Dr Alexander Haupt

Alexander Haupt is Associate Professor (Reader) in Economics at the University of Plymouth. His research in predominately in the areas of public and environmental economics. Alexander analyses key challenges that societies face in the presence of increasing economic integration and global environmental problems. His publication topics range from international environmental agreements and energy efficiency to international tax competition and skilled labour mobility.

Over the years, Alexander has been taking on various roles, including Head of the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Member of the School Executive Team, Coordinator of the Business School's submission to the Research Excellence Framework and Lead of the Research Group Markets, Innovation and Competition. Before joining the University of Plymouth, he held positions at the European University Viadrina and the Universities of Regensburg and Mainz. 

His research visits include a one-year stay at the University of Colorado at Boulder and stays at the University of Munich, Beijing Normal University and the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance. Alexander is a Research Fellow of CESifo in Munich and a member of the Committees for Environmental and Resource Economics and for Population Economics of the German Economic Association.

• CESifo Research Network Fellow, Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich
• Member of the Committee for Environmental and Resource Economics of the German Economic Association
• Member of the Committee for Population Economics of the German Economic Association

Concluded and ongoing PhD supervision as Director of Studies (First Supervisor) since 2020:

• Fatima Badi, Predicting SMEs' credit risk using Artificial Intelligence Applications, ongoing, viva voce: 07/2025.
• Magdalena Kochanowicz, Silence in Market Reaction to Annual Reports; completion date: 05/2024; first job appointment after PhD: University of Plymouth.
• Gbemisola Adeoye, A Behavioural Approach to Housing Affordability in Southwest England Applying the Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour, completion date: 03/2024; first job appointment after PhD: University of Swansea.
• Yang Zhou, Income Inequality, Human Capital and Economic Growth in China, completion date: 07/2022; first job appointment after PhD: University of Swansea.

Environmental and Resource Economics; Public Economics; Microeconomics, Game Theory and its Applications; International Economics

Ongoing Research Papers/Projects:

Dascher, K., and Haupt, A. (2025), Time at Home and the Inexorable Rise of the Chess Block, Preliminary Draft, University of Plymouth and University of Regensburg.

Dascher, K., and Haupt, A. (2024), The ‘Daylit City’: Bright Houses on Blind Streets, Preliminary Draft, University of Plymouth and University of Regensburg.

Haupt, A. (2023), Environmental Policy and Renewable Energy in an Imperfectly Competitive Market, CESifo Working Paper 10524, Munich (see Research Outputs).

Haupt, A. and Paess, A., Leadership and Environmental Policy Diffusion.

Haupt, A. and Peters, W., Minimum Quality Standards, Regulatory Regimes and Trade under Monopolistic Competition.

Recent Media Engagement

Interview with Thea Rickard of Radio Heart on the Impact of the US Tariffs on the Economy, aired on Radio Heart Plymouth/Devon News on 03/04/25.

Interview with Anna Varle of BBC South West on the Impact of Dropping Birth Rates on the Economy in the South West, aired on Spotlight (BBC ONE South West) on 13/01/25, also covered on the BBC website. 

Interview with Ewan Murrie of BBC South West on the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement, aired on Politics South West (BBC One) on 20/11/22.

Past Research Visits

• Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Economics
• Beijing Normal University, School of Economics and Business Administration
• Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich
• University of Colorado at Boulder, Economics Department

Academic Qualifications

• PhD in Economics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
• MSc in Economics, University of Bonn