Dr Alex Dickson

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Economics

Personal statement

Alex Dickson is a Reader in the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2008. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Keele in 2005 and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Manchester from 2005-2007.

Alex is a microeconomist, and has research interests in the fields of bilateral oligopoly and contests, where he exploits his understanding of aggregative games; in industrial organisation; and in behavioural economics.

He is very willing to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in his fields of interest.

Alex will also provide thoughtful and clear economic advice on a consultancy basis, particularly in the areas of Industrial Economics and Behavioural Economics.

Alex currently teaches classes on Behavioural Economics (hons); Industrial Organisation (SGPE MSc); and Microeconomics (MBA). He is also the Associate Dean (PGR) in Strathclyde Business School.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

    1. Applied Microeconomic Theory
    2. Game Theory
    3. Behavioural Economics
    4. Industrial Economics

    I am very happy to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in these areas; please get in touch if you want to discuss a potential research project.

Qualifications

2002-2005: Ph.D. Economics, Keele University, UK.Thesis title: On strategic Marshallian analysis: Shapley and Shubik meet Mar-shall and Cournot. Funded by ESRC Ph.D. studentship award number PTA-030-2003-00278. Awarded with a commendation by the examiners. Supervisors:Prof. R. Hartley (Manchester) and Prof. T. Worrall (Keele). Examiners: Prof.S. Ghosal (Warwick) and Prof. R. Cornes (Nottingham).

2001-2002: MSc. Economics, University of Manchester, UK.Awarded with Distinction. Dissertation title: A study of alternative strategicmarket game mechanisms. Funded by University of Manchester scholarship.

1998-2001: BA Economics and Finance, Keele University, UK.Awarded with 1st class honours.

Publications

Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests
Dickson Alex, MacKenzie Ian A, Sekeris Petros G
Games Vol 13 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.3390/g13060083
Correction to : An introduction to perfect and imperfect competition via bilateral oligopoly (Journal of Economics, (2021), 133, 2, (103-128), 10.1007/s00712-020-00727-3)
Dickson Alex, Tonin Simone
Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie Vol 137, pp. 279–280 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-022-00805-8
Non-linear revenue evaluation
Dickson Alex, MacKenzie Ian A, Sekeris Petros G
Scottish Journal of Political Economy Vol 69, pp. 487-505 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12303
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage : incentives, effects and policy
Cabrera Giorgio, Dickson Alex, Nimubona Alain-Désiré, Quigley John
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Vol 120 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103756
The role of markets on resource conflicts
Dickson Alex, MacKenzie Ian A, Sekeris Petros G
Scandinavian Journal of Economics Vol 124, pp. 677-708 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12471
Permit markets with political and market distortions
Dickson Alex, MacKenzie Ian A
Environmental and Resource Economics Vol 82, pp. 227-255 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00673-2

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Teaching

I believe in teaching Economics in a rigorous yet accessible way. I have teaching interests in Microeconomics; Game Theory; Behavioural Economics and Industrial Economics.

I currently teach Behavioural Economics (hons); Industrial Organisation (SGPE MSc); and Microeconomics (MBA).

Research interests

My primary research interests are in Microeconomics, in particular in: game theoretic approaches to general and partial models of competitive behavior; aggregative games with applications to contests and strategic market games; endogenous timing in games and commitment; and behavioral economics and game theory. I have further broad interests in industrial organization, international trade and applied game theory in general.

Professional activities

Workshop on Competition, Economic Regulation and Consumer Protection
Participant
7/10/2019
Strategic Interactions in General Equilibrium Workshop
Participant
29/11/2018
Economics Seminar at University of St Gallen
Speaker
3/2018
Contests: Theory and Evidence
Participant
22/6/2017
Workshop on Strategic Interactions in General Equilibrium
Participant
24/11/2016
Economics Seminar, University of Queensland
Speaker
7/9/2016

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Projects

KTP - Coolside Ltd t/a Trtl. Development of a platform to proactively determine and address ongoing counterfeiting and unauthorised product distribution
Roper, Marc (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator) Wallace, William (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2025
SGSSS Partnership Agreement | Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy
Dickson, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2023
Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: The (neglected) role of attitudes and demography - Successful SBS Research Excellence Award
Alfano, Marco (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator)
Research Excellence Award
01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2021
Funding support for PhD studentship on seal-fishery bioeconomic modelling
Cook, Robin (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2012 - 31-Jan-2015

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