Matt Cole

Matt ColeMatt ColeMatt Cole

Professor of Environmental Economics

Birmingham Business School

University of Birmingham

Matt Cole

Matt ColeMatt ColeMatt Cole

Professor of Environmental Economics

Birmingham Business School

University of Birmingham

About me

I am a Professor of Environmental Economics in 

the Department of Economics, University of Birmingham.


My research interests lie at the intersection of environmental economics and urban economics, and draw upon trade, development and labour economics. Current topics include pollution offshoring, pollution and health, the economics of biodiversity, environmental inequality, and the economic integration of migrants.


I am a Co-Editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.



Recent research

  

Carneiro, J., Cole, M.A. and Strobl, E. (2021). The Effects of Air Pollution on Students’ Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Brazilian University Entrance Tests. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 8, 6, pp. 1051-1077. 

  

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2021). Biodiversity and Economic Land Use. Land Economics, 97, 4. 

Selected Publications and work in progress

Cole, M.A., Jabbour, L., Ozgen, C. and Yumoto, H. (2024). Refugees' Economic Integration and Firms, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16828 (Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Human Resources).

Cole, M.A., Jabbour, L., Ozgen, C. and Yumoto, H. (2024).  Invisible Immigrants: Urbanisation, Co-National Density and the Legal Integration of Refugees.  (Revise and resubmit at Regional Science & Urban Economics).

Carneiro, J., Cole, M.A. and Strobl, E. (2024). Foetal Exposure to Air Pollution and Students' Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Agricultural Fires in Brazil. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86, 1, pp. 156-186.

Liu, B, Bryson, JR, Sevinc, D, Cole, M, Elliott, R, Bartington, S, Bloss, W & Shi, Z (2023). Assessing the Impacts of Birmingham's Clean Air Zone on Air Quality: Estimates from a Machine Learning and Synthetic Control Approach. Environmental and Resource Economics,  86, 1-2, pp. 203-231.

Carneiro, J., Cole, M.A. and Strobl, E. (2021). The Effects of Air Pollution on Students’ Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Brazilian University Entrance Tests. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists , 8, 6, pp. 1051-1077. 

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2021). Biodiversity and Economic Land Use. Land Economics, 97, 4.

Cole, M.A., Ozgen, C. and Strobl, E. (2020). Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities. Environmental and Resource Economics, 76, 4, pp. 581-610. (link to paper on publisher's website).

Cole, M.A., Maddison, D.J. and Zhang, L. (2020). Testing the Emission Reduction Claims of Clean Development Mechanism Projects Using Benford’s Law. Climatic Change , 160, pp. 407-426. (Impact Factor 4.2). (link to paper on publisher's website).

Cole, M.A. and Zhang, L. (2019). The Clean-up of Chinese Manufacturing: Examining the Role Played by Changing Techniques of Production. Economics Letters, 180, pp. 11-14. (link to paper on publisher's website).

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R., Okubo, T. and Strobl, E. (2019). Natural Disasters and Spatial Heterogeneity in Damages: The Birth, Life and Death of Manufacturing Plants. Journal of Economic Geography, 19, 2, pp. 373-408. (link to paper on publisher's website)

Cole, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R, Occhiali, G., and Strobl, E. (2018). Power Outages and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 134, pp. 150-159. (link to paper on publisher's website)

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Contact:

Matt Cole 

Department of Economics

Birmingham Business School

University of Birmingham

B15 2TT

United Kingdom

m.a.cole@bham.ac.uk 

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