Portsmouth Business School

Economics & Finance

Current Research Theses

PhD students
Name Director of Studies Thesis title
Hamed Al Hamed Professor Shabbar Jaffry Establishing a Cultural Quarter in Abu Dhabi
Salah Al Hebsi Professor Shabbar Jaffry Event Management
Hamed Al Suwaidi Professor Shabbar Jaffry Future management developments in the hospitality sector
Geraint Ashton-Jones Professor Shabbar Jaffry Royal Navy's 'contract of employment' (working title)
Lamprakis Avdelas Professor Shabbar Jaffry Sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture
Thomas Binet Professor Andy Thorpe Valusing net benefits of biodiversity conservation in West African marine protected areas: a case for better decision-making.
Sabrina Bunyan Professor Alan Collins Altruism and Social Capital in an English City: Some empirical studies
Ioannis Chatziantoniou Dr Christos Floros Essays on the Macro-Econometric Modeling with Applications to Financial Shocks
Christianna Chimonaki Konstantinos Vergos Creative accounting in the financial statements based on international accounting standards and the influence in decision-making.
Michail Filippidis Christos Floros Essays on the econometric analysis of commodity markets.
Robert Gausden Guy Judge An investigation into the relationship between the price of oil and UK macroeconomic performance
Yaseen Ghulam Professor Shabbar Jaffry Privatisation, Deregulation and Operational Performance of Cement Industrial Units of Pakistan
Zuriadah Ismail Everton Dockery The Effect on Employee Share Option Scheme Grants and Company Performance Amongst Listed Companies on Kuala Lumpurs Stock Exchange (KLSE)
Stephen Kawas Everton Dockery The stock price performance of UK listed financial institutions during the financial crisis - 2007-2012.
Alan Leonard Professor Alan Collins Economic Analysis of Community Safety: Evidence from the City of Portsmouth
Jonathan Malachy Alex Apostolakis Analyzing Innovative Energy-Efficient Technology Adoption Decisions in Israeli Non-residential Buildings within Early-Market Project Stakeholders
Richard Morgan Professor Alan Collins Economic Aspects of English Channel Fisheries
Ruth Pincinato To be confirmed
Sharbel Shoukair Dr Judy Rich Impact of Foreign Aid and Donations to Palestine on Development of its Economy under Alternative Israeli-Palestinian Economic Interaction Regimes
Tianhui Sun Christos Floros Capital Flight
Yong Tan Dr Christos Floros Chinese banking efficiency and macro-finance effects
Wenhao Tang Dr Arief Daynes China's relations with the world's stock markets post 1997 and 2007 finance crisis and joint WTO
Huan Wang Professor Alan Collins Assessment of Tourism Sustainability in Historic Villages
Syed Ashraf Wasti Professor Shabbar Jaffry Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: A Case Study of Pakistan
Indunee Damayanthi Welivita Dr Prem Wattage Towards designing a sustainable city: Role of economic instruments in managing urban solid waste sector
Qiang Zhang Christos Floros Essays on the econometric analysis of the Chinese stock index future markets.