Richard Harris

University of Glasgow

Contact Information

Email Address: Richard.Harris@socsci.gla.ac.uk

Telephone Number: +44 (0)141 330 4672

Homepage: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/economics/staff/harris_richard.html

Department Telephone Number: +44 (0)141 330 4618

Department Fax Number: +44 (0)141 330 4940

 

Current Research Interests

Micro-analysis of firm/plant level productivity in the UK using panel data; differences in (UK) regional performance; evaluation of government industrial policy; and, relative performance of UK SMEs. Future research includes Gibrat's law - estimates for UK industry; Evaluation methodology for impact of government assistance on TFP; and, Relative performance of family-owned SMEs.

Recent Publications

Business and Industrial Economics

The Impact of Foreign Ownership and Efficiency on Pollution Abatement Expenditure by Chemical Plants: Some UK Evidence, forthcoming Scottish Journal of Political Economy. (with Alan Collins, Portsmouth)

Assessing the Impact of Management Buyouts on Economic Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence from the United Kingdom, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 148-153 (with Don Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY), Mike Wright, Nottingham)

Productivity Impacts and Spillovers from Foreign Ownership in the United Kingdom, National Institute Economic Review, No. 187, January 2004, pp. 70-87.

Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the United Kingdom: Estimates for UK Manufacturing Using the ARD, Review of Industrial Organisation, vol. 22, May 2003, pp. 207-223 (with C. Robinson, NIESR).

Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the United Kingdom - Some Issues When Using the ARD Establishment Level Data, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 49, August 2002, pp. 318-335.

The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Total Factor Productivity: Plant-level Evidence from UK Manufacturing, 1987-1992, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 84, August 2002, pp. 562-568 (with C. Robinson, Portsmouth)

The Impact of Ownership Changes and Age Effects on Plant Exits in UK Manufacturing, 1974-1995, Economics Letters, Vol. 75, June 2002, pp. 309-317 (with P. Hassaszadeh)

Regional Economics

The Impact of Regional Selective Assistance on Sources of Productivity Growth: Plant Level Evidence from UK Manufacturing 1990-1998, forthcoming Regional Studies (with C. Robinson, NIESR).

Capital Subsidies and their Impact on Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from Northern Ireland Journal of Regional Science vol. 45, January 2005, pp. 49-74. (with M Trainor, Queen’s University Belfast).

Industrial Policy in Great Britain and its Effect on Total Factor Productivity in Manufacturing Plants, 1990-1998, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 528-543 (with C. Robinson, NIESR).

Comparing Regional Technical Efficiency in UK Manufacturing Plants: The Case of Northern Ireland 1974-1995, Regional Studies, vol. 35, August 2001, pp. 519-354.

Rates of Return on Plant and Machinery in the Regions of the UK, 1968-1991, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 47, August 2000, pp. 304-324 (with B. Andrew, Portsmouth).

UK Plant and Machinery Capital Stocks and Plant Closures, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 62, May 2000, pp.239-261 (with S. Drinkwater, Surrey).

HRM and Industrial/Employee Relations

Employee Involvement in Family and Non Family-owned Businesses in Great Britain, in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. Vol. 10, No.1-2, 2004, pp. 49-58 (with R McAdam, Ulster, and R Reid, Glasgow Caledonian).

Consultation & Communication in Family Businesses, International Journal of HRM. Vol. 15, No 8, pp. 1426-1446 (with R McAdam, Ulster, and R Reid, Glasgow Caledonian)

Internal Wage Structures and Organisational Performance, British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 41, March 2003, pp. 53-70 (with PB Beaumont, Glasgow).

Determinants of Training in SME Enterprises in Northern Ireland, Journal of Education & Training, Vol. 44, 2002, No. 8/9, 443-450. (with R Reid, Glasgow Caledonian)

Examining White-collar Downsizing as a Cause of Change in the Psychological Contract: Some UK Evidence, Employee Relations, vol. 24(4), 2002, pp. 378-388 (with PB Beaumont, Glasgow).

Other (including Econometrics)

Manufacturing and Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Cost Implications of Voluntary Waste Minimisation forthcoming Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (with Wendy Chapple, Nottingham, Catherine J. Morrison Paul, University of California-Davis)

DTI Industrial Support Policies: Key Findings from New Micro-data Analysis, in Raising UK productivity – Developing the Evidence Base for Policy, DTI Economics Paper No. 8, 2004, London, pp. 1-30.

Examining White-Collar Downsizing as a Cause of Change in the Psychological Contract: Some UK Evidence, Employee Relations, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2002, pp. 378-388 (with PB Beaumont).

Pollution Abatement Expenditure, Productive Efficiency and Plant Ownership, Land Economics, Vol. 78, May 2002, pp. 171-189 (with Alan Collins, Portsmouth).

Testing for asymmetry in Okun's law: A cross-country comparison, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 5, no. 2, July 2001, pp. 1-13.