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Before (re)joining Durham University Business School in September 2012, Richard held the positions of Alec Cairncross Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Centre for Public Policy for Regions at Glasgow University. He previously worked at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Portsmouth and Queen's Belfast in the UK and Waikato in New Zealand. He holds degrees from the Universities of Belfast (Queen's), Lancaster and Kent.

To date (January 2023), he has published some 175 journal articles, book chapters, and books. He has undertaken a significant amount of public policy research, including extensive work for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) involving acting as an External Advisor on Trade Development Activities and the Asia Task Force project. In 2012-13 he was a member of the BIS/Foresight Lead Expert Group that reported in October 2013 on ‘The Future of Manufacturing in the UK’; and a Special Advisor to the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. He was an inaugural member of the ESRC Administrative Data Research Network (ADRN) Project Approvals Panel. Currently, he ia an academic member of the DIT Trade & Economy panel, a Research Affiliate of the New Zealand Productivity Commission, and a member of the Exporting Strategy Working Group for the NE LEP.

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Before joining Durham University Business School in September 2012, Richard held the positions of Alec Cairncross Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Centre for Public Policy for Regions at Glasgow University. He previously worked at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Portsmouth and Queen's Belfast in the UK and Waikato in New Zealand. He holds degrees from the Universities of Belfast, (Queen's), Lancaster and Kent.

• Micro-analysis of firm/plant level productivity in the UK using panel data
• Gender bias in UK Higher Education
• Differences in (UK) regional performance
• Evaluation of government industrial policy
• Relative performance of UK SMEs
• Evaluation methodology for impact of government assistance on TFP

• Centre for Macroeconomic Policy
• Economics & Finance Department

Authored book

• Harris, R. & Sollis, R. (2003). Applied Time Series Modelling and Forecasting. Chicester: John Wiley.
• Harris, R. (1995). Using Cointegration Analysis in Econometric Modelling. Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf.
• Harris, R. & Daldy, B. (1994). Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand. Avebury.
• Harris, R. (1991). Harris, Richard Regional Economic Policy in Northern Ireland 1945-1988. Avebury.
• Harris, R. (1989). The Structure and Growth of the UK Regional Economy, 1963-85. Gower.

Chapter in book

• Harris, R. & Reid, R. (2008). Barriers to Growth in Family-owned Smaller Businesses. In International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM. Barrett, R. & Mayson, S. Edward Elgar. 260-284.
• Harris, R., Siegel, D. & Wright, M. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Management Buyouts on Economic Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence from the United Kingdom. In Private Equity and management Buy-outs. Wright, M. & Bruining, H. Edward Elgar. 293-305.
• Harris, R., Chapple, S. & Silverstone, B. (1996). Unemployment. In A Study of Economic Reform: The Case of New Zealand. Silverstone, B., Bollard, A. & Lattimore, R. Amsterdam: North Holland. 139-172.
• Harris, R. (1993). Interrelated Demand for the Factors of Production in the UK Engineering Industry, 1968-81. In Dynamic Labor Demand and Adjustment Costs. Galeazzi, G. & Hamermesh, D. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Harris, R. (1993). Retreat From Policy: The Rationale and Effectiveness of Automatic Capital Grants. In Spatial Policy in a Divided Nation. Harrison, R.T. & Hart, M. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 64-84.
• Harris, R. (1990). Manufacturing Industry. In The Northern Ireland Economy: Growth in a Peripheral Region. Harris, R., Jefferson, C.W. & Spencer, J.E. Longmand. 48-78.
• Harris, R. (1990). Income. In The Northern Ireland Economy: Growth in a Peripheral Region. Harris, R., Jefferson, C.W. & Spencer, J.E. Longmans. 217-251.
• Harris, R. (1990). Regional Earnings Differentials. In A Portrait of Pay, 1970-1982: An Analysis of the New Earnings Survey. Gregory, M.B. & Thomson, A.W.J. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 238-273.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1990). Collective Bargaining and Relative Wages. In A Portrait of Pay, 1970-1982: An Analysis of the New Earnings Survey. Gregory, M.B. & Thomson, A.W.J. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Harris, R. (1989). Relative Earnings in Northern Ireland, 1972-82. In Northern Ireland: Studies in Social and Economic Life. Jenkins, R. Gower. 126-148.
• Harris, R. & Taylor, J. (1987). Trends-Through-Peaks Methods of Estimating Capacity Utilization. In Working Below Capacity. Bosworth, D.L. & Heathfield, D.F. London: Macmillan.

