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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.

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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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488 works between 1979 and 2024

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2019

Journal Article

Getting climate policy back on track

Quiggin, John (2019). Getting climate policy back on track. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 152 (1), 129-134. doi: 10.5962/p.361859

Getting climate policy back on track

2019

Journal Article

The diffusion of public private partnerships: a world systems analysis

Quiggin, John (2019). The diffusion of public private partnerships: a world systems analysis. Globalizations, 16 (6), 838-856. doi: 10.1080/14747731.2018.1560186

The diffusion of public private partnerships: a world systems analysis

2019

Book Chapter

Basic or universal? Pathways for a Universal Basic Income

Quiggin, John (2019). Basic or universal? Pathways for a Universal Basic Income. Implementing a basic income in Australia: pathways forward. (pp. 147-161) edited by Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays and Tim Dunlop. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan . doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_8

Basic or universal? Pathways for a Universal Basic Income

2019

Book Chapter

Fat cats and thin followers: excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead

Peters, Kim, Fonseca, Miguel A., Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K. and Quiggin, John (2019). Fat cats and thin followers: excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead. The social psychology of inequality. (pp. 21-34) edited by Jolanda Jetten and Kim Peters. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28856-3_2

Fat cats and thin followers: excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead

2018

Journal Article

Real world problems

Paul, L. A. and Quiggin, John (2018). Real world problems. Episteme: A Journal of Individual and Social Epistemology, 15 (3), 363-382. doi: 10.1017/epi.2018.28

Real world problems

2018

Journal Article

The rebound effect of the Australian proposed light vehicle fuel efficiency standards

Wang, Jiayu, Quiggin, John and Wittwer, Glyn (2018). The rebound effect of the Australian proposed light vehicle fuel efficiency standards. Economic Analysis and Policy, 61, 73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.eap.2018.08.001

The rebound effect of the Australian proposed light vehicle fuel efficiency standards

2018

Journal Article

Unscrambling the toll road egg

Quiggin, John and Wang, Jiayu (2018). Unscrambling the toll road egg. Economic Analysis and Policy, 61, 29-38. doi: 10.1016/j.eap.2018.07.002

Unscrambling the toll road egg

2018

Journal Article

The not-so-strange death of multifactor productivity growth

Quiggin, John (2018). The not-so-strange death of multifactor productivity growth. Australian Economic Review, 51 (2), 269-275. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12275

The not-so-strange death of multifactor productivity growth

2018

Book Chapter

The economics of climate change

Quiggin, John (2018). The economics of climate change. Human forces in engineering. (pp. 123-143) edited by Aleks David Atrens and Andrej Atrens . Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110535129-005

The economics of climate change

2018

Journal Article

The importance of ‘extremely unlikely’ events: tail risk and the costs of climate change

Quiggin, John (2018). The importance of ‘extremely unlikely’ events: tail risk and the costs of climate change. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 62 (1), 4-20. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12238

The importance of ‘extremely unlikely’ events: tail risk and the costs of climate change

2018

Book Chapter

Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008-2016

Quiggin, John (2018). Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008-2016. The world economy through the lens of the United Nations. (pp. 224-245) edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo, Anis Chowdhury and Diana Alarcon. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198817345.003.0009

Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008-2016

2018

Book Chapter

Governance of public corporations: profits and the public benefit

Quiggin, John (2018). Governance of public corporations: profits and the public benefit. From Bureaucracy to Business Enterprise: Legal and policy issues in the transformation of government services. (pp. 27-41) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315195988-3

Governance of public corporations: profits and the public benefit

2018

Book Chapter

Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008–2016

Quiggin, John (2018). Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008–2016. The world economy through the lens of the United Nations. (pp. 224-245) edited by José Antonio Ocampo, Anis Chowdhury and Diana Alarcón. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198817345.003.0009

Global financial crisis: analysis of economic policy, 2008–2016

2017

Journal Article

The Adani Carmichael coal mine: introduction to a special five-part series

Lyons, Kristen, Brigg, Morgan and Quiggin, John (2017, 11 16). The Adani Carmichael coal mine: introduction to a special five-part series New Matilda

The Adani Carmichael coal mine: introduction to a special five-part series

2017

Journal Article

Early evacuation is the best bushfire risk mitigation strategy for south-eastern Australia

Venn, Tyron J. and Quiggin, John (2017). Early evacuation is the best bushfire risk mitigation strategy for south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 61 (3), 481-497. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12215

Early evacuation is the best bushfire risk mitigation strategy for south-eastern Australia

2017

Journal Article

The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani’s land deal

Brigg, Morgan , Lyons, Kristen and Quiggin, John (2017, 06 19). The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani’s land deal

The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani’s land deal

2017

Journal Article

Consensus, dissensus, and economic ideas: Economic crisis and the rise and fall of Keynesianism

Farrell, Henry and Quiggin, John (2017). Consensus, dissensus, and economic ideas: Economic crisis and the rise and fall of Keynesianism. International Studies Quarterly, 61 (2), 269-283. doi: 10.1093/isq/sqx010

Consensus, dissensus, and economic ideas: Economic crisis and the rise and fall of Keynesianism

2017

Other Outputs

Unfinished business: Adani, the State and the Indigenous Rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council

Lyons, Kristen , Brigg, Morgan and Quiggin, John (2017). Unfinished business: Adani, the State and the Indigenous Rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Unfinished business: Adani, the State and the Indigenous Rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council

2017

Journal Article

The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction

Quiggin, John (2017). The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction. Journal of Australian Political Economy (80), 242-246.

The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction

2017

Journal Article

Climate risk and state-contingent technology adoption: shocks, drought tolerance and preferences

Holden, Stein T. and Quiggin, John (2017). Climate risk and state-contingent technology adoption: shocks, drought tolerance and preferences. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44 (2), 285-308. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbw016

Climate risk and state-contingent technology adoption: shocks, drought tolerance and preferences

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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Media

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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