| Malcolm Abbott Consultant KPMG |
Email: mjabbott@kpmg.com.au |
| Brian Bell Director, Nimmo-Bell MAgrSc (Hons), CFIP, MInstD |
Nimmo-Bell & Company Ltd P O Box 10790 Wellington |
| Matt Benge Assistant Deputy Commissioner Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue |
Email: matt.benge@ird.govt.nz |
| Sean Bevin Economic Analyst BA (Hons) Econ |
Economic Solutions Ltd. 150A Guppy Road P O Box 7523 Taradale Phone: +64 6 844 1021 Fax: +64 6 844 1031 Mobile: 027 220 4937 Email: esl@maxanet.co.nz |
| Gambhir Bhatta PhD |
South Asia Department Governance, Finance, and Trade Division Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines Email: gbhatta@adb.org Phone: +63 2 632 5472 |
| Alan Bollard Governor, RBNZ MA (Hons) PhD |
Reserve Bank of New Zealand P O Box 2498 Wellington |
| David Butcher |
P O Box 5279 Wellington Phone/Fax: +64 4 476 9001 Mobile: +64 21 438 630 E-mail: HonDavidButcher@compuserve.com Web Site: www.dba.org.nz |
| Geoff Butcher Butcher Partners Ltd |
| Anthony Casey Economist BEc (Hons) |
The Treasury 1 The Terrace P O Box 3724 Wellington, New Zealand Phone: +64 4 917 6919 Fax: +64 4 473 3447 Mobile: 021 522 408 Email: Anthony.Casey@treasury.govt.nz Website: http://www.treasury.govt.nz/ |
| Iris Claus Economist Hon BA, MA, PhD |
Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue P O Box 2198 Wellington, New Zealand Email: iris.claus@ird.govt.nz |
| Robin Clements Director of Research BSc (Hons) |
UBS Warburg New Zealand Ltd |
Robin was an economist with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 1982 to 1990.
| Ross Cullen Associate Professor BCom(Hons) PhD (Otago), DipAgr DipVFM |
Ross will spend some time during 2000 on Study Leave collecting information in a number of countries on the modes of delivery and the productivity of their endangered species programmes.
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Donal Curtin |
Economics New Zealand Ltd P O Box 65-606 Mairangi Bay Auckland 1330 |
Personal research interests and commercial consultancy work include macroeconomic forecasting, investment portfolio design, tactical asset allocated investment analysis, and exchange rate forecasting and risk management. Donal also has a keen interest in the economics of network industries, and is an Associate Member of the Commerce Commission.
| Paul Dalziel PhD (Otago), MCom |
Commerce Division Lincoln University Canterbury |
| Roderick Deane PhD, BCom (Hons), FACA, FCIS, FNZIM, Honorary LLD |
Email: Roderick.Deane@independenteconomics.com Website: http://www.independenteconomics.com/ |
Roderick Deane has had an extensive career in business as Chairman and as a Director of a number of major New Zealand and Australian companies and earlier in the public sector and central banking. He has also had a considerable involvement with charitable and cultural organizations. He is currently Chairman of Fletcher Building Limited and the New Zealand Seed Fund. Dr Deane is a Director of the Australian company Woolworths Limited and on the Advisory Board of Pacific Road Corporate Finance Ltd in Sydney.
He is also Patron and a past President of IHC Inc. and Chairman of the IHC Foundation. IHC is New Zealand's largest voluntary welfare charitable organization.
Until 30 June 2006, when he retired from each of these positions, Dr Deane was Chairman of Telecom Corporation of NZ Limited, ANZ National Bank Limited, Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), and the City Gallery Wellington Foundation. He was also a Director of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.
In the past Dr Deane has been involved in the executive branch of Government, as Chairman of the State Services Commission, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund. He was also Chief Executive of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited and, until October 1999, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Telecom NZ Limited.
He had previously been a Director of TransAlta Corporation Limited in Canada, Chairman of both TransPower Ltd and DesignPowerBuild Ltd, a Director of AMP Society in NZ, Chairman of the Mayoral Business Advisory Group in Wellington, and a member of the Prime Minister's Enterprise Council.