Edited book

• Harris, R., Jefferson, C.W. & Spencer, J.E. (1990). The Northern Ireland Economy: Growth in a Peripheral Region. Longmans.

Journal Article

• Harris, Richard (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on research in Durham University Business School. SAGE Open 13(2).
• Harris, Richard & Moffat, John (2023). What explains the increase in trade union density and female share of union members in the United Kingdom in 2017-2020? Journal of Industrial Relations
• Sunley, Peter Harris, Jack L Pike, Andy Harris, Richard, Martin, Ron & Evenhuis, Emil (2022). Industrial Policies, Strategy, and the UK’s Levelling Up Agenda. Local Economy 37(5): 403-418.
• Harris, Richard & Mate-Sanchez-Val, Mariluz (2022). Gender pay and productivity in UK universities: Evidence from research-intensive Business Schools. Economics Letters 218: 110738.
• Harris, Richard & Moffat, John (2022). The geographical dimension of productivity in Great Britain, 2011–18: the sources of the London productivity advantage. Regional Studies 56(10): 1713-1728.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level and distribution of intangibles investment in the UK. Applied Economics Letters 29(13): 1238-1242.
• Sunley, Peter, Evenhuis, Emil, Harris, Jack, Harris, Richard, Martin, Ron & Pike, Andy (2021). Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain. Regional Studies
• Harris, R. (2021). Experiences with Testing, Self-isolation and Vaccination in North East England during the COVID pandemic. Vaccines 9(7): 759.
• Harris, Richard I. D. (2021). The importance of spatial differences in total factor productivity: The example of New Zealand, 2001-2016. Regional Studies 55(7): 1209-1227.
• Harris, R, Krenz, A & Moffat, J (2021). The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross-Country Perspective. Journal of Common Market Studies 59(3): 589-607.
• Harris, R. I. D. (2020). The importance of frontier firms in total factor productivity in New Zealand, 2001-2016. New Zealand Economic Papers 54(3): 285-311.
• Zhong, Yonghong, I.D. Harris, Richard & Deng, Shuhong (2020). The spillover effects among offshore and onshore RMB exchange rate markets, RMB Hibor market. Quantitative Finance and Economics 4(2): 294-309.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2020). The Impact of Product Subsidies on Plant-level Total Factor Productivity in Britain, 1997-2014. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 67(4): 387-403.
• Harris, R. & Li, S. (2019). Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China. Journal of Productivity Analysis 52(1-3): 1-27.
• Harris, R Moffat, J, Evenhuis, E, Martin, R Pike, A & Peter Sunley (2019). Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 12(3): 467-487.
• Harris, R & Moffat, J. (2019). The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity. National Institute Economic Review 247(1): R19-R31.
• Qu, T. & Harris, R. (2019). Does support from government help firms survive? Evidence on financial and political assistance in China, 1998–2007. Applied Economics 51(5): 528-541.
• Harris, R. & Yan, J. (2019). The Measurement of Absorptive Capacity from an Economics Perspective: Definition, Measurement and Importance. Journal of Economic Surveys 33(3): 729-756.
• Harris, R. & Le, T. (2019). Absorptive Capacity in New Zealand Firms: Measurement and Importance. Science and Public Policy 46(2): 290-309.
• Maté-Sánchez-Val, M. & Harris, R. (2018). The paradox of geographical proximity for innovators: A regional study of the Spanish agri-food sector. Land Use Policy 73: 458-467.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2017). The UK productivity puzzle, 2008–2012: evidence using plant-level estimates of total factor productivity. Oxford Economic Papers 69(3): 529-549.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2017). The Sources of The Scotland-Rest Of The UK Productivity Gap: Implications For Policy. Regional Studies 51(9): 1297-1311.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2016). Plant Closure in Britain since the Great Recession. Economics Letters 140: 27-30.
• Dai, M., Harris, R., Lu, Y. & Liu, H. (2016). Exports and firm survival: do trade regime and productivity matter? Applied Economics Letters 23(6): 457-460.
• Ding, S., Guariglia, A. & Harris, R. (2016). The determinants of productivity in Chinese large and medium-sized industrial firms, 1998-2007. Journal of Productivity Analysis 45(2): 131-155.
• Harris, R., McAdam, R. & Reid, R. (2016). The Effect of Business Improvement Methods on Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Peripheral Regions. Regional Studies 50(12): 2040-2054.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2015). Plant-level Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Great Britain, 1997-2008. Journal of Productivity Analysis 44(1): 1-20.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2015). Total factor productivity growth in Local Enterprise Partnership regions in Britain, 1997-2008. Regional Studies 49(6): 1019-1041.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2015). The Impact of Exporting and Importing Goods and Services on Productivity in the UK. The World Economy 38(11): 1781-1794.
