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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2009
Journal Article
Information technology and the economics of storing, spreading and generating knowledge
Earl, Peter E. (2009). Information technology and the economics of storing, spreading and generating knowledge. Prometheus, 27 (4), 389-401. doi: 10.1080/08109020903414275
2009
Journal Article
The competitive process in the age of the internet
Earl, Peter. E and Mandeville, Tom (2009). The competitive process in the age of the internet. Prometheus, 27 (3), 195-209. doi: 10.1080/08109020903127760
2009
Journal Article
Alternative perspectives on connections in economic systems
Earl, Peter E. and Wakeley, Tim (2009). Alternative perspectives on connections in economic systems. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 20 (2), 163-183. doi: 10.1007/s00191-009-0147-7
2009
Book Chapter
Price-based versus standards-based approaches to reducing car addiction and other environmentally destructive activities
Earl, Peter. E and Wakeley, Tim (2009). Price-based versus standards-based approaches to reducing car addiction and other environmentally destructive activities. Post Keynesian and ecological economics: Confronting environmental issues. (pp. 158-177) edited by Holt, Richard, P. F., Pressman, Steven and Spash, Clive. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
2008
Journal Article
Heterodox economics and the future of academic publishing
Earl, P.E. (2008). Heterodox economics and the future of academic publishing. On The Horizon: the strategic planning resource for education professionals, 16 (4), 205-213. doi: 10.1108/107381208109125538
2008
Edited Outputs
Regarding the past : proceedings of the 20th Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia : University of Queensland, 11-13 July, 2007
Peter E. Earl and Bruce Littleboy eds. (2008). Regarding the past : proceedings of the 20th Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia : University of Queensland, 11-13 July, 2007. 20th Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, St Lucia, Australia, 11-13 July, 2007. St Lucia, Australia: School of Economics, University of Queensland.
2007
Journal Article
Conjectures about future wants: some insights from evolutionary economics with reference to digital photography
Earl, P. E. and Wakeley, T. (2007). Conjectures about future wants: some insights from evolutionary economics with reference to digital photography. International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 3 (1), 24-38. doi: 10.1504/IJTIP.2007.013036
2007
Book Chapter
Fashion, growth and welfare: An evolutionary approach
Chai, Andreas, Earl, Peter E. and Potts, Jason (2007). Fashion, growth and welfare: An evolutionary approach. The evolution of consumption: Theories and practices. (pp. 187-207) edited by Marina Bianchi. Bingley, W Yorks, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1016/S1529-2134(07)10008-9
2007
Journal Article
Decision-rule cascades and the dynamics of speculative bubbles
Earl, Peter E., Peng, Ti-Ching and Potts, Jason (2007). Decision-rule cascades and the dynamics of speculative bubbles. Journal of Economic Psychology, 28 (3), 351-364. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.08.001
2007
Book Chapter
Consumer X-inefficiency and the problem of market regulation
Earl, Peter E. (2007). Consumer X-inefficiency and the problem of market regulation. Renaissance in Behavioral Economics: Essays in Memory of Harvey Leibenstein. (pp. 176-193) edited by Roger Frantz. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203020876
2006
Journal Article
Review of Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry, A. De Vaney, Routledge, London & New York, 2004
Earl, P E (2006). Review of Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry, A. De Vaney, Routledge, London & New York, 2004. Review of Political Economy, 18 (4), 577-579. doi: 10.1080/09538250600915774
2006
Journal Article
Review of The Elgar Companion of Post Keynesian economics, (ed.) J.E. King, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (2005)
Earl, Peter E. (2006). Review of The Elgar Companion of Post Keynesian economics, (ed.) J.E. King, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (2005). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 60 (4), 608-611. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.12.001
2006
Conference Publication
The economics of product development: A marginalist/evolutionary sythesis
Earl, P. E. and Wakeley, T. (2006). The economics of product development: A marginalist/evolutionary sythesis. Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, London, U.K., 14-16 July 2006. London, U.K.: UCL/LSE.
2006
Journal Article
Review of 'Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism', Arnold Heertje, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, Northampton MA, vii + 142 p.
Earl, P E (2006). Review of 'Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism', Arnold Heertje, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, Northampton MA, vii + 142 p.. History of Economics Review, 44, 120-122.
2006
Conference Publication
Entrepreneurship as a potential point of departure for a course in pluralist economic principles
Earl, P. E. and Wakeley, T. (2006). Entrepreneurship as a potential point of departure for a course in pluralist economic principles. Fifth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, UNSW Australia, 11-12 December 2006. Australia: Society of Heterodox Economists.
2006
Other Outputs
The economics of product development: A marginalist/ evolutionary sythesis
Earl, P. E. and Wakeley, Tim (2006). The economics of product development: A marginalist/ evolutionary sythesis.
2005
Journal Article
Review of The economics of sin: Rational choice or no choice at all?, S. Cameron, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002
Earl, Peter E. (2005). Review of The economics of sin: Rational choice or no choice at all?, S. Cameron, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26 (1), 147-149. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2004.09.001
2005
Conference Publication
The role of introspection, text and anecdotes in pluralistic approaches to economics
Earl, Peter E. and Wakeley, Tim (2005). The role of introspection, text and anecdotes in pluralistic approaches to economics. AHE Annual Conference 2005. The 7th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics: Pluralism in Economics, London, U.K., 15-17 July, 2005. U.K.: Association for Heterodox Economics.
2005
Journal Article
Economics and psychology in the twenty-first century
Earl, Peter E. (2005). Economics and psychology in the twenty-first century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29 (6), 909-926. doi: 10.1093/cje/bei077
2005
Other Outputs
Behavioural Economics and the Economics of Regulation
Earl, P. E. (2005). Behavioural Economics and the Economics of Regulation. Australia: The University of Queensland.
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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
Contact Dr Peter Earl directly for media enquiries about:
- 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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