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 Grant Jordan Allan
Curriculum Vitae
March 2011

Fraser of Allander Institute Email: grant.j.allan@strath.ac.uk

Department of Economics Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 3838
Strathclyde Business School Web:http://www.strath.ac.uk/economics/
University of Strathclyde staff/allangrantmr/
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Glasgow
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Employment
since July 2007 Research Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute, Department of Economics,
University of Strathclyde
2002 to June 2007 Research Assistant, Fraser of Allander Institute, Department of Economics,
University of Strathclyde

Education and Qualifications

2003-2005 MSc in Economics (merit pass), Scottish Graduate Programme in
Economics, University of Edinburgh
1998-2002 BA Economics (1st class honours), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
awarded the Journal of Economic Studies Prize, 2002

Journal articles

Allan, G.J., McGregor, P.G. and Swales, J.K. (2011), “The electricity generation mix in Scotland:
The long and windy road?”, Fraser Economic Commentary, Special Issue No. 1 – Energy and
Pollution, (January), p. 62-72.

Allan, G.J., Eromenko, I., McGregor, P.G. and Swales, J.K. (2011), “The regional electricity
generation mix in Scotland: a portfolio selection approach incorporating marine technologies,
Energy Policy, Vol. 39, Issue 1, p. 6-22.

Allan, G.J., Gilmartin, M., McGregor, P.G. and Swales, J.K. (2011), “Levelised costs of wave and
tidal energy: current cost comparison and the impact of “banded” Renewable Obligation
Certificates”, Energy Policy, Vol. 39, Issue 1, p. 23-39.

Allan, G.J., McGregor, P.G. and Swales, J.K. (2010), “The importance of revenue sharing for the
local economic impacts of a renewable energy project: A Social Accounting Matrix approach”,
forthcoming in Regional Studies.

Allan, G.J., McDonald, J., McGregor, P.G. and Swales, J.K. (2008), “A distinctive energy policy
for Scotland?”, Fraser Economic Commentary, Vol. 32 (June), No. 1, p. 46-61.

Allan, G.J. and Roy, G. (2008), “Does television crowd out spectators? New evidence from the
Scottish Premier League”, Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 9, No. 6, p. 592-605.

Allan, G.J., Bryden, I., McGregor, P.G. Stallard, T., Swales, J.K., Turner, K.R. and Wallace, A.R.
(2008), “Concurrent and legacy impacts from establishing a marine energy sector in Scotland”,
Energy Policy, Vol. 36, Issue 7, p. 2734-2753.

Allan, G.J., Hanley, N.D., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2007), “The impact of
increased efficiency on industrial use of energy: a computable general equilibrium analysis for
the United Kingdom”, Energy Economics, Vol. 29, No. 4, p. 779-798.

Allan, G.J., Hanley, N.D., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2007), “Augmenting
the Leontief input-output framework for ‘common-pool’ resources: Operationalising the full
Leontief environmental model”, Economic Systems Research, Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 1-20.
Allan, G.J., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2007), “The impact of alternative
electricity generation technologies on the Scottish economy: an illustrative input-output
analysis”, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering: Part A, Journal of Power and
Energy, Vol. 221, No. 2, p. 243-254.

Allan, G.J., Dunlop, S. and Swales, J.K. (2007), “The economic impact of regular season sporting
competitions: the Glasgow Old Firm football spectators as sports tourists”, Journal of Sport and
Tourism, Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 63-97.

Chapters in books

Allan, G.J., Gilmartin, M.G., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2009), “Energy
Efficiency”, Chapter 7 in “International Handbook on the Economics of Energy”, (ed. J. Evans
and L. Hunt), October 2009, Edward Elgar, ISBN 978-1847203526

Allan, G.J., Gilmartin, M.G., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2008), “Modelling
the economy-wide rebound effect”, Chapter 4 in “Energy Efficiency and Sustainable
Consumption: The Rebound Effect” (eds. Steve Sorrell and Horace Herring), October 2008,
Palgrave, ISBN 978-0230525344

Allan, G.J., Gilmartin, M.G., McGregor, P.G., Swales, J.K. and Turner, K.R. (2007), “Lessons
from recent Computable General Equilibrium analyses of energy efficiency improvements:
Rebound and backfire effects”, Chapter 1 in “Energy Efficiency Research Advances” (ed. David
Bergmann), December 2007, Nova Science Publishers Inc., ISBN 978-1600218804

Work in progress

• “Modelling the regional economic impact of biofuels: A review of techniques and

applications”
• “Implications for the Western Isles economy of seaweed production and biofuels
production from macroalgae” (with Peter McGregor, Marcio Novaes and Kim Swales)
• “The economic impact of the fiscal consolidation within Scotland: 2011-2015” (with Kim
Swales)
• “Testing the link between renewable energy expenditures and regional employment
change” (with Michelle Gilmartin)
• “An illustrative cost benefit analysis for marine energy technologies” (with Michele
Gilmartin, Peter McGregor and Kim Swales)
• “Tensions and tradeoffs to the economic attractiveness of renewable energy development”
(with Ian Bryden and Peter McGregor)
• “The use of energy policy as regional policy: costs and benefits of renewable energy from a
regional perspective” (with Peter McGregor and Kim Swales)
• “Economic linkages and impacts of alternative electricity generation technologies on a
regional economy: an input-output analysis for Scotland” (with Peter McGregor and Kim
Swales)

Conference and public presentations

2010 Southern Regional Science Association (Washington DC), Biomara Stakeholder Workshop
(Glasgow), SIRE Environmental and Energy Workshop (Stirling), Regional Science
Association International: British and Irish Section (Glasgow), British Institute of Energy
Economics (Oxford), Biomara Stakeholder Workshop (Stornoway).

