Dr Annette Roberts

Qualifications

BSc(Econ), Economics, 1991. PhD. Economics, 1996

Research interests

Main research activities are the construction, development and application of input-output tables. Other research areas include foreign direct investment and regional policy. Member of BRASS, ESRC funded Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society.

Recent Projects

“The impact of further education on the Welsh economy”, Knowledge Exploitation Fund (WDA) and Fforwm, August 2005,

“Identifying and Assessing Sectoral Strengths in the North East”, One North East, 2005

“Cardiff Input-Output Project”, Cardiff County Council, 2004,

“ABP and the Welsh Economy”, Associated British Ports, 2004.

“UK First Steps Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)”, Department of Culture Media and Sport, 2003-04.

“English Regions First Steps Tourism Satellite Account”, North West Regional Development Agency, 2003-04.

“Crown Dependencies First Steps Tourism Satellite Account”, IOM Treasury, 2003-04.

“Manufacturing and Trade in Wales” Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, Briefing paper, 2003.

“Mid-term evaluation of structural funding in Wales” (Objective 1, 3 and INTERREG)
Wales European Funding Office part of successful bid team October 2002"

“Assessing the Impact of Higher Education in Wales”, (With University of Glamorgan) Heads of Higher Education in Wales, September 2002

“Socio-Economic Evaluation of CCW Grants Programme 2001-2002”, Countryside Council for Wales, September 2002.

“Development of an Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare for Wales – phase II” Countryside Council for Wales, September 2002 (with Aberystwyth University)

“Welsh Growth Sector Analysis 2002” WDA and Welsh Assembly Government, March 2002

“Development of an Environmental Module within the Welsh Input-Output Tables”, EU (OSKaR), May 2002

"Input-Output Project for Wales" Welsh Development Agency,1994-2006.

"A Tourism Impact Model for Wales", Wales Tourist Board (Joint project with Bournemouth University) 1999.
Forestry Commission, "Forestry Multiplier Study" (with Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities), 1999.

"An Economic Evaluation of the Arts and Cultural Sector in Wales". The Arts Council, Welsh Development Agency, Development Board for Rural Wales, S4C, 1998.

Selected publications

Collins, A., Flynn, A., Munday, M. and Roberts, A. (2007) Assessing the Environmental Consequences of Major Sporting Events: The 2003-04 FA Cup Final, Urban Studies, 44.3, (forthcoming).

Bryan, J., Munday, M., Pickernell, D. and Roberts, A. (2006), Assessing the Economic Significance of Port Activity: Evidence from ABP Operations in Industrial South Wales, Maritime Policy and Management 33.4, pp. 371-386.

Midmore, P. Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2006), Assessing industry linkages using Input-Output tables, Regional Studies, 40.3, pp.329-343.

Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2006), Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: A review, Regional Studies, 40.5, pp. 535-554.

Beynon, M.J., Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2005), Ranking sectors using fuzzy output multipliers, Economic Systems Research, 17.3, pp.237-253.

Driffield, N., Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2004), Inward investment, transactions linkages, and productivity spillovers, Papers in Regional Science, 83.4, pp. 699-722.

Munday, M., Pickernell, D., and Roberts, A. (2004), Building for the future: Housing, financial services and the Welsh economy, Local Economy, 19.3, pp.212-25.

Bryan, J., Jones, C., Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2004), Welsh Input-Output tables for 2000, Cardiff University, ISBN: 0 902810 090X.

Dewhurst, J., Munday, M. and Roberts, A. (2004), Changes in manufacturing linkage patterns in Scotland and Wales: Hollowing out and foreign direct investment, in Bojar E. (ed) The role of FDI in competitive economy, Lublin: TNOIK, pp.63-80.

Jones, C., Munday, M and Roberts, A. (2003), Regional tourism satellite accounts: A useful policy tool? Urban Studies, 40.13, pp. 2777-2794.

Driffield, N., Munday, M. and Roberts, A. (2002), Foreign Direct Investment, Transactions Linkages, and the Performance of the Domestic Sector, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 9.3, pp.335-51.

M. Munday, D. Pickernell & A. Roberts (2001), Regional Policy Effectiveness and Local Governance Issues: Some Welsh Perspectives, Policy Studies, Vol 22(1), pp51-60.

M. Munday & A. Roberts (2001), The Role of Forestry Industry Transactions in the Regional Economy, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol 17 pp333-346 .

M. Munday & A. Roberts (2001) Assessing the Regional Transactions of Foreign Manufacturers in Wales, TESG,Vol 92(2), pp 202-216

M.Munday, D.Pickernell and A, Roberts (2000), Asian Economic Problems and Prospects for Foreign Direct Investment: Local Evidence from the UK, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 12.1, pp17-33

Roberts, A. (2000) Setting policy targets and Evaluating Performance, in Wales in the 21st Century: An Economic Future, Bryan, J. and Jones, C. (eds), Macmillian.

Hill, S., McNicoll, I. and Roberts, A. (1999), The Economic Effectiveness of Higher Education in ‘Nation’ Regions of the UK: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Wales, Higher Education Management, OECD, Vol 11.3, PP.127-142.

Higgs, G., Hill, S., Roberts, A. and White, S. (1999) Economic and Social Indicators for Wales, Mid Wales Partnership.

Brand, S., Hill, S. and Roberts, A. (1998), Welsh Input-Output Tables for 1995, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

Brand, S., Hill, S., Munday, M. and Roberts, A. (1997), Why Isn’t Wales Richer? Economic Change and GDP per Capita, Local Economy, Vol. 13 No.3, pp.219-234.

Bryan, J., Hill, S., Munday, M., and Roberts, A. (1997), Road Infrastructure and Economic Development in the Periphery: the Case of the A55 Improvements in North Wales, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 5 No 4, pp.227-237.