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James Malley is a Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Business School. He holds a full-time position and has also held visiting roles at US and European institutions. His research focuses on macroeconomic topics such as business cycles, fiscal policy, and income inequality. He has contributed to understanding tax reforms, public education spending, and the macroeconomic effects of infrastructure funding. His work spans theoretical and empirical analyses, with recent studies examining corporate payout policies and cyclical income risks in the UK. Malley has secured research grants totaling over £500,000, including a project on public sector reforms and optimal taxation. He has supervised PhD students on topics like aggregate inequality and fiscal policy, and teaches advanced macroeconomic theory at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research Interests: His expertise lies in macroeconomic dynamics, fiscal policy design, and the distributional effects of economic policies. He frequently employs dynamic general equilibrium models to explore issues like tax burden allocation and productivity growth. Recent trends in his publications highlight a focus on fiscal policy impacts, business cycle asymmetries, and labor market dynamics.
Grants and Collaborations: Notable grants include a €348,000 European Social Fund project on public sector reforms (2014–2016), and an £118,464 ESRC grant for optimal taxation research (2010–2012). He collaborates with institutions like the Athens University of Economics and Business and City University London.
Teaching and Supervision: Malley teaches Macroeconomic Theory and Policy at the postgraduate level and contributes to undergraduate courses like Honours Advanced Macroeconomic Theory. His supervision has led to PhD theses on topics such as fiscal policy in heterogeneous agent models and growth-inequality linkages in Scotland and the UK.
