Department of Economics

Studying economics at Deakin

Our teaching programs follow best practice in economics education, and include an economics major, economics minor, sustainability and development major, as well as microcredentials and postgraduate offerings that tap into the latest trends in the labour market.

Research strengths and specialisations

We have particular research strengths in economic theory, applied economics, and econometrics, and have recently been rated 'above the world standard' by the Australian Federal Government. 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.

Publications

The department has 27 full-time permanent academics as well as five part-time professorial fellows. Its research strengths lie in economic theory, applied economics, and econometrics. Members of the department have published in leading scholarly journals such as:

American Economic Review
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Econometrica
Economic Journal
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
International Economic Review
Journal of Economic Theory
Games and Economic Behaviour

Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Development Economics
Journal of Health Economics
Review of Economics and Statistics
Journal of Political Economy
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

External visitors

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

2022 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
February 2022	Professor Joakim Westerlund	Lund University	Chair in Economics
March 2022	Professor Agnieszka Rusinowska	Paris School of Economics	Research collaboration
April 2022	Associate Professor Takashi Kunimoto	School of Economics, Singapore Management University (SMU)	Research collaboration
May 2022	Professor Michel Poitevin	University of Montreal	Research collaboration
June 2022	Professor Costa (Konstantinos) Arkolakis	Yale University	Presenting at the APTS Conference
May–July 2022	Professor Emin Gahramanov	American University of Sharjah	Research collaboration
July 2022	Professor Diego Restuccia	University of Toronto	Presenting a seminar
August 2022	Associate Professor Daniel Grossman	West Virginia University	Visiting for research collaboration purposes with Umair
November 2022	Professor Andrew McLennan	University of Queensland	Presenting at the Deakin Economic Theory Workshop on 10 November
November 2022	Associate Professor Idione Meneghel	Australian National University	Presenting at the Deakin Economic Theory Workshop on 10 November
November 2022	Professor Anton Kolotilin	University of New South Wales	Presenting at the Deakin Economic Theory Workshop on 10 November
December 2022	Professor Jaideep Roy	University of Bath	Professorial Research Fellow

2021 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
January 2021	Professor Youngsub Chun	Seoul National University	Research collaboration
March 2021	Professor Emin Gahramanov	American University of Sharjah	Research collaboration
September 2021	Professor Hodaka Morita	Hitotsubashi University	Research collaboration
November 2021	Associate Professor Eun Jeong Heo	University of Seoul	Research collaboration
August 2021	Assistant Professor Yasin Onder	Ghent University	Research collaboration
September–October 2021	Professor Dinko Dimitrov	Saarland University	Research collaboration
November	Professor Hiroshi Mukunoki	UNSW	Research collaboration
November	Professor Arunawa Sen	Princeton University	Deakin Economic Theory Workshop

2020 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
4/1/20–24/2/20	Dr Kai Gehring	University of Zurich	Academic visit to the department
4/1/20–20/2/20	Dr Ritesh Jain	Academia Sinica	Joint research project with Assoc. Prof. CJ Sun
11/1/20–25/2/20	Professor Jan-Egbert Sturm	ETH Zurich	Cross collaboration and research with between ETH and Deakin University
4/2/20–12/2/20	Associate Professor Takashi Kunimoto	Singapore Management University	Research collaboration with Assoc. Prof. CJ Sun
1/3/20–30/3/20	Dr Katerina Zigova	University of Konstanz	Academic visit to the department

2019 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
11/2/19–29/3/19	Associate Professor Xibin Zhang	Monash University	Joint research project in financial econometrics with Dr Yao
20/2/19–11/3/19	Mr Chris Waller	Reserve Bank, St Louis	Banking Conference
26/2/19–11/3/19	Professor Dinko Dimitrov	Saarland University Germany	Research collaboration with academics
5/3/19–13/3/19	Professor Robert Chirinko	University of Illinois USA	Seminar speaker, presenting lectures to students and research collaboration with academics
9/3/19–23/3/19	Professor Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak	Yale University USA	Research collaboration with academics
17/3/19–14/4/19	Dr Katarina Zigova	University of Konstanz Germany	Research collaboration with academics
22/3/19–10/4/19	Professor Nejat Anbarci	Durham University Business School	Research collaboration with academics
13/4/19–21/4/19	Dr Chih-Sheng Hsieh	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
25/5/19–11/6/19	Professor Utku Unver	Boston College USA	Research collaboration with academics
8/6/19–22/6/19	Associate Professor Resul Cesur	University of Connecticut USA	Research collaboration with academics
10/7/19–17/7/19	Dr Mohammad Tareq Hasan Chowdhury	Chittagong University	Research collaboration with academics
15/7/19–17/7/19	Associate Professor Duygu Yengin	University of Adelaide
30/7/19–21/8/19	Professor Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay	Economics and Planning Unit Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre	Research collaboration with academics
31/8/19–7/9/19	Professor William Thomson	University of Rochester USA	Seminar speaker, presenting lectures to students and research collaboration with academics

