David Maddison

David Maddison

The Department of Economics
Professor of Economics

Contact details

Address
Department of Economics
University of Birmingham
University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor David Maddison is Director of the Birmingham Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management (BCEEEM). He is also co-editor of the journal Climate Change Economics.

David Maddison is a part of the Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of plastics.  This unique team brings together chemists, environmental scientists, engineers, philosophers, linguists, economists, artists, writers, lawyers, and experts in many other fields, to holistically address the global plastics problem. 

Qualifications

PhD in Economics, University of Strathclyde

Teaching

Module leader of LI Environmental Economics and LM Environmental Economics

Contributor to the Global Issues module.

Postgraduate supervision

Any area of Environmental or Natural Resource Economics

Research

David is Director of the Birmingham Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management (BCEEEM).

RESEARCH GROUPS:

  • Environment, Trade and Energy
  • David is part of the Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of plastics. This unique team brings together chemists, environmental scientists, philosophers, linguists, economists, and experts in many other fields, to holistically address the global plastics problem.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Agricultural and Transport Economics

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Elliott, R, Maddison, D, Kuai, W & Ozgen, C 2024, 'Eco-innovation and (green) employment: A task-based approach to measuring the composition of work in firms', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 127, 103015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103015

Maddison, D, Ogier, R & Beltran Hernandez, A 2022, 'The disamenity impact of solar farms: a hedonic analysis', Land Economics. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.071220-0105R

Groom, B & Maddison, D 2019, 'New estimates of the elasticity of marginal utility for the UK', Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 72, pp. 1155–1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-018-0242-z

Cole, M, Maddison, D & Zhang, L 2019, 'Testing the emission reduction claims of CDM projects using the Benford’s Law', Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02593-5

Beltran Hernandez, A, Maddison, D & Elliott, R 2019, 'The impact of flooding on property prices: a repeat-sales approach', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 95, pp. 62-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2019.02.006

Maddison, D & Rehdanz, K 2019, 'Total factor productivity growth in English agriculture: 1690-1914', Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 666–686. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpy055

Beltran Hernandez, A, Maddison, D & Elliott, R 2018, 'Assessing the economic benefits of flood defenses: a repeat-sales approach', Risk Analysis, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 2340-2367. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13136

Beltran Hernandez, A, Maddison, D & Elliott, R 2018, 'Is flood risk capitalised into property values?', Ecological Economics, vol. 146, pp. 668-685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.015

Pettersson, F, Maddison, D, Acar, S & Söderholm, P 2014, 'Convergence of Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Review of the Literature', International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 141-178. https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000059

Maddison, D, Elliott, R & Ham, Y 2013, 'The valuation of landfill disamenities in Birmingham', Ecological Economics, vol. 85, pp. 116-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.09.006

Maddison, D & Rehdanz, K 2011, 'Impact of Climate on Life Satisfaction', Ecological Economics, vol. 70, pp. 2437-2445.

Maddison, D & Rehdanz, K 2011, 'The impact of climate on life satisfaction', Ecological Economics, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 2437-2445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.027

Commissioned report

Acton, J, Anderson, P, Andres, L, Angus, M, Amor, P, Arrowsmith, J (ed.), Asmelash, H, Bartington, S (ed.), Bengtsson, F, Bhullar, L, Bloss, W, Bonet, B, Börner, S, O Bonsu, N, Bryson, JR, Burns, V, Burrows, A, Calvert, C, Cassidy, N, Cavoski, A, Chadyiwa, M, Chapman, H, Chapman, L, Cockram, M, Degendardt, L, Dickinson, D, Ding, Y, Dobrzynski, D, Dolo, M, Dora, J, Ercolani, M, Ersoy, A, Farag, H, Ferranti, E, Fisher, R, Freer, M, Goldmann, N, Goode, CE, Greenham, S, Gulati, S, Hadfield-Hill, S, Harper, G, Hegerl, G, Hillmansen, S, Holmes, J, Huang, JJ, Huser, C, Jackson, R, Jaroszweski, D, Jefferson, I, Johnson, J, Kaewunruen, S, Kelly-Akinnuoye, F, Kettles, G, Kraftl, P, Krause, S, Leckebusch, GC, Lee, R, Lockwood, B (ed.), Lohse, J, Luna Diez, E, Lynch, I (ed.), MacKenzie, R, Maddison, D, Makepeace, J, Mann, V, Marino, R, Mavronicola, N, McDonald, M, McGowan, K (ed.), Metje, N, Ng, K, Nicol, J, O'Sullivan, C, Phalkey, N, Prestwood, E, Pyatt, N, Quinn, A, Radcliffe, J (ed.), Ravi, M, Reardon, L, Reeder, T, O’Regan, P, Remedios, L, Roberts, J, Rogers, C, Rungskunroch, P, van Schaik, W, Swan, J (ed.), Thomson, I, Toft, H (ed.), Tong, J, Botello Villagrana, F, Walton, A, Wason, C (ed.), Weir, C, Wood, R & Zhong, J 2021, Addressing the climate challenge. University of Birmingham. https://doi.org/10.25500/epapers.bham.00003451

Working paper

Elliott, R, Kuai, W, Ozgen, C & Maddison, D 2021 'Eco-Innovation and Employment: A Task-Based Analysis' IZA Discussion Paper Series, no. 14028, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, pp. 1-69. <https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/14028/eco-innovation-and-employment-a-task-based-analysis>

Maddison, D & Rehdanz, K 2010 'Kiel Working Paper Series: The Impact of Climate on Life Satisfaction'.

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Expertise

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Expert on environmental, agricultural and natural resource economics.