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Economics Department Staff

Economics at Queen Mary University of London

Jose-Miguel Albala-Bertrand

Email: j.m.albala-bertrand@qmul.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Room number: W309
Office hours: Monday 12:05-13:00, 14:00 - 15:05
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 8820
Internal extension: 8820

Jose-Miguel is an international expert in the political economy of disasters, who has recently been invited by the World Bank to join a selected group of top economists with the aim of participating in a high-powered study in this area. He works on the political economy of development in three main areas of concern. Firstly, naturally/socially-induced disasters via analytical and policy-orientated approaches. His main conclusion is that as a rule "disasters are a problem OF development, but not a problem FOR development", showing also that current globalisation have the dual effect of reducing disaster vulnerability at the national level, while increasing it at the local level. Secondly, he works on structural change, especially comparing the "Washington Consensus Model" with the "Asian Model". And thirdly, he has also worked on the analysis of infrastructures, mostly based upon structuralist and/or empirical models. He has also proposed an optimally consistent method to calculate a benchmark for the capital stock, especially when data is scarce, which is significantly cost-saving in finance and time. It has now been applied in many countries, especially China.

  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M., (forthcoming), Relative Capital Shortage and Potential Output Constraint: a Gap Approach, International Review of Applied Economics.
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M., (forthcoming), The Impact of Disaggregated Infrastructure Capital on the Productivity of the Chilean Economy, The Manchester School. (with M. Mamatzakis).
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M., (2006), Globalization and Localization: An Economic Approach, In R. Dynes, H, Rodriguez & E. Quaranteli, (Eds), Handbook of Disaster Research, New York: Springer, pp. 147-167.
  • Albala-Bertrand J.M., (2006), Structural Change in Output and Industrial Interdependence, Cepal Review, No. 88, pp. 159-172.
  • Albala-Bertrand J-M., (2004), The Impact of Public Infrastructure on the Productivity of the Chilean Economy, Review of Development Economics (with M. Mamatzakis).
  • Albala-Bertrand J.M. (2004), Natural Disasters and Growth: A Macroeconomic Model for Sudden Disaster Impacts, in H. Kunreuther & A. Rose, (Eds), The Economics of Natural Hazards (Volume II), Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 453-470.
  • Albala-Bertrand J.M., (2003), Urban Disasters and Globalization, in A. Kreimer, M. Arnold and A. Carlin (Eds), Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk, Washington DC: World Bank Publications, pp. 75-94.
  • Albala-Bertrand J.M. (2001), Is Public Infrastructure Productive? Evidence from Chile, Applied Economics Letters (with M. Mamatzakis), No. 8, pp.190-198.
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M., (2000), Complex Emergencies versus Natural Disasters. An Analytical Comparison of Causes and Effects, Oxford Development Studies, No. 2, 187-204.
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M., (2000), Responses to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Natural Disasters. An Analytical Comparison, Third World Quarterly, No. 2, 215-227.
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M. (1999), 'Industrial Interdependence Change in Chile: 1960-1990. A Comparison with Taiwan and South Korea', International Review of Applied Economics, No. 13, 161-191.
  • Albala-Bertrand, J.M.(1993). The political economy of large natural disasters. Oxford: Clarendon Press.