Chris Milner

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Biography

Chris moved to the School in 1994 from Loughborough University where he also held a Chair in Economics. He was Head of the School from 1995 to 2002 and was reappointed as Head of School again in August 2004 to August 2008. He is a Research Fellow of both the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) and the Centre for Research on Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT).

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Research Summary

Chris' research interests lie in the area of applied trade and trade policy analysis in both a developed and developing country context. He has published widely in academic journals and authored or… read more

Selected Publications

• MILNER, C.R., CABRAL, M. and FALVEY, R., 2009. Does skill content explain total trade and intra-industry trade? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 71((5)), 601-619
• MILNER, C.R., HENRY, M. and KNELLER, R., 2009. Trade, technology transfer and national efficiency in developing countries European Economic Review. 53((2)), 237-54.
• DAVID GREENAWAY, CHRIS MILNER AND ARUNEEMA MAHABIR, 2008. Has China Displaced Other Countries' Exports? China Economic Review. 19, 152-169
• MILNER, C. and TANDRAYEN, V., 2007. The impact of exporting and export destination on manufacturing wages: evidence for sub-Saharan Africa Review of Development Economics. 11((1)), 13-30

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Current Research

Chris' research interests lie in the area of applied trade and trade policy analysis in both a developed and developing country context. He has published widely in academic journals and authored or edited a number of books in these areas. His research has been funded by inter alia the ESRC, Nuffield Foundation and DFID, and he has undertaken advisory work in a number of developing countries for agencies such as the World Bank, UNCTAD, UNIDO, Commonwealth Secretariat and EU. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Development Studies, for which he was a managing editor from 1999-2005. He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the Africa Trade Policy Centre at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

