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Wright, Graham

Contact details

Position: Senior Lecturer

Location: BS.4.18

Telephone: 0208 223 2225

Email: g.m.wright@uel.ac.uk

Contact address:

UEL Royal Docks Business School
University of East London
Docklands Campus
4-6 University Way
London E16 2RD

Brief biography

Graham teaches economics and quantitative methods on the BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance, BA (Hons) Economics, and the BA (Hons) Finance Programmes at UEL. His academic history includes a B.A. (Hons) Business Studies (First Class), Middlesex University and MSc. Economics, London School of Economics. In 1972 Graham was a Planning Officer at Cunard Ltd. and in 1975 he joined UEL as a lecturer. His specialism within economics is in the field of transport economics, in particular, Maritime Economics.

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Activities and responsibilities

Quantitative Methods, Microeconomics and Maritime Economics.  

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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise

His specialism within economics is in the field of transport economics, in particular, Maritime Economics.

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Teaching: Programmes

  • BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance
  • BA (Hons) Economics
  • BA (Hons) Finance

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Teaching: Modules

  • FE1030 Analysing Business
  • FE2037 Economics for Business
  • FE2038 Quantitative Methods for Business Economics

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Current research and publications

Wright GM “Quantifying Time-Varying Term Risk Premia in Shipping Markets: A Possible Approach”,  Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45, May 2011.

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Research archive

Wright GM “Term Risk Premia in Shipping Markets: Reconciling the Evidence”, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 41, May 2007

Wright GM “Market Fundamentals, Market Sentiment and Second-Hand Ship Prices”, International Journal of Transport Economics, XXXII, 2005

Wright GM “Asset Revaluation and Company Rates of Return in the Shipping Industry”, International Journal of Transport Economics, XXX, 2003

Wright GM “Rational Expectations in the Wet Bulk Shipping Market”, International Journal of Transport Economics, XXIX, 2002

Wright GM "Spot and Period Rates in the Wet Bulk Shipping Market: Testing for Long Run Parity", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 34, September 2000

Wright GM "Long Run Freight Rate Relationships and Market Integration within the Wet Bulk Carrier Shipping Sector", International Journal of Transport Economics, XXVI, 1999

Pesaran B and Wright GM "The Use of Spreads in Forecasting Medium Term UK Interest Rates"   in University of East London, Working Papers in Economics, July 1996

Wright GM "Expectations in the Shipping Sector", International Journal of Transport

Economics, XX, 1993

Wright GM "Freight Rates in the Tramp Shipping Market", International Journal of Transport Economics, XVIII, 1991

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