RODERICK G. DUNCAN
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting and Finance
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, NSW 2795
Australia
Phone: (02) 6338-4982
Fax: (02) 6338-4769
Email: rduncan@csu.edu.au
Webpage: http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~rduncan/
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Stanford University, Economics, 1999
Thesis: “Essays on Foreign Direct Investment, Expropriations and
Contract Forms”
Advisor: Anne Krueger
Bachelor of Economics (Honours), Australian National University, Australia, 1991
Bachelor of Law, Australian National University, Australia, 1991 (admitted as a solicitor
in New South Wales)
RESEARCH FIELDS
International Trade Economics; Resource and Environmental Economics; Economics of
Development
TEACHING FIELDS
Resource and Environmental Economics; Economics of Development; International
Trade; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Charles Sturt University, 2004 - present
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999 - 2004
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PUBLICATIONS
Chris Sherley, Mark Morrison and Roderick Duncan (xxxx) “The benefits of archetypal
prototyping when profiling market segments” under review at the Australasian Journal of
Marketing and Social Research.
Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan and Kevin Parton (xxxx) “The relationship between
religious persuasion and climate change attitudes” under review at Ecological
Economics.
Chris Sherley, Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan and Kevin Parton (forthcoming) “Using
segmentation and prototyping in engaging politically-salient climate-change household
segments”, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing.
Denise Jarratt, Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2014) “It’s not only what you
know… using simulation to explain research networks and innovation in the UK
university sector”, Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 16(2): 1-28.
Roderick Duncan, Luisa Perez-Mujica and Terry Bossomaier (2014) “Using agentbased models to design social marketing campaigns”, Australasian Marketing Journal,
22(1): 36-44, doi.org/10.1016/j.ausmj.2013.12.006
Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan and Kevin Parton (2013) “Targeting segments in the
Australian community to increase support for climate change policy”, Australasian
Marketing Journal, 21(4): 212-217, doi.org/10.1016/j.ausmj.2013.09.001
Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan, Chris Sherley and Kevin Parton (2013) “A
comparison between attitudes to climate change in Australia and the United States”,
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 20(2): 87-100,
DOI:10.1080/14486563.2012.762946.
Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2013) “Falling stars: simulation of firm culture
on employee performance”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on
Modeling and Applied Simulation, Curran Associates, Rende.
Terry Bossomaier, Yeslam Islam, Roderick Duncan and Junbin Gao (2012) “Simulation
of house prices for improved land valuation”, Proceedings of the European Modelling
and Simulation Symposium, Vienna, September 19-21.
Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Roderick Duncan and Kerry Tilbrook (2012) “The Use of the
Time Diary Method to Explore Academic Time Management: Insights From an
Australian University”, 11th European Conference on Research Methodology for
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Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2012), University of Bolton, UK, June 2829.
Roderick Duncan, Branka Krivokapic-skoko, Kerry Tilbrook and Errol Chopping (2011)
“Academic time diaries: Measuring what Australian academics actually do”,
Proceedings of the 2011 ANZAM Conference.
Roderick Duncan (2011) “Governance reform in the public sector in Pacific island
countries: understanding how culture matters”, in R. Duncan ed., The Political
Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
Denise Jarratt, Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2010) “It’s not only what you
know… using simulation to explain research networks and innovation in the UK
university sector”, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference
2010, 14-16th September.
Jennifer Sappey, Zelma Bone and Roderick Duncan (2010) “The aged care industry in
regional Australia: will it cope with the tsunami to come?”, AFBM Journal, 7(1), pp. 2128.
Satish Chand and Roderick Duncan (2010) “Strengthening political parties in the
Pacific”, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 25(1): 35-45.
Roderick Duncan (2008) “Solomon Islands and Vanuatu: an economic survey”, Pacific
Economic Bulletin, 23(3), pp. 1-17.
Usha Nair-Reichert and Roderick Duncan (2008) “Patent regimes, host country policies
and the nature of MNE activities”, Review of International Economics, 16(4), pp. 783797.