• Harris, R. & Mate, M. (2014). Differential empirical innovation factors for Spain and the UK. Research Policy 43(2): 451-463.
• Harris, R., Li, Q.C. & Moffat, J. (2013). The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on establishment-level productivity in British regions. Manchester School 81(2): 143-162.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2013). Intangible Assets, Absorbing Knowledge and its Impact on Firm Performance: Theory, Measurement and Policy Implications. Contemporary Social Science 8(3): 346-361.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2013). The Direct Contribution of FDI to Productivity Growth in Britain, 1997-2008. The World Economy 36(6): 713-736.
• Harris, R. & Mcadam, R. (2013). Levels of innovation within SMEs in peripheral regions: the role of business improvement initiatives. Small Business and Enterprise Development 20(1): 102-124.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2012). Export-market dynamics and firm-level productivity: evidence for UK tradable sectors. Industrial and Corporate Change 21(3): 649-670.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2012). Determinants of firm exit from exporting evidence for the UK. International journal of the economics of business 18(3): 381-397.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J (2012). Is productivity higher in British cities? Journal of Regional Science 52(5): 762-786.
• Harris, R., Li, Q.C. & Moffat, J. (2011). The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on firm-level productivity in Britain. Applied Economics Letters 18(13-15): 1243-1246.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2011). Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005. Applied Economics 43(23): 3007-3020.
• Harris, R. (2011). Models of regional growth: past, present and future. Journal of Economic Surveys 25(5): 913-951.
• Harris, R., Moffat, J. & Kravtsova, V. (2011). In search of ‘W’. Spatial Economic Analysis 6(3): 249-270.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (2011). A matching analysis of why some firms in peripheral regions undertake R&D whereas others do not. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 20(4): 367-385.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2010). Export-market dynamics and the probability of firm closure: evidence for the United Kingdom. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 57(2): 145-168.
• Harris, R. (2009). Estimates of Inter-Regional Differences in Production in the United Kingdom, 1968-78. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 44(3): 241-260.
• Harris, R., Li, Q.C. & Trainor, M. (2009). Is a higher rate of R&D tax credit a panacea for low levels of R&D in disadvantaged regions? Research Policy 38(1): 192-205.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2009). Exporting, R&D, and absorptive capacity in UK establishments. Oxford Economic Papers 61(1): 74-103.
• Harris, R. & Li, Q.C. (2008). Evaluating the contribution of exporting to UK productivity growth: some microeconomic evidence. World Economy 31(2): 212-235.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (2007). Impact of government intervention on employment change and plant closure in Northern Ireland, 1983-97. Regional Studies 41(1): 51-63.
• Chapple, W., Harris, R. & Paul, C.J.M. (2006). The cost implications of waste reduction: factor demand, competitiveness and policy implications. Journal of Productivity Analysis 26(3): 245-258.
• Harris, R., Siegel, D.S. & Wright, M. (2005). Assessing the impact of management buyouts on economic efficiency: Plant-level evidence from the United Kingdom. Review of Economics and Statistics 87(1): 148-153.
• Harris, R. (2005). Economics of the Workplace: Special Issue Editorial. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 52(3): 323-343.
• Collins, A. & Harris, R. (2005). The impact of foreign ownership and efficiency on pollution abatement expenditure by chemical plants: Some UK evidence. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 52(5): 747-768.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (2005). Plant-level analysis using the ARD: Another look at Gibrat's law. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 52(3): 492-518.
• Chapple, W., Morrison Paul, C.J. & Harris, R. (2005). Manufacturing and corporate environmental responsibility: cost implications of voluntary waste minimisation. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 16(3): 347-373.
• Harris, R. & Robinson, C. (2005). Impact of regional selective assistance on sources of productivity growth: Plant-level evidence from UK manufacturing, 1990-98. Regional Studies 39(6): 751-765.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (2005). Capital subsidies and their impact on total factor productivity: Firm-level evidence from Northern Ireland. Journal of Regional Science 45(1): 49-74.
