Dr Margaret McKenzie
Present Position:
Lecturer in Economics
Phone: +61 3 925 17838
Email: mckenzie@deakin.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne Campus at Burwood
Academic Qualifications:
BA(Hons) Monash MSc PhD London (Birkbeck)
Commenced at Deakin: 2004
Books/publications/monographs
Reported in the Deakin University Annual Research Reports
Research Interests:
- Economic growth / macroeconomics and regulation
- Intellectual property and trade policy
- Transitional economies / development and distribution
- Industry economics
- Comparative quantitative analysis, applied econometrics
Publication Highlights
- Privatisation and economic growth in Australia: the shorthand of a long process Applied Economics forthcoming.
- The Privatisation Experience in the Australian Banking and Insurance Sectors: An evaluation of the change in ownership structures, Accounting Business and Financial History, forthcoming (with M. Keneley)
Current research projects
- Productivity and microeconomic reform policy
- Is privatisation good for investment in Australia?
Research Grants
- A model of analysis for measuring the impact of farm-forestry in dairy country with K. O'Toole and M. Keneley, Gardiner Foundation $65,000 (2006-2007)
- Privatisation: efficiency and equity: An evaluation of the impact of change in ownership structures on organizations within the Australian finance sector, AFAANZ $5,500 with M. Keneley (2006)
Affiliations: Professional/Academic
- Economics Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Contemporary European Research Centre (Melbourne)
Teaching Interests/units taught at Deakin
- MAE202 National Economic Policy
- MAE322 Economics of the Environment
- MAE704 International Trade and Policy
