
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.
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Fields of research
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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2002
Journal Article
Optimal Producer Behavior in the Presence of Area-Yield Crop Insurance
Chambers, R. G. and Quiggin, J. (2002). Optimal Producer Behavior in the Presence of Area-Yield Crop Insurance. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84 (2), 320-334. doi: 10.1111/1467-8276.00300
2002
Journal Article
The State-Contingent Properties of Stochastic Production Functions
Chambers, Robert G. and Quiggin, John (2002). The State-Contingent Properties of Stochastic Production Functions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84 (2), 513-526. doi: 10.1111/1467-8276.00314
2002
Journal Article
Contracting Out: Promise and Performance
Quiggin, John (2002). Contracting Out: Promise and Performance. Economic and Labour Relations Review, 13 (1), 88-104.
2002
Journal Article
Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: a reply to Klose
Bleichrodt, H and Quiggin, J (2002). Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: a reply to Klose. Journal of Health Economics, 21 (1), 167-168. doi: 10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00119-9
2002
Journal Article
The risk premium for equity: implications for Clinton's proposed diversification of the social security fund
Grant, S. and Quiggin, J. (2002). The risk premium for equity: implications for Clinton's proposed diversification of the social security fund. American Economic Review, 92 (5), 1104-1115. doi: 10.1257/00028280260344641
2002
Book Chapter
Economic governance and microeconomic reform
Quiggin, J. (2002). Economic governance and microeconomic reform. Economic governance and institutional dynamics. (pp. 158-177) edited by S. Bell. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
2002
Book Chapter
Dual approaches to state-contingent supply response systems under price and production uncertainty
Chambers, R. G. and Quiggin, J. (2002). Dual approaches to state-contingent supply response systems under price and production uncertainty. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U. S. agriculture. (pp. 105-120) Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
2002
Journal Article
Social Capital and Public Expenditure in Australia
Quiggin, John (2002). Social Capital and Public Expenditure in Australia. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 13 (6), 131-133. doi: 10.1071/NB02055
2002
Book Chapter
Why have the returns to microeconomic reform been so disappointing
Quiggin, J. (2002). Why have the returns to microeconomic reform been so disappointing. Efficiency in the Public Sector. (pp. 37-60) edited by K. Fox. Boston: Kluwer Academic. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-3592-5_3
2002
Other Outputs
Background Risk in Generalized Expected Utility Theory
Quiggin, John (2002). Background Risk in Generalized Expected Utility Theory.
2002
Journal Article
Debunking economics: The naked emperor of the social sciences
Quiggin, J (2002). Debunking economics: The naked emperor of the social sciences. Economic Record, 78 (241), 233-235.
2002
Conference Publication
Why have the returns to microeconomic reform been so disappointing?
Quiggin, J (2002). Why have the returns to microeconomic reform been so disappointing?. International Conference on Public Sector Efficiency, Sydney Australia, Nov 27-28, 1997. NORWELL: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS.
2002
Journal Article
Private Financing of Public Infrastructure
Quiggin, J. (2002). Private Financing of Public Infrastructure. Dissent, 8, 13-17.
2001
Journal Article
Corporate collapses and deregulatory dilemmas
Quiggin, John (2001). Corporate collapses and deregulatory dilemmas. Drawing Board: An Australian Review of Public Affairs.
2001
Journal Article
The 'People's Bank': the privatisation of the Commonwealth Bank and the case for a new publicly-owned bank
Quiggin, John (2001). The 'People's Bank': the privatisation of the Commonwealth Bank and the case for a new publicly-owned bank. Australian Options (25).
2001
Journal Article
Environmental Economics and the Murray-Darling River System
Quiggin, John (2001). Environmental Economics and the Murray-Darling River System. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45 (1), 67-94. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.00134
2001
Journal Article
Decomposing input adjustments under price and production uncertainty
Chambers, R. G. and Quiggin, John (2001). Decomposing input adjustments under price and production uncertainty. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83 (1), 20-34. doi: 10.1111/0002-9092.00134
2001
Journal Article
Valuing publicly provided services
Quiggin, J (2001). Valuing publicly provided services. Economic Record, 77 (238), 291-304. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.t01-1-00024
2001
Journal Article
Market-oriented reform in the Australian electricity industry
Quiggin, John (2001). Market-oriented reform in the Australian electricity industry. Economic and Labour Relations Review, 12 (1), 126-150.
2001
Journal Article
Modelling Socially Optimal Land Allocations For Sugar Cane Growing In North Queensland: A Linked Mathematical Programming And Choice Modelling Study
Mallawaarachchi, Thilak and Quiggin, John (2001). Modelling Socially Optimal Land Allocations For Sugar Cane Growing In North Queensland: A Linked Mathematical Programming And Choice Modelling Study. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45 (3), 411-436.
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Three essays on energy shift: From fossil fuels towards renewables
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Eric Eisenstat
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Light Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards and the Rebound Effect
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rodney Strachan
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Eaton and Kortum (2002) Trade Model
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shino Takayama
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Climate Change Impacts of Irrigation in the Murray Darling Basin
Associate Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
What they think, what they expect, and what they practise: A multivariate analysis of students' perceptions about teaching and learning in higher education
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Adrian Ashman
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Estimating State-Contingent Technologies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Christopher O'Donnell
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Essays on complexity, choice, and competition in the market for retirement funds
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Earl
Media
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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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