Overview
Background
Professor MacKenzie works in the fields of environmental economics, environmental policy design, and political economics. He joined the University of Queensland in September 2012, after more than five years at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He has published research articles on the economics of pollution markets, environmental auctions, and contests in outlets such as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Public Choice, Environmental and Resource Economics. His work has won the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Award for outstanding publication in the journal Environmental and Resource Economics. He is a Co-editor of Resource and Energy Economics and his current research focuses on environmental offsets, resource conflict, and the political economy of environmental regulation.
His passion is understanding how environmental markets operate. He has led numerous interdisciplinary teams in investigating environmental markets in collaboration with policymakers at the council, state, and federal level. His funding has been supported by the ARC (Discovery Project), Agrifutures, Rural Economies Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government, and the Australian Federal Government’s $5bn Future Drought Fund (Regional Drought Resilience Plan).
His teaching has connected students’ learned knowledge with real-world (and interdisciplinary) policy outcomes, with impact recognised by an Australian Awards for University Teaching (2021), UQ Citation (2020) and Commendation (2019) for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, BEL Excellence in Education Award, and 10 School of Economics Teaching Awards. He has been recognised because of his creative leadership in pedagogy: in the way he teaches and supports learning. He leads a transformation in how students engage in class and are inspired to learn by using novel learning techniques that include: storytelling and unusual contextualisation; adopting multiple strategies to expand students’ deep learning capabilities; and creating scenarios where learning is applied authentically. In doing so his students become critical and deep thinkers capable of transferring their knowledge beyond the classroom to help address society’s problems. He is the Director of Teaching and Learning within the School of Economics.
He was appointed to the Multisector Reference Group Committee, Queensland Government, (2021-) to advise the Queensland Government on revisions to the Biodiversity Offset Framework and has co-authored on the Australia Academy of Science response to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). He often speaks at industry-government-academic events regarding environmental markets and has a strong media presence of his own research and expert advice on environmental markets.
Availability
- Professor Ian MacKenzie is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Stirling
Research interests
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Pollution market design
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Environmental offsets
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Rent seeking and environmental regulation
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab
Friesen, Lana, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Nguyen, Mai Phuong (2023). Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 120 102842, 102842. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102842
2022
Journal Article
Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2022). Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests. Games, 13 (6) 83, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/g13060083
2022
Other Outputs
Taxes out, subsidies in: Australia and the US are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022, 09 06). Taxes out, subsidies in: Australia and the US are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon The Conversation
2022
Other Outputs
Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022, 08 18). Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters The Conversation
2022
Journal Article
The role of markets on resource conflicts
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2022). The role of markets on resource conflicts. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 124 (3), 677-708. doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12471
2022
Other Outputs
Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab
Friesen, Lana , MacKenzie, Ian A. and Nguyen, Mai Phuong (2022). Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab.
2022
Journal Article
Permit markets with political and market distortions
Dickson, Alex and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). Permit markets with political and market distortions. Environmental and Resource Economics, 82 (1), 227-255. doi: 10.1007/s10640-022-00673-2
2022
Journal Article
Mind your Ps and Qs! Variable allowance supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Friesen, Lana, Gangadharan, Lata, Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). Mind your Ps and Qs! Variable allowance supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 112 102620, 102620. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102620
2022
Journal Article
The evolution of pollution auctions
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). The evolution of pollution auctions. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 16 (1), 000-000. doi: 10.1086/717898
2021
Journal Article
Non‐linear revenue evaluation
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2021). Non‐linear revenue evaluation. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 69 (5), 487-505. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.12303
2021
Journal Article
An allocatively efficient auction for pollution permits
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2021). An allocatively efficient auction for pollution permits. Environmental and Resource Economics, 78 (4), 571-585. doi: 10.1007/s10640-021-00543-3
2021
Journal Article
Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2021). Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms. Energy Economics, 93 105033, 105033. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105033
2020
Other Outputs
Mind your Ps and Qs! An Experiment on Variable Allowance Supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Friesen, Lana , Gangadharan, Lata , Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2020). Mind your Ps and Qs! An Experiment on Variable Allowance Supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 618. School of Economics, The University of Queensland, QLD Australia.
2019
Other Outputs
The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2019, 02 26). The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes The Conversation
2018
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Australia’s evolving energy future: preparing business through systems modelling, organisational capabilities and stable energy policy
Wade, Belinda, MacKenzie, Ian, Agnew, Scott and Meath, Cristyn (2018). Australia’s evolving energy future: preparing business through systems modelling, organisational capabilities and stable energy policy. AIBE Industry Research Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2018
Other Outputs
Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms. School of Economics.
2018
Journal Article
Permit market auctions with allowance reserves
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Permit market auctions with allowance reserves. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 61, 283-306. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.09.005
2018
Journal Article
Rent-seeking incentives in share contests
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2018). Rent-seeking incentives in share contests. Journal of Public Economics, 166, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.004
2018
Journal Article
The recycling crisis in Australia: easy solutions to a hard problem
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018, 04 19). The recycling crisis in Australia: easy solutions to a hard problem The Conversation
2018
Other Outputs
An efficient and implementable auction for environmental rights
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). An efficient and implementable auction for environmental rights. Discussion Paper. 587. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY IN CARBON TRADING FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ali Intezari Harsini
Media
Enquiries
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- economics of climate change
- environmental policy - economics
- mining - economics
- pollution regulation - economics
- recycling - economics
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