Dr Annie Tubadji

Senior Lecturer

Economics

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-3520

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About

Annie Tubadji is a cultural and regional economist. She studies the effect of cultural bias in economic choice. She has pioneered the Culture Based Development (CBD) paradigm. This is a paradigm in the field of New Cultural Economics, that precisely quantifies and theoretically models the complex dynamic impact of the cultural context on value perception in individual and group decisions.

The CBD Hypothesis was awarded by the Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT), at the Western Social Science Association meeting, Reno, Nevada, 2010. Relatedly, Annie was awarded the G.L.S. Shackle Scholar at Cambridge University in 2015-2016. In 2021, the Learned Society of Wales awarded Annie with the Dillwyn Medal for CBD's contribution to the study of culture, inequality and discrimination. Her work was featured by the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and VOX.EU. Annie’s current research interests focus on altruism, inequality, polarization and digital inclusion.

Annie received her PhD in labour and regional cultural economics from Regensburg University, Germany. She held academic roles in the University of Bologna (Italy), University of West of England (UK); University of the Aegean (Greece) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) (Germany). She was the Cluster Leader for Microeconomics at the Bristol Centre for Economics and Finance (BCEF) and the organizer of the BCEF Economic Research Seminar Series. She was a consultant/project evaluator for the OECD, the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Commission. Annie worked also for UNDP, UNICEF and the State Agency for Analysis and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria.

At present, she teaches micro, macro economics and research methods and is the organizer of the Economics Research Seminar Series at Swansea University, dedicated to promoting female research excellence. Annie is the representative for Swansea University at the UNESCO-OECD PASCAL International Observatory Network (click here).

Areas Of Expertise

New Cultural Economics (NCE) and Narrative Economics
cultural capital, religion, race, diversity and discrimination
regional productivity, migration, innovation and growth
happiness and wellbeing,
digital inclusion

Career Highlights

Research

Annie has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Academic articles:

Tubadji, A., M. Gaeshi, A. Crociata and I. Odoardi (2022) "Cultural Capital and Income Inequality across Italian Regions," Regional Studies, 56:3, 459-475.
Tubadji, A. (2021) "Culture and Mental Health Resilience in COVID19-Times," Journal of Population Economics, 34, 1219–1259.
Tubadji, A., Huang, H. and Webber, D.J., (2021). “Cultural proximity bias in AI-acceptability: The importance of being human,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173, p.121100.
Tubadji, A., T. Denny and D. Webber (2021) "Cultural relativity in consumers' rates of adoption of artificial intelligence," Economic Inquiry, 59(3): 1234-1251.
Tubadji, A., T. Hinks, E. Fetahu and P. Nijkamp (2020) "Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities - Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan," Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(9-10), 852-878.
Tubadji, A., V. Angelis and P. Nijkamp (2016) "Cultural Hysteresis, Entrepreneurship and Economic Crisis: An Analysis of Buffers to Unemployment after Economic Shocks”, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9(1), pp. 103-136.
Tubadji, A. and P. Nijkamp (2015) "Cultural Gravity Effects among Migrants: A Comparative Analysis of the EU15", Economic Geography, 91(3), pp. 344-380.

Refereed Book Chapters:

Tubadji, A. (2021) “Ceteris Paribus and Fixed Effects in Regional and Cultural Economics”, in Soushi, S. and R. Patuelli (2021) A Broad View of Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Peter Nijkamp; Springer.
Tubadji, A. and P. Nijkamp (2015) "The Cultural Percolation of New Knowledge: A Regional Analysis for Cultural Impact on Knowledge Creation in the EU27" in Bakens, J., J. Poot and P. Nijkamp (eds.) The Economics of Cultural Diversity, Edward Elgar, pp. 297-326 , 2015.

Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Tubadji, A. & Dietrich, H. (n.d.)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66089
https://isqols.org/resources/Documents/Working%20Paper%20No%205%20Cultural%20Discrimination%20and%20Behavioural%20Polarization%20by%20Annie%20Tubadji%20and%20Hans%20Dietrich%20(April%202024).pdf
Tubadji, A., Jain, Y., & Asproudis, I. (2024). Culture Based Development and Pro-Circular-Economy Behaviour in India. Scienze Regionali, 23(2), 203-236.
https://doi.org/10.14650/107808, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64338
Tubadji, A. (n.d.) You'll never walk alone: Loneliness, religion, and politico‐economic transformation. Politics and Policy, 51(4)
https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12538, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/polp.12538
Tubadji, A. & Huang, H. (2023). Emotion, Cultural Valuation of Being Human and AI Services. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3246930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3246930
Tubadji, A., Magnus, G., & Webber, D. (2023). Neo-Weberian Approaches to China: Cultural Attitudes and Economic Development. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154528, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61609
Tubadji, A. (2023). Culture Based Development in the Regions of China. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 8-35.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154531, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154531
Tubadji, A. & Webber, D. (2023). Tea for Two: Language and Bilateral Trade with China. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 153-171.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154541, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154541
Tubadji, A. & Dai, Y. (2023). A Double Book Review on China and Culture Based Development
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2170131, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2170131
Tubadji, A., Boy, F., & Webber, D. (2022). Narrative Economics, Public Policy and Mental Health. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-022-10109-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61322
Ismagilova, E., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, D., Ismagilova, E., Aarts, G., Coombs, C., Crick, T., Duan, Y., Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J., Eirug, A., Galanos, V., Ilavarasan, P., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Kar, A., Kizgin, H., Kronemann, B., Lal, B...., & Williams, M. (2021). Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 57, 1-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.08.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.08.002
Tubadji, A., Dietrich, H., Angelis, V., Haas, A., & Schels, B. (2019). Fear-of-failure and cultural persistence in youth entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2019.1692999, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52968
PATUELLI, R., SANTARELLI, E., & Tubadji, A. (2020). Entrepreneurial intention among high-school students: the importance of parents, peers and neighbors. Eurasian Business Review, 10(2), 225-251.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-020-00160-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54291
Tubadji, A., Webber, D., & Boy, F. (n.d.) COVID Economics: vetted and real-time papers13Center for Economic Policy Research
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54407
https://cepr.org/sites/default/files/news/CovidEconomics13.pdf
Tubadji, A., Boy, F., & Webber, D. (n.d.) COVID Economics: vetted and real-time papers20Center for Economic Policy Research
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54409
https://cepr.org/sites/default/files/news/CovidEconomics20.pdf
Tubadji, A., Fetahu, E., Nijkamp, P., & Hinks, T. (2020). Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities: Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 32(9-10), 852-878.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2020.1842912, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55538
Tubadji, A. (2020). Value-Free Analysis of Values: A Culture-Based Development Approach. Sustainability, 12(22), 9492
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229492, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55691
Tubadji, A., Colwill, T., & Webber, D. (2021). Voting with your feet or voting for Brexit: The tale of those stuck behind. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(2), 247-277.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12387, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56305
Tubadji, A., Denney, T., & Webber, D. (2021). Cultural relativity in consumers' rates of adoption of artificial intelligence. Economic Inquiry, 59(3), 1234-1251.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12978
Tubadji, A. (2021). Culture and mental health resilience in times of COVID-19. Journal of Population Economics, 34(4), 1219-1259.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00840-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56360
Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Huggins, R. (2021). Firm Survival as a Function of Individual and Local Uncertainties: An Application of Shackle's Potential Surprise Function. Journal of Economic Issues, 55(1), 38-78.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2021.1873046, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56546
Tubadji, A. (2021). Ceteris Paribus and Fixed Effects in Regional and Cultural Economics. In Suzuki, Patuelli (Ed.), A Broad View of Regional Science (pp. 175-198). Springer Singapore
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4098-5_10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56957
Tubadji, A., Gheasi, M., Crociata, A., & Odoardi, I. (2022). Cultural capital and income inequality across Italian regions. Regional Studies, 56(3), 459-475.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1950913, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57044
Tubadji, A., Webber, D., & Boy, F. (2021). Cultural and Economic Discrimination by the Great Leveller. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(S1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12456, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57364
Tubadji, A., Huang, H., & Webber, D. (2021). Cultural proximity bias in AI-acceptability: The importance of being human. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173, 121100
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121100, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57620
Tubadji, A. & Montalto, V. (2021). Geographies of Flowers and Geographies of Flower Power. Sustainability, 13(24), 13712
https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413712, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58127
Tubadji, A., Wee, R., & Webber, D. (2023). Mass Culture, Imports and Conspicuous Consumption. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(3), 735-759.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2237857, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2237857
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2019). Cultural attitudes, economic shocks and political radicalization. The Annals of Regional Science, 62(3), 529-562.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00906-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52029
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Revisiting the Balassa–Samuelson effect: International tourism and cultural proximity. Tourism Economics, 24(8), 915-944.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618781468, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52028
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Cultural Corridors: An Analysis of Persistence in Impacts on Local Development — A Neo-Weberian Perspective on South-East Europe. Journal of Economic Issues, 52(1), 173-204.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2018.1430948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52027
Tubadji, A., ANGELIS, V., & NIJKAMP, P. (2017). Micro-Cultural Preferences and Macro-Percolation of New Ideas: A NetLogo Simulation. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 10(1), 168-185.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-017-0446-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52026
Tubadji, A., Gheasi, M., & Nijkamp, P. (2017). Immigrants’ socio-economic achievements and cultural diversity. International Journal of Manpower, 38(5), 712-728.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijm-12-2015-0232, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52025
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2017). Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 58, 72-86.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2016.11.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52024
Tubadji, A., Angelis, V., & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Kuznets’ swings and intangible investments in forecast: the case of Greece. Applied Economics Letters, 23(1), 56-62.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1049332, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52023
Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Angelis, V. (2016). Cultural hysteresis, entrepreneurship and economic crisis. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9(1), 103-136.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsv035, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52022
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Impact of Intangible Cultural Capital on Regional Economic Development: A Study on Culture-Based Development in Greece. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 46(1), 1-21.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52021
https://jrap.scholasticahq.com/article/7866-impact-of-intangible-cultural-capital-on-regional-economic-development-a-study-on-culture-based-development-in-greece
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Six degrees of cultural diversity and R&D output efficiency. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 9(3), 247-264.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-015-0155-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52020
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Cultural Gravity Effects among Migrants: A Comparative Analysis of the EU15. Economic Geography, 91(3), 343-380.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecge.12088, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52019
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Cultural impact on regional development: application of a PLS-PM model to Greece. The Annals of Regional Science, 54(3), 687-720.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-015-0672-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52018
Tubadji, A., Angelis, V., & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Endogenous intangible resources and their place in the institutional hierarchy. Review of Regional Research, 36(1), 1-28.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10037-015-0097-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52017
Tubadji, A. & Pelzel, F. (2015). Culture based development: measuring an invisible resource using the PLS-PM method. International Journal of Social Economics, 42(12), 1050-1070.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-01-2014-0005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52016

