PhD graduates
2024
Sulistiyo Kadam Ardiyono (Chair of panel: Dr A Patunru)
Thesis title: Firms’ responses to shocks and the impacts on employment and investmentJoel Bowman (Chair of panel: Professor L Song)
Thesis title: The working dead: The dynamics, causes and consequences of zombie businessesBashar Fakhruzzaman (Chair of panel: Associate Professor Y Zhou)
Thesis title: Industrial upgrading in the apparel value chain: Evidence from BangladeshXueting Jiang (Chair of panel: Professor D Stern)
Thesis title: Essays on air pollution, climate change, and extreme weatherRiswandi (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Essays on child development in Indonesia
2023
Andrew Carter (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Empirical essays in taxation - responses to the Australian taxation systemSudyumna Dahal (Chair of panel: Professor R Fry-McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays on remittances, R&D and macroeconomyQuoc Anh Ho (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: Vietnam’s economic growth: The roles of labour productivity, structural change, and foreign direct investmentMinh Ngoc Le (Chair of panel: Associate Professor HL Chu)
Thesis title: Essays on enterprises, standards compliance, and environmental issues In VietnamMai Nguyen (Chair of panel: Associate Professor H Nguyen)
Thesis title: Food safety in international trade and the political economy in VietnamLin Qi (Chair of panel: Professor R Fry-McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays on nonlinearities in financial market co-movementsTristram Sainsbury (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Essays in empirical policy evaluation: COVID-19 fiscal policy and the early release of superannuationThomas Wangi (Chair of panel: Professor R Fry-McKibbin)
Thesis title: Demand for excess reserves by commercial banks in Papua New GuineaTsendsuren Batsuuri (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Economic and environmental impacts of demographic changes in a life-cycle modelMara Hammerle (Chair of panel: Professor P Burke)
Thesis title: Essays on household energy poverty and Australia’s renewable energy transitionShane Johnson (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Essays in empirical tax policy: Taxpayers’ responses to the Australian personal taxation systemYichang Liu (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: Trade in renewable energy commodities among Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Countries: An exploratory studyMatthew Woolf (Chair of panel: Associate Professor C Day)
Thesis title: Essays on inequality, human capital, and economic growth
2022
Krisna Gupta (Chair of panel: Dr A Patunru)
Thesis title: How investment and trade shape the economic transformation of IndonesiaNurina Merdikawati (Chair of panel: Dr S Dong)
Thesis title: Essays on the impact of labour market regulation in IndonesiaWanissa Suanin (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor P Athukorala)
Thesis title: Processed food exports from developing countries: patterns, determinants, policy issuesVishesh Agarwal (Chair of panel: Professor L Song)
Thesis title: The effects of political shocks on international trade: evidence from China and major partners, 1998-2018Yuventus Effendi (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Implications of electricity market integration and renewable electricity development in the East Asia regionSiti Kamariah Ghazali (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor P Athukorala)
Thesis title: The real exchange rate and economic performance: insights from the Malaysian experienceAlbert Lamberte (Chair of panel: Professor Q Grafton)
Thesis title: Economic analyses of policies for household water services in Metro ManilaHai Thanh Nguyen (Chair of panel: Associate Professor HL Chu)
Thesis title: Liberalisation reforms and manufacturing productivity in a transition economy: The Vietnamese experiencePhan Le (Chair of panel: Professor B Lewis)
Thesis title: Sources of productivity growth in Vietnam: Three essays
2021
Taehyun Ryu (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Institutions, government, and developmentTong Zhang (Chair of panel: Associate Professor P Burke)
Thesis title: Essays on the effects of road transport costsMartha Primanthi (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: Characteristics of Indonesia’s large and medium scale manufacturing industries: An exploratory analysisRuth Nikijuluw (Chair of panel: Associate Professor B Lewis)
Thesis title: Essays on decentralisation and accountability in IndonesiaUmi Yaumidin (Chair of panel: Associate Professor HL Chu)
Thesis title: Essays on sustainable agriculture in IndonesiaDenny Irawan (Chair of panel: Associate Professor T Okimoto)
Thesis title: Macro uncertainties and financial dynamics of renewable and non-renewable resource companiesKai-Yun Tsai (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: The economic impact of the emergence of China on TaiwanSilva Daniel Withmory (Chair of panel: Professor R Fry-McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays in Australian macroeconomic policyThai Nguyen (Chair of panel: Associate Professor HL Chu)
Thesis title: Essays on the economics of energy in VietnamChris Wokker (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Essays in applied microeconomicsWishnu Mahraddika (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor P Athukorala)
Thesis title: Financial globalization and macroeconomic policyBarli Suryanta (Chair of panel: Dr A Patunru)
