Department of Economics - Royal Holloway, University of London

Academic staffAndrew Seltzer, PhD (Illinois)Economic History, Labour EconomicsHuck, S., A. Seltzer and B. Wallace. ‘Deferred Compensation in Multi-Period Labor Contracts: An Experimental Test of Lazear’s Model’.American Economic Review, forthcoming.Seltzer, A. (2010). ‘Did Firms Cut Nominal Wages in a DeflationaryEnvironment?: Micro-Level Evidence from the Late 19th and early20th Century Banking Industry’. Explorations in Economic History 47,112–125.Hui-Fai Shing, PhD (Royal Holloway)Economics of Gambling, Financial EconomicsKoch, A. and H.-F. Shing (2008). ‘Bookmaker and Pari-mutuel Betting:Is a (Reverse) Favourite-longshot Bias Built-in?’ Journal of PredictionMarkets 2, 29–50.Michael Spagat, PhD (Harvard)Comparative Economics, Political Economy, GrowthBohorquez, J. C., S. Gourley, A. R. Dixon, M. Spagat and N. F. Johnson(2009). ‘Common Ecology Quantifies Human Insurgency’. Nature 462,911–914.Hicks, M. H.-R., H. Dardagan, G. G. Serdan, P. M. Bagnall, J. A.Sloboda and M. Spagat (2009). ‘The Weapons that Kill Civilians’.New England Journal of Medicine 360, 1585–1588.Cecilia Testa, PhD (LSE)Political EconomyTesta, C. (2010). ‘Bicameralism and Corruption’. European EconomicReview 54, 181–198.Facchini, G. and C. Testa (2009). ‘Who is Against a Common Market?’Journal of the European Economic Association 7, 1068–1100.Ija Trapeznikova, PhD (Northwestern)Labour Economics, Economics of EducationHazans, M., O. Rastrigina and I. Trapeznikova (2008).‘Family Background and Schooling Outcomes Before and During theTransition: Evidence from the Baltic Countries’. Journal of PopulationEconomics 21, 719–749.Trapeznikova, I. (2010). ‘Employment Adjustment and LaborUtilization’. RHUL Discussion Paper 10/7.Jonathan Wadsworth, PhD (LSE)Labour Economics, EconometricsGregg, P. and J. Wadsworth, eds. (2010). The Labour Market in Winter:The State of Working Britain. Oxford University Press.Gregg, P., R. Scutella and J. Wadsworth (2010). ‘Reconciling WorklessMeasures at the Individual and Household Level. Theory and Evidencefrom the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia’. Journalof Population Economics 23, 139–167.The terms and conditions on which Royal Holloway, University of London makesoffers of admission to its programmes of study, including those covered in thisbooklet, may be found in the Undergraduate Prospectus or Postgraduate Prospectus,copies of which are available on request from:www.rhul.ac.uk/studyhereThe information contained in this brochure is correct at the time of publicationbut is subject to change as part of the Department’s policy of continuousimprovement and development.18