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Dr. Andrew Torre
Lecturer in Economics
BCom (Hons) MCom Melb, PhD La Trobe
Tel: +61 3 9244 6264
Email: andrew.torre@deakin.edu.au
Office location: Melbourne Campus at Burwood
Commenced at Deakin: 1993
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Teaching Interests/
units taught at Deakin |
International Business Economics.
International Industry Policy.
Economic Principles
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| Research interests |
Interface between law and economics
Merger theory and practice in a distorted world.
Implications of post Keynesian economics for traditional “neoclasiical” antitrust analysis
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Link to Research Output
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| Publication Highlights |
- The Impact of Court Delays on the Prosecutor and the Defendant: An Economic Analysis. European Journal of Law and Economics, (2003). 91-111.
- Torre, A The Use of Own Price Elasticity of Demand in Competition Law. (2005) 26 (8) European Competition Law Review. 468-73.
- Torre, A and A. Clifford. Is the treatment of economic loss by the Australian courts in torts cases anomalous? (2005). European Journal of Law and Economics. 145-164.
- Torre, A Socially Optimal Criminal Court Waiting Times: A Partial Investigation (2008) 27(1) Australian Economic Papers. 115-28.
- Torre, A. Measuring Offender Discount Rates: An Overview of the Issues and a Suggested Methodology (2008) 10(3) Flinders Journal of Law Reform.
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| Current research projects |
- Measuring the Disutility of Imprisonment to Offenders. Torre, A & Wraith, D. Queensland University of Technology.
- The Impact of Statutory Law on Takeover Activity, Torre, A & Zarebski, P. Deakin University.
- Defining Social Welfare for Merger Analysis in a Distorted World.
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| Teaching Awards |
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence 2000.
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