Thesis title: Indonesia’s integration into the regional and global economiesChandra Tri Putra (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Essays on firm diversification strategies: Evidence from Indonesian medium and large manufacturing plantsChristopher James Cabuay (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Essays on migration and remittances in the PhilippinesHang Hoang (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays in innovation, trade and determinants of growthAnthony Wiskich (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays on modelling the economics of energy and the climateTrang Be (Chair of panel: Associate Professor HL Chu)
Thesis title: The political economy of small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam.Augustus Panton (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays on climatic disruptions and monetary policyPhitawat Poonpolkul (Chair of panel: Distinguished Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays on demographic changes and macroeconomicsShanika Rathnayake Mudiyanselage (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Sustainability of public debt, debt stabilisation, fiscal rules and debt growth nexus in developing worldAlongkorn Tanasritunyakul (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor P Athukorala)
Thesis title: Asian export performance: diversification, product variety, and productivity
2020
Lien Huong Do (Chair of panel: Dr H Nguyen)
Thesis title: Essays on agriculture and rural development in Viet NamWannaphong Durongkaveroj (Chair of panel: Professor P Athukorala)
Thesis title: Trade, growth, and equity: four essaysSamuel Firew (Chair of panel: Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: Economic integration in the ASEAN region, and international trade linkages with FDI, tourism and the environmentAdrianus Hendrawan (Chair of panel: Associate Professor B Lewis)
Thesis title: Political economy of Indonesia’s decentralisationNicholas Bayly (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Female board representation and corporate performance: an Australian perspectiveMark Fabian (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: A theory of subjective well-beingOwen Freestone (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Economic inequality over the life cycle in AustraliaChristopher Hoy (Chair of panel: Professor S Howes)
Thesis title: Evaluating people’s support for and the impact of tax and transfer policies in developing countriesChi Hoong Leong (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor J Bennett)
Thesis title: Willingness-to-pay for noise abatement in SingaporeKate McKinnon (Chair of panel: Professor R Fry-McKibbin)
Thesis title: Essays in empirical asset pricingDonny Pasaribu (Chair of panel: Emeritus Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: The Dutch disease, natural resource booms and policy adjustments: The case of Indonesia
2019
Deasy Pane (Chair of panel: Dr A Patunru)
Thesis title: Firms in international trade: evidence from IndonesiaPanittra Ninpanit (Chair of panel: Professor D Stern)
Thesis title: Economic analysis of energy use and environmental impacts in ThailandUmbu Reku Raya (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Essays on inequality of opportunities and development outcomes in IndonesiaRus’an Nasrudin (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Three essays on livelihood and development in IndonesiaAnna Triana Falentina (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Indonesia: Three essaysYessi Vadila (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: The socio-economic, environmental, and health impacts of tariff reforms in IndonesiaPaul Wyrwoll (Chair of panel: Professor Q Grafton)
Thesis title: The economics and governance of multipurpose hydropower reservoirsNilar Aung (Chair of panel: Dr H Nguyen)
Thesis title: Rice production, income diversification and rural development in MyanmarNathan Deutscher (Chair of panel: Professor R Breunig)
Thesis title: Empirical essays in intergenerational mobility and early childhood human capital formationPaul Hubbard (Chair of panel: Dr S Armstrong)
Thesis title: The nature and performance of China’s state-owned enterprisesGiang Nguyen (Chair of panel: Associate Professor M Sinning)
Thesis title: Essays on economic development in Southeast AsiaLam Xuan Nguyen (Chair of panel: Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: An asymmetric country model with financial frictions
From 2019 onwards, this list includes all PhD in Economics graduates from the Crawford School of Public Policy under the newly-expanded Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
2018
Nguyen Thi Minh Hieu (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Human capital: Parental aspirations, ethnic differences and crimeSadia Afrin (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Monetary policy transmission mechanism, financial frictions in closed and open economy DSGE modelsKimlong Chheng (Chair of panel: Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Food insecurity in developing economies: Cambodian and International evidence
2017
Rohan Best (Chair of panel: Dr P Burke)
Thesis title: Energy and economic development: Underlying macroeconomic and institutional factorsOmer Majeed (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Trade policy and production fragmentationSamuel Weldeegzie (Chair of panel: R Breunig)
Thesis title: Essays on human capital in Ethiopia
2016
Lwin Lwin Aung (Chair of panel: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: Accounting for consumption inequality in Myanmar: 2004/05-2009/10Matthew McKay (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Patterns of world trade: An application of network complexity analysisSirikarn Lertamphainont (Chair of panel: Dr R Sparrow)