2018 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
15/1/18–22/2/18	Yana Petrova	Lund University	Research collaboration between Lund and Deakin University
2/2/18–16/2/18	Professor Utku Unver	Boston College	Seminar speaker and workshop with PhD students and academics
19/2/18–11/3/18	Professor Dinko Dimitrov	Saarland University, Germany	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
26/2/18–18/3/18	Dr Chris Waller	Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, USA	A public lecture at Deakin Downtown in Melbourne CBD and research collaboration with academics
8/3/18–1/4/18	Associate Professor Deniz Gevrek	Texas A&M, Corpus Christi USA	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
7/5/18–12/5/18	Professor Lijun Jia	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
7/5/18–12/5/18	Dr Lijuan Huo	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
7/5/18–12/5/18	Dr Changqing Li	Beijing Institute of Technology	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Beijing Institute of Technology and Deakin University
15/5/18–28/5/18	Associate Professor Takashi Kunimoto	Singapore Management University	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
30/5/18–6/6/18	Professor Gaetano Antinolfi	Washington University in St. Louis	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Washington University and Deakin University
2/7/18–23/7/18	Associate Professor Duygu Yengin	University of Adelaide	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
9/8/18–25/8/18	Professor Jean-François Mercier	Loyola Marymount University, USA	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics
19/8/18–2/9/18	Professor Chetan Ghate	Indian Statistical Institute	Cross collaboration and research with academics between Indian Statistical Institute and Deakin University
24/8/18–25/8/18	Professor Hodaka Morita	Hitotsubashi University	Research collaboration with academics
25/9/19–29/918	Professor Kazuo Mino	Kyoto Institute of Economic Research	Keynote speaker for Macroeconomic Development workshop
4/12/18–4/1/19	Professor Lars Winkelmann	Freie Universität Berlin	Seminar speaker and research collaboration with academics

2017 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
3/1/17–19/1/17	Professor Jan-Egbert Sturm	ETH Zürich	Research collaboration with staff, Seminar speaker and teaching to Honours and PhD students
23/1/17–19/2/17	Professor T.D. Stanley	Hendrix College, USA	Faculty workshop, research collaboration and teaching to Honours and PhD students
6/2/17–20/2/17	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
13/3/17–30/3/17	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
14/3/17–18/3/17	Professor William Thomson	University of Rochester, USA	Research collaboration, Seminar speaker and teaching to Honours and PhD students
23/3/17–31/3/17	Professor Leonor Modesto	Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economic, Portuguese Catholic University	Research collaboration with staff and Seminar speaker
12/4/17–13/4/17	Christie Smith	RBNZ	Cross collaboration between RBNZ and Deakin University
23/6/17–30/6/17	Professor Sandro Brusco	SUNY Stony Brook Singapore	Research collaboration with staff and Seminar speaker
22/8/17–23/8/17	Duygu Yengin	University of Adelaide	Research collaboration with staff
23/8/17–7/9/17	Dr Jeffrey Yu	University of Adelaide	Research collaboration with staff
12/11/17–1/12/17	Professor Lars Winklemann	Freie Universität Berlin	Research collaboration with staff
15/11/17–28/11/27	Professor Chetan Ghate	Indian Statistical Institute	Research collaboration with staff
10/12/17–23/12/17	Professor Erdel Tekin	American University	Research collaboration with staff
17/12/17–23/12/17	Professor Eden Yu	University of Hong Kong	Research collaboration with staff

2016 external visitors

Dates	Name	University	Type of visit
20/1/16–19/2/16	Professor Hong Hwang	National Taiwan University	Australian Academy of Science - Taiwan Exchange Program 2015/2016
3/1/16–22/1/16	Professor Jan-Egbert Sturm	KOF Swiss Economic Institute	Research collaboration and Seminar speaker
1/2/16–19/2/16	Dr Seyhun Orcan Sakalli	University of Lausanne, Switzerland	Research collaboration: Deep Determinants of Political Ideology in Turkey
17/2/16–31/12/16	Dr Suren Basov		Research collaboration and seminar speaker
22/2/16–2/3/16	Professor Patrice Laroche	ESC Europe, France	Completing research book with Department academic
29/2/16–4/3/16	Professor Charles Horioka	Asian Growth Research Institute
29/2/16–4/3/16	Associate Professor Yoko Niimi	Asian Growth Research Institute
5/3/16–22/3/16	Professor Axel Dreher	University of Heidelberg	Research collaboration and Seminar speaker
30/3/16–6/4/16	Dr Han Han	Peking University	Research collaboration with staff
19/4/16–25/4/16	Dr Chia-Feng (Joseph) Yu	University of Adelaide	Research collaboration with staff
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
22/7/16–27/7/16	Nick Lei Guo	University of Wisconsin Whitewater	Research collaboration with staff
3/9/16–11/9/16	Associate Professor Kang Rong	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	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
8/2/15–11/2/15	Souvik Dutta	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	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
12/3/15–31/12/15	Dr Suren Basov		Research collaboration with staff
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.
2/12/15–9/12/15	Professor Zhong Zhao	School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China	Research collaboration with staff
7/12/15–9/12/15	Dr Liang Wang	University of Hawaii at Manao	Research collaboration with staff

Our staff

Our academic staff produce world-class research in economic theory, applied economics, and econometrics, contributing to policy debates and facilitating evidence-based decision making on real world problems.

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