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Staff in the Department of Economics

Staff in the Department have published widely in a range of journals, with recent publications in Applied Economics, Economica, Economics Letters, Econometric Theory, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Land Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers and Public Choice.

Staff also have links with NZ Treasury, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, the Reserve Bank of NZ and Housing New Zealand.

Departmental Directory

Head of Department

Director of Postgraduate Studies

Stephen Knowles

Alfred Haug

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Honours Student Advisor

Alan King

Murat Genç

Departmental Administrator

Departmental Secretary

Chris Haig

Brenda Tustin

Academic/Teaching Staff

 

Field of Specialisation

Richard Audas

Dr.

Health & Labour Economics

Alvin Etang Ndip

Mr.

Development and Experimental Economics

Dan Farhat

Dr.

Macroeconomics

David Fielding

Prof.

Development Economics & Political Economy

Rick Garside

Prof.

Economic History

Murat Genç

Dr.

Empirical Microeconomics

Chris Hajzler

Mr.

International Macroeconomics

Paul Hansen

Assoc. Prof

Health Economics & Decision Analysis

Alfred Haug

Prof.

Econometrics and Empirical Macroeconomics

Mohammad Jaforullah

Dr.

Agricultural and Energy Economics

Viktoria Kahui

Dr.

Natural Resource Economics

Alan King

Dr.

International Macroeconomics

Stephen Knowles

Assoc. Prof.

Growth and Development

Dorian Owen

Prof.

Growth and Development

Arlene Ozanne

Dr.

Development and Labour Economics

Paul Thorsnes

Dr.

Urban and Regional Economics

Tarja Viitanen

Dr.

Labour and Public Sector Economics

Niven Winchester

Dr.

International Trade and CGE Modelling

 

 

 

Professional Practice Fellows

 

 

Stuart McDougall

 

 

John Parker

 

 

 

   

Teaching Fellow

 

 

Phyllis Esplin

 

 

Terry Kerr

 

 

 

 

 

PhD Students

 

 

Elodie Blanc

 

 

Onur Koska

 

 

Willie Lahari

 

 

Michael Lee

 

 

Alexis Le Nestour

 

 

Aurelia Lepine

 

 

Francis Odhuno

 

 

Charles Nyariki Ombuki

 

 

Marie-Claire Robitaille-Blanchet

 

 

Colin Smithies

 

 

Jan-Jan Soon

 

 

Trudy Sullivan

 

 

Munawar Shah Syed

 

 

 

 

 

Ph.D. Students - joint supervision with other Departments

Tim Byrne

Zoology

Sophal Chhun

Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food & Environment (CSAFE)

Andrew Callander

Theology & Religion

Amit Paradkar

Marketing

Dan Pinto

Physiotherapy