• Harris, R. & Robinson, C. (2004). Productivity impacts and spillovers from foreign ownership in the United Kingdom. National Institute Economic Review 187(1): 58-75.
• Harris, R. (2004). Consultation and communication in family businesses in Great Britain. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 15(8): 1424-1444.
• Harris, R. & Robinson, C. (2004). Industrial policy in Great Britain and its effect on total factor productivity in manufacturing plants, 1990-98. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 51(4): 528-543.
• Harris, R., Reid, S. & McAdam, R. (2004). Employee involvement in family and non-family-owned businesses in Great Britain. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 10(1): 49-58.
• Beaumont, P.B. & Harris, R. (2003). Internal wage structures and organizational performance. British Journal of Industrial Relations. British Journal of Industrial Relations 41(1): 53-70.
• Harris, R. & Robinson, C. (2003). Foreign ownership and productivity in the united kingdom estimates for UK manufacturing using the ARD. Review of Industrial Organization 22(3): 207-223.
• Reid, R. & Harris, R. (2002). The determinants of training in SMEs in Northern Ireland. Education and Training 44(8): 443-450.
• Collins, A. & Harris, R. (2002). Does plant ownership affect the level of pollution abatement expenditure? Land Economics 78(2): 171-189.
• Harris, R. (2002). Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the United Kingdom—Some Issues When Using the ARD Establishment Level Data. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 49(3): 318-335.
• Beaumont, P. & Harris, R. (2002). Examining white-collar downsizing as a cause of change in the psychological contract: some UK evidence. Employee Relations 24(4): 378-388.
• Harris, R. & Hassaszadeh, P. (2002). The impact of ownership changes and age effects on plant exits in UK manufacturing, 1974–1995. Economic Letters 75(3): 309-317.
• Harris, R. & Robinson, C. (2002). The effect of foreign acquisitions on total factor productivity: Plant-level evidence from UK manufacturing, 1987-1992. Review of Economics and Statistics 84(3): 562-568.
• Harris, R. (2001). Comparing Regional Technical Efficiency in UK Manufacturing Plants: The Case of Northern Ireland 1974-1995. Regional Studies 35(6): 519-534.
• Harris, R. & Silverstone, B. (2001). Testing for asymmetry in Okun's law: a cross-country comparison. Economics Bulletin 5(2): 1-13.
• Harris, R. & Andrew, B.P. (2000). Rates of Return on Plant and Machinery in the Regions of the UK, 1968-1991. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 47(3): 304-324.
• Harris, R. & Drinkwater, S. (2000). UK Plant and Machinery Capital Stocks and Plant Closures. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 62(2): 243-265.
• Collins, A. & Harris, R. (1999). Downsizing and Productivity: The Case of UK Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 1974-1994. Managerial and Decision Economics 20(5): 281-290.
• Harris, R. & Liu, A. (1999). Verdoorn’s Law and Increasing Returns to Scale: Country Estimates Based on the Cointegration Approach. Applied Economics Letters 6(1): 29-33.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (1999). Manufacturing Industries in the UK: Was There Convergence During the 1968-1992 Period? Scottish Journal of Political Economy 46(5): 552-569.
• Harris, R. (1999). The Determinants of Work-Related Training in Britain in 1995 and the Implications of Employer Size. Applied Economics 31(4): 451-463.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (1999). Manufacturing Industries in Northern Ireland and Great Britain: Was There Convergence During the 1949-1992 Period? Applied Economics 31(12): 1573-1580.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1998). Development of Union Density Levels in Eastern Germany. European Industrial Relations Research 295: 26-27.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1998). Trade Union Density in Ireland. European Industrial Relations Research 291: 22-23.
• Harris, R. & Lau, E. (1998). Verdoorn's Law and Increasing Returns to Scale in the UK Regions, 1968-91: Some New Estimates Based on the Cointegration Approach. Oxford Economic Papers 50(2): 201-219.
• Harris, R. & Judge, G. (1998). Small Sample Testing for Cointegration Using the Bootstrap Approach. Economics Letters 58(1): 31-37.
• Harris, R. & Liu, A. (1998). Input-Output Modelling of the Urban and Regional Economy: The Importance of External Trade. Regional Studies 32(9): 851-862.
• Beaumont, P.B. & Harris, R. (1998). The Importance of National Institutional Arrangements: The Case of Trade Union Membership and Unemployment. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 9(6): 1064-1075.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1997). Trade Union Membership Within the EU. European Industrial Relations Research 279: 21-23.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (1997). Productivity and Growth in UK Regions, 1968-91. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 59(4): 485-510.
