Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym

Senior Lecturer in Economics

r.a.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 388814

Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym

Dr Rhys ap Gwilym is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at 快活影院鈥檚 Business School. He trained as a macroeconomist at Cardiff University, gaining his PhD on the 鈥淢acroeconomic Implications of Behavioural Finance Models鈥� in 2009. His academic research has involved developing models which introduce behavioural factors into macroeconomic analysis (including DSGE models) and the analysis of financial instruments in a general equilibrium setting. He has published in journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Economics Letters and the Southern Economic Journal.

More recently, his research interests have evolved to cover spatial economics and public finance. He is currently working on a project examining how geographical differences in access to finance influence regional economic disparities; in particular the links between the financialization of land and regional economic development.

Rhys has a strong interest in regional development policy and its role in Wales in particular. He has been a principal investigator on two grant-funded research projects for the Welsh Government relating to land value tax and tourism taxes. He is a member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs鈥� Economic Policy Group, where he has been involved in the development of discussion papers on the Welsh economy. He recently contributed to the 鈥渆xpert roundtable on the Welsh tax base & implications for public policy鈥�.

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r.a.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk

01248 38 8814

Rhys currently teaches 1st year Economics; and a 3rd year module in Financial Economics. He has previously taught courses in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation as well as contributing topics on monetary economics, Brexit, public finance and regional economic development to other courses.

2024

  • Published
    Ap Gwilym, R. & Osti, L., 8 May 2024, The Conversation.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication 鈥� Article

2022

  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., Closs-Davies, S., Jones, E. & Rogers, H., 8 Nov 2022, GSR report number 70/2022 ed. Cardiff: Welsh Government.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Other report

2020

  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., Jones, E. & Rogers, H., 18 Mar 2020, 17/2020 ed. Caerdydd: Welsh Government.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Other report
  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., Ebrahim, M. S., el Alaoui, A. O., Rahman, H. & Taamouti, A., May 2020, In: Economic Modelling. 87, p. 358-371
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2014

  • Published
    Ebrahim, M. S., Mathur, I. & ap Gwilym, R., 5 Aug 2014, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 49, p. 553鈥�569
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2013

  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R. & Ebrahim, M. S., 1 Mar 2013, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 37, 3, p. 824-836
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., 1 Jul 2013, In: Southern Economic Journal. 80, 1, p. 252-270
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., Kanas, A. & Molyneux, P., 1 Oct 2013, In: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. 26, p. 239-257
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2010

  • Published
    ap Gwilym, R., 1 Aug 2010, In: Economics Letters. 108, 2, p. 187-189
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2024

  • Contribution to Finance Committee session

    25 Sep 2024

    Links:

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • Presentation at the Operational research Society Annual Conference 2024

    12 Sep 2024

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2023

  • 22 Sep 2023

    Links:

    Activity: Other (Contributor)

2022

  • Written evidence provided by Sara Closs-Davies, Rhys ap Gwilym, Helen Rogers and Edward Jones, to Welsh Government's Phase 1 Consultation on A Fairer Council Tax

    11 Nov 2022

    Links:

    Activity: Consultancy (Consultant)

  • Institute Of European Finance - Centre for Responsible Banking

    2022 鈫�

    Links:

    Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2019

  • Written evidence submitted by Bangor Business School, 快活影院 in response to the Treasury Committee, House of Commons (UK) inquiry on the impact of business rates on businesses.

    30 Apr 2019

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • 01/07/2022 鈥� 30/01/2023 (Finished)

  • 01/10/2019 鈥� 01/08/2020 (Finished)