Qualifications B.Ap.Econ. (First Class Honours and University Medal); Dip.Comp.Sc.; PhD, University of New England

Professor Coelli is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Economics.   His research interests include: efficiency and productivity measurement, involving the use of econometric methods in production economics, such as stochastic frontier production and cost functions, index numbers and data envelopment analysis (DEA). He has written computer software (in Fortran) that can estimate some of these models. The majority of applied research has involved either developing country agriculture or public sector organisations, with a recent focus on performance measurement for use in the regulation of infrastructure industries.
Currently holds editorial appointments with the Journal of Productivity Analysis and Agricultural Economics.

BOOKS

• Coelli, T.J. and D. Lawrence (eds.) (2006), Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham,
• Coelli, T.J., Prasada Rao, D.S., O’Donnell, C.J. and Battese, G.E. (2005), An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, 2nd Edition, Springer, New York, 366 pp.
• Coelli, T.J., Estache, A., Perelman, S. and Trujillo, L. (2003), A Primer on Efficiency Measurement for Utilities and Transport Regulators, World Bank Publications, 129 pp.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Coelli, T.J. and S. Walding (2006), “Performance Measurement in the Australian Water Supply Industry: A Preliminary Analysis” in Coelli, T.J. and D. Lawrence (eds.) (2006), Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 29-66.
• Rungsuriyawiboon, S. and T.J. Coelli (2006), “Regulatory reform and economic performance in US electricity generation” in Coelli, T.J. and D. Lawrence (eds.) (2006), Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 267-296.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Peyrache, A. and T.J. Coelli (2008), “Testing procedures for detection of linear dependencies in efficiency models”, European Journal of Operations Research, to appear.
• Hajargasht, G., T.J. Coelli and D.S.P. Rao (2008), “A Dual Measure of Economies of Scope”, Economics Letters, 100, 185-188.
• Coelli, T.J., L. Lauwers and G. van Huylenbroeck (2007), “Environmental efficiency measures and the materials balance condition”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, in press.
• Nghiem, H.S., T.J. Coelli and D.S.P. Rao (2006), “The Efficiency of Microfinance in Vietnam: Evidence from NGO Schemes in the North and the Central Regions”, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2(5), 71-78.
• de Mateo, F., T.J. Coelli and C.J. O'Donnell, (2006), “Optimal Paths and Costs of Adjustment in Dynamic DEA Models: With Application to Chilean Department Stores”, Annals of Operations Research, 145, 211–227.
• Carrington, R., T.J. Coelli and D.S.P. Rao (2005), “The Performance of Australian Universities: Conceptual Issues and Preliminary Results”, Australian Economic Papers, 24, 145-163.
• O'Donnell, C.J. and Coelli, T.J. (2005), "A Bayesian approach to imposing curvature on distance functions", Journal of Econometrics, 126, 493-523.
• Coelli, T.J. and D.S.P. Rao (2005), "Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture: A Malmquist Index Analysis of 93 Countries, 1980-2000", Agricultural Economics, 32(1s), 115-134.
• Coelli, T.J. and Fleming, E. (2004), "Diversification Economies and Specialisation Efficiencies in a Mixed Food and Coffee Smallholder Farming System in Papua New Guinea" Agricultural Economics, 31, 229-239.