Staff profile

John Ashworth is Professor of Economics at the Business School, and Principal of Stephenson College.

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John Ashworth is Professor of Economics at the Business School, and Principal of Stephenson College.

• Public Choice Economics
• Economics of Education
• Economic Education

Conference Paper

• Flemish Municipalities.
• Ashworth, J. (in press). Social Capital and the Effect of Female Representation: Expressive And Instrumental Considerations.

Journal Article

• Kamei, K., & Ashworth, J. (2023). Peer learning in teams and work performance: Evidence from a randomized field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 207, 413-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.015
• Ashworth, J., Barlow, D., & Evans, L. (2014). Sectoral money demand behaviour and the welfare cost of inflation in the UK. Manchester School, 82(6), 732-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12047
• Ashworth, B., Geys, B., Heyndels, B., & Wille, F. (2014). Competition in the political arena and local government performance. Applied Economics, 46(19), 2264-2276. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.899679
• Ashworth, J., Galli, E., & Padovano, F. (2013). Decentralization as a Constraint to Leviathan: A Panel Cointegration Analysis. Public Choice, 156(3-4), 491-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-9962-8
• Jottier, D., Ashworth, J., & Heyndels, B. (2012). Understanding Voters’ Preferences: How the Electorate’s Complexity Affects Prediction Accuracy and Wishful Thinking among Politicians with Respect to Election Outcomes. Kyklos, 65(3), 340-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2012.00542.x
• Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B., & Werck, K. (2010). Expert judgements and the demand for novels in Flanders. Journal of Cultural Economics, 34(3), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-010-9121-3
• Ashworth, J., & Heyndels, B. (2007). Selection Bias and Peer Effects in Team Sports: the Effect of Age Grouping on Earnings of German Soccer Players. Journal of Sports Economics, 8(4), 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002506287695
• Ashworth, J., Geys, B., & Heyndels, B. (2006). Everyone Likes a Winner: An Empirical Test of The Effect of Electoral Closeness on Turnout in a Context Of Expressive Voting. Public Choice, 128(3-4), 383-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-005-9006-8
• Ashworth, J., Geys, B., & Heyndels, B. (2006). Determinants tax innovation: the case of environmental taxes in Flemish muncipalities. European Journal of Political Economy, 22(1), 223-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.06.004
• Ashworth, J., Geys, B., & Heyndels, B. (2005). Government weakness and local public debt development in Flemish municipalities. International Tax and Public Finance, 12(4), 395-422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-005-2317-3
• Ashworth, J., & Heyndels, B. (2005). Political fragmentation, budgetary policy and 'difficult times' in Flemish municipalities. Economics and Politics, 19, 245-263
• Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B., & Smolders, C. (2003). Psychological Taxing in Flemish municipalities. Journal of Economic Psychology, 24, 741-762
• Heyndels, B., & Ashworth, J. (2003). Self–serving bias in tax perceptions: federalism as a source of political instability. Kyklos, 56(1), 47-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6435.00209
• Ashworth, J., & Heyndels, B. (2002). Tax structure turbulence in OECD countries. Public Choice, 111(3-4), 347-376. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1014957130671
• Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B., & Smolders, C. (2002). Redistribution as a local public good : an empirical test for Flemish municipalities. Kyklos, 55(1), 27-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6435.00176
• Ashworth, J., & Evans, J. (2001). Modelling student subject choice at secondary and tertiary level : A cross section study
• Ashworth, J., & Heyndels, B. (2001). Political fragmentation and the evolution of national tax structures in the OECD. International Tax and Public Finance, 8, 377-393