Professor Ben Zissimos
Associate Professor of Economics
B.Zissimos@exeter.ac.uk
6466
+44 (0) 1392 726466
Streatham Court 0.36
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Overview
Professor Ben Zissimos joined the Department of Economics in July 2012. He received his BSc in Economics with International Trade and Development from the London School of Economics, and his PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick. Prior to joining the University of Exeter, Professor Zissimos spent most of his career at Vanderbilt University, with briefer spells working at the Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Oxford and Warwick. His research concerns international economic policy and institutions.
Nationality: British
Administrative Responsibilities
- Director of the InsTED network
Qualifications
- PhD Economics, University of Warwick
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Research
Research interests
The current main focus of Professor Zissimos’ work is on the policies and institutions of international trade and how they can promote or retard the process of economic development.
Publications
Journal articles
Bond E, Zissimos BC (In Press). Patent Breadth in an International Setting. Economic Inquiry
Zissimos BC, Wouters J (In Press). US – Shrimp II (Vietnam): Dubious Application of Anti-Dumping Duties; Should Have Used Safeguards. World Trade Review
Miller M, Zissimos B (2022). Populism and the 'narrow Corridor' of Liberty and Justice. National Institute Economic Review, 259, 31-50. Abstract.
Zissimos B (2022). The end of the end of History: a Political-Economy Perspective. Intereconomics, 57(6), 372-376. Abstract.
Zissimos B (2017). A theory of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. Journal of International Economics, 109, 85-101. Abstract.
Stroup C, Zissimos B (2017). Pampered Bureaucracy, Political Stability and Trade Integration. Review of Development Economics, 21(3), 425-450. Abstract.
ZISSIMOS B, WOUTERS J (2017). US–Shrimp II (Vietnam): Dubious Application of Anti-Dumping Duties – Should Have Used Safeguards. World Trade Review, 16(02), 183-201.
Zissimos B (2015). World Price Shocks, Income, and Democratization. World Bank Economic Review, 29(1), 145-154. Abstract.
Groenert V, Zissimos B (2013). Developing country second-mover advantage in competition over environmental standards and taxes. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(5), 700-728. Abstract.
Mrázová M, Vines D, Zissimos B (2013). Is the GATT/WTO's Article XXIV bad?. Journal of International Economics, 89(1), 216-232. Abstract.
Zissimos B (2011). Why are trade agreements regional?. Review of International Economics, 19(1), 32-45. Abstract.
Zissimos B (2009). Optimum tariffs and retaliation: How country numbers matter. Journal of International Economics, 78(2), 276-286. Abstract.
Zissimos B, Wooders M (2008). Public good differentiation and the intensity of tax competition. Journal of Public Economics, 92(5-6), 1105-1121.
Dhillon A, Wooders M, Zissimos B (2007). Tax Competition Reconsidered. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9(3), 391-423. Abstract.
Zissimos B (2007). The GATT and gradualism. Journal of International Economics, 71(2), 410-433.
Zissimos B (2004). The economics of the world trading system. ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 114(496), F338-F340. Author URL.
Whalley J, Zissimos B (2002). An internalisation-based World Environmental Organisation. World Economy, 25(5), 619-642. Abstract.
Gregory M, Zissimos B, Greenhalgh C (2001). Jobs for the skilled: How technology, trade and domestic demand changed the structure of UK employment, 1979-90. Oxford Economic Papers, 53(1), 20-46. Abstract.
Whalley J, Zissimos B (2000). Trade and environment linkage and a possible World Environmental Organisation. Environment and Development Economics, 5(04), 483-529.
Whalley J, Zissimos B (2000). Trade and environment linkage and a possible World Environmental Organisation. Environment and Development Economics, 5(4), 483-529.
Chapters
Stroup C, Zissimos BC (2013). Social Unrest in the Wake of IMF Structural Adjustment Programs. In Wärneryd K (Ed) The Economics of Conflict: Theory and Empirical Evidence, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Wooders M, Zissimos B (2002). The Efficiency, Equity and Politics of Emission Permit Trading. In Marsiliani L, Rauscher M, Withegen C (Eds.) Environmental Economics and the International Economy, the Netherlands: Kluwer. Abstract.
External Engagement and Impact
External positions
- Associate Editor, European Journal of Political Economy
- Research Associate in the Global Economy Division, CESifo Institute, Munich, Germany.
- External Examiner, Department of Political Economy, Kings College London.
