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Professor Prasada Rao
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- Professor -
+61 7 336 56780
Professor
Professor John Foster
Email: j.foster@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 336 56780
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 639 [colin clark building]
Qualifications: BA(Hons) Coventry, MA(Econ) Manchester, PhD Manchester, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Research interests:
- Complex economic systems: theory and methodology
- The economics of low carbon energy generation and carbon abatement policy
- The statistical properties of time series data in complex economic systems
Selected Publications:
- Foster, John, Hinich, Melvin J. and Wild, Phillip (2008) Randomly modulated periodic signals in Australia`s National Electricity market. The Energy Journal, 29 3: 105-129.
- Metcalfe, JS, Foster, J and Ramiogan, R (2006) Adaptive economic growth. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30 1: 7-32.
- Foster, John (2011) Evolutionary macroeconomics: a research agenda Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 21, pp. 5-28.
- Wild, Phillip, Foster, John and Hinich, Melvin J. (2010) Identifying nonlinear serial dependence in volatile, high-frequency time series and its implications for volatility modeling. Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 14, Supplement S1, pp. 88-110
- Dopfer, K., Foster, J. and Potts, J. (2004) “Micro-meso-macro” Journal of Evolutionary Economics (A), vol. 14, pp. 263-280
Grants:
- Assessing the impacts of proposed carbon trading and tax schemes on the Australian electricity industry and the overall economy. ARC Linkage Grant (with John Quiggin), $323,986 (July 2008 – June 2011)
- Market and economic modelling of distributed generation and local cooperating agent-based demand side management. CSIRO, iGRID Flagship Grant, $571,000 (July 2008 - June 2011)
PhD candidates
- Professor -
+61 7 334 63483
Professor
Professor Paul Frijters
Email: p.frijters@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 334 63483
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 609 [colin clark building]
Research interests:
- How socio-economic variables affect the human life experience and the `unanswerable` economic mysteries in life.
Selected publications:
- Frijters, P., Shields, M.A., and J.P. Haisken-DeNew (2004), Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real incomes in East Germany following reunification`, American Economic Review, 94 (3), pp. 730
- Ferrer-i-Carbonel, A., Frijters, P. (2004), `The effect of methodology on the determinants of happiness, Economic Journal 114, 641-659. Press Statement.
- Frijters, P, and Van der Klaauw, B. (2006), Job search with nonparticipation, Economic Journal, 239-277. Tinbergen Insitute Discussion Paper. IZA working paper. Press Statement.
- Clark, A., Frijters, P., Shileds, M.A. (2008) A survey of the income happiness gradient, Journal of Economic Literature, 46 (1), March 2008, pp. 95-144. also IZA, NCER, and DELTA Discussion Paper.
- Frijters, P., Shields, M.A., and J.P. Haisken-DeNew (2010), Socio-economic status, health shocks, life satisfaction and mortality: Evidence from an increasingly mixed proportional hazard model, (Forth
- Professor & Deputy Head of School -
+61 7 336 56559
Professor Simon Grant
Email: simongrant@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 336 56559
Location: 620 [colin clark building]
Qualifications: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1991
Research interests:
- Decision making under uncertainty
- Non-expected utility theory
- Applying non-expected utility theory to games and social choice
Selected publications:
- Grant, S., A. Kajii, B. Polak and Z. Safra, 2010, "Generalized Utilitarianism and Harsanyi`s Impartial Observer Theorem," Econometrica, 78(6), 1939-1971.
- Chateauneuf, A., Eichberger, J. and S. Grant, 2007, "Choice under uncertainty with the best and worst in Mind: Neo-additive capacities," Journal of Economic Theory, 137, 538 - 567.
- Grant, S., A. Kajii and B. Polak, 1998, "Instrinsic Preference for Information", Journal of Economic Theory, 83, 233-259.
- Grant, S. and A. Kajii, 1995, "A Cardinal Characterization of the Rubinstein-Safra-Thomson Axiomatic Bargaining Theory", Econometrica, 63, 1241-1249.
- Grant, S., 1995, "Subjective Probability without Eventwise Monotonicity: or How Machina`s Mom May also be Probabilistically Sophisticated", Econometrica, 63, 159-189.
- Professor -
+61 7 336 56784
Professor
Professor Andrew McLennan
Email: a.mclennan@economics.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 336 56784
Location: 520 [colin clark building]
Qualifications: BA (Mathematics) University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Economics) Princeton
Research interests:
- Game Theory
- Microeconomics
Publications:
- McLennan, Andrew and Tourky, Rabee (2010) Imitation games and computation. Games and Economic Behavior, 70 1: 4-11.
- McLennan, Andrew and Tourky Rabee (2010) Simple complexity from imitation games. Games and Economic Behavior, 68 2: 683-688.
- McLennan, A. and Tourky, R. (2008) Using volume to prove Sperner`s Lemma. Economic Theory, 35 3: 593-597.
- McLennan, A. and Berg, J. (2005) Asymptotic expected number of Nash equilibria of two-player normal form games. Games and Economic Behavior, 51 2: 264-295.
- McLennan, A (2005) The expected number of Nash equilibria of a normal form game. Econometrica, 73 1: 141-174.
- Professor & Head of School -
+61 7 336 56340
Professor & Head of School
Professor & Head of School Flavio Menezes
Email: f.menezes@economics.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 336 56340
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 600 [colin clark building]
Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, 1985. Master of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, FGV, 1988. Ph.D. in Economics, University of Illinois, 1993.
Research interests:
- Game Theory
Selected publications:
- Menezes, Flavio M. and Quiggin, J (2010) Markets for influence. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28 3: 307-310.
- Menezes, Flavio M. and Roessler, Christian (2010) Good and bad consistency in regulatory decisions. The Economic Record, 86 (275): 504-516, 2010.