2009 Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section (Limerick), SIRE
Environmental and Energy Workshop (Stirling), University of Strathclyde Marine Day
(Glasgow), EPSRC SuperGen Marine public meeting (Edinburgh), Scottish Government
economists and statisticians (Edinburgh)

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2008 European Regional Science Association congress (Liverpool), 7th British Institute of
Energy Economics (Oxford), 10th World Renewable Energy Congress (Glasgow), ESRC
Stakeholder Seminar (Glasgow), Macaulay Land Use Institute (Aberdeen)

2007 Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section (Bangor), ECOMOD
Energy and Environment Modelling conference (Moscow), Regional Science Association
conference (Lisbon), EPSRC SuperGen Marine showcase event (Edinburgh), Welsh
Economy Research Unit’s 15th Annual Conference (Cardiff)

2006 CPPR-EUREAL workshop (Glasgow), Regional Science Association International: British

and Irish Section (Jersey), Ninth World Renewable Energy Congress (Florence), EPSRC
SuperGen Marine public meeting (Oxford)

2005 ESRC Urban and Regional Economics Study Group (Leeds), EPSRC SuperGen Marine
public meeting (Glasgow)

Teaching

In the current academic year (2010-11) I teach on the Macroeconomic Environment class of the
Department of Economics MSc EMP course and some of the applied economics content on the
EPSRC-funded Doctoral Training Centre for Wind Energy Systems (for PhD students). In
previous years, I have lectured and tutored large and small classes (including computer labs) for
undergraduate and postgraduate classes including Economics 101 (1st year), Macroeconomics 2
(previously Introduction to Analytical Economics) (second year), Economic Policy and
Applications (Honours year). I have also tutored on the online offering of the Department’s MSc
EMP course in the Macroeconomic Environment class.

Research projects

I am currently employed as Research Fellow on the “Biomara - Sustainable fuels from

marine biomass” project, funded by the EU INTERREG IVA through the Special European
Union Programmes Body.

This project will demonstrate the feasibility and viability of producing mari-fuels from
marine biomass derived from both macroalgal (seaweeds) and microalgal (single celled
plants) sources as an alternative to agri-fuels production from terrestrial land plants.
Our project is explicitly examining the micro- and macro-economic feasibility and impacts
of such developments on the northern Irish and Scottish economies, and also a sub-
regional levels within these economies.

This consortium is led by Scottish Association for Marine Science, and also includes researchers
from Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology; Centre for Sustainable
Technologies, University of Ulster; Institute of Technology, Sligo; and, QUESTOR, The Queen’s
University Belfast.

Fraser Economic Commentary

Since June 2009, I have been responsible for the preparation and writing of the “Forecast of the
Scottish Economy” section in the Fraser Economic Commentary. This reports three times a year
on developments in the Scottish economy and labour market, and possible future trends for the
Scottish economy over the short- to medium-term.

In addition to the above, I have also contributed to a large number of funded research projects in
the FAI over the last nine years, including:

SuperGen Highly Distributed Energy Futures: “HiDEF”, with Peter McGregor and Igor
Eromenko (all University of Strathclyde), Engineering and Physical science Research

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 Council (EPSRC), total Full Economic Cost value of c. £196,000, awarded in 2009

The economics of intermittency and penetration, part of SuperGen Marine Energy

Research Consortium (Phase 2), with Peter McGregor, Kim Swales and Karen Turner (all
University of Strathclyde), Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC),
total Full Economic Cost value of £482,927, awarded in 2007

Cross-technology innovation and dynamics, with Peter McGregor, Kim Swales and Karen
Turner (all University of Strathclyde), Engineering and Physical Science Research
Council (EPSRC), total Full Economic Cost value of £146,392, awarded in 2007

The macroeconomic rebound effect and the UK economy, with Nick Hanley (University of
Stirling), Peter McGregor, Kim Swales and Karen Turner (University of Strathclyde),
Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), £42,000, awarded in 2006

The economic impacts of the Old Firm football clubs on the Glasgow and Scottish
economies, with Stewart Dunlop and Kim Swales (both University of Strathclyde),
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, £25,000, awarded in 2004

The economic, social and environmental impacts of new marine technologies for the
generation of electricity, part of SuperGen Marine Energy Research Consortium
(Phase 1) with Peter McGregor, Kim Swales and Karen Turner (all University of
Strathclyde), Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), £215,864,
awarded in 2003

Refereeing

Regional Studies, Climate Policy, Energy Economics, Spatial Economic Analysis

Professional bodies

Member of Scottish Government “Input Output Expert Users Group”, 2010 –

Committee member: Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section,
September 2009 –

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