Department of Economics

Deakin’s Department of Economics ranks in the top three in Victoria, the top 10 in Australia and among the top five per cent in the world (RePec).

With 31 staff members, our research strengths lie in political economy, international trade and economic theory – with our findings regularly published across leading scholarly journals.

Areas of specialisation

Our areas of expertise lie in:

industrial organisation
economic theory
international trade
economic growth and development
labour economics and industrial relations
health economics
political economy and public choice.

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Research seminars

Learn more about our recent seminar presenters and topics presented by Deakin staff, visitors and research partners.

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Conferences

Learn more about the conferences hosted by the Department of Economics, which attract both overseas and interstate visitors.

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Grant success

The department has been successful in obtaining nationally and internationally competitive grants such as ARC Discovery grants, the Bush Fire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre and the US Department of Agriculture. Since 2011, more than 90% of our faculty members have published in an A-ranked journal and a further 60% have published in A* journals according to the ABCD journal rankings.

Regularly published

The Department has 32 members and its research strengths lie in political economy, international trade and economic theory. Members of the Department of Economics regularly publish in leading scholarly journals such as:

Quarterly Journal of Economics
Review of Economics and Statistics
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Economic Theory
Games and Economic Behaviour
Journal of International Economics
European Economic Review
Journal of Health Economics
Econometrica
International Economic Review

Professional Fellows

Name
Professor Utku Unver
Dr Christopher J. Waller

Honorary Appointments

Name
Professor Erdal Tekin Honorary Professor
Mr Jeff Hole Honorary Fellow

External visitors

The Department of Economics attracts a wide range of visiting experts.

2018 External visitors

DATES	NAME	UNIVERSITY
15/01/18 to 22/02/18	Yana Petrova	Lund University	Research collaboration between Lund and Deakin University
2/02/18 to 16/02/18	Professor Utku Unver	Boston College	Seminar speaker and workshop with PhD students and academics
19/02/18 to 11/03/18	Professor Dinko Dimitrov	Saarland University, Germany	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
26/02/18 to 18/03/18	Dr Chris Waller	Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, USA	A public lecture at Deakin Downtown in Melbourne CBD and research collaboration with academics
8/03/18 to 1/04/18	Associate Professor Deniz Gevrek	Texas A&M, Corpus Christi	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
7/05/18 to 12/05/18	Professor Lijun Jia	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
7/05/18 to 12/05/18	Dr Lijuan Huo	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
7/05/18 to 12/05/18	Dr Changqing Li	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
15/05/18 to 28/05/18	Associate Professor Takashi Kunimoto	Singapore Management University	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
4/12/2018 to 4/01/19	Professor Lars Winkelmann	Freie Universität Berlin	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics

2017 External visitors

DATES	NAME	UNIVERSITY
3/1/17 to 19/1/17	Professor Jan-Egbert Sturm	ETH Zürich	Research collaboration with staff, Seminar speaker and teaching to Honours and PhD students
23/1/17 to 19/2/17	Professor T.D. Stanley	Hendrix College, USA	Faculty workshop, research collaboration and teaching to Honours and PhD students
6/2/17 to 20/2/17	Dr Chris Waller	Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, USA	A public lecture at Deakin Downtown in Melbourne CBD, workshop and research collaboration with staff
13/3/17 to 30/3/17	Professor Robert Chirinko	University of Illinois, Chicago	Research collaboration with staff, public lecture at Burwood Corporate Centre and presenting lectures to PhD students and staff
14/3/17 to 18/3/17	Professor William Thomson	University of Rochester, USA	Research collaboration, Seminar speaker and teaching to Honours and PhD students
23/3/17 to 31/3/17	Professor Leonor Modesto	Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economic, Portuguese Catholic University	Research collaboration with staff and Seminar speaker
23/6/17 to 30/6/17	Professor Sandro Brusco	SUNY Stony Brook Singapore	Research collaboration with staff and Seminar speaker
23/8/17 to 7/9/17	Dr Jeffrey Yu	University of Adelaide	Research collaboration with staff
12/11/17 to 1/12/17	Professor Lars Winklemann	Freie Universität Berlin	Research collaboration with staff
10/12/2017 to 23/12/2017	Professor Erdel Tekin	American University	Research collaboration with staff

2016 External visitors

Dates	Name	University
20/1/2016 to 19/2/2016	Professor Hong Hwang	National Taiwan University	Australian Academy of Science - Taiwan Exchange Program 2015/2016
3/1/16 to 22/1/16	Professor Jan-Egbert Sturm	KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Research collaboration and Seminar speaker
01/02/2016-19/02/2016	Dr Seyhun Orcan Sakalli	University of Lausanne, Switzerland	Research collaboration: Deep Determinants of Political Ideology in Turkey
22/2/16 to 2/3/16	Professor Patrice Laroche	ESC Europe, France	Completing research book with Department academic
5/3/16 to 22/3/16	Professor Axel Dreher	University of Heidelberg	Research collaboration and Seminar speaker
4/6/16 - 28/6/16	Professor Chetan Ghate	Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi	Participating in the ADEW conference and research collaboration with staff
8/6/16 - 28/6/16	Ms Sargam Gupta	Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi	Participating in the ADEW conference and research collaboration with staff
26/9/16 - 30/9/16	Dr Benjamin Wong	Reserve Bank of NZ	RBNZ-Deakin visitors exchange program
24/10/16 - 28/10/16	Dr Christie Smith	Reserve Bank of NZ	RBNZ-Deakin visitors exchange program
1/12/16 - 16/12/16	Prof Martin Paldam	Aarhus University	Research collaboration between Aarhus University and Deakin

2015 External visitors

Dates	Name	University
1/2/15 - 13/2/15	Professor Utku Unver	Boston College	Participating in the AETW 2015 conference and research collaboration with staff
3/2/15 - 16/2/15	Professor Hector Chade	Arizona State University	Participating in the AETW 2015 conference and research collaboration with staff
9/3/15 - 27/3/15	Professor Robert Chirinko	University of Illinois at Chicago	Honorary professor for the Department of Economics - Research collaboration and Seminar speaker
15/5/15 - 10/6/15	Professor Patrice Laroche	ESC Europe, France	Completing research book with Department academic and seminar speaker
1/6/15 - 30/6/15	Professor Tom Stanley	Hendrix College	Presenting at a BUILD workshop seminar speaker and research collaboration with staff
2/11/15 - 5/11/15	Dr Yao Fang	Reserve Bank of NZ	RBNZ-Deakin visitors exchange program
2/11/15 - 24/11/15	Dr Shakil Ahmed	The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)	Research collaboration with staff and seminar speaker. Exchange visitor from the largest NGO in the world.