- An Introduction to Auction Theory (with Paulo Monteiro). Oxford University Press, January 2005; http://www.oup.com. Second (paperback) edition published in 2008.
- Agastya, M., Menezes, F. and Sengupta, K. (2007) Cheap talk, efficiency and egalitarian cost sharing in joint projects. Games and Economic Behaviour, 60 1: 1-19.
- Menezes, F. and Pitchford, R. (2006) Binary games with many players. Economic Theory, 28 1: 125-143.
PhD candidates
Fernando Tavares Camacho, Craig Malam, Jorge Montecinos
- Professor -
+61 7 334 69256
Professor
Professor Christopher O`Donnell
Email: c.odonnell@economics.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 334 69256
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 536 [colin clark building]
Research interests:
- Agricultural Economics
- Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
- Economic Models and Forecasting
Selected publications:
- O'Donnell, C. J. (2012). Nonparametric estimates of the components of productivity and profitability change in U.S. agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(4):873-890.
- O'Donnell, C. J. (2012). An aggregate quantity framework for measuring and decomposing productivity change. Journal of Productivity Analysis 38(3):255-272.
- Nauges, C., O'Donnell, C.J. and J. Quiggin (2011). Uncertainty and technical efficiency in Finnish agriculture: a state-contingent approach. European Review of Agricultural Economics 38(4):449-467.
- O'Donnell, C.J., Chambers, R.G. and J. Quiggin (2010) Efficiency analysis in the presence of uncertainty. Journal of Productivity Analysis 33(1):1-17.
- Griffiths, W.E. and C.J. O'Donnell (2005) Estimating variable returns to scale production frontiers with alternative stochastic assumptions. Journal of Econometrics 126(2):385-409.
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- Professor/ARC Laureate Fellow -
+61 7 334 69646
Professor/ARC Laureate Fellow
Professor John Quiggin
Email: j.quiggin@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 334 69646
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 551A [colin clark building]
Qualifications: BA(Hons),BEc(Hons),MEc (ANU), PhD (UNE)
- Professor/ARC Professorial Fellow -
+61 7 336 56424
Professor/ARC Professorial Fellow
Professor Prasada Rao
Email: p.rao@economics.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 336 56424
Fax: +61 7 336 57299
Location: 540 [colin clark building]
Qualifications: M.A (Economics), Andhra University, India. PhD (Econometrics) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India)
Research interests:
- Index Number methods for spatial and temporal comparisons.
- Measurement of Efficiency and Productivity.
- Purchasing Power Parities – methods for compilation.
Selected Publications:
- “Global Income Distributions and Inequality, 1993 and 2000: Incorporating country-Level Inequality Modelled with Beta Distributions”, Review of Economics and Statistics (available online 7 October, 2010). (jointly with D. Chotikapanich, Bill Griffiths and Vicar Valencia),
- “Australian Private Health Insurance Productivity Growth: Is There Scope to Limit Premium Increases?“, Economic Record (accepted for publication 20/8/2010) (Jointly with Roger Carrington and Tim Coelli),
- “Explaining agricultural productivity growth: an international perspective”, Agricultural Economics, Vol. 41, 1, pp. 1-14, 2010 (jointly with Derek Headey and Mohammad Alauddin)
- “ Extrapolation of Purchasing Power Parities using Multiple Benchmarks and Auxiliary Information: A New Approach”, Review of Income and Wealth, Special Issue. Series 56, Special Issue 1, June, 2010, pp. S59-S98. (jointly with Alicia Rambaldi and Howard Doran)
- “ Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers for Multilateral Price Comparisons and their Standard Errors”, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 56, Special Issue 1, June, 2010, pp. S32-S58. (jointly with Gholamreza Hajargasht)
- Professor -
+61 7 334 67071
Professor
Professor Rabee Tourky
Email: rabeetourky@gmail.com (preferred) r.tourky@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 334 67071
Location: 546 [colin clark building]
Research interests:
- Economic Theory
- Econometric Theory
- Computational Economics
Selected publications:
- McLennan, Andrew; Monteiro, Paulo K.; and Tourky, Rabee: Games with Discontinuous Payoffs: a Strengthening of Reny’s Existence Theorem. Forthcoming in Econometrica 2011.
- McLennan, Andrew and Tourky, Rabee (2010) Imitation games and computation. Games and Economic Behavior, 70 1: 4-11.
- McLennan, Andrew and Tourky Rabee (2010) Simple complexity from imitation games. Games and Economic Behavior, 68 2: 683-688.
- Professor -
+61 7 334 67061
Professor Pravin Trivedi
Email: p.trivedi@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 334 67061
Fax: +61 7 3365 6666
Location: Room 628, [colin clark building]
Qualifications: B.Sc(Econ), M.Sc. (Econometrics), PhD, London School of Economics.
Research interests:
- Microeconometric methods for panels and cross sections
- Analysis of count data
- Role of self-selection and incentives in health care insurance and utilization.
Selected publications:
- Regression Analysis of Count Data Second Edition (with A. Colin Cameron). Econometric Society Monograph No. 30, Cambridge University Press, in press.
- Finite Mixture for Panels with Fixed Effects, forthcoming Journal of Econometric Methods (with P. Deb).
- Medicare Health Plan Choice of the Elderly – A Choice-with-Screening Model, (with Qian Li). Journal of Business Economics and Statistics. 30:1 (2012), 81-93
- Alternative approaches for econometric analysis of panel count data using dynamic latent class models (with application to doctor visits data). Health Economics 21 (Supplement 1), 2012, 101-128 (with J. Hyppolite).
- Bayesian Analysis of the Ordered Probit Model with Endogenous Selection, (with M. Munkin), Journal of Econometrics, 143 (2008) 334–348
