Publications

by members of

Department of Economics
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Working papers

2008

1. A. Collins & A. E. Scorcu & R. Zanola, 2008. "Distribution Conventionality in the Movie Sector: An Econometric Analysis of Cinema Supply," Working Papers 639, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2007. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 2654, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
2. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2007. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the English Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 3029, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
3. A. Collins & A. E. Scorcu & R. Zanola, 2007. "Sample Selection Bias and Time Instability of Hedonic Art Price Indexes," Working Papers 610, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2006. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the French Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 2522, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
2. Alan Collins & Richard O'Doherty & Martin C. Snell, 2006. "Rising Stars, Superstars and Dying Stars: Hedonic Explorations of Autograph Prices," Discussion Papers 0603, University of the West of England, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Colin Black & David C. Broadstock & Alan Collins & Lester C. Hunt, 2006. "Food Superstores, Food Deserts and Traffic Generation in the UK: A Semi-Parametric Regression Approach," Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), Department of Economics Discussion Papers (SEEDS) 112, Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), Department of Economics, University of Surrey. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. Collins, A. & Harris, R.I.D., 2001. "Does Plant Ownership Affect the level of Pollution Abatement Expenditure?," Papers 138, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
2. Cameron, S. & Collins, A., 2001. "Estimates of a Model of Male Participation in the Market for Female Heterosexual Prostitution Services," Papers 139, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
3. Collins, A. & Hand, C. & Snell, M.C., 2001. "What Makes a Blockbuster? Economic Analysis of Film Success in the United Kingdom," Papers 137, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

1998

1. Cameron, S. & Collins, A. & Murphy, L., 1998. "Management of Musicians: An Exploratory Economic Analysis," Papers 114, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
2. Collins, A. & Snell, M.C., 1998. "Parental Preferences and Choice of Secondary School. An Exploratory Microeconomic Case Study in Southern England," Papers 110, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
3. Collins, A. & Cameron, S. & Thew, N., 1998. "Prostitution Services : An Exploratory Empirical Analysis," Papers 111, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

1997

1. Collins, A., 1997. "The Property Rights Approach: An Uprising in the Economics of Urban Public Transport," Papers 104, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
2. Butler-Smith, P. & Cameron, S. & Collins, A., 1997. "Gender Differences in Mate Search Effort.: an Exploratory Economic Analysis of Personal Advertisements," Papers 69r, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
3. Collins, A. & Cameron, S., 1997. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?: An Economic Analysis of Relationship Preferences in Personal Advertisements," Papers 105, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

1996

1. Collins, A & Jennings, C, 1996. "A Club Good Perspective on Gangsters and Revolutionaries," Papers 88, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
2. Collins, A. & Stapleton, M. & Whitmarsh, D., 1996. "A bioeconomic model of fishery-pollution interation," Discussion Papers 106., Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources.
3. Yao,S. & Collins,A., 1996. "Innovative Activity Over the Buisness Cycle:an Alternative Interpretation," Papers 64, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
4. Cameron, S & Collins, A, 1996. "Personal Introduction Agencies in the United Kingdom : Estimates of an Average Cost Function," Papers 84, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
5. Butler-Smith, P. & Cameron, S. & Collins, A., 1996. "Gender Differences in Mate Search Effort," Papers 69, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
6. Collins, A. & Hand, C., 1996. "Making a Crisis out of a Drama: Should we Continue Public Financial Support for the British Theatre?," Papers 78, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
7. Collins, A., 1996. "The Limits of Tourism as an Engine of Sustainable Development," Papers 82, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.
8. Collins, A. & Nowell, D., 1996. "SMEs and Non-Conforming Land Uses: From Zoning to Corporate Environmental Management," Papers 68, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

1995

1. Collins, A. & O'Doherty, R., 1995. "Trunk Road Investment, Environmental Costs and Bureaucracy," Papers 51, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

1994

1. Cameron, S. & Collins, A., 1994. "Economics of Dangerous Liaisons: Deliberate Misrepresentation of Preferences for Entertainment," Papers 47, Portsmouth University - Department of Economics.

