Newcastle University

Introduction

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Research Interests

Experimental Economics, Industrial and Regulatory Economics, Managerial and Business Economics, Finance and Financial Management, Management Accounting.

Current research areas:

(1) Experimental Economics - Contract design in Agency settings

(2) Regulatory cost of finance and the allowed rate of return

(3) Wholesale pricing 

Undergraduate Teaching

ACC2002

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8001 (Module Leader)
NBS8005
NBS8122
NBS8022
NBS8046(Module Leader)
NBS8096(Module Leader)

• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. Inducing risk preferences in economics experiments. Applied Economics Letters 2012, 19(7), 657-660.
• Dobbs IM. Modeling welfare loss asymmetries arising from uncertainty in the regulatory cost of finance. Journal of Regulatory Economics 2011, 39(1), 1-28.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. The Use of Deception in Accounting Experiments. In: British Accounting Association Annual Conference. 2010, Cardiff, UK.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. Experimental evidence on financial incentives, information and decision-making. The British Accounting Review 2009, 41(2), 71-89.
• Dobbs IM. How bad can short termism be?-A study of the consequences of high hurdle discount rates and low payback thresholds. Management Accounting Research 2009, 20(2), 117-128.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. Controlling Risk Experiments in Accounting Experiments. In: British Accounting Association Annual Conference 2008. 2008, Blackpool, England: British Accounting Association.
• Dobbs IM. Setting the regulatory WACC using Simulation and Loss Functions –The case for standardising procedures. Competition and Regulation in Network Industries 2008, 9(3), 229-246.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. The Impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making: Further Evidence. Edinburgh: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, 2008.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. The Impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making: Further Evidence. In: British Accounting Association Annual Conference 2007. 2007, Royal Holloway, University of London.
• Dobbs IM. Defining markets for ex ante regulation using the hypothetical monopoly test. International Journal of the Economics of Business 2006, 13(1), 83-109.
• Atmeh M, Dobbs IM. Technical Analysis and the Stochastic Properties of the Jordanian Stock Market Index Return. Studies in Economics and Finance 2006, 23(2), 119-140.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. The Impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making. Edinburgh, Scotland: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, 2006. Commissioned Report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland.
• Miller AD, Dobbs IM. The impact of Financial Incentives on Decision Making. Edinburgh: ICAS, 2006.
• Dobbs IM, Richards P. On Output Restriction Measures of Market Power. European Competition Law Review 2005, 26(10), 572-580.
• Dobbs IM, Richards P. Biases and Errors in the Assessment of Market Boundaries for Ex Ante Regulation with an Application to Internet Services in the UK. Journal of Network Industries 2004, 5(2), 193-217.
• Dobbs IM, Richards P. Innovation and the New Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in the EU. European Competition Law Review 2004, 25(11), 716-730.
• Dobbs IM. Intertemporal price cap regulation under uncertainty. Economic Journal 2004, 114(495), 421-440.
• Dobbs IM. Replacement Investment: Optimal Economic Life Under Uncertainty. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 2004, 31(5-6), 729-757.
• Dobbs IM. Demand, cost elasticities and pricing benchmarks in the hypothetical monopoly test: The consequences of a simple SSNIP. Applied Economics Letters 2003, 10(9), 545-548.
• Dobbs IM, Beavis B. Firm Behaviour under the Regulatory control of Stochastic Environmental Wastes by Probabilistic Constraints. In: Russell, C.S, ed. The Economics of Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement. London, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2003.
• Dobbs I, Miller A. Capital budgeting, valuation and personal taxes. Accounting and Business Research 2002, 32(4), 227-243.
• Dobbs IM. Book review of A. de la Fuente, Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists, Cambridge University Press. The Economic Journal 2000.