All Research

Journal Articles

Tubadji, A., Jain, Y., & Asproudis, I. (2024). Culture Based Development and Pro-Circular-Economy Behaviour in India. Scienze Regionali, 23(2), 203-236.
https://doi.org/10.14650/107808, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64338
Tubadji, A., Wee, R., & Webber, D. (2023). Mass Culture, Imports and Conspicuous Consumption. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(3), 735-759.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2237857, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2237857
Tubadji, A. & Huang, H. (2023). Emotion, Cultural Valuation of Being Human and AI Services. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3246930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3246930
Tubadji, A. & Webber, D. (2023). Tea for Two: Language and Bilateral Trade with China. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 153-171.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154541, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154541
Tubadji, A., Magnus, G., & Webber, D. (2023). Neo-Weberian Approaches to China: Cultural Attitudes and Economic Development. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154528, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61609
Tubadji, A. (2023). Culture Based Development in the Regions of China. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(1), 8-35.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154531, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2154531
Tubadji, A., Boy, F., & Webber, D. (2022). Narrative Economics, Public Policy and Mental Health. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-022-10109-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61322
Tubadji, A., Gheasi, M., Crociata, A., & Odoardi, I. (2022). Cultural capital and income inequality across Italian regions. Regional Studies, 56(3), 459-475.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1950913, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57044
Tubadji, A. & Montalto, V. (2021). Geographies of Flowers and Geographies of Flower Power. Sustainability, 13(24), 13712
https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413712, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58127
Tubadji, A., Huang, H., & Webber, D. (2021). Cultural proximity bias in AI-acceptability: The importance of being human. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173, 121100
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121100, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57620
Tubadji, A. (2021). Culture and mental health resilience in times of COVID-19. Journal of Population Economics, 34(4), 1219-1259.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00840-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56360
Tubadji, A., Webber, D., & Boy, F. (2021). Cultural and Economic Discrimination by the Great Leveller. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(S1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12456, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57364
Tubadji, A., Denney, T., & Webber, D. (2021). Cultural relativity in consumers' rates of adoption of artificial intelligence. Economic Inquiry, 59(3), 1234-1251.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12978
Ismagilova, E., Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, D., Ismagilova, E., Aarts, G., Coombs, C., Crick, T., Duan, Y., Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J., Eirug, A., Galanos, V., Ilavarasan, P., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Kar, A., Kizgin, H., Kronemann, B., Lal, B...., & Williams, M. (2021). Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 57, 1-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.08.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.08.002
Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Huggins, R. (2021). Firm Survival as a Function of Individual and Local Uncertainties: An Application of Shackle's Potential Surprise Function. Journal of Economic Issues, 55(1), 38-78.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2021.1873046, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56546
Tubadji, A., Colwill, T., & Webber, D. (2021). Voting with your feet or voting for Brexit: The tale of those stuck behind. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(2), 247-277.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12387, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56305
Tubadji, A., Fetahu, E., Nijkamp, P., & Hinks, T. (2020). Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities: Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 32(9-10), 852-878.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2020.1842912, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55538
Tubadji, A. (2020). Value-Free Analysis of Values: A Culture-Based Development Approach. Sustainability, 12(22), 9492
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229492, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55691
PATUELLI, R., SANTARELLI, E., & Tubadji, A. (2020). Entrepreneurial intention among high-school students: the importance of parents, peers and neighbors. Eurasian Business Review, 10(2), 225-251.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-020-00160-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54291
Tubadji, A., Dietrich, H., Angelis, V., Haas, A., & Schels, B. (2019). Fear-of-failure and cultural persistence in youth entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2019.1692999, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52968
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2019). Cultural attitudes, economic shocks and political radicalization. The Annals of Regional Science, 62(3), 529-562.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00906-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52029
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Revisiting the Balassa–Samuelson effect: International tourism and cultural proximity. Tourism Economics, 24(8), 915-944.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618781468, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52028
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Cultural Corridors: An Analysis of Persistence in Impacts on Local Development — A Neo-Weberian Perspective on South-East Europe. Journal of Economic Issues, 52(1), 173-204.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2018.1430948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52027
