Research on the economic impact of Dubai Metro

A team of academics from Henley Business School, including Dr Miriam Marra, Lecturer in Finance have undertaken a research project on the economic benefit of the Dubai Metro.

Dubaimetro

Commissioned by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the cross-disciplinary project spanned various research interests across the Business School.

Innovative research tools, which include new and existing forms of data such as textual sentiment analysis were used. Quantitative and qualitative research methods have helped develop transferable tools for the project.

Read the full story on the Henley website.

Dr Miriam Marra

Associate Professor of Finance, ICMA Centre

Dr Miriam Marra

Published	19 April 2018
Topics: Research news

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