Research

The Department of Economics has staff who are research active, and recognised for their excellence in research through University and external awards and prizes. The Department of Economics received the highest average PBRF (Performance-Based Research Fund) score of any department in Waikato Management School, in the most recent research quality evaluation.

Recent Publications

For a list of recent publications by staff in the Department of Economics, click here.

Working Papers

The Department of Economics also has an active Working Paper series. The latest Working Papers include:

12/02: A Regional Model of Endogenous Growth with Creative Destruction
Steven Bond-Smith

11/15: Gross Labour Market Flows in New Zealand: Some Questions and Answers
Brian Silverstone and Will Bell

11/14: Effects of Maize Fertilizer Subsidies on Food Security in Malawi
Bentry Mkwara and Dan Marsh

11/13: Evaluation of Agri-Environmental Policies for Water Quality Improvement Accounting for Firm Heterogeneity
Graeme J. Doole, Dan Marsh and Thiagaragah Ramilan

11/12: A Century of the Evolution of the Urban System in Brazil
Valente J. Matlaba, Mark J. Holmes, Philip McCann and Jacques Poot

11/11: The Merits of Using Citations to Measure Research Output in Economics Departments: The New Zealand Case
David L. Anderson and John Tressler

11/10: Household Credit to the Poor and its Impact on Child Schooling in Peri-urban Areas, Vietnam
Tinh Thanh Doan, John Gibson and Mark J. Holmes

11/09: Australia's Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (PSWPS): Development Impacts in the First Two Years
John Gibson and David Mckenzie

11/08: New Zealand Kiwifruit Export Performance: Market Analysis and Revealed Comparative Advantage
Sayeeda Bano and Frank Scrimgeour

11/07: Bibliography of Research using the NZIER's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion
Robert A. Buckle and Brian Silverstone

11/06: Impacts of Household Credit on Education and Healthcare Spending by the Poor in Peri-urban Areas in Vietnam
Tinh Thanh Doan, John Gibson and Mark J. Holmes

11/05: Recognising and Building on Freshman Students' Prior Knowledge of Economics
Michael P. Cameron and Steven Lim

11/04: Modelling the Impact of Policies to Reduce Environmental Impacts in the New Zealand Dairy Sector
Anna Strutt and Allan N. Rae

11/03: How Reliable are Household Expenditures as a Proxy for Permanent Income? Implications for the Income-Nutrition Relationship
John Gibson and Bonggeun Kim

11/02: 'Economics with Training Wheels':Using Blogs in Teaching and Assessing Introductory Economics
Michael P. Cameron

11/01: Heterogeneous Credit Impacts of Healthcare Spending of the Poor in Peri-urban Areas, Vietnam: Quantile Treatment Effects Estimation
Tinh Thanh Doan, John Gibson and Mark J. Holmes