John Dewhurst

Professor John Dewhurst holds a Chair in Economic, Social and Regional Statistics. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (Economics Tripos) and gained a masters degree in Quantitative Social Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury and his Ph.D. from the University of Dundee. He is a Chartered Statistician.

External Affiliations

John Dewhurst is a past Chairman of the Regional Science Association International: British & Irish Section. He was Series Editor of European Research in Regional Science, and a past European Editor of Papers in Regional Science. He has held visiting positions at the University of Queensland and at Kansas State University.

• Quantitative Methods for Business
• Econometrics
• Marketing Research

Recent publications

• DDPE_238, Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics No.238, 2010
  
  
• "Constructing a Social Accounting Matrix for Libya", John Dewhurst, Jamal Kerwat & Hassan Molana, The Journal of North African Studies,Volume 16 Issue 1, March 2011
  
  
• "Viability of Keeping a Fixed Exchange Rate in an Oil Exporting Country: Some Results for Libya from a Computable General Equilibrium Model,", John Dewhurst, Jamal Kerwat; & Hassan Molana, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2009, Vol. 5, No. 3, Article 2
  
  
• "Modelling the Socio-economic Impacts of Major Job Loss or Gain at the Local Level: a spatial microsimulation framework", D. Ballas, G. Clarke and J H L Dewhurst, Spatial Economic Analysis, 2006, Vol.1 No.1, pp127-146
  
  
• "Changes in Manufacturing Linkage Patterns in Scotland and Wales: Hollowing Out and Foreign Direct Investment" Dewhurst, J.H.Ll., M. Munday, and A. Roberts, in E. Bogar (ed.), The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Competitive Economy, Wydamnictwo Dom Organizatora, Torun, 2004, pp. 63-80