Profile

Degree Programme Director for BSc. Economics and Finance (L161)

Lecturer in monetary economics, and economic history.

Degree programme director for BSc. Economics and Finance

Researcher in monetary economics, European transition economies and inequality.

Publications in such journals as Manchester School, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics of Transition.

Convenor for the framework 5 project 'Economic and Political Reintegration in an Enlarge EU: Impilcations for regional stability'

Qualifications

PhD Newcastle 1993

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, particularly Monetary Economics

Economic reform and economic performance in central and eastern europe

European economic integration

Current Work

Welfare Cost of Inflation; Financial Innovation and Crises (provisional title)

Most Recent Publications

The Stability of UK households Divisia money balances. Economic Analysis and Policy March 2023

'Sectoral money demand behaviour and the welfare cost of inflation in the UK' with Lynne Evans ands John Ashworth, Manchester School, 82(6), 732-50.

Recent Conference presentations

2021 Online conference in memory of Helena Marques, the stability of UK households' Divisia money balances.

2016 ARBE 4th European Conference on Banking and the Economy, in Winchester Presented 'Low interest rates and the demand for cash balances by UK households.

2014 Deutsche Bundesbank International Cash conference, Dresden. Presented 'Sectoral cash holdings in the UK: The effect of the crisis commencing in 2007

Funding

EU Framework 5 project 2001-2004, total value £400,000

PhD completions

Luis Gallindo 1995

Aziz Arman 1998

Roxana Radulescu 2002

Naveeda Salam 2003

Austin Manason 2003 

Adesola Ibironke 2018

Undergraduate Teaching

Stage 1 

Economic History (ECO1019)

Stage 3

monetary economics (eco3010)

• Articles

  • Barlow D. The stability of UK households Divisia money balances. Economic Analysis and Policy 2023, 77, 451-459.
  • Ashworth J, Barlow D, Evans L. Sectoral money demand behaviour and the welfare cost of inflation in the UK. The Manchester School 2014, 82(6), 732-750.
  • Barlow D. How financial reform and economic integration affect the response of financial depth to economic development in transition economies. 2011.
  • Grimalda G, Barlow D, Meschi E. Varieties of capitalisms and varieties of performances: accounting for inequality in post-Soviet Union transition economies. International Review of Applied Economics 2010, 24(3), 379-403.
  • Barlow D. How did structural reform influence inflation in transition economies?. Economic Systems 2010, 34(2), 198-210.
  • Barlow D, Grimalda G, Meschi E. Globalisation vs internal reforms as factors of inequality in transition economies. International Review of Applied Economics 2009, 23(3), 265-287.
  • Barlow D. Growth in transition economies: A trade policy perspective. Economics of Transition 2006, 14(3), 505-515.
  • Barlow D, Radulescu R. The sequencing of reform in transition economies. Journal of Comparative Economics 2005, 33(4), 835-850.
  • Barlow D. Purchasing power parity in three transition economies. Economics of Planning 2003, 36(3), 201-221.
  • Radulescu R, Barlow D. The relationship between policies and growth in transition countries. Economics of Transition 2002, 10(3), 719-745.
  • Barlow D, Radulescu R. Purchasing power parity in the transition: The case of the Romanian leu against the dollar. Post-Communist Economies 2002, 14(1), 123-136.
  • Barlow D, Robson M. Have unincorporated businesses in the UK been constrained in their ability to obtain bank lending?. Applied Financial Economics 2002, 12(9), 673-680.

• Book Chapter

  • Barlow D. Sectoral holdings of notes and coins in the UK: The effect of the crisis commencing in 2007. In: International Cash Conference 2014: The usage, costs and benefits of cash - revisited. Dresden, Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank, Eurosystem, 2014, pp.223-239.

• Working Papers

  • Barlow D. Financial Innovation and the Welfare Cost of Inflation. 2024. In Preparation.
  • Barlow D. Low interest rates and the demand for cash balances by UK households. 2019. Submitted.
  • Ashworth J, Barlow D, Evans L. The welfare cost of inflation in the US: a divisia money approach. 2016. In Preparation.
  • Barlow D. The effect of the financial crisis on the cash balances of UK households. 2016. In Preparation.
  • Barlow D. Financial development in the European transition economies in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. . 2016. In Preparation.
  • Barlow D. The effect of the 2007/8 financial crisis on the money balances of UK households, is there evidence of a liquidity trap?. 2015. In Preparation.