Business Economics MA

Who teaches this course?

Find out more here about the Faculty or School where you will be taught and about some of the key teaching staff for this course.


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The School: This course is delivered by staff in Kingston University’s School of Economics. The School, established in the late 1960s, quickly developed a strong reputation for teaching economics and has been offering postgraduate courses since the 1980s.

In recent years, economics staff have been developing their research activity to enhance the quality of our MA courses. The School is proud of its tradition of meeting the learning needs of students from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a wide range of ambitions for their future careers. You can read more about our activities on the School of Economics' web pages.

The Faculty: The School of Economics is part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Students benefit from a lively study environment, thanks to the wide range of postgraduate courses on offer in the Faculty. As well as economics, programmes cover everything from English literature and music to human rights and politics.

The Faculty provides a vibrant and forward-thinking environment for study with:

  • courses designed in collaboration with industry professionals – keeping you up to date with the latest developments
  • established connections with the London arts and media scene – with a range of guest speakers, professors and lecturers visiting the University
  • committed and enthusiastic staff – many of whom are expert practitioners as well as leading academics and researchers

The Faculty’s combination of academics and practitioners makes it a unique environment in which to further your studies and your career.

 

Staff profiles

 

Dr Willy Spanjers is the MA course director and deputy head of the School of Economics. Willy obtained his doctorate in mathematical economics from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and now lectures on economic analysis in various contexts. His main research focus is the economics of uncertainty, particularly of incalculable risk.

 

Willy has published in the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal and in other academic journals. Read more.

 

 

Dr Paul Auerbach was awarded his PhD by the University of Wisconsin in the US. Paul’s research and teaching interests include the economics of multiple currencies; the measurement of economic growth; the economics of competition; and globalisation.

 

In addition to academic journal articles, Paul is the author of Competition – The Economics of Industrial Change. Read more.

 

 

Dr Hong Li lectured in China and Australia before coming to Kingston. She teaches corporate finance for the Economics MAs, plus econometrics and business forecasting methods for the Business and Economic Forecasting MSc.

 

Hong’s current research output includes publications on economic growth and development, plus the linkages between financial markets in different countries. Read more.

 

 

Dr Kay Pollock has a PhD from Birkbeck College, for which she researched macroeconomic policy. Kay teaches macroeconomics, econometrics and mathematical economics. She also directs the Business and Economic Forecasting MSc. Read more.

 

 

Dr José Sánchez-Fung teaches and supervises research students on monetary and financial economics in developing countries. He has published a large number of articles in this area and is co-author of the third edition of Monetary Economics in Developing Countries.

 

José also spent a year acting as director of research for the central bank of the Dominican Republic. Read more.

 

 

Dr Jalal Siddiki joined the teaching staff after completing his PhD at Kingston. His research interest is financial economics, on which he has published in the Journal of Economic Surveys and other academic journals. Jalal teaches macroeconomics and econometrics. Read more.

 

 

Dr Joachim Stibora was awarded his doctorate by Erasmus University, Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He teaches microeconomics and international economics.

 

His research concentrates on the development of theoretical models of international trade and economic development. He has published in Economica, the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Development Economics. He also worked as a consultant to the international trade division of the World Bank. Read more.

 


Dr Julian Wells gained his PhD from the Open University. He teaches economics of corporate strategy, economics of organisations and research skills.

 

Julian’s research focuses on the stochastic profit rate and he co-edited the book The New Value Controversy. Read more.