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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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2008

Conference Publication

The options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin

Schrobback, P., Adamson, D. and Quiggin, J. (2008). The options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin. AARES 2008 52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Canberra, Australia, 5-8 February 2008. The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AGeCON).

The options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin

2008

Journal Article

Managing the Murray-Darling Basin: Some implications for climate change policy

Quiggin, John (2008). Managing the Murray-Darling Basin: Some implications for climate change policy. Economic Papers, 27 (2), 160-166. doi: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2008.tb01034.x

Managing the Murray-Darling Basin: Some implications for climate change policy

2008

Other Outputs

Options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin

Schrobback, Peggy, Adamson, David and Quiggin, John (2008). Options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin. Murray-Darling Program Working Papers. WP1M08. School of Economics, University of Queensland.

Options for salinity mitigation in the Murray-Darling Basin

2008

Book Chapter

Employment and innovation in the information economy

Quiggin, John (2008). Employment and innovation in the information economy. Knowledge Policy: Challenges for the 21st Century. (pp. 175-187) edited by G Hearn and D Rooney. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Employment and innovation in the information economy

2008

Journal Article

Money ruins everything

Quiggin, John and Hunter, Dan (2008). Money ruins everything. Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, 30 (2), 203-255.

Money ruins everything

2008

Journal Article

Narrowing the no-arbitrage bounds

Chambers, R.G. and Quiggin, John C. (2008). Narrowing the no-arbitrage bounds. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 44 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2007.04.001

Narrowing the no-arbitrage bounds

2008

Book Chapter

Uncertainty, risk and water management in Australia

Quiggin, John (2008). Uncertainty, risk and water management in Australia. Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty. (pp. 61-73) edited by L. Crase. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. doi: 10.4324/9781936331420

Uncertainty, risk and water management in Australia

2008

Conference Publication

Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon sequestration vs. water flow in the Murray-Darling Basin

Schrobback, P., Adamson, D. and Quiggin, J. (2008). Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon sequestration vs. water flow in the Murray-Darling Basin. AARES 2009 53rd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Cairns, Australia, 11-13 February 2009. The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AGeCON).

Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon sequestration vs. water flow in the Murray-Darling Basin

2008

Conference Publication

Options for managing salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin under reduced rainfall

Adamson, David, Schrobback, Peggy and Quiggin, John (2008). Options for managing salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin under reduced rainfall. 2nd International Salinity Forum Salinity, Water and Society – Global issues, local action New approaches for tackling the salinisation of water resources. Includes irrigation, dryland and urban salinity, and salt water intrusion, Adelaide Convention Centre Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 31 March – 3 April 2008. International Salinity Forum.

Options for managing salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin under reduced rainfall

2008

Book

Garnaut Climate Change Review: The Implications for Irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin: Commissioned report for The Garnaut Climate Change Review

Quiggin, John, Adamson, David, Schrobback, Peggy and Chambers, Sarah (2008). Garnaut Climate Change Review: The Implications for Irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin: Commissioned report for The Garnaut Climate Change Review. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Risk and Sustainable Management Group.

Garnaut Climate Change Review: The Implications for Irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin: Commissioned report for The Garnaut Climate Change Review

2008

Book Chapter

Is creative capitalism illegal?

Quiggin, John (2008). Is creative capitalism illegal?. Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and other Economic Leaders. (pp. 77-79) edited by M. Kinsley and C. Clark. New York, U.S.: Simon & Schuster.

Is creative capitalism illegal?

2007

Journal Article

Multilateral indices: Conflicting approaches

Quiggin, John and van Veelen, Matthijs (2007). Multilateral indices: Conflicting approaches. Review of Income and Wealth, 53 (2), 372-378. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00235.x

Multilateral indices: Conflicting approaches

2007

Journal Article

Dual approaches to the analysis of risk aversion

Chambers, Robert G. and Quiggin, John (2007). Dual approaches to the analysis of risk aversion. Economica, 74 (294), 189-213. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00535.x

Dual approaches to the analysis of risk aversion

2007

Journal Article

Accommodating indigenous cultural heritage values in resource assessment: Cape York Peninsula and the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Venn, Tyron J. and Quiggin, John (2007). Accommodating indigenous cultural heritage values in resource assessment: Cape York Peninsula and the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Ecological Economics, 61 (2-3), 334-344. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.03.003

Accommodating indigenous cultural heritage values in resource assessment: Cape York Peninsula and the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

2007

Journal Article

Ambiguity and the value of information: An almost-objective events analysis

Quiggin, John (2007). Ambiguity and the value of information: An almost-objective events analysis. Economic Theory, 30 (3), 409-414. doi: 10.1007/s00199-005-0075-1

Ambiguity and the value of information: An almost-objective events analysis

2007

Journal Article

Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level

Quiggin, John C. (2007). Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2 (092) 092, 1-9. doi: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20072092

Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level

2007

Journal Article

Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk

Quiggin, John and Chambers, Robert G. (2007). Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk. Theory and Decision, 62 (2), 97-117. doi: 10.1007/s11238-006-9018-y

Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk

2007

Book Chapter

Conjectures, refutations and discoveries: Incorporating new knowledge in models of belief and choice under uncertainty

Quiggin, John and Grant, Simon (2007). Conjectures, refutations and discoveries: Incorporating new knowledge in models of belief and choice under uncertainty. Uncertainty and risk: Mental, formal, experimental representations. (pp. 9-25) edited by Mohammed Abdellaoui, R. Duncan Luce, Mark J. Machina and Bertrand Munier. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-48935-1_2

Conjectures, refutations and discoveries: Incorporating new knowledge in models of belief and choice under uncertainty

2007

Journal Article

The Prime Ministerial task group on emissions trading

Quiggin, J. C. (2007). The Prime Ministerial task group on emissions trading. Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 14 (3), 5-12.

The Prime Ministerial task group on emissions trading

2007

Journal Article

Water use and salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin: A state-contingent model

Adamson, D., Mallawaarachchi, T. and Quiggin, J. (2007). Water use and salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin: A state-contingent model. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 51 (3), 263-281. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00380.x

Water use and salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin: A state-contingent model

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

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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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