Paul Bishop

Teaching interests

Microeconomics

Strategy

Game Theory

 

Staff serving as external examiners

External Examiner University of Portsmouth (Economics Department)

 

Research interests

Regional Economics

Industrial Diversity

Personal Insolvency

Economic Convergence

 

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Supervised 2 Ph.D. students to completion.

 

Grants & contracts

Paul Bishop has worked on numerous consultancy projects for a wide variety of clients in the public and private sector. Recent contracts include work for DML, HM Naval Base (HMS Drake),Exeter City Council, South West RDA, Sutton Harbour Company,

 

Publications

Over 60 publications in refereed journals. Recent examples include: 

Bishop, P. (2010) Personal Insolvency in England and Wales: a Spatial Analysis, Urban Studies, 47.8, 1687-1702.

Bishop, P. and Gripaios, P. (2010) Spatial Externalities, Relatedness and Sector Employment Growth in Great Britain, Regional Studies, 44.3, 443-454. DOI: 10.1080/00343400802508810

Bishop. P (2009) Spatial spillovers and employment growth in the Service Sector, The Service Industries Journal, 29.5-6, 791-804

Bishop, P (2008) Diversity and employment growth in sub-regions of Great Britain, Applied Economics Letters. 15:14, 1105 — 1109. ISSN 1350–4851 print/ISSN 1466–4291 online. DOI: 10.1080/13504850600993572

Bishop, P and Gripaios, P. ( 2007) Explaining spatial patterns of industrial diversity: an analysis of sub-regions in Great Britain, Urban Studies, 44.9, 1739-1757.

Gripaios, P, Bishop, P and Brand, S. (2008). A lottery within a lottery? An examination of the distribution of lottery funds in England, Applied Economics, 99999:1, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701564426

Gripaios P., Bishop P., Hart, T. & McVittie, E. (2007) Analysing the impact of Objective One funding in Europe: A review, Environment and Planning C, 26, 499-524. ISSN 0263-774X (print) 1472-3425 (electronic) DOI:10.1068/c64m

Gripaios, P. and Bishop, P. (2007) Differential Growth In European Countries And Regions1995-2003: Some Implications For The Lisbon Agenda, Global Business & Economics Anthology, Volume II, pp250-259, (refereed papers from the 2007 Business & Economics Society International Conference).

Bishop, P. and Gripaios, P. (2006) Earnings Convergence in GB Counties: A Distribution Dynamics Approach, Applied Economics Letters. 13, 29-33.

Gripaios P and Bishop P. (2006) Objective One Funding in the UK: A Critical assessment, Regional Studies,40.8, 937–951

Bishop, P. and Gripaios, P. (2005) Government output and expenditure in UK regions and sub regions: an analysis of the new experimental accounts data, Regional Studies. 39.6, 805-814.

Bishop, P. and Gripaios, P. (2005) Patterns of Persistence and Mobility in GDP per Head across GB Counties, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (TESG). 96.5, 529-540.

Gripaios, P and Bishop, P. (2005) Spatial Inequalities in UK GDP per head: The role of private and public services, The Service Industries Journal, Volume 26 Number 8, 945-958.

Bishop, P. (2004) Despised, Slippery and Untrustworthy? An Analysis of Reputation in Estate Agency, Housing Studies, 19.1, 21-36.

Bishop, P. and Gripaios, P. (2004) Earnings biases and convergence in the UK: a county level analysis, Applied Economic Letters, 11.1, 33-38.

Bishop, P. (2003) Collaboration and firm size: some evidence from the UK defence industry, Applied Economics, 35.18, 1965-1969.

Bishop, P. and Brand, S. (2003) The efficiency of museums: a stochastic frontier production function approach, Applied Economics, 35.17, 1853-1858.

Bishop, P., Gripaios, P. and Bristow, G. (2003) Determinants of Call Centre Location: Some Evidence for UK Urban Areas, Urban Studies, 40.13, 2751-2768.

Bishop, P. (2003) Competition and Collaboration in the Provision of Public Services: The Case of the UK Defence Sector, The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 3.1, 13-24.

Bishop, P. & Megicks, P. (2002) Competitive Strategy and Firm Size in the UK Estate Agency Industry, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2.9, 150-161.

Bishop, P. & Megicks, P. (2002) Asymmetric Information and strategic competition in estate agency. Service Industries Journal, 22.2, 89-108.

Bishop, P, Brand, S. & McVittie, E. (2000) The use of input-output in local impact analysis. Local Economy, 15.3, 238-250.

Gripaios, P. Bishop, P. & Keast, S. (2000). Differences in GDP per head in UK Counties: some suggested explanations, Applied Economics, 32, 1161-1167

Gripaios, P. Bishop, P. & Keast, S. (2000). Differences in GDP per head in UK Counties: some suggested explanations, Applied Economics, 32, 1161-1167.

Bishop, P. & Wiseman, N. (1999) The north-south divide in the UK defence sector, Regional Studies, 33.9, 829 – 841.

Bishop, P. (1999) Exports as a strategic response to change in the UK defence industry, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 10, 177 – 193.

Bishop, P. & Wiseman, N. (1999) External ownership and innovation in the United Kingdom, Applied Economics, 31, 443-450.

Bishop, P. & Gripaios, P. (1998) The impact of defense spending on the distribution of income per head across UK counties, Defense Analysis, 14.3, 299-308.

Bishop, P. (1998) Corporate strategy in the UK defence industry, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 9.1, 33 -52.

Tucker, J., Bishop, P. & Thomas, M. (1997) Diversification and performance in the UK defense industry, Defense Analysis, 13.3, 271-282.

Bishop, P. (1997) Strategic change in the UK defence industry, European Business Review, 97.4, 162-170

Bishop, P. & Williams, T. (1997) Restructuring the UK defence industry: market pressures and management initiatives, Long Range Planning, 30.1, 21-28.