• C. MILNER, M. HENRY, R. KNELLER and S. GIRMA, 2012. Do natural barriers affect the relationship between trade openness and growth? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 74(1), 1-19
• M. LU, C. MILNER and Z. YU, 2012. Regional heterogeneity and China's trade: sufficient lumpiness or not? Review of International Economics. (In Press.)
• Y. DECREUX, C. MILNER and N. PERIDY, 2011. Some new insights into the effects of the EU-South Korea FTA; the role of non-tariff barriers Journal of Economic Integration. 25(4), 783-817
• C. MILNER, W. O. MORRISSEY and E. ZGOVU, 2011. Designing Economic Partnership Agreements to promote intra-regional trade in ACP countries South African Journal of Economics. 79(4), 376-391
• K. GREENIDGE and C. MILNER, 2010. Causal chains between saving, investment and growth: Evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean Journal of Business, Finance and Economics in Emerging Markets. 5(1), 121-170
• M. LU, C. MILNER and Z. YU, 2010. On the economic content of factor content: with application to China's trade Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics. 17(3), 217-233
• MILNER, C.R., HENRY, M. and KNELLER, R., 2009. Trade, technology transfer and national efficiency in developing countries European Economic Review. 53((2)), 237-54.
• MILNER, C.R., CABRAL, M. and FALVEY, R., 2009. Does skill content explain total trade and intra-industry trade? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 71((5)), 601-619
• MILNER, C.R., 2009. Constraining and enhancing policy space: the WTO and adjusting to globalisation Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy. 3((1)), 127-54.
• DAVID GREENAWAY, CHRIS MILNER AND ARUNEEMA MAHABIR, 2008. Has China Displaced Other Countries' Exports? China Economic Review. 19, 152-169
• MILNER, C.R. and SLEDZIEWSKA, K., 2008. Capturing regional trade effects in the presence of other trade effects: the impact of the Europe/Agreement on Poland's imports Open Economies Review. 19((1)), 43-54
• MILNER, C. and TANDRAYEN, V., 2007. The impact of exporting and export destination on manufacturing wages: evidence for sub-Saharan Africa Review of Development Economics. 11((1)), 13-30
• MILNER, C., VENCAPPA, D. and WRIGHT, P., 2007. Trade policy and productivity growth in Indian manufacturing The World Economy. 30(2), 249-266
• MILNER, C., REED, G. and TALERNGSRI, P., 2006. Vertical linkages and agglomeration effects in Japanese FDI in Thailand JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES. VOL 20(NUMBER 2), 193-208
• MILNER, C.R. and GREENAWAY, D., 2006. EU preferential trading arrangements with the Caribbean: A grim REPA? Journal of Economic Integration. 21((4)), 657-80
• MILNER, C., 2006. An Assessment of the Overall Implementation and Adjustment Costs for the ACP Countries of Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU ECONOMIC PAPER- COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT. NUMB 75, 77-128
• MILNER, C., 2006. Making NAMA Work: Supporting Adjustment and Development WORLD ECONOMY -LONDON-. VOL 29(NUMBER 10), 1409-1422
• CABRAL, M., FALVEY, R.E. and MILNER, C.R., 2006. The skill content of inter- and intra-industry trade: evidence for the United Kingdom Review of World Economics. 142(3), 546-566
• MILNER, C. and ZGOVU, E., 2006. A natural experiment for identifying the impact of ‘natural’ trade barriers on exports Journal of Development Economics. 80(1), 251-268
• MILNER, C.R. and MAH, J., 2005. Japan's Export Guarantee Scheme: Export Promotion or Subsidisation? World Economy. 28, 231-41
• MILNER, C.R., 2005. Protection by Tariff Barriers and International Transaction Costs Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 52, 105-21
• MILNER, C., MORGAN, W. and ZGOVU, E., 2005. Would All ACP Sugar Protocol Exporters Lose from Sugar Liberalisation? European Journal of Development Research. VOL 16(NUMB 4), 790-808
• MILNER, C., MORRISSEY, O. and MCKAY, A., 2005. Some Simple Analytics of the Trade and Welfare Effects of Economic Partnership Agreements Journal of African Economies. 14(3), 327-358
• GOOROOCHURN, N. and MILNER, C., 2005. Assessing indirect tax reform in a tourism-dependent developing country World Development. 33(7), 1183-1200
• MILNER, C.R. and GHATAK, S., 2004. The role of trade policy and growth models: the case of mauritius 1, 171-81
• MILNER, C., 2004. Trade Policy in Burundi: Reform Without Political Stability World Economy. VOL 27(NUMBER 9), 1363-1376
• MILNER, C., REED, G. and TALERNGSRI, P., 2004. Foreign direct investment and vertical integration of production by Japanese multinationals in Thailand Journal of Comparative Economics. 32(4), 805-821
• GREENAWAY, D. and MILNER, C., 2003. Effective Protection, Policy Appraisal and Trade Policy Reform World Economy. VOL 26(PART 4), 441-456
• PIPERAKIS, A. S., MILNER, C. and WRIGHT, P. W., 2003. Immigration, Trade Costs, and Trade: Gravity Evidence for Greece Journal of Economic Integration. VOL 18(PART 4), 750-762
• MILNER, C. and WEYMAN-JONES, T., 2003. Relative national efficiency and country size: evidence for developing countries Review of Development Economics. 7(1), 1-14
• GREENAWAY, D., MILNER, C.R. and HAYNES, M., 2002. Adjustment, Employment Characteristics and Intra-Industry Trade, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 138((2)), 254-276
• MILNER, C.R. and READ, R., eds., 2002. Trade Liberalisation, Competition and the WTO Edward Elgar.
• MILNER, C.R. and LLOYD, P., eds., 2002. The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2002 special edition of The World Economy.
• GREENAWAY, D. and MILNER, C.R., 2002. Effective Protection and Trade Policy Reform World Economy. 49, 574-585
• GREENAWAY, D. and MILNER, C., 2002. Regionalism and Gravity Scottish Journal of Political Economy. VOL 49(PART 5), 574-585
• MCKAY, A. and MILNER, C., 2002. On mixed strategies for development Review of Development Economics. 6(3), 303-313
• MILNER, C.R. and LLOYD, P., eds., 2001. The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2001 special edition of The World Economy.
• GREENAWAY, D., LLOYD, P. and MILNER, C., 2001. New concepts and measures of the globalisation of production Economics Letters. 73(1), 57-63
• MILNER, C.R. and LLOYD, P., eds., 2000. The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2000 special edition of The World Economy.
• MILNER, C., MIZEN, P. and PENTECOST, E., 2000. A Cross-Country Panel Analysis of Currency Substitution and Trade Economic Inquiry. VOL 38(PART 2), 206-217
• MILNER, C., MORRISSEY, O. and RUDAHERANWA, N., 2000. Policy and Non-Policy Barriers to Trade and Implicit Taxation of Exports in Uganda Journal of Development Studies. 37(2), 67-90
• MILNER, C.R. and LLOYD, P., eds., 1999. The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 1999 special edition of The World Economy.
• GREENAWAY, D., MILNER, C. and ELLIOTT, R. J. R., 1999. UK Intra-Industry Trade with the EU North anti South Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. VOL 61(NUMBER 3), 365-384
• GREENAWAY, D., MENON, J. and MILNER, C., 1999. Industrial Structure and Australia - UK Intra-Industry Trade Economic Record. ISSUE 228, 19-27
• PENTECOST, E., MILNER, C. and MIZEN, P., 1999. Testing Models of Foreign Currency Holdings: A Panel Approach Economic Inquiry. 38, 206-17.
• ELLIOTT, R., GREENAWAY, D. and MILNER, C., 1999. UK's Intra-Industry Trade with the EU: A Multi-Country and Multi-Industry Framework Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 61, 365-84.
• GREENAWAY, D., MENON, J. and MILNER, C., 1999. Patterns of Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry: Evidence for Australia-UK Bilateral Trade Economic Record. 75, 19-27
• MILNER, C.R., 1998. The Globalisation of the World Economy: Developing Countries- NICs Edward Elgar.
• MILNER, C.R, AZHAR, A.K.M. and ELLIOTT, R.J.R, 1998. Static and dynamic measurement of marginal intra-industry trade and adjustment Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 134, 1-18
• MILNER, C.R., 1998. Trade regime bias and the response to trade liberalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa Kyklos. 51, 219-36
• MILNER, C. and WRIGHT, P., 1998. Modelling Labour Market Adjustment to Trade Liberalisation in an Industrialising Economy Economic Journal. 108, 509-528
• MCKAY, A. and MILNER, C., 1997. Strategic Trade Policy, Learning by Doing Effects and Economic Development World Development. VOL 25(NUMBER 11), 1893-1900
• MILNER, C.R., 1997. New standards issues and the World Trade Organisation Australian Economic Review. 30, 90-7
• MILNER, C.R. and MCKAY, A., 1997. Defining and measuring trade strategy: theory and some evidence from the Caribbean Journal of Development Studies. 33, 658-74
• MCDONALD, S. and MILNER, C.R., 1997. A Comparison of Specialisation Gains from Trade in Final and Intermediate Goods Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 44, 298-315
• MCKAY, A. and MILNER, C., 1997. Measuring Trade Strategy in the Presence of Non-Tradeables: Theory and Some Evidence from the Caribbean Journal of Development Studies. VOL 33(NUMBER 5), 658-674
• MILNER, C., 1996. On Natural and Policy-Induced Sources of Protection and Trade Regime Bias Review of World Economics. VOL 132(NUMBER 4), 740-752