Economics and Econometrics (PhD) - 6 years

There are several research topics available for this degree. See below examples of research areas including an outline of the topics, the supervisor, funding information and eligibility criteria:

The film industry it’s the most important of the creative industries in terms of GDP and employment. Films are catalogued as experience goods and supply has to dynamically adapt to demand in order for producers to maximise profits. When films are released on screens we observe third degree price discrimination (i.e. there are different prices depending on the type of customer: adults, students, or seniors). However, since the early 1970s exhibitors have used a pricing model of uniform prices across films, not differentiating between for example high and low production budget or expected demand.

The Business School has staff, research groups and a centre that conduct cutting-edge research across a number of business and management subjects, including accounting and finance, logistics, operations and hospitality management, people, management and organisations, and strategic, marketing and economics. The Economics and Econometrics (PhD) is located in the Department of Strategy, Marketing and Economics with cognate research in other departments.

Business and Management covers a broad range of subject areas across four departments:

• Accountancy and Finance
• Logistics, Operations and Hospitality Management
• People, Management and Organisations
• Strategy, Marketing and Economics

We provide a supportive and vibrant research environment for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). Researchers at all levels are encouraged to contribute and collaborate. The Graduate School ensures that postgraduate research is of the highest quality and equips you with the resources that you need to become a successful researcher.

We have an exciting and comprehensive Researcher Skills Development Programme available to all postgraduate researchers. This enables you to broaden your knowledge and access tools and skills which can significantly improve employability. The programme is also mapped onto Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (RDF), allowing you to benefit from Vitae support as well as our own Programme.

We offer skills training through a programme designed to take advantage of technology platforms as well as face-to-face workshops and courses. The University has subscribed to Epigeum, a programme of on-line research training support designed and managed by staff at Imperial College London which will be accessed via Brightspace, the University’s Virtual Learning Environment. We also subscribe to the University of East Anglia webinar series and The Good Doctorate video training series. We are part of the North West and Yorkshire PGR Training Group that allows PGRs to attend relevant training opportunities at other nearby universities.