Roderick Duncan (2008) “Agricultural productivity, the electoral cycle and ENSO effects
in Papua New Guinea”, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 23(1), pp. 74-84.
Roderick Duncan (2007) “Papua New Guinea economic survey: fiscal discipline
needed”, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 22(1), pp. 1 – 15.
Roderick Duncan (2007) “Regulatory cycles: Or why does the tax code get bigger every
year?” in Basu, P.K. et al eds. Engagement and Change: Exploring Management,
Economic and Finance Implications of a Globalising Environment, Australian Academic
Press, Brisbane.
Roderick Duncan (2006) “Price or politics? An empirical investigation of the causes of
expropriation”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, March,
50(1), pp. 85 - 101.
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Rod Duncan (2003) “Does ‘Sex and the City’ predict the future of marriage?”,
Challenge, May, 46(3), pp. 73 - 88.
Rod Duncan (2002) “Regional conflicts over mineral rights in South East Asia”, in R.
Garnaut ed., Resource Management in Asia Pacific Developing Countries, Asia Pacific
Press, Australia National University.
Ronald Duncan, Satish Chand, Bryan Graham, Tony Lawson and Roderick Duncan
(1998) Exchange Rate Policy in Papua New Guinea, Institute of National Affairs, Port
Moresby.
Ron Duncan and Rod Duncan (1997) “Improving security of access to customaryowned land in Melanesia: mining in Papua New Guinea” in P. Larmour ed., The
Governance of Common Property in the Pacific Region, Pacific Policy Papers #19,
National Center for Development Studies.
Anne O. Krueger and Roderick Duncan “The Political Economy of Complexity” in
Stetting, Lauge et al. eds. (1993) Global Change and Transformation, Munksgaard
International, Copenhagen.
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Anthony Scott (2009) The Evolution of Resource Property Rights in
Economic Record 85(269), June 2009, pp. 226-228.
Review of Toon van Meijl and Franz von Benda-Beckmann (2002) Property rights and
economic development: Land and natural resources in Southeast Asia in Pacific
Economic Bulletin 17(1), May 2002, pp. 167-9.
POPULAR ARTICLES
Roderick Duncan and Mark Morrison (2010) “Cost and quality in Australian research”,
Campus Review, May 10, downloadable from:
http://www.campusreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Comment&idArticle=158
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CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2013) “Falling stars: simulation of firm culture
on employee performance” presented at Modeling and Applied Simulation in Athens,
Greece on 25-27 September 2013.
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Luisa Perez-Mujica, Terry Bossomaier, Roderick Duncan, Andrea Rawluk, Max C.
Finlayson and Jonathon Howard (2013) “Developing a sustainability assessment tool for
socio-environmental systems: a case study of systems simulation and participatory
modelling” presented at Modeling and Applied Simulation in Athens, Greece on 25-27
September 2013.
Mark Morrison, Darla Hatton MacDonald, Kevin Boyle, John Rose & Roderick Duncan,
(2013) Investigating Differences between Internet and Mail Implementation of a StatedPreference Study While Controlling for Differences in Sample Frames and SelfSelection Effects‟ at the International Choice Modelling Conference 2013, Sydney, 3 – 5
July 2013.
Presented Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2013) “Of footballers and queens of
the night” at the Centre for Research in Complex Systems Seminar Series at Charles
Sturt University on May 23, 2013.
Presented Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan, Kevin Parton and Chris Sherley (2013)
“The relationship between religious persuasion and climate change attitudes in
Australia” at the 57th Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural and Resource
Economics Society in Sydney on February 5-8, 2013.
Presented Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan, Kevin Parton and Chris Sherley (2012) “A
comparison between attitude to climate change in Australia and the United States” at
the 56th Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics
Society in Fremantle on February 7-10, 2012.
Daniel Masters, Mark Morrison, Roderick Duncan and Adrian Langdon (2011) “Do we
need a value of statistical life for dam failures?” presented by Daniel Masters at the 10th
Annual Water Pricing Summit in Sydney in October 2011.