Tubadji, A., Gheasi, M., & Nijkamp, P. (2017). Immigrants’ socio-economic achievements and cultural diversity. International Journal of Manpower, 38(5), 712-728.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijm-12-2015-0232, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52025
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2017). Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 58, 72-86.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2016.11.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52024
Tubadji, A., ANGELIS, V., & NIJKAMP, P. (2017). Micro-Cultural Preferences and Macro-Percolation of New Ideas: A NetLogo Simulation. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 10(1), 168-185.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-017-0446-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52026
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Impact of Intangible Cultural Capital on Regional Economic Development: A Study on Culture-Based Development in Greece. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 46(1), 1-21.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52021
https://jrap.scholasticahq.com/article/7866-impact-of-intangible-cultural-capital-on-regional-economic-development-a-study-on-culture-based-development-in-greece
Tubadji, A., Angelis, V., & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Endogenous intangible resources and their place in the institutional hierarchy. Review of Regional Research, 36(1), 1-28.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10037-015-0097-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52017
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Six degrees of cultural diversity and R&D output efficiency. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 9(3), 247-264.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-015-0155-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52020
Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Angelis, V. (2016). Cultural hysteresis, entrepreneurship and economic crisis. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9(1), 103-136.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsv035, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52022
Tubadji, A., Angelis, V., & Nijkamp, P. (2016). Kuznets’ swings and intangible investments in forecast: the case of Greece. Applied Economics Letters, 23(1), 56-62.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1049332, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52023
Tubadji, A., Osoba, B., & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Culture-based development in the USA: culture as a factor for economic welfare and social well-being at a county level. Journal of Cultural Economics, 39(3), 277-303.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-014-9232-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52015
Tubadji, A. & Pelzel, F. (2015). Culture based development: measuring an invisible resource using the PLS-PM method. International Journal of Social Economics, 42(12), 1050-1070.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-01-2014-0005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52016
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Cultural Gravity Effects among Migrants: A Comparative Analysis of the EU15. Economic Geography, 91(3), 343-380.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecge.12088, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52019
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Cultural impact on regional development: application of a PLS-PM model to Greece. The Annals of Regional Science, 54(3), 687-720.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-015-0672-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52018
Tubadji, A., Angelis, V., & Nijkamp, P. (2014). Local culture and resistance to shocks in economic forecasts: a case study of Greece. Economics and Business Letters, 3(4), 298
https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.3.4.2014.298-308, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52013
Tubadji, A. & Gnezdilova, N. (2014). The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude. International Journal of Social Economics, 41(11), 1014-1037.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-11-2012-0211, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52007
Tubadji, A., Moeller, J., & Nijkamp, P. (2014). Introduction to cultural research approaches: applications to culture and labour analysis. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1/2), 2-10.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0191, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52012
Tubadji, A. & Nijkamp, P. (2014). Altruism to strangers for our own sake: domestic effects from immigration. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1/2), 11-32.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0192, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52011
Tubadji, A. (2014). Was Weber right? The cultural capital root of socio-economic growth examined in five European countries. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1/2), 56-88.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0194, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52010
Tubadji, A. (2013). Culture-based development - culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe. International Journal of Society Systems Science, 5(4), 355
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSS.2013.058466, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52005
Tubadji, A. (2012). Culture‐based development: empirical evidence for Germany. International Journal of Social Economics, 39(9), 690-703.
https://doi.org/10.1108/03068291211245718, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52003
Möller, J. & Tubadji, A. (2009). The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market Performance. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 229(2-3)
https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2009-2-312, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51999
Tubadji, A. (n.d.) You'll never walk alone: Loneliness, religion, and politico‐economic transformation. Politics and Policy, 51(4)
https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12538, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/polp.12538

