Dr Matthew Gobey
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
My research interests are in the analysis of policy across a number of fields, with work on local taxation (Business Rates) , distributional effects of market institutions in countires of the global south and north, and health policy and governance . My work typically combines a pluralist view of economics with econometric analysis, which enables me to approach issues with a from a variety of perspectives.
My current research is looking at:
- The effectiveness of Ecolabels: Decoupling Growth from its Environmental Impacts or a Market Illusion?
- The application of Common Pool collaborative governance frameworks to devolved Health Governance, Incuding Integrated Care Systems in the NHS
- Evaluation of AI applications in cancer diagnostic accuruacy and the health economic implications
My PhD in Development Economics (fully funded) as well as a concurrent Masters in Public Health (MRC fund to develop e-health/Informatics Research) were awarded by the University of Dundee/ Ninewells Hospital. I have aslso been awarded Masters In Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London University).
These studies underscore my breadth of knowledge on policy analysis and has enabled me to conduct or participate in externally commissioned research projects, from Rotherham Hospital, Rochdale Council, Salford College amongst others.
Academic and professional qualifications
2010 PhD. in Economics at the University of Dundee
Title: The Determinants of Colombian Plant Level Productivity Pre & Post Liberalisation
Supervisor: Professor Catia Montagna
External: Professor Holger Gӧrg
University of Dundee Funding
2009-2011 Masters in Public Health & Routine Electronic Health Data (Distinction)
University of Dundee Health Informatics Centre & Department of Public Health
Medical Research Council funding to support infomatics/Electornic-records based research
2005 MSc, Development Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, (employer funded)
1993 Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Further Education Economics and Business Studies, the University of Wales Cardiff
1989 B.Sc. Honours Applied Economics, East London Polytechnic (the University of East London)
Other academic service (administration and management)
Programme Leader for MSc Economic and Financial Analysis
Dissertation Coordinator for MSc Economic and Financial Analysis Students
Languages
English
Spanish
Italian
External examiner roles
External Examinar for The University of the West of England (2014-2019) for their Postgraduate Economics provision and a slection of undergraduate numeric modules on the main campus and with overseas partners.
Prizes and awards
Full PhD Funding University of Dundee
Medical Reseach Council Funding 2009 -11 in Infomatics
Membership of professional associations
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
I am the programme Lead for the MSc Economic and Financial Analysis (2015 -to date) and the defunct MSc Behavioural and Economic Science
I teach the units
Quantitative Modelling
Policy Evalation
Both these units involve the use of Stata to analyse real world problems with real data.
Financial Economics
Supervise Postgraduate dissertations and act as dissertation supervisor
HMRC, MSc Fiscal Policy and Economic Governance
I teach on our bespoke Master Programme for H.M. Revenue and Customs, MSc Fiscal Policy and Economic Governance
I currently teach the Evidence Based Policy unit
In the past I led a Social and Economic Issues unit, as well as supervised dissertations
Undergraduate Teaching and administrative responsibilities
First year Tutor (2012-14)
Micro Economic Principles (first year)
Quantitative Analysis (second year)
Supervision
PhD Completions:
Director of Studies: Kimberly Lazo, Health Devolution in Greater Manchester: An institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework for collaborative governance. Awarded 2020
Supervisor: Karolis Matikonis, Policy Evaluation with Advanced Analytics, Non-domestic Property Tax Reliefs, supervisor. Awarded 2019
Supervisor: Inalegwu Ode-Ichakpa, The Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: Evidence from Nigeria, Accounting Finance and Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University, supervisor. Awarded 2017
External Examiner:
Zuhumnan Gabriel Dapel, The Extent And Evolution Of Poverty And Inequality In Nigeria: Evidence From Household Expenditure Survey Datasets And An Assessment Of The Impact Of Oil Industry, The University of Dundee, December 2016
Muhammad Shahzad Iqbal Potential Economic Gains From Gsp Plus Status For Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis Department Of Economics Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan December 2016
Internal Examiner:
Mr Mahmoud Al Ghemary, Earnings Management of Acquiring Companies and Non-Acquiring Companies in GulfCooperation Council (GCC). June 2021
Stuart Mills A Theory of Personalised Nudging: Integrating Heterogeneity and Behavioural Science into Political Decision-Making May 2021
Rasheed Adegbola Bello, Risk Management Practices in the Commercial Banking Industry in Nigeria. May 2019
Claire Little, Machine Learning for Understanding Complex, Interlinked Social Data Centre for Policy Modelling, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, April 2018
Independent Chair:
Reham Ahmed J Fakieh, Inflation and Exchange Rate Policies in Saudi Arabia: An Inflation Targeting Perspective, EPIB, Manchester metropolitan University, April 2018
Research outputs
Gobey M. and Matikonis K., (2021) Small Business Property Tax and job Growth. Small Business Economics Journal 56, pages277–292 (2021) Published online July 2019 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-019-00219-9
Cook W., Giovanis E., Gobey M. (2020) The Effect of Furloughing Workers on Mental Wellbeing Working Paper, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3830621
Matikonis K. and Gobey M (2020) Trees Discover Small Business Property Tax Reductions do not Liberate Productivity, Working paper submitted.