• Harris, R. (1997). Impact of the University of Portsmouth on the Local Economy. Urban Studies 34(4): 605-626.
• Harris, R. (1997). UK Regional Plant and Machinery Capital Stocks and Pre-Mature Scrapping. Regional Studies 31(8): 737-750.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1996). Accidents at Work: Who and Where? Occupational Safety and Health 26(12).
• Harris, R. & Gibson, J. (1996). The Pattern of Plant Exit in a Declining Manufacturing Sector: The Case of New Zealand. Review of Economics and Statistics 78(3): 521-529.
• Harris, R. (1996). The Long-Run Determinants of Wages in New Zealand. New Zealand Economic Papers 30(2): 171-197.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1995). Large, Multi-Establishment Companies and Opposition to Unions in Britain. Review of Employment Topics 3(1).
• Bennenbroek, N. & Harris, R. (1995). An Investigation of the Determinants of Profitability in New Zealand Manufacturing Industries in 1986/1987. Applied Economics 27(11): 1093-1101.
• Harris, R. & Baeumont, P.B. (1995). Privatised Organisations and Industrial Relations Change. Policy Studies 16(4): 18-28.
• Harris, R. & Trainor, M. (1995). Innovations and R&D in Northern Ireland Manufacturing: A Schumpeterian Approach. Regional Studies 29(7): 593-604.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1994). The Institutional Vacuum in British Industrial Relations. Policy Studies 15(4): 50-59.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1993). Health and Safety in Union and Non-Union Establishments. Occupational Safety and Health 23(7): 49-51.
• Harris, R. (1993). Scotland: Where Have All the Trade Union Members Gone. Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary 17(3): 57-64.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1993). Diverse Changes in Bargaining Levels Revealed. IRS Employment Trends 548: 12-16.
• Beaumont, P.B. & Harris, R. (1989). North-South Divide in the UK: The Case of Trade Union Recognition. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 51(4): 413-428.
• Harris, R. (1988). Market Structure and External Control in the Regional Economies of Great Britain. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 35(4): 334-360.
• Beaumont, P.B. & Harris, R. (1988). Non-Union Establishments in Britain: The Spatial Pattern. Employee Relations 10(4): 13-16.
• Harris, R. (1988). Demand for Factors of Production in the Northern Ireland Mechanical Engineering Industry. Economic and Social Review 19(4): 249-264.
• Harris, R. & Beaumont, P.B. (1988). High Technology Industries and Non-Union Establishments in Britain. Relations Industrielles 43(4): 829-846.
• Beaumont, P.B. & Harris, R. (1988). Sub-Systems of Industrial Relations: The Spatial Dimension in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 26(3): 397-407.
• Harris, R. (1988). Technological Change and Regional Development: Evidence from the SPRU Database on Innovations. Regional Studies 22(5): 361-374.
• Harris, R. (1987). The Role of Manufacturing in Regional Growth. Regional Studies 21(4): 301-312.
• Harris, R. & Wass, V.J. (1987). The Effect of Collective Bargaining on Earnings in Northern Ireland in 1973. Economic and Social Review
• Harris, R. & Wass, V.J. (1987). The Structure of Collective Bargaining in Northern Ireland in 1973-84. Economic and Social Review
• Harris, R. (1985). Interrelated Demand for the Factors of Production in the UK Engineering Industry, 1968-81. Economic Journal 95(380): 1049-1068.
• Harris, R. (1985). Interrelated Demand for Factors of Production in the U.K. Engineering Industry, 1968-81. Economic Journal 95(380): 1049-1068.
• Harris, R. & Taylor, J. (1985). The Measurement of Capacity Utilization. Applied Economics 17(5): 849-866.
• Harris, R. (1983). The Measurement of Capital Services in Production for UK Regions. Regional Studies 17(3): 169-180.
• Harris, R. (1983). Specification of Factor Demand Models and Shiftworking- An Extension to the CES Case. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 30(2): 170-174.
• Harris, R. (1982). Estimates of Rates of Return on Capital Employed for UK Regions, 1968-1978. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 29(3): 298-309.

Report

• Harris, R. (1999). Incidence of Imperfect Competition in UK Sectors and Regions. Reports to The Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment. Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions.
• Harris, R. (1988). Regional Policy in Northern Ireland (in: European Community Policy in Northern Ireland - report for EC, Brussels).
• Harris, R. (1984). The Impact of EC Membership on Environmental Issues in Northern Ireland (in: European Community Policy in Northern Ireland - report for EC, Brussels).
• Harris, R. (1984). Regional Policy in Northern Ireland (in: European Community Policy in Northern Ireland - report for EC, Brussels).

Working Paper

• Li, S. & Harris, R. (2016). Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China, 1998-2007. 2016(04): 2016_04.
• Harris, R. & Moffat, J. (2014). Lower Productivity in Scotland, 1997-2012: Implications Post-2016.