Presented Roderick Duncan (2011) “Who is the real enemy of rational action on the
environment?” at the Resolving Interdisciplinary Differences in the Use of Ecosystem
Services Workshop in Canberra on August 24-25, 2011.
Presented Roderick Duncan (2011) “Will the new Australian mining tax drive out
investment in the minerals sector?” at the 55th Annual Conference for the Australian
Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in Melbourne on February 8-11, 2011.
Denise Jarratt, Roderick Duncan and Terry Bossomaier (2010) “It’s not only what you
know… using simulation to explain research networks and innovation in the UK
university sector” presented at the British Academy of Management 2010 Conference
14-16 September.
Presented Roderick Duncan (2009) “Leave it in the ground: Sustainability and resource
use in the Pacific” at the 53rd Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural and
Resource Economics Society in Cairns on February 11-13, 2009.
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Presented Satish Chand and Roderick Duncan (2008) "Strengthening political parties in
the Pacific" at Economics and Democracy, 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Conference, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU on December 8-10, 2008.
Presented “Building agent-based models in political science” at a seminar for the Centre
for Research in Complex Systems at Charles Sturt University on 15 May, 2008.
Presented Roderick Duncan and Mark Morrison (2008) “Using environmental offsets in
wetlands management” at the 52nd Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural
and Resource Economics Society in Canberra on February 5-8, 2008.
Presented Satish Chand and Roderick Duncan (2007) "Strengthening political parties in
the Pacific" at Executive Power and the Battle for Parliamentary Confidence in the
Pacific Islands in Port Vila, Vanuatu, 21-23 September, 2007.
Presented “Agricultural productivity and the electoral cycle in Papua New Guinea” at the
School of Marketing and Management seminar series on 1 August, 2007.
Presented “Agricultural productivity and the electoral cycle in Papua New Guinea” at the
Economics Research Workshop on Pacific Agriculture at Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1617 July, 2007.
Presented “Can subsidizing alternative energy technology development lead to faster
global warming?” at the 51st Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural and
Resource Economics Society at Queenstown, New Zealand on February 14-16, 2007.
Presented “Can subsidizing alternative energy technology development lead to faster
global warming?” at the International Conference on Contemporary Business at Leura,
NSW, on September 22, 2006.
Presented “Regulatory cycles: Or why does the tax code get bigger each year?” at the
International Conference on Contemporary Business at Leura, NSW, on September 21,
2006.
Presented “Using environmental offsets in wetlands management” at the School of
Marketing and Management seminar series at Charles Sturt University on June 21,
2006.
Presented “Costs and consequences of expropriation of foreign direct investment” at the
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society conference at Sydney,
Australia on February 10, 2006.
Presented “Costs and consequences of expropriation of foreign direct investment” at
School of Marketing and Management, Charles Sturt University on March 2, 2005.
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Presented “A primer on teaching portfolios at CSU” (available from webpage) on August
31, 2005.
Presented “Regional conflicts over mineral rights in South East Asia” at the Conference
on Resource Management in Asia Pacific Developing Countries at Australia National
University, Canberra, Australia on August 1, 2001.
Presented three working papers at the Emory University Trade Workshop titled “Lobby
groups and the evolution of regulatory structures”, “Capital mobility, international
environmental standards and less developed countries” and “An insurance model of
state formation and destruction” on March 22, 2000, November 15, 2000 and March 27,
2001.
OTHER MEDIA ACTIVITY
Appeared as part of a panel discussion on “Managing climate change in Australia”
organized by the Institute for Land, Water and Society in Canberra on March 2, 2011.
Appeared on ABC’s Riverina morning show to discuss the impact of the Global
Financial Crisis on Australian rural and regional communities on March 5, 2009.
Presented the paper “Solomon Islands and Vanuatu: an economic survey” at the
Solomon Islands Update public workshop at Australian National University in Canberra
on November 26, 2008 and at Deakin University in Melbourne on November 28, 2008.
Presented the paper “Solomon Islands and Vanuatu: an economic survey” at the
Solomon Islands Update public workshop in Honiara on October 6, 2008 and before the
Central Bank of Solomon Islands on October 7, 2008.