Book Chapters

Tubadji, A. (2021). Ceteris Paribus and Fixed Effects in Regional and Cultural Economics. In Suzuki, Patuelli (Ed.), A Broad View of Regional Science (pp. 175-198). Springer Singapore
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4098-5_10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56957

Other Research Outputs

Pickernell, D., Doneddu, D., Ebie, S., Jones, P., Parry Jones, S., Johnson, S., Tubadji, A., & Samuel, A. (2024). Phoenix from the Flames? Promoting Entrepreneurship to support the Economic Development of Neath Port Talbot
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68328
https://www.isbe.org.uk/entrepreneurship-policy-and-practice-insights/
Tubadji, A. & Dai, Y. (2023). A Double Book Review on China and Culture Based Development
https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2170131, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2170131
Tubadji, A. & Dietrich, H. (n.d.)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66089
https://isqols.org/resources/Documents/Working%20Paper%20No%205%20Cultural%20Discrimination%20and%20Behavioural%20Polarization%20by%20Annie%20Tubadji%20and%20Hans%20Dietrich%20(April%202024).pdf
Tubadji, A., Webber, D., & Boy, F. (n.d.) COVID Economics: vetted and real-time papers13Center for Economic Policy Research
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54407
https://cepr.org/sites/default/files/news/CovidEconomics13.pdf
Tubadji, A., Boy, F., & Webber, D. (n.d.) COVID Economics: vetted and real-time papers20Center for Economic Policy Research
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54409
https://cepr.org/sites/default/files/news/CovidEconomics20.pdf

