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Professor John Quiggin
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John Quiggin

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Overview

Background

John Quiggin is a VC Senior Fellow in Economics at the University of Queensland. He is prominent both as a research economist and as a commentator on Australian economic policy. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and many other learned societies and institutions. He has produced over 1500 publications, including six books and over 200 refereed journal articles, in fields including decision theory, environmental economics, production economics, and the theory of economic growth. He has also written on policy topics including climate change, micro-economic reform, privatisation, employment policy and the management of the Murray-Darling river system. His latest book, Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work so Well and Why they can Fail so Badly, was released in 2019 by Princeton University Press.

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Professor John Quiggin is:
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Australian National University
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Economics, Australian National University
  • Masters (Coursework), Australian National University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England Australia
  • Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Research impacts

In addition to scholarly books and journal articles, I have had an impact on public discussion of policy issues through a wide variety of new and traditional media, and through direct engagement with stakeholders and the general public. I have taken an active part in public debate, both in Australia and internationally, through books, magazines newspaper articles and appearances in electronic media. My book, Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us, published by Princeton University Press has been translated into eight languages and sold more than 20 000 copies. My work is regularly cited in the New York Times, The Economist and other leading international publications. For example, a search of the New York Times reveals 30 citations to me in the past 5 years, and The Economist 48. I have published invited articles in leading international newspapers and policy journals, including the Chronicle of Higher Education, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek Daily Beast, the National Interest and the New York Times. I have also been prominent in 'New Media' (although this term has now become somewhat dated). I maintain an individual blog (listed in the top 100 economics blogs http://www.onalyticaindexes.com/2012/11/26/ top-200-most-influential-economics-blogs/) and participate in the Crooked Timber group blog, regularly listed among the world's leading academic blogs. My public Facebook page has over 500 followers and my Twitter feed more than 5000. As part of my commitment to public debate I have regularly made submissions to, and appeared before, Parliamentary inquiries into a wide range of topics, notably including the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Commonwealth Hansard produces 266 results in a search for my name. My public policy work has been recognised through appointments to the Boards of the Queensland Competition Authority and the Climate Change Authority. My work has had a substantial impact, as recognized by a variety of criteria and metrics. My work has been recognised through awards including Fellowship of the Econometrics Society, Distinguished Fellowship of the Economics Society of Australia, Distinguished Fellowship of the American Agricultural Economics Society, Distinguished Alumni awards from the University of New England and Australian National University and election as President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. I have also been invited to hold numerous Fellowships, adjunct and honorary professorships and the like. Examples include the Centre for Policy Development (Sydney), the Cairns Institute (James Cook University Cairns Campus), the University of Maryland College Park, the Inaugural Don Dunstan Visiting Professorship at the University of Adelaide, the Centre for the Economic Analysis ofRisk, Georgia State University and the Hinkley Visiting Professorship at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Works

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2019

Journal Article

Market selection with differential financial constraints

Guerdjikova, Ani and Quiggin, John (2019). Market selection with differential financial constraints. Econometrica, 87 (5), 1693-1762. doi: 10.3982/ECTA15328

Market selection with differential financial constraints

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2019

Book

Economics in two lessons: why markets work so well, and why they can fail so badly

Quiggin, John (2019). Economics in two lessons: why markets work so well, and why they can fail so badly. Princeton, NJ, United States: Princeton University Press. doi: 10.1515/9780691186108

Economics in two lessons: why markets work so well, and why they can fail so badly

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2018

Journal Article

Contracting under uncertainty: a principal-agent model with ambiguity averse parties

Grant, Simon, Kline, J. Jude and Quiggin, John (2018). Contracting under uncertainty: a principal-agent model with ambiguity averse parties. Games and Economic Behavior, 109 (Econometrica 79 2011), 582-597. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2018.02.008

Contracting under uncertainty: a principal-agent model with ambiguity averse parties

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2013

Journal Article

Capabilities as menus: a non-welfarist basis for QALY evaluation

Bleichrodt, Han and Quiggin, John (2013). Capabilities as menus: a non-welfarist basis for QALY evaluation. Journal of Health Economics, 32 (1), 128-137. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.004

Capabilities as menus: a non-welfarist basis for QALY evaluation

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2010

Book

Zombie economics: how dead ideas still walk among us

Quiggin, J. (2010). Zombie economics: how dead ideas still walk among us. Princeton, NJ, United States: Princeton University Press.

Zombie economics: how dead ideas still walk among us

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2008

Journal Article

Stern and his critics on discounting and climate change: An editorial essay

Quiggin, John (2008). Stern and his critics on discounting and climate change: An editorial essay. Climatic Change, 89 (3-4), 195-205. doi: 10.1007/s10584-008-9434-9

Stern and his critics on discounting and climate change: An editorial essay

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1999

Journal Article

Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost-benefit analysis?