Appeared multiple times on CSU Bathurst campus student radio station 2MCE to
discuss economic issues of current concern in 2007-09.
Appeared on ABC Gippsland’s Morning Show on October 3, 2008 to discuss the
impacts of the Garnaut report and the proposed Emission Trading Scheme on the
Gippsland region.
Appeared on ABC Riverina’s Morning show with Anne Delaney on May 23, 2008 to
discuss the impacts of Federal budget cuts for ANSTO and the Australian nuclear
research community.
Presented the papers “Agricultural productivity, the electoral cycle and ENSO effects in
Papua New Guinea” and “Strengthening political parties in the Pacific” and chaired at
public workshops held in Goroka, Port Moresby and Madang in Papua New Guinea on
April 8, 11 and 15 respectively.
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Presented workshops on “Mapping the aged care industry and ageing issues in the
Bathurst region” to residents in Bathurst on March 27 and residents in Blayney on May
9, 2008.
Presented a talk on “Development, sustainability and resource use in the Pacific” for the
LAFIA Pacific 2007 Workshop, Australian Public Service Commission, July 27, 2007.
Presented the paper “Papua New Guinea economic survey: Fiscal discipline needed” at
public workshops held in Port Moresby, Kokopo and Alotau in Papua New Guinea on
the 11, 13 and 17 April respectively and in Canberra and Sydney on the 29 and 30 May.
Participated and presented a talk titled “Risk management in climate change” in a
workshop held at the CSU campus in Bathurst titled Managing Landscapes for Climate
Change Conference on January 30, 2007.
Interviewed with Prime TV Bathurst for a news spot on renewable technology and
policy-making for November 29, 2006.
Appeared on 2BS Bathurst’s Morning Wireless show with Janeen Hosemans on
November 28, 2006 to discuss renewable energy technology.
Appeared on ABC Riverina’s Morning show with Anne Delaney on November 24, 2006
to discuss renewable energy technology.
Appeared on ABC Riverina’s Morning show with Anne Delaney on July 26, 2006 to
discuss nuclear energy issues.
Appeared on ABC Goulbourn-Murray’s breakfast show to discuss nuclear energy in
Australia on July 5, 2006.
Contributed in a forum on nuclear energy at the Bathurst Uniting Church on July 1,
2006.
Appeared on 2BS Bathurst morning show to talk about nuclear energy in Australia on
June 27, 2006.
Appeared on National Public Radio’s “On Point” program to talk about “Does ‘Sex and
the city’ predict the future of marriage?” on September 15, 2003.
Provided on request background material and was cited in articles in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on January 23, 2003 and January 28, 2003.
Appeared on a NBC television newscast on the future of oil prices in April 2002.
Gave a talk titled “The WTO and the Seattle Round” at the Undergraduate Economic
Honors Society at Appalachian State University on April 10, 2000.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching at Charles Sturt University
Wrote the study guide for the revised FIN221 Investments to accommodate a new
textbook.
Wrote the study guide for the new subject ECO356 Environmental Economics. The
new subject is designed around developing computer modeling skills within an
environmental context. See my Teaching Portfolio for an extended analysis.
ECO356 Environmental Economics: Autumn 2007 (Distance), Autumn 2008 (Distance).
Rewrote the distance notes for ECO120 in Spring 2006 for Autumn 2007 and later. The
new notes follow the “tutorial-in-print” style of distance notes. See my Teaching
Portfolio for an extended discussion.
ECO120 Principles of Macroeconomics: Autumn 2005 (Distance), Spring 2005
(Internal), Autumn 2006 (Distance), Spring 2006 (Internal), Autumn 2007 (Distance),
Spring 2007 (Internal), Autumn 2008 (Distance), Spring 2008 (Internal), Spring 2009
(Internal).
ECO220 Macroeconomic Analysis: Autumn 2005 (Internal).
ECO501 Business Economics: Summer 2010 (Distance).
Redesigned the ECO516 distance notes to accommodate a new textbook as the
previous textbook was no longer in print.
