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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

Senior Course Advisor

Honours Student Advisor

Dorian Owen

Murat Genç

Departmental Manager

Departmental Secretary

Chris Haig

Brenda Tustin

Administrative Assistant

 

Janet Bryant

 

Academic/Teaching Staff

 

Field of Specialisation

Andrew Coleman

Dr.

Price theory and lifecycle analysis

Dan Farhat

Dr.

Macroeconomics

David Fielding

Prof.

Development Economics & Political Economy

Murat Genç

Dr.

Empirical Microeconomics

Chris Hajzler

Dr.

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

Steffen Lippert

Dr.

Applied Microeconomic Theory

Dorian Owen

Prof.

Growth and Development

Arlene Ozanne

Dr.

Development and Labour Economics

Trent Smith

Dr.

Behavioural Economics

Steve Stillman

Prof.

Labour, development & population 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 Fellow

 

 

Warren McNoe

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Fellow

 

 

Terry Kerr

 

 

 

 

 

PhD Students

 

 

Current job market candidates

   

Chee Hong Law

 

 

Michael Lee

 

 

Alexis Le Nestour

 

 

Aurelia Lepine

 

 

Francis Odhuno

 

 

Kelvin Seah

 

 

Trudy Sullivan

 

 

Andrew Tan

 

 

 

 

 

Masters Students

 

 

Corey Allan

 

 

Robbie Bell

 

 

 

 

 

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

Stephan Essendorfer

Accountancy and Finance

Dan Pinto

Physiotherapy

Don Samaranayake

Preventive & Social Medicine

Bridgette Toy-Cronin

Faculty of Law