Bleichrodt, H and Quiggin, J (1999). Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost-benefit analysis?. Journal of Health Economics, 18 (6), 681-708. doi: 10.1016/S0167-6296(99)00014-4

Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost-benefit analysis?

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1997

Journal Article

True measures of GDP and convergence

Dowrick, S and Quiggin, J (1997). True measures of GDP and convergence. American Economic Review, 87 (1), 41-64.

True measures of GDP and convergence

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1982

Journal Article

A Theory of Anticipated Utility

Quiggin, J (1982). A Theory of Anticipated Utility. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 3 (4), 323-343. doi: 10.1016/0167-2681(82)90008-7

A Theory of Anticipated Utility

2024

Journal Article

Will irresistible force overcome immovable object?

Quiggin, John (2024). Will irresistible force overcome immovable object?. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 68 (3), 535-540. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12571

Will irresistible force overcome immovable object?

2024

Journal Article

Full employment and working future

Quiggin, John (2024). Full employment and working future. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 35 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1017/elr.2024.8

Full employment and working future

2024

Book Chapter

Reaching for Utopia: opportunities for redistributing work and leisure, strengthening dignity and social justice

Quiggin, John (2024). Reaching for Utopia: opportunities for redistributing work and leisure, strengthening dignity and social justice. The future of work and technology. (pp. 188-205) edited by Andreas Cebulla. Boca Raton, FL, United States: Chapman and Hall/CRC. doi: 10.1201/9781003393757-10

Reaching for Utopia: opportunities for redistributing work and leisure, strengthening dignity and social justice

2024

Book

After Neoliberalism

Quiggin, John (2024). After Neoliberalism. ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/an.2024

After Neoliberalism

2023

Journal Article

The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) Review 2023: A missed opportunity

Quiggin, John (2023). The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) Review 2023: A missed opportunity. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 34 (3), 1-7. doi: 10.1017/elr.2023.39

The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) Review 2023: A missed opportunity

2023

Book Chapter

Promoting economic growth and rising living standards

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). Promoting economic growth and rising living standards. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 112-117) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00015

Promoting economic growth and rising living standards

2023

Book Chapter

What are governments for?

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). What are governments for?. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 2-13) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00006

What are governments for?

2023

Book Chapter

Coping with Covid: public health responses - the trade-off that didn't exist

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). Coping with Covid: public health responses - the trade-off that didn't exist. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 139-155) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00019

Coping with Covid: public health responses - the trade-off that didn't exist

2023

Book Chapter

Promoting economic security and social stability

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). Promoting economic security and social stability. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 118-128) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00016

Promoting economic security and social stability

2023

Book Chapter

Enhancing personal autonomy

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). Enhancing personal autonomy. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 104-111) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00014

Enhancing personal autonomy

2023

Book Chapter

Appendix 2. Western welfare publics support the welfare state in principle

Headey, Bruce, Muffels, Ruud and Quiggin, John (2023). Appendix 2. Western welfare publics support the welfare state in principle. Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (pp. 190-191) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035312306.00024

Appendix 2. Western welfare publics support the welfare state in principle

Funding

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2022
    Economic complexity as a driver of innovation and smart specialisation (ARC Linkage Project administered by Flinders University)
    Flinders University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Black Swans, Martingales and Multiple Priors: Macrofinancial theory and policy in the presence of unanticipated contingencies
    Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    ''We are the people from that land'': Beyond big coal by centering Indigenous peoples' rights in the transition to a sustainable low carbon future (GCI Flagships)
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Epistemically feasible choice: implications for sustainable risk management
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Coal Seam Gas & the Precautionary Principal
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2019
    Black swans and unknown unknowns: Financial markets and their interaction with the macroeconomy in the presence of unanticipated contingencies
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Games and decisions with bounded rationality: theory and economic implications
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Modelling impact of Basin Plan
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Defend or retreat? Adapting to the impacts of sea level rise as a result of rapid climate change
    ARC Super Science Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Assessing the impacts of proposed carbon trading and tax schemes on the Australian electricity industry and the overall economy
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Impacts of reduced water availability on irrigated agricultural production in the Victorian Murray-Darling Basin
    Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Defining the impacts of climate change
    Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    State-contingent analysis of productivity, efficiency and innovation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2012
    Climate Change: adaptation and resilience in the face of uncertainty
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2009
    ARC Research Network in Spatially Integrated Social Science
    ARC Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Sustainable Reform of the Murray-Darling System: Property Rights, Uncertainty and Institutions
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2008
    ARC Centre for Complex Systems
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Risk and Australian Public Policy
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    The state-contingent approach to the economics of uncertainty:agricultural and general applications
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

Supervision

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Enquiries

Contact Professor John Quiggin directly for media enquiries about:

  • Australian economic policy
  • Climate change economics
  • drought economics
  • Economic growth
  • Economic policy - Australia
  • Economics
  • Employment policy - economics
  • Environment and economics
  • Political economy
  • public asset sales
  • Tax
  • Zombie economics

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