Nauro Campos
Professor of Economics and Finance
Economics and Finance
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- MSc UFRJ
- BSc UFRJ
Personal Biography
Professor Campos received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1997. Since 2005, he is Professor of Economics and Finance at Brunel University (West London). He is currently seconded to the Office of the Chief Economist of the UK’s Department for International Development as a Senior Economics Advisor. Previously he was a Reader and Lecturer (Associate and tenured Assistant Professor, respectively) at the University of Newcastle and Assistant Professor at CERGE-EI (Prague). He has held visiting research and teaching posts at Johns Hopkins (Fulbright Fellow), Michigan, The World Bank (Robert McNamara Fellow), IMF, USC, UCL, Bonn, Central Bank of Finland (BOFIT), European Commission, and Oxford (CBS Fellow).Research
Research Overview
Prof Campos’ research interests are in the areas of economic growth, political economy, financial liberalization and labour economics. He is a member of the Brunel Macroeconomics Research Centre (BMRC) and Centre for Economic Development and Institutions (CEDI).
Current Projects
Labour market regulations
Nauro Campos (PI)
Time-series historical analysis of economic growth
Nauro Campos (PI)
Recently Completed Projects
ESRC
Network on the Brazilian Economy
2010 - 2012
£55,000
Nauro Campos (PI)
PhD Supervision
Abdullah Al-Sakran: Export diversification in Saudi Arabia; 2010 -
External Activity
- External examiner, MSc in Economics, Development and Finance at Sussex University
- Visiting Professor at the University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne)
- Research Professor at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH, Zürich)
- Research Fellow at IZA Bonn
- Research Fellow of the William Davidson Institute (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2012) Campos, NF. and Horváth, R., Reform redux: Measurement, determinants and growth implications, European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2) : 227- 237
(2012) Campos, NF., Karanasos, MG. and Tan, B., Two to tangle: Financial development, political instability and economic growth in Argentina, Journal of Banking and Finance 36 (1) : 290- 304
(2011) Babecký, J. and Campos, NF., Does reform work? An econometric survey of the reform-growth puzzle, Journal of Comparative Economics 39 (2) : 140- 158
(2011) Campos, NF., Saleh, A. and Kuzeyev, V., Dynamic ethnic fractionalization and economic growth, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 20 (2) : 129- 152
(2010) Campos, NF., Hsiao, C. and Nugent, JB., Crises, What Crises? New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in Begetting Reforms, JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 46 (10) : 1670- 1691
(2010) Campos, NF. and Kinoshita, Y., Structural Reforms, Financial Liberalization, and Foreign Direct Investment, IMF STAFF PAPERS 57 (2) : 326- 365
(2009) Campos, NF. and Barbosa, RL., Paintings and numbers: an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices, and returns in Latin American art auctions, Oxford Economic Papers 61 (1) : 28- 51
(2008) Campos, NF. and Karanasos, MG., Growth, volatility and political instability: Non-linear time-series evidence for Argentina, 1896-2000, Economics Letters 100 (1) : 135- 137
(2007) Campos, N. and Jolliffe, D., Earnings, schooling and economic reform: Econometric evidence from Hungary (1986-2004), The World Bank Economic Review 21 (3) : 509- 526
(2007) Beirne, J. and Campos, NF., Educational inputs and outcomes before the transition from communism, Economics of Transition 15 (1) : 57- 76
(2007) Estrin, S. and Campos, NF., Entry and barriers to entry in emerging markets, Economic Systems 31 (4) : 343- 345
(2007) Campos, NF. and Iootty, M., Institutional barriers to firm entry and exit: Case-study evidence from the Brazilian textiles and electronics industries, Economic Systems 31 (4) : 346- 363
(2007) Campos, NF. and Giovannoni, F., Lobbying, corruption and political influence, Public Choice 131 (1-2) : 1- 21
(2007) Campos, NF. and Kuzeyev, VS., On the dynamics of ethnic fractionalization, American Journal of Political Science 51 (3) : 620- 639
(2006) Campos, NF., Jamais à midi: sur la nature et les causes de l'economie informel dans la transition, Revue D'études Comparatives Est-Ouest 37 (1) : 165-
(2006) Campos, NF. and Giovannoni, F., The determinants of asset stripping: theory and evidence from the transition economies, Journal of Law and Economics 49 (2) : 681- 706
(2005) Jolliffe, D. and Campos, NF., Does market liberalisation reduce gender discrimination? Econometric evidence from Hungary, 1986-1998, Labour Economics 12 (1) : 1- 22
(2002) Campos, NF. and Coricelli, F., Growth in transition: what we know, what we don't, and what we should, Journal of Economic Literature 40 (3) : 793- 836
