savings–investment and the current account More measurement than identity. Journal of International Money and Finance, 121, p.102507.
- Beckmann, J. and Czudaj, R.L., 2022. Exchange rate expectation, abnormal returns, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 196, pp.1-25.
- Boonman, T., Litsios, I., Pilbeam, K. and Pouliot, W., 2022. Modelling the trade balance between the northern and southern eurozone using an intertemporal approach. Journal of International Money and Finance, 121, p.102508.
- Khan, J., Li, Y. and Girardin, E., 2022. Is a clash coming when trade and climate meet at the border? The impact of the EU's carbon border adjustment on China's belt and road initiative. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 63, pp.112–124.
- León, Á. and Ñíguez, T.M. 2022. Polynomial adjusted Student-t densities for modeling asset returns. The European Journal of Finance. 28 (9), pp. 907-929.
2021
- Beck, K., 2021. Why business cycles diverge? Structural evidence from the European Union. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 133, p.104263.
- Beckmann, J. and Czudaj, R.L., 2021. Fiscal policy uncertainty and its effects on the real economy: German evidence. Oxford Economic Papers, 73(4), pp.1516-1535.
- Catania, M., Baimbridge, M.J. and Litsios, I., 2021. Legislative budgetary power and fiscal discipline in the euro area. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.
- Dai, S. and Taube, M., 2021. Strategic ambiguity in policy formulation: exploring the function of the term “township and village enterprises” in china’s industrial ownership reforms. Journal of Chinese Governance, 6(2), pp.232-256.
- Hansen, J., Reinecke, A. and Schmerer, H.J., 2021. Health Expenditures and the Effectiveness of Covid-19 Prevention in International Comparison. CESifo Working Paper Series 9069, CESifo.
- Jackson, K., 2021. An Analysis of the Trade Policy Review of the European Union. The World Economy. 44(12), pp.3482–3491.
- Yang, S., Lancheros, S. and Milner, C., 2021. Technological catch-up to the national and regional frontier: Firm-level evidence for India. The Journal of Development Studies, 57(8), pp.1303–1320.
- Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y. and Li, L., 2021. The Impact of Water and Soil Scarcity and Pollution on Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from China. Sustainability, 13(10), p.5428.
People
Find out more about our academic staff and details of our research outputs.
External (UK) and international members
- Dr Krzysztof Beck
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Associate Professor in Economics
Lazarski University - Professor Joscha Beckmann
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Professor of Macroeconomics
FernUniversität in Hagen - Dr Jakub Janus
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Assistant Professor
Krakow University of Economics - Dr Jamal Khan
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Fellow
Institute of International Studies
Shandong University - Professor Yuan Li
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Vice Dean of Institute of International Studies, and
Professor of School of Northeast Asia Studies,
Shandong University - Dr Ioannis Litsios
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Lecturer in Finance and Economics
University of Plymouth - Dr Georgios Magkonis
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Senior Lecturer in Economics
University of Portsmouth
- Dr Simon Rudkin
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Senior Lecturer
University of Manchester - Professor Hans-Jörg Schmerer
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Professor of International Economics
FernUniversität in Hagen - Dr Oleksandr Shepotylo
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Senior Lecturer in Economics
Aston University - Professor Markus Taube
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Professor of East Asian Economic Studies
Universität Duisburg-Essen - Dr Pan Yuchen
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Full-time Researcher
Institute of International Studies
Shandong University - Dr Sun Zhiqiang
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Full-time Researcher
Institute of International Studies
Shandong University
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