Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Affiliations
Contact info
Hen Goleg 1.16
r.a.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk
01248 38 8814
Overview
Dr Rhys ap Gwilym is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Bangor University’s Business School. He trained as a macroeconomist at Cardiff University, gaining his PhD on the “Macroeconomic Implications of Behavioural Finance Models” in 2009. His academic research has involved developing models which introduce behavioural factors into macroeconomic analysis (including DSGE models) and the analysis of financial instruments in a general equilibrium setting. He has published in journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Economics Letters and the Southern Economic Journal.
More recently, his research interests have evolved to cover spatial economics and public finance. He is currently working on a project examining how geographical differences in access to finance influence regional economic disparities; in particular the links between the financialization of land and regional economic development.
Rhys has a strong interest in regional development policy and its role in Wales in particular. He has been a principal investigator on two grant-funded research projects for the Welsh Government relating to land value tax and tourism taxes. He is a member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs’ Economic Policy Group, where he has been involved in the development of discussion papers on the Welsh economy. He recently contributed to the “expert roundtable on the Welsh tax base & implications for public policy”.
Teaching and Supervision
Rhys currently teaches 1st year Economics; and a 3rd year module in Financial Economics. He has previously taught courses in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation as well as contributing topics on monetary economics, Brexit, public finance and regional economic development to other courses.
Contact Info
Hen Goleg 1.16
r.a.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk
01248 38 8814
Research outputs (9)
- Published
Why you should expect to pay more tourist taxes – even though the evidence for them is unclear
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- Published
Comparative analysis of the tax systems faced by the visitor economies in selected countries
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
- Published
Financial Frictions and the Futures Pricing Puzzle
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (6)
Understanding the Welsh tax base
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Determining the most critical challenges to the implementation of a tourist levy scenario for Wales through the Best-Worst Method and Interpretive Structural Modelling
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Projects (2)
Media coverage (2)
Tourism Tax
Press/Media: Research
Price discrimination in tourism
Press/Media: Expert Comment