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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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1991

Journal Article

Too Many Proposals Pass the Benefit Cost Test - Comment

Quiggin, J (1991). Too Many Proposals Pass the Benefit Cost Test - Comment. American Economic Review, 81 (5), 1446-1449.

Too Many Proposals Pass the Benefit Cost Test - Comment

1991

Journal Article

Interactions Between Agricultural and Resource Policy - the Importance of Attitudes Toward Risk

Leathers, HD and Quiggin, JC (1991). Interactions Between Agricultural and Resource Policy - the Importance of Attitudes Toward Risk. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (3), 757-764. doi: 10.2307/1242828

Interactions Between Agricultural and Resource Policy - the Importance of Attitudes Toward Risk

1991

Journal Article

On the Optimal-Design of Lotteries

Quiggin, J (1991). On the Optimal-Design of Lotteries. Economica, 58 (229), 1-16. doi: 10.2307/2554972

On the Optimal-Design of Lotteries

1991

Journal Article

Supply Response Under Proportional Profits Taxation

Quiggin, J (1991). Supply Response Under Proportional Profits Taxation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (1), 36-39. doi: 10.2307/1242881

Supply Response Under Proportional Profits Taxation

1990

Journal Article

Peak-Load Pricing and On-Farm Storage in the Australian Grain Handling-System

Quiggin, J (1990). Peak-Load Pricing and On-Farm Storage in the Australian Grain Handling-System. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 34 (3), 263-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1990.tb00499.x

Peak-Load Pricing and On-Farm Storage in the Australian Grain Handling-System

1990

Conference Publication

Comparative Statics for Rank-Dependent Expected Utility-Theory

Quiggin, J (1990). Comparative Statics for Rank-Dependent Expected Utility-Theory. AMES: AMER AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOC.

Comparative Statics for Rank-Dependent Expected Utility-Theory

1990

Journal Article

Stochastic-Dominance in Regret Theory

Quiggin, J (1990). Stochastic-Dominance in Regret Theory. Review of Economic Studies, 57 (3), 503-511. doi: 10.2307/2298026

Stochastic-Dominance in Regret Theory

1989

Journal Article

Sure things — Dominance and independence rules for choice under uncertainty

Quiggin, John (1989). Sure things — Dominance and independence rules for choice under uncertainty. Annals of Operations Research, 19 (1), 335-357. doi: 10.1007/bf02283528

Sure things — Dominance and independence rules for choice under uncertainty

1988

Journal Article

Private and Common Property-Rights in the Economics of the Environment

Quiggin, J (1988). Private and Common Property-Rights in the Economics of the Environment. Journal of Economic Issues, 22 (4), 1071-1087.

Private and Common Property-Rights in the Economics of the Environment

1988

Journal Article

Murray River Salinity - An Illustrative Model

Quiggin, J (1988). Murray River Salinity - An Illustrative Model. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70 (3), 635-645. doi: 10.2307/1241502

Murray River Salinity - An Illustrative Model

1988

Journal Article

Scattered Landholdings in Common Property Systems

Quiggin, J (1988). Scattered Landholdings in Common Property Systems. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 9 (2), 187-201. doi: 10.1016/0167-2681(88)90072-8

Scattered Landholdings in Common Property Systems

1988

Book Chapter

Land degradation: behavioural causes

Quiggin, John (1988). Land degradation: behavioural causes. Land degradation: problems and policies. (pp. 203-212) edited by Anthony Chisholm and Robert Dumsday. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511898020.014

Land degradation: behavioural causes

1987

Journal Article

Decision Weights in Anticipated Utility-Theory - Response

Quiggin, J (1987). Decision Weights in Anticipated Utility-Theory - Response. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 8 (4), 641-645. doi: 10.1016/0167-2681(87)90041-2

Decision Weights in Anticipated Utility-Theory - Response

1987

Journal Article

Egoistic Rationality and Public Choice - a Critical-Review of Theory and Evidence

Quiggin, J (1987). Egoistic Rationality and Public Choice - a Critical-Review of Theory and Evidence. Economic Record, 63 (180), 10-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1987.tb00633.x

Egoistic Rationality and Public Choice - a Critical-Review of Theory and Evidence

1986

Journal Article

Common Property, Private Property and Regulation the Case of Dryland Salinity

Quiggin, J (1986). Common Property, Private Property and Regulation the Case of Dryland Salinity. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 30 (2-3), 103-117. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1986.tb00659.x

Common Property, Private Property and Regulation the Case of Dryland Salinity

1986

Journal Article

Exits From the Australian Dairy-Industry Causes and Predictions

Quiggin, J, Gargett, D and Barrett, G (1986). Exits From the Australian Dairy-Industry Causes and Predictions. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 37 (2), 233-242. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1986.tb01592.x

Exits From the Australian Dairy-Industry Causes and Predictions

1986

Journal Article

A Note On the Viability of Rainfall Insurance

Quiggin, J (1986). A Note On the Viability of Rainfall Insurance. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 30 (1), 63-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1986.tb00453.x

A Note On the Viability of Rainfall Insurance

1985

Journal Article

A Comparative-Analysis of Agricultural Tractor Investment Models

Vanzetti, D and Quiggin, J (1985). A Comparative-Analysis of Agricultural Tractor Investment Models. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 29 (2), 122-141. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1985.tb00652.x

A Comparative-Analysis of Agricultural Tractor Investment Models

1985

Journal Article

Subjective Utility, Anticipated Utility, and the Allais Paradox

Quiggin, J (1985). Subjective Utility, Anticipated Utility, and the Allais Paradox. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 35 (1), 94-101. doi: 10.1016/0749-5978(85)90046-9

Subjective Utility, Anticipated Utility, and the Allais Paradox

1984

Journal Article

The Use of Cross-Sectional Estimates of Profit-Functions for Tests of Relative Efficiency - a Critical-Review

Quiggin, J and Builan, A (1984). The Use of Cross-Sectional Estimates of Profit-Functions for Tests of Relative Efficiency - a Critical-Review. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 28 (1), 44-55.

The Use of Cross-Sectional Estimates of Profit-Functions for Tests of Relative Efficiency - a Critical-Review

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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  • 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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