Profile

Professor of Applied Economics

Office: L1.11 Keynes
Telephone: +44 (0) 1227 827414
Email: Tony Thirlwall
Consultation hours: Tue 16:15-17:15

Tony Thirlwall is Professor of Applied Economics. He was born in 1941 and received his higher education at the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge, and Clark University (USA). Virtually the whole of his academic career has been spent at the University of Kent which he joined as a lecturer in 1966, but he has also worked as a government economic adviser, and held various visiting positions including West Virginia University (1967); Princeton University (1971-72); University of Papua New Guinea (1974); Cambridge University (1979, 1986); Melbourne University (1981, 1988), and La Trobe University (1994).

Recent assignments include Consultant to the Pacific Islands Development Programme in Hawaii, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and UNCTAD. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and the African Development Review.

Current work

Working papers

• "Reflections on Some of the Macroeconomic Issues Raised by UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report Over Three Decades" [pdf]
• "Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Models: History and Overview" [pdf]
• "The Endogeneity of the Natural Rate of Growth for a Selection of Asian Countries" (with Mark Dray), 2010 [pdf]
• Interview with Tony Thirlwall: A Keynesian View of the Current Financial and Economic Crisis in the World Economy, 2010 [pdf]
• "Has Trade Liberalisation in Poor Countries Delivered the Promises Expected?" (with Penélope Pacheco-López) [pdf]
• "Keynes and Economic Development" (published in Economia Aplicada, Oct/Dec 2007)
• "Trade Liberalisation, the Balance of Payments and Growth in Latin America" (with Penélope Pacheco-López) (published in International Review of Applied Economics, September 2007) [pdf]
• "Trade Liberalisation, the Income Elasticity of Demand for Imports and Growth in Latin America" (with Penélope Pacheco-López) (published in Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, Fall 2006) [pdf]
• The Relevance of Keynes Today: with Particular Reference to Unemployment in Rich and Poor Countries [Spanish translation: La Relevancia Actual de Keynes: el Desempleo en los Países Ricos y Pobres] [pdf]

Publications

Full CV including list of publications (pdf)

Tony's RePEc page is http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth51.htm

Recent articles

• "Macroeconomics for a Better Society: the Economics of John Cornwall", Review of Political Economy, October 2010 (with M. Setterfield)
• "The Endogeneity of the National Rate of Growth for a Selection of Asian Countries, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Spring 2011 (with M. Dray)
• "The Relevance of Keynes Today : with Special Reference to Unemployment in Rich and Poor Countries" in P. Arestis and J. McCombie (eds), Unemployment : Past and Present, (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008) ; also in Investigacion Economica, October-December 2007
• "Has Trade Liberalisation in Poor Countries Delivered the Promises Expected?" Panorama Economico ( Mexico), January-June 2009 (with P. Pacheco-Lopez)
• “Keynes and Economic Development”, Economia Aplicada (Brazilian Journal of Applied Economics), October-December 2007
• “Trade Liberalisation and the Trade-Off Between Growth and the Balance of Payments in Latin America” (with P. Pacheco Lopez), International Review of Applied Economics, September 2007
• “The Least Developed Countries Report 2006 : Developing Productive Capacities : A Review Article”, Journal of Development Studies, July 2007
• “Trade Liberalisation, the Income Elasticity of Demand for Imports and Growth in Latin America” (with P. Pacheco-Lopez), Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 2006
• “The Structure of Production, the Balance of Payments and Growth in Developing Countries: an Essay in Memory of Mohammed Nureldin Hussain”, African Development Review, April 2006

Recent books

• Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations (with Penelope Pacheco-Lopez), (Edward Elgar, 2008), pp 248.
  
• Great Thinkers in Economics Series (Series Editor), Palgrave-Macmillan
• Growth and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of A.P.Thirlwall (Edward Elgar, 2006), pp.320
• Trade, the Balance of Payments and Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries (Edward Elgar, 2003), pp. 130
• The Nature of Economic Growth (Edward Elgar, 2002) pp. 111
• Macroeconomic Issues from a Keynesian Perspective: Selected Essays, Vol. 2 (Edward Elgar, 1997) pp.374
• The Economics of Growth and Development, Selected Essays, Vol 1 (Edward Elgar, 1995) pp.342
• Economics of Development First edition 1972; 9th edition 2011 (Palgrave-Macmillan) pp.712

Teaching

• EC540 Development Economics
• EC815 Growth and Development Theory

PhD supervision

Past students

• Mr Fortunate Uneze: "The Impact of Foreign Aid on Investment, Growth and the Exchange Rate in West Africa", Completed 2009
• Miss May Ahmad-Ariffin: "The Role of Trade in the Diversification of Brunei", Completed 2008
• Dr Matteo Lanzafame: "Essays on Regional Growth and Unemployment in Italy." Completed: 2007.
• Dr B Fowowe: "The Impact of Financial Liberalisation on the Economic Performance of Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa." Completed: 2006.
• Dr Penelope Pacheco-Lopez: "Trade Liberalisation in Mexico on Exports, Imports and the Balance of Payments." Completed: 2003.
• Dr Amelia Sanots-Paulino: "The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Exports, Imports and the Balance of Payments in Selected Countries." Completed 2002.
• Dr K. Nell, "Money, Inflation and Growth in South Africa", Completed 2000

Video Lectures

Lectures in Mexico 2008: Trade, Growth and the Balance of Payments in Latin America

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 3

Lecture 4