Dr Iain Long
Lecturer in Economics, Director of Undergraduate Economics Programmes
- longiw@cardiff.ac.uk
- 029 2087 6764
- S24, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am an applied microeconomic theorist, with particular interests in the economics of crime and conflict.
My work is on topics ranging from how informal work alters the incentives to search for work whilst receiving unemployment insurance to how unanticipated changes in behaviour due to intoxication can explain alcohol-fuelled violence. For my latest working papers, please visit my personal website.
I am an Academic Fellow of the University's Crime & Security Institute, an Associate of the Economics Network and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am also the current Director of Undergraduate Economics Programmes.
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD Economics, London School of Economics
- M.Res. Economics, London School of Economics
- MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics
- BSc Mathematics and Economics, London School of Economics
Publications
2022
- Long, I. W., Matthews, K. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2022. Overconfidence, alcohol and the environment: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment. Cardiff: Cardiff University Business School.
2021
- Long, I. W. and Polito, V. 2021. Job search, unemployment protection, and informal work. Oxford Economic Papers (10.1093/oep/gpab063)
2020
- Long, I. W., Matthews, K. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2020. Behavioural change and alcohol-fuelled violence: an experiment. RES Newsletter 191, pp. 21-25.
2019
- Long, I. W. 2019. Contests and negotiation between hubristic players. Cardiff: Cardiff University Business School. Available at: http://carbsecon.com/wp/E2019_17.pdf
2017
- Long, I. W. 2017. What can economics tell us about organised crime?. Economic Review 35(1), pp. 26-29.
- Long, I. W. 2017. Storm before the calm? Adverse effects of tackling organised crime. Manchester School 85(5), pp. 541-576. (10.1111/manc.12155)
2015
- Long, I. W. 2015. Better feared than loved: reputations and the motives for conflict. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 114, pp. 46-61. (10.1016/j.jebo.2015.03.016)
2014
- Long, I. 2014. Better feared than loved: reputations and the motives for conflict. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Long, I. 2014. The storm before the calm? Adverse effects of tackling organised crime. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Long, I. and Polito, V. 2014. Unemployment, crime and social insurance. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
2013
- Long, I. 2013. Recruitment to organised crime. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://business.cardiff.ac.uk/research/working-papers/economics/recruitment-organised-crime
Teaching
Teaching commitments
Iain is currently Director of Undergraduate Economics Programmes, responsible for around 23 different degree programmes containing modules taken by around 900 students from across the University. He is also module leader for first-year microeconomics, which is required for all students on economics or related programmes. This usually attracts around 280 students per year.
External activities
Iain is an Associate of the Economics Network. In this role, he has delivered training to PhD students who are going to run small group tutorials at nine different universities across the UK. He has also been involved in training new lecturers, who have recently taken up their first academic job at a UK university, to teach. He is a former winner of the Economics Network's National Outstanding Teaching Prize.
Iain is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Overview
Iain's research focuses on the economics of illegal activity. Some crimes create readily available data. For example, car thefts are almost always reported to the police for insurance purposes. Others, like organised crime or benefit fraud, are much more difficult to assess statistically. It is these kinds of activity that Iain researches, building theoretical models of behaviour that can be used to predict the likely effects of policy interventions.
Whilst principally an applied microeconomic theorist, Iain also conducts experimental studies and runs computer simulations of unemployment insurance schemes.
Areas of expertise
- Economics of crime;
- Unemployment insurance;
- Economics of conflict;
- Applied microeconomic theory.
Current projects
Iain is currently working on projects relating to:
- Conditions under which overconfidence can lead to conflict.
- The role alcohol intoxication and the drinking environment play in changing behaviour.
- How police remmuneration schemes can lead to an incentive to mis-record crime.
- Comparing universal credit to other European unemployment protection schemes.
Up-to-date working papers are available on Iain's personal website.
Funding
Successful funding applications where Iain was Principal Investigator:
- Long, I. W., K. Matthews and V. Sivarajasingam (2017): "Assessing the causes of alcohol-fuelled violence," British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grants, SG162643, £4,330.
Successful funding applications where Iain was a Co-Investigator:
- Long, I. W., K. Matthews and V. Sivarajasingam (2016): "A novel insight into alcohol-fuelled violence among Emergency Department patients" Crime and Security Research Institute Academic Fellowship Fund, £9,000.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- The economics of crime;
- The economics of conflict;
- Unemployment protection;
- Applied microeconomic theory.
Current supervision
Past projects
- Co-supervisor for Dr. Georgios Tziatzias:
"Essays on Banking Competition, Regulation and Stability"
Awarded in 2017.