Journal articles

2009

1. Alan Collins & Victor Fernandez-Blanco & Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, 2009. "Characteristics of buyers and renters of cultural goods: the case of movies," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 41(2), pages 195-210. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Alan Collins & Antonello E. Scorcu & Roberto Zanola, 2009. "Distribution conventionality in the movie sector: an econometric analysis of cinema supply," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(8), pages 517-527. [Downloadable!]
3. Collins, Alan & Scorcu, Antonello & Zanola, Roberto, 2009. "Reconsidering hedonic art price indexes," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 104(2), pages 57-60, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Georgia Giordani & Christos Floros & Guy Judge, 2009. "Internet banking services and fees: the case of Greece," International Journal of Electronic Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(2), pages 177-198, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Pascoe, Sean & Proctor, Wendy & Wilcox, Chris & Innes, James & Rochester, Wayne & Dowling, Natalie, 2009. "Stakeholder objective preferences in Australian Commonwealth managed fisheries," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 33(5), pages 750-758, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Judith Rich & Serap Palaz, 2008. "Why Has Occupational Sex Segregation in Turkey Increased since 1975?," LABOUR, CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, vol. 22(1), pages 185-218, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Hock-Eam Lim & Judith Rich & Mark N. Harris, 2008. "Employment Outcomes of Graduates: The Case of Universiti Utara, Malaysia ," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 22(3), pages 321-341, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Alan Collins & Chris Hand & Maggie Linnell, 2008. "Analyzing repeat consumption of identical cultural goods: some exploratory evidence from moviegoing," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer, vol. 32(3), pages 187-199, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Collins, Alan & Judge, Guy, 2008. "Client participation in paid sex markets under alternative regulatory regimes," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(4), pages 294-301, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Christos Floros, 2008. "Stock market returns and the temperature effect: new evidence from Europe," Applied Financial Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(6), pages 461-467. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. James Innes & Sean Pascoe, 2008. "Productivity Impacts of Veil Nets on UK "Crangon" Vessels," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 59(3), pages 574-588, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Jones, D.F. & Collins, A. & Hand, C., 2007. "A classification model based on goal programming with non-standard preference functions with application to the prediction of cinema-going behaviour," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 177(1), pages 515-524, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Alan Collins & Guy Judge & Neil Rickman, 2007. "On the economics of plagiarism," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 93-107, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Alan Collins, 2007. "Making Truly Competitive Cities - On The Appropriate Role For Local Government," Economic Affairs, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 27(3), pages 75-80, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Michael Asteris & Alan Collins, 2007. "Developing Britain’s port infrastructure: markets, policy, and location," Environment and Planning A, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 39(9), pages 2271-2286, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Christos Floros, 2007. "The use of GARCH models for the calculation of minimum capital risk requirements: International evidence," International Journal of Managerial Finance, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 3(4), pages 360-371, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Christos Floros & Shabbar Jaffry & Goncalo Valle Lima, 2007. "Long memory in the Portuguese stock market," Studies in Economics and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 24(3), pages 220-232, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Samuel Cameron & Alan Collins, 2006. "Addict Death and Welfare Economics," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 65(4), pages 963-969, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Michael Asteris & Alan Collins, 2006. "The UK Project Appraisal Framework for Ports: A Critique," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, London School of Economics and University of Bath, vol. 40(1), pages 161-171, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Alan Collins & Richard I. D. Harris, 2005. "The Impact Of Foreign Ownership And Efficiency On Pollution Abatement Expenditure By Chemical Plants: Some Uk Evidence," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 52(5), pages 747-768, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Alan Collins & Chris Hand, 2005. "Analyzing moviegoing demand: an individual-level cross-sectional approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(5), pages 319-330. [Downloadable!]
3. Alan Collins & Chris Hand & Andrew Ryder, 2005. "The lure of the multiplex? The interplay of time, distance, and cinema attendance," Environment and Planning A, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 37(3), pages 483-501, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Floros, Ch., 2005. "Forecasting the UK Unemployment Rate: Model Comparisons," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 2(4), pages 57-72. [Downloadable!]
5. Christos Floros, 2005. "Price Linkages Between the US, Japan and UK Stock Markets," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 169-178, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2004. "Deceptive Field Experiments of Discrimination: Are they Ethical?," Kyklos, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 57(3), pages 457-470, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Peter Riach & Judith Rich, 2004. "Fishing for Discrimination," Review of Social Economy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 62(4), pages 465-486, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Floros, Ch. & Failler, P., 2004. "Seasonaility and Cointegration in the Fishing Industry of Conrwall," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 1(4), pages 27-52. [Downloadable!]
4. Christos Floros & Dimitrios V. Vougas, 2004. "Hedge ratios in Greek stock index futures market," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 14(15), pages 1125-1136, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Floros, C., 2004. "Stock Returns and Inflation in Greece," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 4(2). [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Samuel Cameron & Alan Collins, 2003. "Estimates of a Model of Male Participation in the Market for Female Heterosexual Prostitution Services," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 271-288, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Richard O'Doherty & Ian Bailey & Alan Collins, 2003. "Regulatory failure via market evolution: the case of UK packaging recycling," Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 21(4), pages 579-595, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Collins, Alan & Pascoe, Sean & Whitmarsh, David, 2003. "Pollution Externalities And Fisheries: Insights From A Spatially Explicit Bioeconomic Model," Marine Resource Economics, Marine Resources Foundation, vol. 18(4). [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Judith Rich & Julian Teicher, 2002. "Wage-fixing Behaviour of Managers in Australia," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics, vol. 40(2), pages 177-195, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. P. A. Riach & J. Rich, 2002. "Field Experiments of Discrimination in the Market Place," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 112(483), pages 480-518, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Alan Collins & Chris Hand & Martin C. Snell, 2002. "What makes a blockbuster? Economic analysis of film success in the United Kingdom," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(6), pages 343-354. [Downloadable!]
4. Alan Collins & Richard I. D. Harris, 2002. "Does Plant Ownership Affect the Level of Pollution Abatement Expenditure?," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 78(2), pages 171-189. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Collins, Alan & Snell, Martin C, 2000. "Parental Preferences and Choice of School," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 32(7), pages 803-13, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 2000. "Random utility maximiser seeks similar: An economic analysis of commitment level in personal relationships," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 73-90, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Alan Collins, 2000. "Surrender Value of Capital Assets: The Economics of Strategic Virginity Loss," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 2(3), pages 193-201, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Rich, Judith, 1999. "Gender Segregation in the Academic Staff of Universities in Great Britain, 1980/81-1993/94," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 66(264), pages 509-31, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan & Neill, Thew, 1999. "Prostitution Services: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 31(12), pages 1523-29, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1999. "Looks Unimportant? A Demand Function for Male Attractiveness by Female Personal Advertisers," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(6), pages 381-84, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Alan Collins & Richard I.D. Harris, 1999. "Downsizing and productivity: The case of UK motor vehicle manufacturing 1974-1994," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(5), pages 281-290.