Thesis title: Farm household welfare: The application of weather and disaster shocks in ThailandThang Tat Vo (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: The relationship between confidence and economic policy in VietnamHuy Quynh Nguyen (Chair of panel: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: Policy reform for smallholder agriculture: an analysis using household data for VietnamRyan Edwards (Chair of panel: Dr P Burke)
Thesis title: Natural resource sectors and human development: International and Indonesian evidenceRajan Krishna Panta (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Labour migration, migrant remittances and economic developmentFadliya (Chair of panel: Associate Professor R McLeod)
Thesis title: Fiscal decentralisation in Indonesia
2015
Sitta Rosdaniah (Chair of panel: Dr R McLeod)
Thesis title: Nominal and actual objectives of economic policy making in IndonesiaJagath Dissanayake (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Three essays on international food pricesAriun-Erdene Bayarjargal (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Inequality and economic developmentMichael Cabalfin (Chair of panel: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Of milk and honey: Returns to education and migration of Filipinos
2014
Delwar Hossain (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Essays on capital inflows and economic developmentFahad Khan (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Three essays on determinants and impact of institutional qualityManoj Kumar Pandey (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Essays in the economics of ageingMarcel Schroder (Chair of Panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Real exchange rates and foreign assets: three essaysAcram Latiph (Chair of panel: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: What’s wrong with Mindanao? The unequal development in the PhilippinesKien Trung Nguyen (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Economic reforms manufacturing employment and productiviSitthiroth Rasphone (Chair of panel: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: Marginal benefit incidence of public spending in LaosNga Thi Thanh Nguyen (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Ownership bias and economic transition: Evidence from the manufacturing sector in VietnamDuc Truong Nguyen (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Essays on India’s monetary and fiscal policies and their interrelationRamesh C Paudel (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Growth and export performance of developing countries: Is landlockedness destiny?
2013
- Rahman Abdurohman (Chair of panel: Associate Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Countercyclical fiscal policy in Indonesia
2012
Hemantha Ekanayake (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Essays on Fiscal and Monetary InterdependenceTitik Anas (Chair of panel: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Behind the Boom and Bust of Indonesian ExportsNitin Gupta (Chair of panel: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Essays on India’s Post-Reform Industrial PerformanceAndrew Jia Yi Kam (Chair of panel: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Malaysian Industrialisation: Production Fragmentation, Productivity and Technology SpilloversMoekti Soejachmoen (Chair of panel: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Why is Indonesia Left Behind in Global Production Networks?Swarnim Wagle (Chair of panel: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Essays on Policy Reforms in Trade, Investment and Taxation
2011
Shuhei Nishitateno (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: The trend of production fragmentation, its determinants and the impact of the fragmentation on Exchange Rate Pass-Through (ERPT)Ditya Nurdianto (Supervisor: Associate Professor B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: A General Equilibrium Perspective on Energy and Environmental Policies in ASEANRaden Muhamad Purnagunawan (Supervisor: Associate Professor C Manning)
Thesis title: Minimum Wages and Labour Market Outcomes in Decentralised Indonesia
2010
Paul Burke (Supervisor: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: On impacts of economic growthXin Liu (Supervisor: Professor G Fane)
Thesis title: Testing Alternative Explanations for the Uncovered Interest Parity Anomaly
2009
Honge (Cathy) Gong (Supervisor: Professor X Meng)
Thesis title: Financial essays on spatial price differences and income mobility in urban China, 1986-2004Miki Matsui (Supervisor: Associate Professor C Manning)
Thesis title: Marriage, employment and happiness: The work-life balance of Japanese womenWaleerat Suphannachart (Supervisor: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: Research and productivity in Thailand agricultureRodrigo Taborda (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Structural reforms and industrial adjustment in ColumbiaRussell Thomson (Supervisor: Professor H Hill, Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: The Determinants of technological innovationChristine Yeo (Supervisor: Professor X Meng)
Thesis title: Three essays on individuals’ responses to welfare reforms in ChinaDandan Zhang (Supervisor: Professor X Meng)
Thesis title: Employment, inequality and poverty in China
2008
