Prof Keith Blackburn

Higher education

• PhD Economics, Queen Mary College, University of London
• MSc Economics, Queen Mary College, University of London
• BA Economics, University of Liverpool

Employment

1995-present: Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Manchester
1985-95: Lecturer in Economics, University of Southampton

Visiting appointments

2004-present: Research Affiliate, Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis, University of St Andrews
1994-95: Houblon-Norman Research Fellow, Bank of England
1991: Research Fellow, University of Aarhus

Other positions

1996-present: Editor, The Manchester School
1999-present: Director, Centre for Growth and Business Cycles Research, University of Manchester

• Economic growth and development
• Financial markets and institutions
• Inequality and income distribution
• Governance and corruption
• Population change and demographic transition
• Business cycles and macroeconomic policy.

• Tax evasion and financial development
• Corruption, foreign aid and growth
• Corruption, public expenditures and growth
• Red tape and rent-seeking in public procurement
• Microfinance and income distribution
• Remittances and development
• Growth and volatility

• ECON60111 Macroeconomic Theory (postgraduate)
• ECON60662 Economic Growth (postgraduate)
• ECON30002 Advanced Macroeconomics (third-year undergraduate)

Publications Database

• Blackburn, K. and R. Sarmah, 2007. Corruption, Development and Demography. Economics of Governance, forthcoming.
• Blackburn, K. and D. Varvarigos, 2007. Human capital accumulation and output growth in a stochastic environment. Economic Theory, forthcoming.
• Blackburn, K. and G.F. Forgues-Puccio, 2007. Distribution and development in a model of misgovernance. European Economic Review, 51, 1534-1563.
• Blackburn, K., N. Bose and M.E. Haque, 2006. The incidence and persistence of corruption in economic development. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30, 2447-2467.
• Blackburn, K. and A. Pelloni, 2005. Growth, cycles and stabilisation policy.  Oxford Economic Papers, 57, 262-282.
• Blackburn, K. and G.P. Cipriani, 2005. Intergenerational transfers and demographic transition. Journal of Development Economics, 78, 191-214.
• Blackburn, K., N. Bose and S. Capasso, 2005. Financial development, financing choice and economic growth. Review of Development Economics, 9, 135-149.
• Blackburn, K. and A. Pelloni, 2004. On the relationship between growth and volatility. Economics Letters, 83, 123-128.
• Blackburn, K. and R. Galindev, 2003. Growth, volatility and learning. Economics Letters, 79, 417-421.
• Blackburn, K. and N. Bose, 2003. Information, imitation and growth. Journal of Development Economics, 70, 201-223.
• Blackburn, K. and N. Bose, 2003. A model of trickle-down through learning.  Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 27, 445-466.
• Blackburn, K. and G.P. Cipriani, 2002. A model of longevity, fertility and growth. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 26, 187-204

Current students

• Jonathan Powell (3rd year): Public Policy, Bureaucratic Corruption and      Economic Growth
• Soyalmaa Batbekh (3rd year): Inequality and Growth
• Yuan Yuan Wang (2nd year): Growth and Business Cycles in China
• Azizun Nessa (2nd year): Sources of External Finance for Growth and Development

Recent students

• Rashmi Sarmah (awarded 2007): Corruption, Poverty and Inequality
• Pham The Anh (awarded 2007): Nominal Rigidities and Monetary Policy
• Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio (awarded 2006): Corruption and Development
• Dimitrios Varvarigos (awarded 2005): Linkages Between Growth and Business Cycles
• Haitham Issa (awarded 2004): Human Capital, Demographic Transition and Economic Growth
• Ragchaasuren Galindev (awarded 2004): Interactions Between Growth and Business Cycles
• Mehtap Kesriyeli (awarded 2003): Nonlinearities in Interest Rate Reaction Functions
• Prapatchon Jariyapan (awarded 2003): Essays in Monetary Business Cycle Theory
• Salvatore Capasso (awarded 2002): Stock Market Development and Economic Growth