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Current position:

Reader in Economics

Department of Economics
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ

Tel: +44 1206 872756

E-mail: esmith@essex.ac.uk

Course Information and Documentation

General Information

Director of First Year Studies 2003-2004

Courses Taught Autumn 2003: none

Courses Taught Spring 2003: EC111, EC934

Office: 5B.325

Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:00pm and Tuesday 10.00-11.00am

Course Materials

TBA

Research

Some Recent Papers and Publications

Intermediated Search, Economica, (forthcoming)

The Low Skill Trap, (with Ken Burdett), European Economic Review, 46:1439-1451

Tax Competition, Income Differentials and Local Public Services, (with Tracy Webb), International Taxation and Public Finance, 8:675-91

Distributional Dynamics Following a Technological Revolution, (with David Andolfatto), Canadian Journal of Economics, 34, 739-59

Asset Accumulation and Short Term Employment, (with Martin Browning and Thomas Crossley), mimeograph

A Picture of Long Term Unemployment in England and Wales, (with Melvyn Coles and Paul Jones), mimeograph

Limited Duration Employment, mimeograph

For further details see my CV :

Biographical Information

Place of Birth: New York City, NY

BA, Williams College 1983
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1990

Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Writes: Left
Major League Totals: N/A

Links to Useful Web Sites

www1.ifs.org.uk

www.cbo.gov

www.treas.gov

www.oecd.org