Tu Dang (Supervisor: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Choice between exchange rate band and corner solutions with imperfect credibilityMachmud, T M Arief (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Determinants of inflation in Indonesia: An econometric analysisSam Hill (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Foreign direct investment and economic growth: The role of host country policiesJakrit Ruangkajorn (Supervisor: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: The determinants of private investment in ThailandMuhammad Nashihin (Supervisor: Professor G Fane)
Thesis title: Poverty incidence in Indonesia, 1987-2002: A utility-consistent approach based on a new survey of regional pricesAlberto Posso (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Outward orientation and labour market outcomes in Asia and Latin AmericaRiyana Miranti (Supervisor: Associate Professor C Manning)
Thesis title: The determinants of regional poverty in Indonesia 1984-2002Della Temenggung (Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Foreign direct investment and industrial transformation in IndonesiaYogi Vidyattama (Professor H Hill and Dr B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Patterns of provinicial economic growth in IndonesiaNobuaki Yamashita (Professor PC Athukorala and Professor M Richardson)
Thesis title: International fragmentation of production, trade patterns and the labour market adjustments in Japanese manufacturingArief Anshory Yusuf (Supervisor: Dr B Resosudarmo)
Thesis title: Distributional impact of environmental policies in Indonesia
2007
Beng Jiunn Ang (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: The causal relationship between economic growth and financial developmentKompal Sinha (Superivsor: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Essays in nutrition and labour supply: An empirical investigation for rural IndiaQuang Tien Tran (Supervisor: ProfProfessor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Foreign direct investment and industrialisation in Vietnam
2006
Edda Claus (Supervisors: Dr M H Dungey, Dr R Fry)
Thesis title: Monetary policy and inflation targetingTao Kong (Supervisor: Professor R Garnaut)
Thesis title: Growth effects of political institutionsDionisius Narjoko (Supervisor: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Indonesian manufacturing and the economic crisis of 1997/98Kang Yong Tan (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Dynamic learning in macroeconometric modelsHsiao Chink Tang (Supervisor: Professor W Mckibbin)
Thesis title: Monetary policy transmission mechanism in Malaysia: An empirical and methodological explorationZavkijon Zavkiev (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Modelling the Tajikistan economy with an application to the evaluation of monetary regimes
2005
Juthathip Jongwanich (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Crisis, adjustment and exchange rate policy option for post-crisis East Asia: The case study of ThailandArchanun Kohpaiboon (Supervisor: Professor PC Athukorala)
Thesis title: Foreign direct investment and industrial transformation in ThailandNatalia Ponomareva (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Monetary regimes for developing countriesAlison Stegman (Supervisor: Professor W Mckibbin)
Thesis title: International climate change agreements
2004
- Anurag Sharma (Supervisor: Professor R Jha)
Thesis title: Fiscal deficits, banking crises and adjustment policy in a semi-open economy
2003
Iman Sugema (Supervisor: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Indonesia’s deep economic crisis: The role of the banking sector in its origins and propagationChia-Hung Sun (Supervisor: Professor K Kalirajan, Professor W Mckibbin)
Thesis title: The growth process in East Asian manufacturing industries: a re-examinationQun Shi (Supervisor: Professor G Fane)
Thesis title: The social security system in China - Its origin, recent reforms and the prospects of future reforms
2002
Tingsong Jiang (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Economic instruments for pollution control in an imperfect world: Theory and implications for carbon dioxide emissions control in ChinaM C Basri (Supervisor: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: The political economy of manufacturing protection in IndonesiaKanhaiya Singh (Supervisor: Professor K Kalirajan, Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Inflation, growth and monetary policy in India: A macroeconomic analysis
2001
Alexandra Sidorenko (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Health insurance and demand for medical care: Theory and application to AustraliaSteve Seneque (Supervisor: Professor K Kalirajan)
Thesis title: The impact of economic reforms on Vietnam’s agricultural economy (1989-1995)X. Fan (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: Technological spillovers from foreign direct investment and industrial growth in China
2000
Aswicahyono, H (Supervisor: Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Total factor productivity in Indonesia manufacturing, 1975-1993Bird, K B (Supervisor Professor H Hill)
Thesis title: Industrial concentration and competition in Indonesian manufacturingChang, H (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: International trade, productivity growth, eduction and wage differentials in general equilibriumTang, KK (Supervisor: Professor W McKibbin)
Thesis title: One country, two systems, how many monies? Essays on the exchange rate arrangement of Hong KongThapa, PJ (Supervisor: Professor P Warr)
Thesis title: Labour heterogeneity in a farm household model: an application to Nepalese agricultureWeerasinghe, PN (Supervisor: Professor G Fane)
Thesis title: Trade openness and economic performance: a cross-country empirical study
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