• Dobbs IM. Managerial Economics: Firms, Markets and Business Decisions. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Dobbs IM, Miller AD. Valuation and Personal Taxes: Methodological Considerations. In: British Accounting Association Annual Conference. 2000, Exeter, UK.
• Miller AD, Dobbs IM. Valuation and Personal Taxes: Methodological Considerations. University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Department of Accounting & Finance, 2000. Discussion Paper 2000/1.
• Dobbs IM. Compensating wage differentials and the value of life. Economics Letters 1999, 63(1), 103-109.
• Dobbs IM, Molho I. Evolution and sub-optimal behaviour. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 1999, 9(2), 187-209.
• Dobbs IM. The anomaly of size: Does it really matter?. International Journal of Finance and Economics 1999, 4(2), 179-192.
• Dobbs IM. A Bayesian Approach to Decision making under Ambiguity. chapter in The Economics of Uncertainty, Hey J.D. (ed.), Blackwell, London, 1997. 30 1997.
• Appleyard T, Dobbs I. Value under active and passive debt management policy. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 1997, 24(3-4), 481-496.
• Dobbs IM, Cuthbertson K . A robust methodology for Ramsey pricing with an application to UK postal services. Journal of Industrial Economics, 44 229 to 247 1996.
• Dobbs I. Hiring and Leasing with Non-linear Prices. Management Science 1995, 41(11), 1793-1805.
• Dobbs I. On the Use of Payback Thresholds in Devolved Budgeting. Project Appraisal 1995, 11, 51-59.
• Dobbs IM, Richards P. Entry and Component Pricing in Regulated Markets. International Journal of the Economics of Business 1994, 1(3), 355-376.
• Beavis B, Dobbs IM. On the relative performance of alternative regulatory instruments for constraining a firm's profitability. Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie [Journal of Economics] 1994, 60(3), 229-253.
• Dobbs I. Individual Travel Cost Method: Estimation and Benefit Assessment with a Discrete and Possibly Grouped Dependent Variable. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1993, 75(1), 84-94.
• Dobbs I. On Adjusting for Sample Selection Bias in the Individual Travel Cost Method. Journal of Agricultural Economics 1993, 44(2), 335-342.
• Dobbs I, Hill MB. Pricing Solutions to the Bilateral Monopoly Problem under Uncertainty. Southern Economic Journal 1993, 60(2), 479-489.
• Dobbs I. The Effect of Distinguishing Hours and Workers in Production on Labour Market Equilibrium. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 1992, 39(1), 14-20.
• Dobbs I. UK Car Prices: Taken for a Ride? An Alternative View. Consumer Policy Review 1992, 2, 100-103.
• Dobbs I. A Bayesian approach to decision-making under ambiguity. Economica 1991, 58, 417-440.
• Dobbs I. Litter and Waste Management: Disposal Taxes versus User Charges. Canadian Journal of Economics 1991, 24(1), 221-227.
• Dobbs I, Keasey K. A model of Information System Choice. Accounting and Business Review 1990, 20, 97-110.
• Dobbs I. Economics and Environmental Catastrophe. Argument 1990, 1, 16-25.
• Beavis B, Dobbs IM. Pollution Abatement with Stochastic Penalties and Adjustment Costs: Comment. Southern Economic Journal 1990, 57(2), 543-550.
• Dobbs IM. Risk aversion, gambling and the labour leisure choice. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 1988, 35(2), 171-175.
• Beavis B, Dobbs I. Firm behaviour under regulatory control of stochastic environmental wastes by probabilistic constraints. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1987, 14(2), 112-127.
• Dobbs I, Hill MB, Waterson M. Industrial Structure and the Employment Consequences of Technical Change. Oxford Economic Papers 1987, 39(3), 552-567.
• Beavis B, Dobbs IM. The dynamics of optimal environmental regulation. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 1986, 10(3), 415-423.
• Dobbs I. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Combined Heat and Power. Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies 1985, 53(3), 241-262.
• DOBBS IM. SHADOW PRICES, CONSISTENCY AND THE VALUE OF LIFE. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS 1985, 27(2), 177-193.
• DOBBS IM, HILL MB. TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND THE DEMAND FOR GOODS. SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY 1984, 31(2), 147-156.
• DOBBS IM. COMBINED HEAT AND POWER ECONOMICS. ENERGY ECONOMICS 1982, 4(4), 276-285.
• DOBBS IM. DISCOUNTING, INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND THE ALMOST-ANYWHERE DOMINANCE CRITERION. FUTURES 1982, 14(4), 307-312.
• Dobbs I. Externality, Efficiency and the Pareto Principle. International Review of Law and Economics 1981, 1(2), 167-181.