ECO516 Economics of the Public Sector (Masters): Trimester 2 2005 (Distance),
Trimester 2 2006 (Distance), Trimester 2 2007 (Distance).
ECO517 Economic Evaluation (Masters): Trimester 3 2005 (Distance), Trimester 3
2006 (Distance), Trimester 3 2007.
ECO320 International Economics: Autumn 2006 (Internal)
ECO350 Applied Econometrics: Autumn 2006 (Distance)
FIN221 Investments: Spring 2009 (Internal) and Spring 2009 (Distance).
FIN531 Investment Analysis (Masters): Trimester 3, 2009.
Teaching at the Georgia Institute of Technology
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Principles of Economics: Summer 2001, Spring 2003, Summer 2003, Fall 2003 (200+
students per class).
Principles of Microeconomics: Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Summer 2001.
Advanced Microeconomics: Summer 2000.
Development Economics: Spring 2000, Spring 2001 (combined undergraduate and
graduate class).
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Summer 2002, Spring 2003, Summer
2003 (combined undergraduate and graduate class).
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2003
(combined undergraduate and graduate class).
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Spring 2003.
GRANTS
Research Proposals and Contracts/Grants Funded (PI)
Title: The value of river health to the residential community of the Georges and Cooks
river catchment
Sponsors: CSIRO, Sydney Metro Catchment Management Authority, Canterbury City
Council, Fairfield City Council
Co-PI: Mark Morrison
Amount Funded: $138,000
Years: 2013-2015
Title: Measure twice, cut once: How has the Virtual Learning Environment changed the
teaching practices and activities of CSU academics?
Sponsors: Division of Learning and Teaching Services, CSU, Faculty of Business, CSU.
Co-PIs: Branka Krivokapic-Skoko and Kerry Tilbrook
Amount Funded: $12,400
Years: 2011-2012
Title: Simulating the Resource Advantage Theory of Competition in a Networked
Business Environment
Sponsor: CSU (Competitive Grant)
Co-PIs: Denise Jarratt and Terry Bossomaier
Amount Funded: $15,000
Years: 2010
Title: Mapping the Aged Care Industry and Ageing Issues in the Bathurst Region
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Sponsor: Bathurst City Council, Blayney Shire Council and the NSW Department of
Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Co-PIs: Jennifer Sappey, Zelma Bone
Amount Funded: $15,000
Years: 2007-2008
Title: Commercialization of Forest Biotechnology
Sponsor: Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Co-P.I.(s): Gary Peter
Share of Amount Funded: $33,500
Years: 2002-2003
ACADEMIC SERVICE
For the economics profession
PhD reviews: Siope Vakataki`Ofa (ANU)
Chair of the Masters Prize Committee for the Australian Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association for 2008.
Masters Prize Committee for the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics
Association for 2007-10.
Referee and review experience
Peer reviewer for the 2007 Australian Development Research Awards for AusAID.
Reviewer for the Agricultural Water Management, Australasian Journal of
Environmental Management, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Economic Papers, Energy Policy,
Japanese Journal of Political Science, Journal of Rural Studies, Pacific Economic
Bulletin, Review of World Economics, Rural Society and MIT Press.
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Training
Run the Journal Writing Workshop held over three days at CSU to assist early-career
researchers and doctoral students in crafting journal articles out of their research output.
The workshops are held twice a year 2011-2014.
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Administrative
Charles Sturt University
Faculty of Business Research Ethics Committee 2014 (alternate).
Leader of the Ecosystem Services Strategic Research Area in the Institute of Land,
Water and Society, 2010-2013.
Management Committee, Centre for Research in Complex Systems, 2012-14.
Management Committee, Institute of Land, Water and Society, 2010-2013.
Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Business, 2012-4.
Associate Director of the Economic and Regional Development in the Institute of Land,
Water and Society at Charles Sturt University, 2009-2011.
Prepared a report for the RHD Committee on the streamlining of the various Honours
programs into the new Faculty of Business. This report was used in the Faculty Forum
in 2007.
Conducted the scholarship selection review for the School of Marketing and
Management for 2005-2009.
