Dr John Moffat's Outputs (4)

Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing (2019)
Journal Article
Harris, R., Moffat, J., Evenhuis, E., Martin, R., Pike, A., & Sunley, P. (2019). Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 12(3), 467-487. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsz017

The UK’s economy is one of the most regionally imbalanced in Europe. The government’s recent industrial strategy discusses various means of addressing this, one of which is the strengthening of existing clusters. Using plant-level indices of spatial... Read More about Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing.

Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England (2019)
Journal Article
Moffat, J., & Yoo, H. (2020). Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England. Applied Economics, 52(4), 430-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1646872

This paper investigates the effect of religion on the educational attainment of pupils in their final year of compulsory education in England. The results show that pupils that identify with any religion have better academic performance than other pu... Read More about Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England.

The Impact of Participation in pan-European Competition on Domestic Performance in Association Football (2019)
Journal Article
Moffat, J. (2020). The Impact of Participation in pan-European Competition on Domestic Performance in Association Football. European Sport Management Quarterly, 20(4), 440-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2019.1629980

Research question: This paper empirically examines whether participation in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League has a causal impact on the performance of teams in national leagues. An appropriate methodology is adopted to address the selection... Read More about The Impact of Participation in pan-European Competition on Domestic Performance in Association Football.

The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity (2019)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2019). The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity. National Institute Economic Review, 247(1), R19-R31. https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011924700112

This paper uses plant-level estimates of total factor productivity covering 40 years to examine what role, if any, productivity has played in the decline of output share and employment in British manufacturing. The results show that TFP growth in Bri... Read More about The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity.