Mark J. Holmes

Professor of Economics
Keywords
Economics; Energy; International Finance; Labour Market
Real estate; Macroeconomics
Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Essex), MSc (London), PhD (Dundee)
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: MSB.2.20
Phone: +64 7 838 4454
Papers Taught
About Mark
Mark has research interests that relate to applied macroeconomics, international finance, housing and energy markets. He currently lectures on macroeconomics and research methods. Mark has previously served as elected President of the New Zealand of Association of Economists and as Editor-in-Chief of New Zealand Economic Papers. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Dundee, and has previously been employed by the University of Dundee and Loughborough University in the UK.
Research Supervised
Mark has been involved in the supervision to completion of fifteen PhD investigations at the University of Waikato. These include:
- Ha, V. T. C. (2021). The effects of foreign direct investment on domestic firms: The case of Vietnam (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14062
- Valera, H. G. A. (2017). Inflation and Macroeconomic Effects of Inflation Targeting in Asia: Time-Series and Cross-Country Analysis (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11056
- Shen, X. (2014). The Stock Market, the Housing Market and Consumption (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8805
- Mengesha, L. G. (2013). An Investigation of the Macroeconomic and Monetary Effects of Dollarization in Eritrea (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7654
Research Interests
Mark's research interests include applied macroeconomics as well as the behaviour of interest rates, real estate and energy markets. Recent and older publications include studies of the labour market, interest rate behaviour, inflation targeting and house prices. His recent publications include papers published in Energy Economics, Journal of Housing Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, and Urban Studies. The current worldwide IDEAS/RePEc Economist rankings places Mark within the top 5% of authors.
Recent Publications
Hou, Y., & Holmes, M. (2020). Do higher order moments of return distribution provide better decisions in minimum-variance hedging? Evidence from US stock index futures. Australian Journal of Management, 45(2), 240-265. doi:10.1177/0312896219879974
Holmes, M. J., & Otero, J. (2020). The Beveridge Curve across US states: New insights from a pairwise approach. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 82(2), 405-424. doi:10.1111/obes.12337
Ha, V. T. C., Holmes, M. J., & Le, T. M. (2020). Firms and export performance: does size matter?. Journal of Economic Studies, 47(5), 985-999. doi:10.1108/JES-12-2018-0451
Duong, M., Holmes, M., & Strutt, A. (2020). The impact of free trade agreements on FDI inflows: the case of Vietnam. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, online, 24 pages. doi:10.1080/13547860.2020.1765717
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