Christopher Stapenhurst
Christopher Stapenhurst
Economist
Economist
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I am a Research Fellow in the QSMS research group at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. My research applies tools from microeconomic theory and statistics to study social problems such as corruption, inequality, and environmental degredation. I particularly enjoy coding and writing proofs. I teach MSc courses on econometrics and pricing theory, and I organise seminars. Please get in touch if you would like to give a talk!
I am a Research Fellow in the QSMS research group at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. My research applies tools from microeconomic theory and statistics to study social problems such as corruption, inequality, and environmental degredation. I particularly enjoy coding and writing proofs. I teach MSc courses on econometrics and pricing theory, and I organise seminars. Please get in touch if you would like to give a talk!
I previously worked as a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen on the ESRC funded project "The Economics of Marine Plastic Pollution – What are the Benefits of International Cooperation?" (ES/S002448/2). In the same year, I was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Andrew Clausen and Ina Taneva. I hold MSc's in Economics (University of Edinburgh) and Mathematics (London School of Economics). Before switching to an academic career, I worked as an Assistant Economist at the Office for National Statistics. Find more details in my CV.
I previously worked as a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen on the ESRC funded project "The Economics of Marine Plastic Pollution – What are the Benefits of International Cooperation?" (ES/S002448/2). In the same year, I was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Andrew Clausen and Ina Taneva. I hold MSc's in Economics (University of Edinburgh) and Mathematics (London School of Economics). Before switching to an academic career, I worked as an Assistant Economist at the Office for National Statistics. Find more details in my CV.
Besides research, I enjoy trail running, rock climbing and foraging.
Besides research, I enjoy trail running, rock climbing and foraging.
Research
Research
Publications
Publications
Bethlendi A. and Stapenhurst C. (2025) Growth or stability? Using social risk preferences to guide industrial policy. Journal of Economic Policy Reform. Code.
Beaumont, N., Börger, T., Clark, J., Hanley, N., Johnston, R., Meginnis, K., Stapenhurst, C. and de Vries, F. (2025) Cooperative agreement between countries of the North Atlantic Ocean reduces marine plastic pollution but with unequal economic benefits Communications Earth and Environment. Code.
Abul Naga, R., Stapenhurst, C. and Yalonetzky, G. (2024) Inferring Inequality: Testing for Median-Preserving Spreads in Ordinal Data. Econometric Reviews. Code: functions, results
Abul Naga, R., Stapenhurst, C. and Yalonetzky, G. (2020) Asymptotic Versus Bootstrap Inference for Inequality Indices of the Cumulative Distribution Function, Econometrics 8.
Abul Naga, R. and Stapenhurst, C. (2015) Estimation of inequality indices of the cumulative distribution function, Economics Letters 130.
Working Papers
Working Papers
Efficient, Fair and Stable Agreements for Abating Marine Plastic Pollution (with Sreoshi Banerjee, funded by the Sustainable Development and Technologies National Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). Code. Submitted.
Turning Bribes into Lemons: an Optimal Mechanism (with Andrew Clausen, funded by the BME Research Fellowship Programme). Play Scotch Hold'em Poker! Slides
Two Stage Mechanisms for Matching Students and Supervisors (with Fatma Aslan and Vivien Surman). Submitted.
Double Monitoring: A negative result. (Funded by the BME Research Fellowship Programme). Submitted.
Works in progress
Works in progress
Red or Gold (with Andrew Clausen and John Moore, funded by the BME Research Fellowship Programme).
Strategy-proof Stochastic Matching (with József Pínter and Regina Stangl).
Coordinated and Results-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (with Charlotte Gerling).
Old
Old
Lemons by Design: Sowing Secrets to Curb Corruption (with Andrew Clausen)
Forecasting Interest and Inflation with a Bayesian Vector Error Correction Model
Other
Other
Teaching
Teaching
Introduction to Financial Mathematics (MSc)
Introduction to Financial Mathematics (MSc)
2023 Take home exam 1
2024 Take home exam 2
Pricing and Price Forecasting (MSc)
Pricing and Price Forecasting (MSc)
Other
Other
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