About this journal
The Bath Student Economic Journal (BSEJ) is published twice a year.
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Journal items
Summer 2025 (volume 3, issue 1)
Assessing the impact of private school groups on student academic achievement
- By Euan Ayles
- ES30029: Dissertation
Does the Spanish Model of Menstrual Leave Work in the UK Context? – A Cross-Sectional Survey-Based Study and Economic Analysis
- By Sidney Bartolotta
- ES30029: Dissertation
An Empirical Approach to Assessing the Causal Impact of Education on Crime
- By James Basford
- ES30029: Dissertation
Investigating the impact of increased corn ethanol production on fuel price volatility in Brazil
- By William Crawford
- ES30029: Dissertation
Mergers, Acquisitions and Innovation: Measuring Heterogenous Innovation Incentives for Acquirers and Targets
- By Adrian Er
- ES30029: Dissertation
Macro-Financial Augmentation of the Recursive Ripple Model in UK Regional Housing Markets
- By Amira Khan
- ES30029: Dissertation
Predicting Private Equity Fund Performance using Machine Learning: A Dual Approach to Classification and Return Forecasting
- By Sophie Pau
- ES30029: Dissertation
Researching and Modelling Anticommons and its Potential Relevance to Bankruptcy: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
- By Joshua Salmons
- ES30029: Dissertation
Political diplomacy and trade flows: analysing China’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific
- By Libby Shepherd
- ES30029: Dissertation
Market Efficiency Dynamics: The Modern Football Transfer Market as a Microcosm to Reflect the Broader Social Condition
- By Max Warner
- ES30029: Dissertation
Assessing the Key Economic and Political Determinants of Chinese FDI into the EU
- By Edward West
- ES30029: Dissertation \
Winter 2025 (volume 2, issue 2)
Why is investing in human capital in rural areas important in less-developed countries? One argues that building schools in rural areas reduces income inequality between rural and urban areas. Do you agree? Why do you agree or disagree?
- By Zach Burdon
- ES30035: Coursework
Why do poverty traps exist at the country and household levels? How are the two different levels of poverty traps related? What policy (or policies) would you suggest to tackle the coexistence of country-level and household-level poverty traps?
- By Archie Swindell
- ES30035: Coursework
Spain: An Economic Country Report
- By Will Dewhurst, Max Jones, Lewis Newton, Daniel Thomas and Billy Turl
- ES12002: Coursework
Country Report: Japan
- Jack Desveaux, Charlie Henderson, Jacob Herrmann, Sanjit Kataksham, Ed Smith
- ES12002: Coursework
Brazil Country Report
- Dylan Carter, Maia Orme, Joe O'Shea, Anjani Patel and Joshua Mitchell
- ES12002: Coursework
Summer 2024 (volume 2, issue 1)
Unaffordable housing and mental health: A longitudinal analysis using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
- By Elliot Arevalo
- ES30029: Dissertation
The power of MPC minutes: An empirical investigation into the value of central bank communication
- By Callum Ashworth
- ES30029: Dissertation
Analysing the Impact of ESG Factors on Stock Market Performance in Crisis and Non-Crisis Periods: Evidence from U.S. Equities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- By Tim Bird
- ES30029: Dissertation
The Ripple Effect of Remittances on Educational Attainment: Lessons from Liberia
- By Louie Cameron
- ES30029: Dissertation
Driving towards disaster? An empirical analysis of the factors that influence ZEV adoption in the UK
- By Jack Humpish
- ES30029: Dissertation
Evaluating the Determinants of Crude Oil Prices in the United Kingdom
- By Sam Miller
- ES30029: Dissertation
Brexit: An in-depth analysis of the Economic Implications the 2016 EU Referendum had on the United Kingdom
- By Michland Pali
- ES30029: Dissertation
A DSGE Model to Assess the Impacts of Worker Health on the UK Economy
- By Harry Spencer
- ES30029: Dissertation
Implication of interest-bearing central bank digital currency on welfare and allocations
- By Zhuijiao Xia
- ES30029: Dissertation
Evaluating the Impact of Macroeconomic Variables, Economic Policy Uncertainty, and Financial Market Volatility on Clean Energy Stock Prices: A Machine Learning Approach
- By Cyrus Zarrebini
- ES30029: Dissertation
Summer 2024 (volume 1, issue 1)
Assessing the changing relationship between the No.11 sugar price and WTI oil price with structural breaks and Vector Error Correction models
- By Rebecca Barrows
- ES30029: Dissertation
Analysing the Relationship between Gender Inequality and Economic Growth in South America through the Presence of Gender Gaps in Education and Employment
- By Rosie Drew Davies
- ES30029: Dissertation
Is a City Status Pointless?
- By Benjamin Hall
- ES30029: Dissertation
Personality and Academic Performance: A study of gender differences among STEM students at the University of Bath
- By Sophie Ketner
- ES30029: Dissertation
Navigating Maternity Leave: The Consequences of Leave Decision-Making on Wages in the United Kingdom
- By Cara Nelson
- ES30029: Dissertation
The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Induced Redistribution of Resources away from Cancer Services in England: A Statistical Analysis and OLG Model Approach to Inform Policy
- By Aren Sargood
- ES30029: Dissertation
An Empirical Analysis on the Causal Relationship between Currency Intervention and the Asymmetry of Volatility in Foreign Exchange Markets
- By Matthew Shao
- ES30029: Dissertation
Assessing the Impact of Technological Innovation, Natural Gas Rents and Macroeconomic Factors on the Development of Renewable Energy
- By Thomas Spicer
- ES30029: Dissertation
Winter 2023 (volume 1, issue 2)
Compare and contrast Cutler and Miller (2005) with Anderson et al. (2022). How do these papers help us understand what caused the decline in the mortality since the mid-18th century?
- By Evelyn Kelly
- ES30083: Coursework
A report to inform the decision whether fast food outlets should be banned near schools
- By Elliot Arevalo
- ES30083: Coursework
A report to inform the decision whether fast food outlets should be banned near schools
- By Henry Knight
- ES30083: Coursework
Why could coordination failure result in poverty traps? Suppose that you are a policy-maker in a low-income country. What policy would you implement to overcome coordination failure? What are the implications and challenges of implementing the policy?
- By Zhuijiao Xia
- ES30035: Coursework
Why do we observe many subsistence farmers or low-wage workers in less developed countries? What is the role of credit markets in this phenomenon? Do you think that improving credit access can solve the problem of occupational choice? Why do you think so?
- by Ashna Sareen
- ES30035: Coursework
Some people say that better institutions drive economic growth. Others claim that economic growth leads to better institutions. What is your opinion on the relationship between institutions and growth? In light of the relationship, what development policy would you recommend in low-income countries?
- By Monther Al-Adhami
- ES30035: Coursework
Country report on Mexico
- By Ed Cummins Claveria, Bailey Driver, Florence Fisher, Callum Kiteley, Maya Seidel, and Lola Wood
- ES12002: Coursework
Country report on Colombia
- By Matthew Davies, Jacob Lau-Kee, Alex Partridge, Augustinas Pitkauskas, and Edvardas Sukys
- ES12002: Coursework
Country report on Egypt
- By Daphne Conway, Ioli Kalaitzi, Jake Mcgregor, Louis Murrell, Harry Pressdee, and Daniel Stobbs
- ES12002: Coursework