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Biography

Thomas received his DPhil (PhD) from the University of Oxford, under supervision of Nobel Laureate Sir James A. Mirrlees.

Thomas is the Director of our Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) programmes. He teaches MSc Advanced Macro, Public Choice, and Public Economics, and undegratuate Public Economics. Thomas is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. For more information, including CV, and PhD supervision.

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Research interests

  • Energy Economics
  • Green Finance and Socially Responsible Investment
  • Optimal taxation and public economics in general (especially dynamic taxation)
  • Endogenous Policy (political aspects of economic policy and public finance)
  • Environmental economics
  • Endogenous firm objectives
  • Population economics

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Publications

Chapter in book

  • Theory of Socially Responsible Investment: A Review
    Marsiliani, L., Naga, L., Renström, T. I., & Spataro, L. (2023). Theory of Socially Responsible Investment: A Review. In L. Spataro, M. C. Quirici, & G. Iermano (Eds.), ESG Integration and SRI Strategies in the EU (pp. 11-45). Palgrave MacMillan (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36457-0_2
  • The Vulnerability to Oil Price Shocks of the Bangladesh Economy
    Amin, S., Marsiliani, L., Renström, T., & Taghizadeh-Hesary, F. (2022). The Vulnerability to Oil Price Shocks of the Bangladesh Economy. In F. Taghizadeh-Hesary & D. Zhang (Eds.), The Handbook of Energy Policy. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9680-0_36-1
  • The Case of Waste to Energy in Bangladesh
    Amin, S., Jamasb, T., Llorca, M., Marsiliani, L., & Renstrom, T. (2022). The Case of Waste to Energy in Bangladesh. In L. Arthur, M. Hughes, & D. Hondo (Eds.), Prospects for Transitioning from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia (pp. 127-144). Asian Development Bank Institute.

Conference Paper

  • Political institutions and redistribution.
    Renstrom, T. (2002). Political institutions and redistribution. Presented at Proceedings of the 2002 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society: Economic Theory, US.

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