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Professor John Quiggin
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John Quiggin

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Overview

Background

John Quiggin is a Professor of 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.

Availability

Professor John Quiggin is:
Available for supervision
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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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488 works between 1979 and 2024

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2005

Conference Publication

Modelling basin level allocation of water in the Murray Darling Basin in a world of uncertainty

Adamson, David, Quiggin, John and Mallawaarachchi, Thilak (2005). Modelling basin level allocation of water in the Murray Darling Basin in a world of uncertainty. AARES 2005. 49th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Coffs Harbour, N.S.W., Australia, 7-11 February 2005.

Modelling basin level allocation of water in the Murray Darling Basin in a world of uncertainty

2005

Journal Article

Public-private partnerships: Options for improved risk allocation, Policy Forum: Financing Public Infrastructure

Quiggin, J. C. (2005). Public-private partnerships: Options for improved risk allocation, Policy Forum: Financing Public Infrastructure. Australian Economic Review, 38 (4), 445-450. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2005.00388.x

Public-private partnerships: Options for improved risk allocation, Policy Forum: Financing Public Infrastructure

2004

Book

The risk premium for equity: implications for resource allocation, welfare and policy, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP8R04 August 2004

Grant, S. and Quiggin, J. C. (2004). The risk premium for equity: implications for resource allocation, welfare and policy, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP8R04 August 2004. Australia: The University of Queensland.

The risk premium for equity: implications for resource allocation, welfare and policy, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP8R04 August 2004

2004

Book Chapter

Economic Policy

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Economic Policy. The Howard Years. (pp. 169-190) edited by R. Manne. Australia: Schwartz Publishing.

Economic Policy

2004

Journal Article

Invariant risk attitudes

Quiggin, J and Chambers, RG (2004). Invariant risk attitudes. Journal of Economic Theory, 117 (1), 96-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2003.09.006

Invariant risk attitudes

2004

Other Outputs

Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP5R04, June 2004

Quiggin, J. C. and Chambers, R. (2004). Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP5R04, June 2004. WPR04_5. Risk and Sustainable Management Group, University of Queensland.

Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP5R04, June 2004

2004

Journal Article

Why Labor shouldn't budge on the FTA (and why its already gone too far

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Why Labor shouldn't budge on the FTA (and why its already gone too far. Australian Policy Online

Why Labor shouldn't budge on the FTA (and why its already gone too far

2004

Journal Article

Financing our roads, rail, tunnels and bridges: The case for infrastructure bonds

Quiggin, John (2004). Financing our roads, rail, tunnels and bridges: The case for infrastructure bonds. King's Counsel: Official Newsletter of King & Co Property Consultants (22), 1-4.

Financing our roads, rail, tunnels and bridges: The case for infrastructure bonds

2004

Book

Supermodularity and risk aversion, Risk and Sustainable Managment Group, WP2R04, March 2004

Quiggin, J. C. and Chambers, R.G. (2004). Supermodularity and risk aversion, Risk and Sustainable Managment Group, WP2R04, March 2004. Australia: University of Queensland.

Supermodularity and risk aversion, Risk and Sustainable Managment Group, WP2R04, March 2004

2004

Book

Discounting and policy options for sustainable management of the Murray-Darling River system.

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Discounting and policy options for sustainable management of the Murray-Darling River system.. Australia: The University of Queensland.

Discounting and policy options for sustainable management of the Murray-Darling River system.

2004

Journal Article

Equity weights in the allocation of health care: the rank-dependent QALY model

Bleichrodt, H, Diecidue, E and Quiggin, J (2004). Equity weights in the allocation of health care: the rank-dependent QALY model. Journal of Health Economics, 23 (1), 157-171. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.08.002

Equity weights in the allocation of health care: the rank-dependent QALY model

2004

Other Outputs

Asset Price Instability and Policy Responses: The Legacy of Liberalisation

Bell, Stephen and Quiggin, John (2004). Asset Price Instability and Policy Responses: The Legacy of Liberalisation. Australian Public Policy Program Working Papers. WPP04_3. School of Political Science & International Studies and School of Economics.

Asset Price Instability and Policy Responses: The Legacy of Liberalisation

2004

Book

Fixed wages and bonuses in agency contracts: the case of a continuous state space, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP6R04, June 2004

Racionero, M. and Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Fixed wages and bonuses in agency contracts: the case of a continuous state space, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP6R04, June 2004. Australia: The University of Queensland.

Fixed wages and bonuses in agency contracts: the case of a continuous state space, Risk and Sustainable Management Group, WP6R04, June 2004

2004

Journal Article

Technological and financial approaches to risk management in agriculture: an integrated approach

Chambers, R. G. and Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Technological and financial approaches to risk management in agriculture: an integrated approach. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 48 (2), 199-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2004.00250.x

Technological and financial approaches to risk management in agriculture: an integrated approach

2004

Journal Article

Risk, PPPs and the public sector comparator

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Risk, PPPs and the public sector comparator. Australian Accounting Review, 14 (2), 51-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2004.tb00229.x

Risk, PPPs and the public sector comparator

2004

Journal Article

The unsustainability of U.S. trade deficits

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). The unsustainability of U.S. trade deficits. The Economists' Voice, 1 (3), 1-10. doi: 10.2202/1553-3832.1020

The unsustainability of U.S. trade deficits

2004

Book

Capital market equilibrium with moral hazard and flexible technology, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP9R04 September 2004

Quiggin, J. C. and Chambers, R.G. (2004). Capital market equilibrium with moral hazard and flexible technology, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP9R04 September 2004. 1st ed. Australia: The University of Queensland.

Capital market equilibrium with moral hazard and flexible technology, Risk and Sustainable Management Group WP9R04 September 2004

2004

Book Chapter

Electricity Privatisation in Victoria: Fiscal and economic impacts

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). Electricity Privatisation in Victoria: Fiscal and economic impacts. Power Progress: An Audit of Australia's Electricity Reform Experiment. (pp. 109-123) edited by G. Hodge and V. Sands et al. Victoria, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty. Ltd..

Electricity Privatisation in Victoria: Fiscal and economic impacts

2004

Journal Article

The United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Quiggin, J. C. (2004). The United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Creative Distraction (4), 7-8.

The United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement

2004

Journal Article

Remaking New Zealand and Australian economic policy: Ideas, institutions and policy communities.

Quiggin, J (2004). Remaking New Zealand and Australian economic policy: Ideas, institutions and policy communities.. Governance-an International Journal of Policy And Administration, 17 (2), 308-310.

Remaking New Zealand and Australian economic policy: Ideas, institutions and policy communities.

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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Supervision history

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Media

Enquiries

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  • 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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