Overview
Background
Before joining the School of Economics in 2001, Peter Earl had spent a decade as Professor of Economics at Lincoln University in New Zealand. He decided to move to UQ after spending a semester in the School of Economics as a Visiting Professor in 1999 and having been impressed by the Library, the quality of the students and the School's strength in evolutionary economics.
He specialises in business economics, consumer research and economic method, with an interest in the impact of psychological factors and problems of information and knowledge on decision-making. He is also interested in Post Keynesian approaches to macroeconomics and monetary theory.
His approach blends elements from Austrian Economics, Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Economics, Institutional Economics and Post Keynesian Economics. He has served as co-editor of the Journal of Economic Psychology and is a founding member of the editorial boards of Review of Political Economy and Marketing Theory. He is the author or editor of eighteen books and numerous articles and book chapters.
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Fields of research
Works
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2013
Journal Article
The creative instability hypothesis
Earl, Peter E. and Potts, Jason (2013). The creative instability hypothesis. Journal of Cultural Economics, 37 (32), 153-173. doi: 10.1007/s10824-012-9174-6
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2012
Journal Article
Brands of economics and the trojan horse of pluralism
Earl, Peter E. and Peng, Ti-Ching (2012). Brands of economics and the trojan horse of pluralism. Review of Political Economy, 24 (3), 451-467. doi: 10.1080/09538259.2012.701927
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2010
Journal Article
Economic perspectives on the development of complex products for increasingly demanding customers
Earl, Peter E. and Wakeley, Tim (2010). Economic perspectives on the development of complex products for increasingly demanding customers. Research Policy, 39 (8), 1122-1132. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.05.006
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2010
Journal Article
Economics fit for the Queen: a pessimistic assessment of its prospects
Earl, Peter E. (2010). Economics fit for the Queen: a pessimistic assessment of its prospects. Prometheus, 28 (3), 209-225. doi: 10.1080/08109028.2010.511773
2023
Journal Article
Shackle's analysis of choice under uncertainty: its strengths, weaknesses and potential synergies with rival approaches
Earl, Peter E. (2023). Shackle's analysis of choice under uncertainty: its strengths, weaknesses and potential synergies with rival approaches. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 46 (3), 400-419. doi: 10.1080/01603477.2023.2222705
2023
Book Chapter
Policy Challenges, Ideologies, and the Evolution of Behavioural Economics
Earl, Peter E. (2023). Policy Challenges, Ideologies, and the Evolution of Behavioural Economics. Economic Policy and the History of Economic thought. (pp. 224-244) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003228097-14
2022
Journal Article
50 Years Ago: Duncan Ironmonger’s New Commodities and Consumer Behaviour and its relationship with Lancaster’s ‘New Approach’ to consumer behaviour
Earl, Peter E., Markey-Towler, Brendan and Coutts, Ken (2022). 50 Years Ago: Duncan Ironmonger’s New Commodities and Consumer Behaviour and its relationship with Lancaster’s ‘New Approach’ to consumer behaviour. History of Economics Review, 83 (1), 40-67. doi: 10.1080/10370196.2022.2106704
2022
Journal Article
Rules all the way down: consumer behaviour from the standpoint of the ‘ ONE behavioural’ research programme
Earl, Peter E. (2022). Rules all the way down: consumer behaviour from the standpoint of the ‘ ONE behavioural’ research programme. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 22 (3), 531-546. doi: 10.1002/cb.2035
2019
Journal Article
Book Review: Human Evolution, Economic Progress and Evolutionary Failure
Earl, Peter E. (2019). Book Review: Human Evolution, Economic Progress and Evolutionary Failure. Economic Record, 95 (311), 512-514. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12513
2019
Journal Article
Elusive optima: A process tracing analysis of procedural rationality in mobile phone connection plan choices
Earl, Peter E., Friesen, Lana and Shadforth, Christopher (2019). Elusive optima: A process tracing analysis of procedural rationality in mobile phone connection plan choices. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 161, 303-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.03.021
2019
Journal Article
An Experimental Analysis of Regulatory Interventions for Complex Pricing
Friesen, Lana and Earl, Peter E. (2019). An Experimental Analysis of Regulatory Interventions for Complex Pricing. Southern Economic Journal, 86 (3) soej.12414, 1241-1266. doi: 10.1002/soej.12414
2018
Journal Article
G. L. Shackle's introspective behavioral economics
Earl, Peter E. (2018). G. L. Shackle's introspective behavioral economics. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2 (1), 19-23.