Supervision

The Impact of Women’s Empowerment on Economic Development: A Comparative Study of UK &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Saudi Arabia. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Wayne Thomas
Exploring the application of information and data analytics in the insurance industry (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Frederic Boy
Behavioral Finance and Psychology of Risk in Investment Decisions. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Wayne Thomas
Bourdieu-Veblen Bias in Chinese Consumer Behaviour and Inequality (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Wayne Thomas
Circular Economy: A way towards resilient recovery (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ilias Asproudis
Bourdieu-type Discrimination of Welsh-speakers and School-to-Work Transition (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Frederic Boy
The mesoeconomic nexus between managerial preferences, price setting behaviour and productivity considerations:A study of welsh micro-firms. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Wayne Thomas

Taught Modules

EC-1014 Economics for Accounting and Finance

This module builds provides a rigorous understanding of basic micro-and macro-economic principles by combining theory and application to contemporary issues, such that students have a sound basis for progression to understand the context for business/finance actions in the wider economy.
EC-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics

This module is designed to support the development of analytical, quantitative and qualitative skills via the consideration of a range relevant economic issues and problems. Alternative methods and techniques are employed to derive information and support decision-making in a variety of contexts. The module focusses upon the examination of economic problems using mathematical and data-based analysis as tools for eliciting information in a very practical manner rather than considering methods in an abstract manner.
EC-3001 Economics Independent Study Project

The module offers the opportunity for final year students in Economics programmes to expand their research skills through the specification and conduct of an independent, but structured academic investigation. Such work is not only of educational value in its own right. The production of a good undergraduate dissertation and development of basic research skills is also an indicator of suitability for postgraduate study in Economics. The completed dissertation may also be of value as an example to potential employers of a student's abilities and skills in investigation and report preparation.
EC-3003 Economics of Culture Based Development

¿ The module introduces the Culture Based Development (CBD) paradigm and its approach to factoring in cultural bias in economic choice to obtain economic models that, it is argued, achieve a better fit to reality ¿ The module introduces the notions of cultural bias, cultural capital and cultural distance, which are fundamental in understanding the complex dynamic entity culture as a source of bias in economic choice. ¿ The module refreshes the student¿s knowledge of a selection of basic economic models, demonstrates how they fall short when cultural bias is not factored into the modelling, and ultimately demonstrates how the accurate augmentation of these models with the CBD notion of cultural bias cures each such model of its inaccuracy and imprecision. ¿ The selected applications of CBD presented in this module include basic micro-economic models of migration choice, innovation, regional development, voting and cooperation. CBD applications are most relevant for understanding the processes in individual economic decision making and the related implications for regional economic development.
EC-M037 Research Methods

This module begins with a review of key mathematical and statistical/econometric techniques before progressing onto more practical applications via the use of statistical/econometric and mathematical software. It also contains sessions on bibliographic database searching and sources of data, which will be beneficial for dissertations.

Public Engagements

In 2021 Annie was awarded the learned Society of Wales Dillwyn Medal for her work on cultural bias, inequality and discrimination. Her speech on the award ceremony presenting the essence of her CBD paradigm that backed this work is available below:

Award Ceremony & the CBD Paradigm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnFKmvm8-e0&t=1s

In addition, Annie’s most recent contributions on inequality, mental health and polarization during the COVID-19 crisis have been featured as working papers at the prestigious Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). They have been widely acclaimed in the international media. Examples include the interview with Annie Tubadji by Tim Phillips for VOX.EU and her participation as a guest speaker at BFM (Building First-World Mindsets) 89.9 - The Business Station, Malaysia. Her work on mental health, polarization and narrative economics has received international footage in among others the Michel Foucault blog by Clare O'Farrell, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

CEPR Working Papers:

COVID Economics – Issue 20: https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-20
COVID Economics – Issue 13: https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-13
COVID Economics – Issue 32: https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-32

EU Columns for wider audience:

https://cepr.org/about/people/annie-tubadji

Interview with Tim Phillips VOX.EU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp906CNE8bw

Podcast by BFM (Building First-World Mindsets) 89.9 - The Business Station, Malaysia:

https://www.bfm.my/podcast/morning-run/morning-brief/polarisation-is-a-symptom-of-abnormality

