James Derbyshire
Education
Overview
Biography
James Derbyshire is a senior analyst at RAND Europe with a research interest in innovation, entrepreneurship, regional economics, demography, multi-agent modelling, social network analysis, clusters, employment policy, and sector studies. Before joining RAND, Derbyshire worked for four years as a senior economist at Cambridge Econometrics. He has also worked at the European Commission, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. Derbyshire has a Ph.D. in innovation and economics from the University of Liverpool Management School and an M.B.A. from the University of Durham.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Derbyshire J Gardiner B and Waights S, "Estimating the capital stock for the NUTS2 regions of the EU27," Applied Economics, 45(9):1133-1149, 2013
Derbyshire J and Haywood G, "Labour, the enterprise gap and the Red Queen," Local Economy, 25(5):494-509, 2010
Derbyshire J, "Will policies designed to encourage links between European clusters weaken their internal dynamics?" Local Economy, 25(4):328-338, 2010
Derbyshire J and Haywood G, "Uncovering creative destruction brought about by new firm formation: A new method and data source," Local Economy, 24(4):310-322, 2009
Honors & Awards
- Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prize for best paper of 2010, Local Economy journal
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