Joanne Evans

Joanne Evans graduated with a BEc (Hons) in Economics from LaTrobe University (Australia) in 1994. She went on to obtain a MCom in Economics from the University of Melbourne in 1997. In 2000 she moved to the University of Hull (UK) to undertake a PhD. During her doctoral studies she held a position as a graduate teaching assistant. She joined the Department of Economics at the University of Surrey in 2005. Jo is currently the Department's Undergraduate Admissions Tutor.

Research interests

Jo's principal research interests are in regulation and health. She also has a more general interest in the application of microeconometics across a variety of microeconomic areas. She is an expert on electricity regulation and (in 2003) was invited to give evidence to the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee on British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements (Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Electricity (Trading and Transmission) Bill).

Recent publications

• "Military Expenditure and Migration in Europe"; Defence and Peace Economics, 18(4), 305-316, 2007 (with P. Levine).
• “Lobbies, Delegation and the Underinvestment Problem in Regulation”, International Journal of Industrial Organization , forthcoming, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.09.003 (with P. Levine and F. Trillas).

Teaching Interests

• Curriculum Vitae