2018
Journal Article
Richard H. Thaler: A Nobel Prize for Behavioural Economics
Earl, Peter E. (2018). Richard H. Thaler: A Nobel Prize for Behavioural Economics. Review of Political Economy, 30 (2), 107-125. doi: 10.1080/09538259.2018.1513236
2017
Journal Article
The efficiency of market-assisted choice: an experimental analysis of mobile phone connection service recommendations
Earl, Peter E. , Friesen, Lana and Shadforth, Christopher (2017). The efficiency of market-assisted choice: an experimental analysis of mobile phone connection service recommendations. Journal of Institutional Economics, 13 (4), 849-873. doi: 10.1017/S174413741700011X
2017
Journal Article
Lifestyle changes and the lifestyle selection process
Earl, Peter E. (2017). Lifestyle changes and the lifestyle selection process. Journal of Bioeconomics, 19 (1), 97-114. doi: 10.1007/s10818-016-9212-0
2017
Book Chapter
The evolution of behavioural economics
Earl, Peter E. (2017). The evolution of behavioural economics. Routledge handbook of behavioral economics. (pp. 5-17) edited by Roger Frantz, Shu-Heng Chen, Kurt Dopfer, Floris Heukelom and Shabnam Mousavi. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315743479
2016
Journal Article
The management of creative vision and the economics of creative cycles
Earl, Peter E. and Potts, Jason (2016). The management of creative vision and the economics of creative cycles. Managerial and Decision Economics, 37 (7), 474-484. doi: 10.1002/mde.2733
2016
Journal Article
The legacy of Ajit Singh (11 September 1940-23 June 2015)
Harcourt, G. C., Cosh, Andy, Hughes, Alan, Sen, Sunanda, Patnaik, Prabhat, Harris, Donald J., Whittington, Geoff, Meeks, Gay, Earl, Peter E., Rowthorn, Robert, Sen, Abhijit, Ghosh, Jayati, Nolan, Peter and Scherer, F. M. (2016). The legacy of Ajit Singh (11 September 1940-23 June 2015). Economic and Labour Relations Review, 27 (3), 293-313. doi: 10.1177/1035304616663348
2016
Book Chapter
Bounded rationality in the digital age
Earl, Peter E. (2016). Bounded rationality in the digital age. Minds, models and milieux : commemorating the centennial of the birth of Herbert Simon. (pp. 253-271) edited by Roger Frantz and Leslie Marsh. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137442505_15
2015
Journal Article
Multipart tariffs and bounded rationality: an experimental analysis of mobile phone plan choices
Friesen, Lana and Earl, Peter E. (2015). Multipart tariffs and bounded rationality: an experimental analysis of mobile phone plan choices. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116, 239-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.016
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Geographers, Geospatial Technology and Indigenous Knowledge
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske
Completed supervision
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Tertiary Educaiton Choices in New Zealand: A Pluralistic Investigation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor John Foster
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
A Pluralistic Analysis of Housing Renovation Choices in Brisbane
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Len Coote
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Essays on complexity, choice, and competition in the market for retirement funds
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Quiggin
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ECONOMIC MAN: THE GENESIS, SPREAD, IMPACT AND INSTITUTIONALISATION OF ECONOMIC IDEAS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor John Foster, Dr Julian Lamont
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Foundations for Economic Analysis: The Architecture of Socioeconomic Complexity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor John Foster
Media
Enquiries
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- Behavioural economics
- Business economics
- Car industry - economics
- Car sales
- Competition and the Internet
- Consumer policy
- Corporate strategy and economics
- Economics
- Economics - psychology
- Economics of corporate strategy
- Economics of the car industry
- Internet - competition economics
- Mobile phone provider choices
- Psychological economics
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