Juniours Marire PhD

• PhD Economics (Rhodes University, South Africa)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (Rhodes University, South Africa)
• MA Economics (University of Malawi)
• BCom Economics Honours (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)

Juniours Marire holds a PhD in Economics earned from Rhodes University in South Africa. His research was on the economic governance of sectors that utilise alien and invasisve species. He specialises in Institutional and Innovation Economics, Public Finance and Environmental Economics. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham Dubai, he taught a range of courses at the undergraduate level at Rhodes University, not least econometrics, mathematical economics, public finance, microeconomics, and environmental economics. He has also supervised over a dozen Master's theses and at least two doctoral theses.

I have expertise in teaching Microeconomics, Public Finance/Public Economics, Environmental Economics, and Undergraduate Econometrics.

To date, I have supervised over ten Master's theses on topics that range from fiscal stress in local governments, stock markets and economic growth, financial returns and volatility analysis for ESG stocks, labour market frictions and institutions, taxation and economic growth, political events and financial market volatility, financialisation of commodity markets, capital flows and economic growth.

I have also successfully supervised two PhDs that have completed. The topics investigated include effect of aid on manufacturing export performance in sub-Saharan Africa, and institutional innovation and water security in smallholder agriculture. I also have other PhDs in progress focusing on trade related matters and business cycles and productivity among intensely trading partners, and capital structure and bank efficiency. I love research and supervising students who research in the areas of my specialisation or related topics.

Research interests:

• Land value taxation and property rights
• Local government fiscal stress and sustainability education FDI flows and innovation
• Role of national systems of innovation in driving sustainable growth infrastructure and gender inequality
• History of economic thought