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A mixed methods approach to investment behavior (2016)
Book Chapter
Gezici, A. (2016). A mixed methods approach to investment behavior. In F. S. Lee (Ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Heterodox Economics (303-324). Edward Elgar Publishing

Despite the important methodological critiques of the mainstream offered by heterodox economics, the dominant research method taught in heterodox programmes remains econometrics. This compelling Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to a ran... Read More about A mixed methods approach to investment behavior.

PhD thesis summary: Keynes, Keynesian economics and the political economy of power of the postwar world (2016)
Journal Article
Guizzo, D. (2016). PhD thesis summary: Keynes, Keynesian economics and the political economy of power of the postwar world

The economic origins and sociopolitical impacts of what became known as ‘Keynesian Economics’ have not received substantial attention from economists, political scientists, and philosophers about its mode of governance. This thesis explores the rise... Read More about PhD thesis summary: Keynes, Keynesian economics and the political economy of power of the postwar world.

(De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs (2016)
Journal Article
Robertson, M. (2017). (De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs. New Political Economy, 22(4), 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1259303

Taking owner-occupation as the quintessential form of financialised housing provision, this paper investigates how housing cultures, understood as a set of shared behaviours and beliefs about housing, have been (re)shaped in the UK in a way that favo... Read More about (De)constructing the financialised culture of owner-occupation in the UK, with the aid of the 10Cs.

The effects of over-education on returns in the graduate labour market (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Mohamad Yunus, N., & Sahul Hamid, F. (2016). The effects of over-education on returns in the graduate labour market. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business & Economics (BE-ci 2016), 21-23 September, 2016, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.02.35

Using a Household Income Survey (HIS), this study examines the private returns to education in Malaysian financial sector. First, we estimate the private returns to education using the highest certificate qualification or “sheepskin effects". Sec... Read More about The effects of over-education on returns in the graduate labour market.

The digital revolution in financial inclusion: international development in the fintech era (2016)
Journal Article
Gabor, D., & Brooks, S. (2017). The digital revolution in financial inclusion: international development in the fintech era. New Political Economy, 22(4), 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1259298

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines the growing importance of digital-based financial inclusion as a form of organising development interventions through networks of state institutions, international de... Read More about The digital revolution in financial inclusion: international development in the fintech era.

Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices (2016)
Journal Article
Tubadji, A., & Nijkamp, P. (2017). Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 58, 72-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2016.11.001

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper focuses on the relationship between (i) house prices and (ii) local green public goods. The main objective of the paper is to analyse a specific house-pricing mechanism which reflects the utility of being Green Offline,... Read More about Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices.

Introduction to special issue on the material cultures of financialisation (2016)
Journal Article
Bayliss, K., Fine, B., & Robertson, M. (2017). Introduction to special issue on the material cultures of financialisation. New Political Economy, 22(4), 355-370. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1259304

This paper offers a wide-ranging introduction to the symposium on the material culture of financialisation. It begins by addressing the nature of financialisation itself, drawing on a tight definition in order to distinguish the phenomenon of financi... Read More about Introduction to special issue on the material cultures of financialisation.

‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility (2016)
Journal Article
Hinks, T., Dawson, C., Hinks, T., & Veliziotis, M. (2017). ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility. Bulletin of Economic Research, 69(4), 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12107

© 2016 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Individual's expected wages exceed predicted market wages. Rational expectations imply the divergence should be zero. If individuals over-estimate the return fr... Read More about ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility.