Bernard Fingleton

University of Strathclyde

Contact Information

Telephone Number: 0141 548 3857 (Ext. 3857)

Email Address: bernard.fingleton@strath.ac.uk

Homepage: http://www.strath.ac.uk/economics/staff/fingletonbernardprof/

Department Telephone Number: 0141 548 3840

Department Fax Number: 0141 548 4445

Bernard Fingleton is Professor of Economics at Strathclyde University, Scotland. Previously he was University Reader in Geographical Economics at Cambridge University, and also a Senior Economist at Cambridge Econometrics. He has degrees in Economics (PhD), Geography (BA, PhD), Land Economy (MPhil). He also has a Professional qualification as a Chartered Statistician. He was awarded the inaugural Moss Madden Memorial Medal (2002) by the Regional Science Association International. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Spatial Economic Analysis, published by Taylor & Francis, and was formerly  co-editor of Regional Studies. He has been a consultant and advisor to the European Commission, Cambridge Econometrics, HM Treasury and Public and Corporate Economic Consultants. He was also a member of an Expert Evaluators Panel under the EU's 6th Framework Programme. He has been a Research Proposal and expert evaluator for the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR), a Rapporteur to the ESRC, and a research proposal evaluator for the National Science Foundation, USA. He has also evaluated proposals for the ESRC and the Austrian Science Fund. His international experience includes a visiting Professorship at the Université de Bourgogne and a Jean Monnet Fellowship in the Department of Economics of the European University Institute in Florence. He is Member of the Regional Science Association International, and a Committee Member of the British & Irish Section. He is also a member of the Regional Studies Association, the Spatial Econometrics Association, a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Fellow of the Spatial Econometrics Association, and a Member of the Royal Economic Society. He has written or edited 6 books, and numerous papers. 

Recent Publications

Regional Economic Growth, SMEs and the Wider Europe, Fingleton B, Paci R., Eraydin A. (eds.),  (Ashgate, 2003)

European Regional Growth, Fingleton B (ed.), (Springer 2003)

New Directions in Economic Geography, Fingleton B (ed.) (Edward Elgar, 2007)

Fingleton B (2007) 'Housing supply, housing demand, and affordability' forthcoming Urban Studies.

Fingleton B (2007) 'A Generalized Method of Moments estimator for a spatial panel model with an endogenous spatial lag and spatial moving average errors' forthcoming Spatial Economic Analysis.

Fingleton B (2007)  'A Generalized Method of Moments estimator for a spatial model with Moving Average errors, with application to real estate prices' Published online: 27 July 2007  Empirical Economics.

Fingleton B(2007) 'A multi-equation spatial econometric model, with application to EU manufacturing productivity growth' Journal of Geographical Systems  9 119-144. 

B Fingleton  (2006) 'A cross-sectional analysis of residential property prices:  the effects of income, commuting, schooling, the housing stock and spatial interaction in the English regions'  Papers  in Regional Science 85  339-361.

B Fingleton, E Lopez-Bazo (2006) 'Empirical Growth Models with Spatial Effects'  Papers  in Regional Science 85   177-198.

Fingleton B, Eraydin A (2006) Networks relations and local economic development:  some causes of differentiated network structures and intensities among Turkish industrial firms,  Environment and Planning A 38 1171 - 1186.

Fingleton B (2006) 'The new economic geography versus urban economics : an evaluation using local wage rates in Great Britain',  Oxford Economic Papers 58  501-530.