Professor Alex Dickson

Economics

Personal statement

Alex Dickson is a Professor 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

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Area of Expertise

Applied Microeconomic Theory
Game Theory
Behavioural Economics
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

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Publications

Does a spoonful of sugar levy help the calories go down? An analysis of the UK soft drinks industry levy: Dickson Alexander, Gehrsitz Markus, Kemp Jonathan David; Review of Economics and Statistics, pp. 1-29 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01345
Income and the (eventual) rise of democracy: Debowicz Dario, Dickson Alexander, MacKenzie Ian A, Sekeris Petros G; (2023)
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

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Teaching

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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

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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 organisation, the interaction of behaviour and policy, and applied game theory in general.