Michel Foucault blog about Annie’s work:

https://michel-foucault.com/2020/07/23/covid-19-narrative-economics-public-policy-and-mental-health-2020/

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Round Table: Inequalities in a Connected World

2022

European Regional Science Association, Pecs, Hungary
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Church of England and NHS against Loneliness

2022

Johannesburg University, South Africa
Linguistic Discrimination and the Housing Market

2022

IBEO Working Group, Economics Department, Regional Economics Group, University of Corte, Corsica, France
Cultural Entropy and Innovation in the Regions of Europe

2022

International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA) – Taxation and Innovation Conference
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Church of England and NHS against Loneliness

2021

International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA) – Happiness and Age Conference
Own course curriculum, designed on: Economics of Discrimination – A Pluralist View

2021

Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics 2021, Reimagining Economics: Learning from the Past, Navigating the Future, International
Discussant for Prof. Charron (Uni of Gothenburg) Citizens’ perception of institutions

2021

Joint ERSA-REGIO Academic lecture
Cultural Discrimination and Behavioral Polarization

2021

CERC Migration Working Group - Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Cultural Devaluation of Life on Individual and Regional Level during Covid-19

2020

FWW Research Seminar, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities - Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan

2020

University of Sheffield, UK
Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities - Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan

2020

Cork University, Cork, Ireland
Cultural and economic discrimination: The Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK

2020

VoxEU
Culture Based Development: The Story of an Ex-Communicated Queen

2019

European Commission Joint Research Center (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Migration Flows and Diversity as Factors for EU Regional Resilience

2019

Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR-IREA), Department of Econometrics, University of Barcelona, Spain
Graduate Course History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Economics

2019

Hokkaido University, Japan
Economics of Happiness and Regional Economics, Summer School

2019

Hokkaido University, Japan
Culture, Migration and Artificial Intelligence

2019

European Commission Cohesion Fund – Communication Event, Madrid, Spain
Employee Owned Businesses – Challenges and Opportunities in the UK

2019

Bristol Festival of Ideas, Bristol, UK

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The Impact of Women’s Empowerment on Economic Development: A Comparative Study of UK &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Saudi Arabia. (current)

Exploring the application of information and data analytics in the insurance industry (current)

Behavioral Finance and Psychology of Risk in Investment Decisions. (current)

Bourdieu-Veblen Bias in Chinese Consumer Behaviour and Inequality (current)

Circular Economy: A way towards resilient recovery (current)

Bourdieu-type Discrimination of Welsh-speakers and School-to-Work Transition (awarded 2023)

The mesoeconomic nexus between managerial preferences, price setting behaviour and productivity considerations:A study of welsh micro-firms. (current)

EC-1014 Economics for Accounting and Finance

EC-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics

EC-3001 Economics Independent Study Project

EC-3003 Economics of Culture Based Development

EC-M037 Research Methods

Round Table: Inequalities in a Connected World

You’ll Never Walk Alone – Church of England and NHS against Loneliness

Linguistic Discrimination and the Housing Market

Cultural Entropy and Innovation in the Regions of Europe

You’ll Never Walk Alone – Church of England and NHS against Loneliness

Own course curriculum, designed on: Economics of Discrimination – A Pluralist View

Discussant for Prof. Charron (Uni of Gothenburg) Citizens’ perception of institutions

Cultural Discrimination and Behavioral Polarization

Cultural Devaluation of Life on Individual and Regional Level during Covid-19

Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities - Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan

Network Survival Strategies of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Large Cities - Analysis of Albanian Firms in Milan

Cultural and economic discrimination: The Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK

Culture Based Development: The Story of an Ex-Communicated Queen

Migration Flows and Diversity as Factors for EU Regional Resilience

Graduate Course History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Economics

Economics of Happiness and Regional Economics, Summer School

Culture, Migration and Artificial Intelligence

Employee Owned Businesses – Challenges and Opportunities in the UK

The Impact of Women’s Empowerment on Economic Development: A Comparative Study of UK &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Saudi Arabia. (current)