Professor John Quiggin

Researcher biography
John Quiggin is a Professor in Economics at The University of Queensland and 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 250 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.
Featured projects | Duration |
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Black Swans and unknown unknowns: financial markets and their interaction with the macroeconomy in the presence of unanticipated contingencies ARC Laureate Fellowship |
2012–2017 |
Epistemically feasible choice: implications for sustainable risk management ARC Discovery Project |
2015–2018 |
Assessing the impacts of proposed carbon trading and tax schemes on the Australian electricity industry and the overall economy ARC Linkage Project |
2008–2011 |
Games and decisions with bounded rationality: Theory and economic implications ARC Discovery Project |
2011–2014 |
Climate change: Adaptation and resilience in the face of uncertainty ARC Federation Fellowship |
2007–2011 |