Biography
Dr Colin Jennings did his PhD at Southampton University, a masters at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and his undergraduate at Queen’s University Belfast. Before DPE he was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Strathclyde University, a college lecturer at Queen's College, Oxford University and a lecturer at Portsmouth University.
He is a co-editor for the National Institute Economic Review.
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Research
Colin's research area is political economics. Within this broad area his work splits into two branches. The first looks at conflict and the second at political competition and voting behaviour in stable constitutional democracies.
Themes in his work are how differing sources of individual motivation in collective action and heterogeneity of political preferences interact under different institutional arrangements and the implications of this for social welfare.
Teaching
Colin teaches the following undergraduate modules:
- The Economics of Politics (Year 2)
- Economics of the Public Sector (Year 2)
- Studying Economics (Year 1)
PhD Supervision
Colin is interested in offering supervision to students focusing on the following broad areas:
- Political economics, in particular, individual choice in collective action settings
- Conflict explored from an economic perspective
- Various branches of public sector economics
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Drinkwater, S. & Jennings, C., Dec 2022, In: PUBLIC CHOICE. 193, 3-4, p. 275-291 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-022-00997-z
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Jennings, C. & Morrow, E., May 2020, In: RATIONALITY AND SOCIETY. 32, 2, p. 144-167 24 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463120920416
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Jennings, C. & Hamlin, A., 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice. Congleton, R., Grofman, B. & Voigt, S. (eds.). Oxford, Vol. 1. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Jennings, C. & Sanchez-Pages, S., Jan 2017, In: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. 124, p. 157–167 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.09.005
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Drinkwater, S. & Jennings, C., 2017, In: Constitutional Political Economy. 28, 1, p. 79-96 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-016-9226-6
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Dickson, A., Jennings, C. & Koop, G., Feb 2016, In: OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 78, 1, p. 1-21 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12105
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Jennings, C., 2016, In: DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS. 27, 3, p. 404-422 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2014.996005
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Jennings, C., Dec 2015, In: European Journal of Political Economy. 40, B, p. 288-297 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2015.04.010
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Brunnschweiler, C. N., Jennings, C. & MacKenzie, I. A., Jun 2014, In: European Journal of Political Economy. 34, p. 111-125 15 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.01.004
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Jennings, C., 2013, In: European Journal of Political Economy. 29, p. 252-258 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review