Honours Coordinator for the School of Marketing and Management for 2007-2010.
Honours Coordinator for the Faculty of Business 2009-2014.
Course Coordinator for the Economics, Finance and Banking courses in the Bachelor of
Business degree for 2006 and 2007.
Stood on a Student Academic Misconduct Panel for a plagiarism allegation against
Mikael Nilsson in September 2006.
School Committees
Service at Charles Sturt University
Chaired School of Accounting and Finance, Research Committee, 2012-2013.
Participated on the School of Accounting and Finance, Workloads Committee, 20122013.
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Participated on the School of Business Learning and Teaching Committee, 2005-7,
2010-11.
Chaired Conference Support Committee, School of Business, 2010-11.
Presented a talk entitled “Quantitative research design” at the 2008 Faculty of Business
Doctoral Workshop.
Presented a talk on “A pinch of theory for choice modeling” at the Economics and
regional Development Choice Modeling Workshop on 5 June, 2008.
Presented a talk entitled “Quantitative research design” at the 2007 Faculty of Business
Doctoral Workshop.
Presented a talk entitled “Quantitative research design- issues and reflections” at the
2006 Faculty of Commerce Doctoral Workshop.
Presented a talk entitled “You too can do quantitative research” at the Research Day for
the School of Commerce on September 12, 2006.
Service at Georgia Institute of Technology
Recruitment committee for new professors and new chair, August 1999 – March 2001.
Recruitment committee for new professors, August 2000 – March 2001.
Recruitment committee for new professors, August 2001 – March 2002.
Undergraduate curriculum committee, 2001 – 2002.
Web site development committee, 2001 – 2002.
Recruitment committee for new professors, August 2002 – March 2003.
Web site development committee, 2002 – 03.
Undergraduate curriculum committee, 2002 – 03.
Research Supervision
At Charles Sturt University
Doctoral of Business Administration: Steven Halliday (2005-13) graduated, Saskia
Faulk (2006-11).
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PhD: Jodie Kleinschafer (2006-11) graduated, William Wise (2012-2014), Buyani Thom
(2013-2014).
At Georgia Institute of Technology
Masters: Gwen Robinson (M. A., Economics, 2001), Chalinda Weerasinghe (M. A.,
International Affairs, 2003).
Undergraduate Senior Thesis: Elizabeth Lewis (2000), Christine Mueller (2001), Jessica
Madariaga (2001), Crystal Perini (2001), Ashton Manley (2002), Jerome May (2002),
Noel Winter (2002), Matt Erdman (2002), Kevin Hellemans (2002), Jeff Reisner (2003),
Daniel Lee (2003), Nikhil Chaturvedi (2003), Cory Bilton (2004)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
At Stanford University
Teaching Assistant: John Taylor, Stanford University, 1997 – 1999, Roger Noll, Stanford
University, 1997- 1998.
Research Assistant: Anne Krueger, Stanford University, 1994 – 1996.
CONSULTING
Appeared as expert witness for the Environmental Defenders Office in the Alpha Coal
Mine case in the Queensland Land Court on economic issues around the environmental
and social impact of the proposed mine in September 2013.
Advised the Papua New Guinea Treasury on the adoption of a flexible exchange rate
regime, prepared as the report Duncan et al. (1998).
Consulted with mining company BHP on the legal and economic issues brought up by
Ok Tedi River compensation lawsuit in Papua New Guinea in 1994-1995.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2013 Faculty of Business Award for Individual Teaching Excellence
2013 Research Centre Fellowship in the Centre for Research in Complex Systems
2009 Research Centre Fellowship in the Institute of Land, Water and Society.
2008 Faculty of Business Award of Excellence for Research
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2008 Research Centre Fellowship in the Institute of Land, Water and Society.
Junior Fellows Teaching Program at Georgia Institute of Technology (Received a grant
for Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows for the 2000 Academic Year).
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Economics 1 - Elementary Economics Stanford University
Hertel Foundation Fellowship, in Economics, Stanford University
National Merit Finalist – St. Anselm’s Abbey - Washington D.C.
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