Profile

Introduction

Jonathan Jones is a lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University Business School. His research interests are in empirical microeconomics that are applied specifically to foreign direct investment where he has developed an international reputation within the cross-disciplinary area of economics, regional science, geography and international business. This is from publication in a number of economics and regional science journals and being the co-author of books on Foreign Direct Investment and the Regional Economy and Understanding the Location of Foreign Direct Investment. He is a co-investigator for the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre that involves regular State of the Nations reports on the Internationalisation of the creative industries and has also been an affiliate of the ESRC/UK government funded Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC).

Qualifications

PhD, Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne: 'The Nature and Performance of Inward Investment in North-East England: 1985-98' 

MA(Economics), University of Liverpool

BA(Hons), Economics/Accounting & Finance, University of Manchester

Bibliographic links

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3619-0777

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=HCIAdbsAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Geography, Regional Economics, International Business

Postgraduate Supervision

Daviana Ruan: FDI,Innovation and Environmental Impacts

Alex Li: E-commerce, International Trade and FDI

Neha Tengur: Partisan Budget Cycles and Electoral Accountability in the European Union

Putu Sudiana: Foreign Direct Investment Location and Tax Incentive Policy in Indonesia

Qianyi Zhou: Location of BRICS FDI within the European Union

Ilona Serwicka: European Economic and FDI Location: The Fifth Enlargement

Abdulaziz Almahmood: Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia

Affiliations

Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC) Reports:

Foreign Direct Investment in the UKs Creative Industries

UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC) Discussion Papers:

The Motives of Inbound Foreign Direct Investors in the UK Creative Industries

The Nature of Foreign Direct Investment in the Creative Industries

Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Papers:

On the Relative Importance of Agglomeration Economies in the Location of FDI Across British Regions

The Dynamics of FDI Location: A Markov Analysis for British Regions

FDI Location Across British Regions and Inward Investment Policy

Foreign Direct Investment and Prospects for the Northern Region

Re-Investment and the Survival of Foreign-Owned Plants 

Module Leader

ECO2011 Economics of Regulation

ECO3026 Industrial Economics and Policy

ECO3098 Placement Related Project

Previous Teaching

ECO2003 Economic Modelling

ECO2004 Microeconomic Analysis

ECO106 Statistics for Economists

ECO110 Mathematics for Economics

ECO312 Public Economics

BSM824 Applied Time Series Modelling and Forecasting

• Articles

  • Serwicka IE, Jones J, Wren C. European Integration and FDI Location: Is there a Border Effect within the Enlarged EU?. Annals of Regional Science 2024, 72, 85-106.
  • Jones J, Serwicka I, Wren C. The Motives for FDI Location in Europe and EU Enlargement. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 2020, 52(8), 1681-1699.
  • Jones J, Serwicka I, Wren C. Economic integration, border costs and FDI location: Evidence from the fifth European enlargement. International Review of Economics and Finance 2018, 54, 193-205.
  • Jones J. Agglomeration Economies and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Regional Science 2017, 57(5), 731-757.
  • Jones J, Wren C. Does Service FDI Locate Differently to Manufacturing FDI? A Regional Analysis for Great Britain. Regional Studies 2016, 50(12), 1980-1994.
  • Wren C, Jones J. FDI Location across British Regions and Agglomerative Forces: A Markov Analysis. Spatial Economic Analysis 2012, 7(2), 265-286.
  • Wren C, Jones J. Assessing the Regional Impact of Grants on FDI Location: Evidence from U.K. Regional Policy, 1985-2005. Journal of Regional Science 2011, 51(3), 497-517.
  • Wren CM, Jones J. Re-investment and the survival of foreign-owned plants. Regional Science and Urban Economics 2009, 39(2), 214-223.
  • Jones J, Wren C. Foreign Inward Investment and Regional Prospects. Northern Economic Review 2008, 38, 61-79.
  • Jones J, Tomaney J, Pike A, Wren C. Memorandum to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Trade and Manufacturing Policy Impact on Wales. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 2004.
  • Jones J, Wren C. Inward foreign direct investment and employment: A project-based analysis in north-east England. Journal of Economic Geography 2004, 4(5), 517-543.
  • Jones J, Wren C. Do inward investors achieve their job targets. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 2004, 66(4), 483-513.

• Authored Books

  • Wren C, Jones J. Understanding the Location of Foreign Direct Investment. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016.
  • Jones J, Wren C. Foreign Direct Investment and the Regional Economy. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005.

• Book Chapters

  • Jones J, Wren C. The Dynamics of Service FDI Location: A Disaggregated Industry Analysis for Great Britain. In: Beerepoot,N; Lambregts,B; Kleibert,J, ed. Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth : Perspectives from the Global North and South. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.90-104.
  • Wren C, Jones J. Grants and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the UK Regions. In: Farschi M; Janne O; McCann P, ed. Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions: Firms, Knowledge, and Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009, pp.299-320.

• Online Publications

  • Jones J, Maioli S. The Motives of Inbound Foreign Direct Investors in the UK Creative Industries. 2023. Available at: https://pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/the-motives-of-inbound-foreign-direct-investors.
  • Jones J, Fazio G. The Nature of Foreign Direct Investment in the Creative Industries. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, 2022. Available at: https://pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/the-nature-of-foreign-direct-investment-in-the-creative-industries.

• Reports

  • Maioli S, Simandjuntak D, Jones J, Fazio G. Migration in UK Creative Occupations and Industries. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Newcastle University Business School, 2025. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
  • Fazio G, Jones J, Maioli S, Simandjuntak D. UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy. Newcastle upon Tyne: Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), 2024. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
  • Jones J, Simandjuntak D, Maioli S, Fazio G. Foreign Direct Investment in the UK's Creative Industries. 2024. Creative PEC State of the Nations Research Series.
  • Wren C, Jones J. Quantitative Evaluation of the LEAD Programme, 2004-11. Lancaster: Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University, 2012.
  • Jones J, Wren C. On the Relative Importance of Agglomeration Economies in the Location of FDI Across British Regions. London: Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE, 2011. SERC Discussion Paper 89.