Dance C., O’Leary C., McLaughlin H., Gobey M., Morris S., Albertson K. (2017 - 2019) Department for Education Children’s Social Care Innovation Fund Partners in Practice (Rfx163). Evaluations of Shared Lives Projects and Staying Close Projects. Externally Funded Research
Gobey M. and Spence C. (2019) Local Tax Administration: Richer, Broader, Fairer , 28th Annual Tax Research Network Conference at The University of Central Lancashire, September 2019
Gobey M and Larson M (2019) The Political and Societal Forces That Shaped Colombian Liberlisation. The Economic and Business History Society 44th Annual Conference, Detroit Mitchigan USA, June 2019
Gobey M. and Spence C. (2019) Local Tax Administration: Richer, Broader, Fairer , 7th Annuall Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC) Conference at The university of Exeter University Business School, April 2019
Gobey M. (Principle Investigator), Whittle R., Buturak G., Lazo K. and Jahangir S., (2018) Review of Recruitment and Retention, of Health Professionals For Rotherham Hospital Foundation Trust Externally Funded Research
Gobey M and O’Donovan N. (2019) Expert Review for the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) of their report on “Research Based Policy Making in Taxation: Building revenue analytics Capability Following Best Practices From the UK Australia and Canada”
Gobey M., (2017) The “End of the National Tax on Local Growth”: A Misdirected Growth Policy?
Paper for the Spanish Labour Economics Association (AEET) Annual Conference, Valladolid. Conference Presentation
Spence C., Gobey M., Whittle R., Brown G. D. Dieck, Salford City College Options Appraisal, with the Manchester Chambers of Commerce. Externally funded Research
McLaughlin H., Dance C., Gobey M. and Shand R., (2016) “Evaluation for Making a Difference in Kirkholt,” Social Evaluation for Rochdale Council. Externally funded Research
Whittle R., Pyke C., Cook W., Gobey M., Albertson K. (2015), “Behavioural Economics & Financial Services,” Sponsored by A.J. BELL. Externally funded Research
Gobey M., (2016) “End of the National Tax on Local Growth”: local employment or financial distress? Paper for the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Annual Conference 2016. Conference Presentation
Whittle, R., Davies, T., Gobey, M., Simister, J. (2014). Behavioural Economics of House Prices: A Literature Review. Business & Management Horizons. Academic Journal Article
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Media
Gobey, M. (2016) The Sugar Levy: is this the way to do it?.
Gobey, M.W. (2015) The New Economics of Smoking.
Pyke, C., Whittle, R., Gobey, M.W. (2014) Why Don't We Just... Update Economics Following The Crash.
Pyke, C., Whittle, R., Gobey, M.W. (2014) Why Don't We Just... Re-Think Tax.
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Reports
McLaughlin, H., Dance, C., Shand, R., Gobey, M. (2016) Evaluating the Making a Difference Pilot in Kirkholt.
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Journal articles
Matikonis, K., Gobey, M. (2024) 'Small business property tax reductions and firm productivity.' Small Business Economics,
Gobey, M.W., Matikonis, K. (2019) 'Small business property tax reductions and job growth.' Small Business Economics, 56(1) pp. 277-292.
Whittle, R., Davies, T., Gobey, M., Simister, J. (2014) 'Behavioural Economics of House Prices: A Literature Review.' Business and Management Horizons, 2(2) pp. 15-15.
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Conference papers
Gobey, M., Lazo, K. (2022) 'How to transition from quasi-markets to a Health and Social Care Commons.' In International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy Annual Conference 2022 - 12th Annual Conference in Political Economy. Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna / Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 7/9/2022 - 9/9/2022.
Gobey, M., Jeyacheya, J. (2021) 'Colombian Hotels and the Effectiveness of Ecolabels: Decoupling Growth from its Environmental Impacts or a Market Illusion?.' In MOVE 2021. 6th Annual Conference on the Subnational Measurement and Economic Analysis of Tourism. Bogota, Colombia, 22/11/2021 - 26/11/2020.
Gobey, M., Spence, C. (2019) 'Local Tax Administration: Richer, Broader, Fairer.' In 28th Annual Tax Research Network Conference. University of Central Lancashire, 9/1/2020 - 11/1/2020.
Gobey, M., Larson, M. (2019) 'The political and societal forces that shaped Colombian Liberlisation.' In The Economic and Business History Society 44th Annual Conference. Detroit Mitchigan USA, 5/6/2019 - 8/6/2019.
Gobey, M., Spence, C. (2019) 'Local Tax Administration: Richer, Broader, Fairer.' In 7th Annual Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC) Conference. Exeter University Business School, 11/4/2019 - 12/4/2019.
Gobey, M.W. (2017) '“End of the national tax on local growth”: Local Employment or Financial Distress?.' In XII Jornadas de Economía Laboral. University of Valladolid, 5/7/2017 - 7/7/2017.
Gobey, M.W. (2016) 'The End of the National Tax on Local Growth.' In The 28th Annual European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Conference. 1/11/2016 - 1/11/2016.
Gobey, M.W. (2016) 'The End of National Tax on Local Growth.' In International Workshop Behavioural Insights for Taxation. 1/10/2016 - 1/10/2016.