Dr Marian Rizov

Reader in Economics

Department: Economics and statistics

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Qualifications

PhD, MSc Economics

Research Interests

  • Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics
  • Industrial Organisation
  • Labour and Development Economics

Teaching Interests

  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Corporate Finance

Biography

Education:

  • PhD - Catholic University of Leuven
  • MSc Economics - Catholic University of Leuven
  • MSc Agricultural Economcis - Wye (Imperial) College

Career overview:

  • Since 2000 full-time research and lecturing positions at the Catholic University of Leuven and Trinity College,University of Dublin
  • Since September 2005 Senior Lecturer at the Middlesex University Business School
  • Since September 2008 Reader in Economics at the Middlesex University Business School

Visiting positions:

  • Visiting Professor (9/2011-1/2012), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Slovakia
  • Visiting Professor (5/2009-6/2009), College of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
  • Visiting Researcher (5/2007-11/2009), Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Selected publications:

  • Rizov, M., A. Oskam and P.P. Walsh, 2012, Is there a limit to agglomeration? Evidence from productivity of Dutch firms, Regional Science and Urban Economics 42(4), 595-606.

  • Croucher, R. and M. Rizov, 2011, Emploees' entrepreneurial contributions to firms in Russia, 1995-2004, Human Resource Management Journal 21(4), 415-431.

  • Rizov, M. and P.P. Walsh, 2011, Is there a rural-urban divide? Location and productivity of UK manufacturing, Regional Studies 45(5), 641-656.

  • Huffman, S. and M. Rizov, 2010, The Rise of obesity in transition: Theory and empirical evidence from Russia, Journal of Development Studies 46(3), 574-594.

  • Chit, M., M. Rizov and D. Willenbockel, 2010, Exchange rate volatility and exports: New empirical evidence from the emerging East Asian economies, The World Economy 33(2), 239-263.

  • Rizov, M. and P.P. Walsh, 2009, Productivity and trade orientation in UK manufacturing, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 71(6), 821-849.

  • Rizov, M. and R. Croucher, 2009, Human resource management and performance in European firms, Cambridge Journal of Economics 33(2), 253-272.

  • Rizov, M., 2008, Corporate capital structure and how soft budget constraints may affect it, Journal of Economic Surveys 22(4), 648-684.

  • Rizov, M., 2008, Institutions, reform policies, and productivity growth in agriculture: Evidence from former communist countries, NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 55(4), 307-323.

  • Huffman, S. and M. Rizov, 2007, Determinants of obesity in transition economies: The case of Russian, Economics and Human Biology 5(3), 379-391.

  • Rizov, M., 2006, Rural development perspectives in enlarging Europe: The implications of CAP reforms and agricultural transition in accession countries, European Planning Studies 14(2), 219-238.

  • Rizov, M., 2005, Does individualization help the productivity of transition agriculture?, Agricultural Economics 33(2), 215-227.

  • Minns, C. and M. Rizov, 2005, The spirit of capitalism? Immigration, religion and self-employment in early 20th century Canada, Explorations in Economic History 42(2), 259-281.

  • Rizov, M., 2005, Pull and push: Individual farming in Hungary, Food Policy 30(1), 43-62.

  • Rizov, M., 2005, Human capital and the agrarian structure in transition, Economic and Industrial Democracy 26(1), 119-149.

  • Rizov, M., 2005, Transition and enterprise restructuring: The role of budget constraints and bankruptcy costs, Economics Letters 86(1), 129-134.

  • Rizov, M. and J.F.M. Swinnen, 2004, Human capital, market imperfections, and labor reallocation in transition, Journal of Comparative Economics 32(4), 745-774.

  • Rizov, M., 2004, Firm investment in transition: Evidence from Romanian manufacturing, Economics of Transition 12(4), 721-746.

  • Rizov, M., 2004, Credit constraints and profitability: Evidence from a transition economy, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 40(4), 63-83.

  • Rizov, M., 2004, Rural development and welfare implications of CAP reforms, Journal of Policy Modeling 26(2), 209-222.

  • Rizov, M. and E. Mathijs, 2003, Farm survival and growth in transition economies: Theory and empirical evidence from Hungary, Post-Communist Economies 15(2), 227-242.

  • Rizov, M., 2003, Endogenous production organization during market liberalization: Farm level evidence from Romania, Economic Systems 27(2), 171-187.

  • Konings, J., M. Rizov, and H. Vandenbussche, 2003, Investment and financial constraints in transition economies: Micro evidence from Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania, Economics Letters 78(2), 253-258.

  • Rizov, M., D. Gavrilescu, H. Gow, E. Mathijs, and J.F.M. Swinnen, 2001, Transition and enterprise restructuring: The development of individual farming in Romania, World Development 29(7), 1257-1274..

International links:

  • University College Dublin
  • Wageningen University
  • Catholic University of Leuven
  • Iowa State University

Work in progress:

  • Labour market policies and firm productivity (with Richard Croucher, MUBS, UK).
  • Firm productivity, location and international trade (with Paul Walsh, UCD, Ireland).
  • Obesity, health and labour market outcomesin transition economies (with Sonya Huffman, ISU, USA and Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO, Germany).
  • Rural development and firm performance (with Arie Oskam, Wageningen University, The Netherlands).
  • CAP subsidies and implications for farm productivity in the EU (with Jan Pokrivcak ,SAU Nitra, Slovakiaand Pavel Ciaian, IPTS, Seville, Spain).
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