1998

1. Peter A. Riach, Judith Rich, 1998. "Of Chicken Entrails, Anthropology, and a Realistic Social Science," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(3), pages 187-191, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Collins, Alan & Yao, Shujie, 1998. "On Innovative Activity over the Business Cycle: A Note," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(12), pages 785-88, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1998. "Cigarette Consumption in Turkey: Tansel's Spurious Regression," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(6), pages 351-53, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Butler-Smith, Paul & Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1998. "Gender Differences in Mate Search Effort: An Exploratory Economic Analysis of Personal Advertisements," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 30(10), pages 1277-85, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1998. "Personal Introduction Agencies in the United Kingdom: Estimates of an Average Cost Function," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(2), pages 81-83, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Aying Liu & Alan Collins & Shujie Yao, 1998. "A Multi-Objective and Multi-Design Evaluation Procedure for Environmental Protection Forestry," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 12(2), pages 225-240, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1997. "Transaction costs and partnerships: The case of rock bands," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 171-183, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Cameron, Samuel & Collins, Alan, 1997. "Estimates of a Hedonic Ageing Equation for Partner Search," Kyklos, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 50(3), pages 409-18.

1995

1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 1995. "An Investigation of Gender Discrimination in Labor Hiring," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 21(3), pages 343-356, Summer. [Downloadable!]

1993

1. Watts, Martin & Rich, Judith, 1993. "Occupational Sex Segregation in Britain, 1979-1989: The Persistence of Sexual Stereotyping," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 159-77, June.

1992

1. Watts, M J & Rich, J, 1992. "Occupational Sex Segregation in the U.K. 1979-89: The Role of Part-Time Employment," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(3), pages 286-308.
2. Watts, Martin J & Rich, Judith, 1992. "Labour Market Segmentation and the Persistence of Occupational Sex Segregation in Australia," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 31(58), pages 58-76, June.

1991

1. Riach, Peter A & Rich, Judith, 1991. "Testing for Racial Discrimination in the Labour Market," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(3), pages 239-56, September.

1987

1. Riach, Peter A & Rich, Judith, 1987. "Testing for Sexual Discrimination in the Labour Market," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 26(49), pages 165-78, December.

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