Richard Burdekin, Ph.D.

Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics

Department

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance

Areas of Expertise

Central Bank Policymaking

Chinese Economy

Money and Finance

Teaching Interests

Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Money and Finance

Research Interests

Chinese economic reforms, Financial markets, Central bank policymaking, Inflation and deflation, Sports economics

Education

B.A., University of Warwick, England; M.Sc., University of Bristol, England; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston

Awards and Affiliations

2022-2023 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Scholar Grant

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2014-present

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2020-present

Research and Publications

“Chinese vs. US Stock Market Transmission to Australasia, Hong Kong, and the ASEAN Group” (with Ran Tao), Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Vol. 18 (March 2025): 162; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm18030162/.

“Determinants of Attendance in the Early Days of US Professional Baseball: Panel Estimation, 1892-1940” (with David Berri and Ran Tao), Applied Economics, Vol 56 (2024), pp. 7369-7386.

“Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Latin American Experience in Perspective” (with John Horan and Ran Tao), International Journal of Finance and Banking Studies, Vol. 13 (January 2024), pp. 37-45.

"Daily Monetary Policy Reactions to the Pandemic: The Australian Case" (with Quynh Nguyen), Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 78 (June 2023), pp. 24-32.

“Powell vs. the Pandemic: Some Simple Monetary Arithmetic,” Modern Economy, Vol. 14 (February 2023), pp. 66-75.

“The Effects of Deflation and Macroeconomic Shocks on Leisure Spending in the Pre-War Era: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1890-1940 (with Ran Tao and David Berri), Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 50 (December 2022), pp. 119-132.

“Quantifying China’s Financial Reach Up through the Pandemic: The African Experience” (with Dawson Reckers and Ran Tao), North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 63 (November 2022): 101833.

“Armageddon and the Stock Market: US, Canadian and Mexican Market Responses to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis” (with Pierre L. Siklos), Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 84 (May 2022), pp. 112-127.

“Death and the Stock Market: International Evidence from the Spanish Flu,” Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 28, No. 17 (2021): 1512-1520.

“A First Look at Brexit and Global Equity Markets” (with Eric Hughson and Jinlin Gu), Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2018), pp. 136-140.

Contact:

12:15 - 1:15 pm Thursday

12:15 - 1:15 pm Tuesday

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