Overview
Profile
Former Head of Bangor Business School and Professor of Economics
John Thornton is a Financial Stability Advisor with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington DC, USA and Visiting Professor in the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Uk. Previously, he was Head of Bangor Business School and Professor of Economics. Prior to joining Bangor Business School in 2008 he was with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, where he was, respectively, an Assistant Director in the Western Hemisphere Department, the Fiscal Affairs Department, and in the Middle East and Central Asia Department. He also held posts as the IMF resident representative in Nepal and in Costa Rica.
Professor Thornton has also been a staff member of the Economics Department of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation in Paris, and was Vice President of Economics at Merrill Lynch International in London. He previously spent a year as Lecturer in Banking and Finance at Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ and was a Lecturer in Macroeconomics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Education
PhD Economics, CASS Business School, London
MSc Economics, University of London
BSc Economics, University of Wales
Additional Contact Information
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Research Interests
Research and Teaching Interests
Macroeconomic policy in emerging market economies; finance and economic development; financial market regulation; macroeconomic management and fiscal decentralization; economics of terrorism.
Publications
2024
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Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., Sept 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 3, p. 158-171
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., 29 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Southern Economic Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Vasilakis, C. & Thornton, J., 9 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Accounting Literature.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Qu, X. & Thornton, J., 1 Mar 2024, RED Nacional de Investigadores en Economia.
Research output: Working paper - Published
Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 22 May 2024, In: Economics and Business Letters. 13, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
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Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Financial Stability. 67, 101134.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Khan, A. & Thornton, J., 1 Dec 2023, In: Finance Research Letters. 58, part B, 8 p., 104499.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Khan, A. & Thornton, J., Dec 2023, In: Energy Economics. 128, 12 p., 107197.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 1 Nov 2023, In: Economia Internazionale/International Economics. 76, 4, p. 495-528 34 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
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Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J., 28 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. 45, 4, p. 558–580 23 p., 4.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
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Altunbas, Y., Polizzi, S., Scannella, E. & Thornton, J., 15 Jul 2021, In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Thornton, J. & Uymaz, Y., Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 26, 4, p. 4879-4894
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., Jul 2021, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 26, 3, p. 4822-4839
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
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Molyneux, P., Reghezza, A., Thornton, J. & Xie, R., Feb 2020, In: Journal of Financial Services Research. 57, 1, p. 51-68
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Di Tommaso, C. & Thornton, J., Sept 2020, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 27, 5, p. 2286-2298
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., 13 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Finance and Economics. 25, 4, p. 499-510
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Klusak, P., Thornton, J. & Uymaz, Y., Mar 2020, In: Finance Research Letters. 33, 101194.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Reghezza, A., Seghezza, E. & Thornton, J., Jul 2020, In: Economics Letters. 192, 109176.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J., Nov 2020, In: Finance Research Letters. 37, 101355.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., May 2020, In: Finance Research Letters. 34, 101273.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
AltunbaÅŸ, Y., Thornton, J. & Uymaz, Y., Mar 2020, In: Finance Research Letters. 33, p. 101202 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., Jan 2020, In: Finance Research Letters. 32, 101180.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
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Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jun 2019, In: Finance Research Letters. 29, p. 61-67
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J., Feb 2019, In: Economics Letters. 175, p. 51-56
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
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Altunbas, Y., Thornton, J. & Uymaz, Y., Sept 2018, In: Finance Research Letters. 26, September, p. 1-8
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., Sept 2018, In: Finance Research Letters. 26, 9, p. 255-260
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Jan 2018, In: Economic Inquiry. 56, 1, p. 446-459
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Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., Sept 2018, In: Finance Research Letters. 26, p. 250-254
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
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Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. 20, p. 296-302
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Feb 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. p. 63-67
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Drago, D., Thornton, J. & Di Tommaso, C., Aug 2017, In: Finance Research Letters. 22, 8, p. 140-145
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
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Altunbas, Y., Di Tommaso, C. & Thornton, J., May 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 17, p. 246-250
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. & Vasilakis, C., Aug 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 18, August, p. 237-241
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J., Feb 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 16, 2, p. 143-153
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Di Tommaso, C. & Thornton, J., May 2016, In: Finance Research Letters. 17, p. 218-221
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J., 5 Dec 2016, In: Manchester School. 85, 1, p. 65-87
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2015
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Thornton, J. S. & Jaafar, A., 1 Dec 2015, In: International Journal of Accounting. 50, 4, p. 435-457
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
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Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J., 20 Aug 2014, In: Applied Economics. 46, 32, p. 3922-3930
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2012
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Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J. S., 1 Feb 2012, In: Economics Letters. 114, 2, p. 221-223
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Altunbas, Y., Thornton, J. S., AltunbaÅŸ, Y. & Thornton, J., 1 Jan 2012, In: Public Finance Review. 40, 1, p. 66-85
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011
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Altunbas, Y. & Thornton, J. S., 1 Jan 2011, In: Southern Economic Journal. 78, 2, p. 262-272
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Adedji, O., 1 Jul 2010, In: Applied Economics Letters. 17, 11, p. 1043-1047
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Adedji, O., 1 May 2010, In: Applied Economics Letters. 17, 7, p. 711-715
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jun 2010, In: Applied Economics Letters. 17, 8, p. 733-736
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Thornton, J. S., Lusinyan, L. & Thornton, J., 10 Jun 2010, In: Applied Economics.
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jun 2010, In: Applied Economics Letters. 17, 8, p. 737-740
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2009
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Sept 2009, In: Economists' Voice. 6, 10, p. Article 1
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform. 12, 2, p. 127-132
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Bornhorst, F., Gupta, S. & Thornton, J. S., 1 Dec 2009, In: European Journal of Political Economy. 25, 4, p. 439-446
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jan 2009, In: Applied Economics Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Sept 2009, In: Applied Economics Letters. 16, 14, p. 1461-1466
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Lusinyan, L., 1 Mar 2009, In: Applied Economics. 41, 7, p. 859-868
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jun 2008, In: South African Journal of Economics. 76, 2, p. 316-320
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jan 2008, In: Journal of African Economies. 17, 3, p. 451-464
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Mati, A., 1 Jan 2008, In: Public Finance Review. 36, 2, p. 243-254
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S., 1 Mar 2008, In: Economics Letters. 98, 3, p. 247-252
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Adedji, O., 1 May 2008, In: Economics Letters. 99, 2, p. 349-352
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Sept 2008, In: South African Journal of Economics. 76, 3, p. 356-366
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J., Bornhorst, F. & Gupta, S., 1 Jul 2008, Unknown.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report - Published
Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 29 Jan 2008, In: Applied Economics Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S. & Mati, A., 1 Jul 2008, In: Economics Letters. 100, 1, p. 115-118
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2007
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Urban Economics. 61, 1, p. 64-70
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jan 2007, In: Economics Letters. 95, 1, p. 140-145
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Jun 2007, In: South African Journal of Economics. 72, 2, p. 258-264
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Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Adedji, O., 1 Jun 2007, In: Journal of African Economies. 16, 3, p. 393-405
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Thornton, J. S. & Thornton, J., 1 Apr 2007, In: Southern Economic Journal. 73, 4, p. 858-870
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Thornton, J. S., Thornton, J. & Lusinyan, L., 1 Sept 2007, In: South African Journal of Economics. 75, 3, p. 496-507
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1994
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Molyneux, P., Lloyd-Williams, D. M. & Thornton, J., May 1994, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 18, 3, p. 445-459
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