Dr Deane is a Distinguished Fellow of the Centre of Independent Studies in Australia and of the NZ Association of Economists. He was the inaugural NZIER Economist of the Year in 1994 and was Executive of the Year in 1994 and Executive of the Decade in 1999 in the NZ Management Top 200 awards.
| Gerald Dreaver Hon BA |
Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue
P O Box 2198
Wellington, New Zealand
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Gerald Dreaver is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Policy Advice Division at Inland Revenue, and has worked on secondment with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on climate change policy. He has particular interests in public and environmental economics. In a previous career Gerald was a researcher at the Ministry of Education.
| Ian Duncan Senior Research Economist NZIER BSc |
Ian Duncan joined the NZIER in 1990. He undertakes commissioned research on behalf of clients in the private and public sectors in New Zealand. The research involves the application of economic data and concepts to policy or strategy questions. He also spends a certain amount of time marketing NZIER's services and responding to requests for tender. Projects undertaken in the latter part of 2000, and early 2001 included: economic evaluation of a local body development initiative; comparative analysis of rating burdens; economic input into a response to a dumping allegation; a paper on international value chains; and drafting of sector profiles for NZIER's Industry Outlook.
| Brian Easton Economist, Social Statistician, Public Policy Analyst BSc (Hons), BA, FRSS, Dip Stat |
18 Talavera Terrace Kelburn, Wellington http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/ |
| Daniel Evans Economic Analyst BCom (Accounting & Finance) |
Phone: (028) 890 636 Fax: (028) 890 637 Email: daniel@danielmevans.net |
Areas of Interest: Working with barter-trade in developing countries (Mexico, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, India) and counter-trade/reciprocal/corporate trade in developed nations (Norway, USA, Canada etc); Micro-credit, lending and credit-money
Areas of Work: Development of long-range forecasting models; Sustainable development; Economic impact analysis; Industry profiling - barter, counter-trade, offset trade, reciprocal trade; Interested in credit-money and barter-exchange trade; Applied micro-economics; Non-market valuation techniques
| Colin Fraser |
42 Queens Drive Lyall Bay Wellington |
| Andrew Fung International Audit, Inland Revenue |
Email: andrew.fung@ird.govt.nz |
| Vince Galvin Manager, Inflation Measures BSc (Hons), Dip Soc Sci |
Statistics New Zealand P O Box 2922 Wellington |
| John Gibson Senior Lecturer BAgSci, Canterbury MAgSci, Lincoln PhD, Stanford |
| Arthur Grimes |
GT Research & Consulting 25 Upper Watt Street Wadestown, Wellington Email: grimes.tarrant@xtra.co.nz |
| Alfred V Guender Senior Lecturer BA (Hons) (Texas), MS (Illinois), PhD (North Carolina) |
With the help of a student he is currently attempting to design an alternative MCI.
| Maraina Hak Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue |
Email: maraina.hak@ird.govt.nz |
| Viv Hall Macarthy Chair of Economics MCom Phd Auck |
School of Economics and Finance Victoria University of Wellington P O Box 600 Wellington |
| Carl D Hansen Chief Economist M-co New Zealand |
| Suella Hansen PhD (Cambridge), MCom (Auckland) Director, Network Strategies Limited |
P O Box 37138 Parnell, Auckland Phone: +64 9 522 1702 Fax: +64 9 522 1703 Email: s.hansen@strategies.nzl.com |
| Alfred Haug Diplom-Volkswirt (Konstanz) MA, PhD (Ohio State) |
Department of Economics University of Otago P O Box 56 Dunedin Email: ahaug@business.otago.ac.nz |
| Gary Hawke Professor of Economic History BA (Hons) Bcom VUW; DPhil Oxf FRSNZ |
School of Economics & Finance Victoria University of Wellington P O Box 600 Wellington |
But the broader issue is how economic thinking has shaped and been shaped by experience in New Zealand, this theme reflecting both Gary's disciplinary origins in Economic History and his experience as Director of the Institute of Policy Studies from 1987-97. His work is best seen in publications such as:
| Robert Heyes BA Economics, University of the West of England MSc Economics, University of Warwick |
Department of Labour Level 3, Unisys House P O Box 3705 Wellington Email: robert.heyes@dol.govt.nz |
| Prue Hyman Feminist Economist MA (Oxin), FRSS |
66 Ames Street Paekakariki |
| J Keith Johnson Senior Economist, NZIER BA/MA, University of Cambridge, UK PhD, Australian National University, Canberra Diploma in Public Sector Management, Massey, NZ Diploma in Housing Management & Policy, Swinburne, Australia |
Details at: http://www.nzier.org.nz /
| Suzi Kerr Researcher |
Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Trust Island Bay, Wellington |
| Paul Killerby Local Government Policy Analyst MMS (Waikato), GDipApplStats (Massey) |
Paul is the Strategic Planning Manager at APR Consultants Ltd based in Rotorua. His academic and work interests focus on regional development and strategic partnerships. For more information, please visit Paul's website at: http://www.paulkillerby.orcon.net.nz/
| Stephen Knowles Senior Lecturer BCom, PhD (Otago) |
| Leo Krippner Head of Investment Strategy, AMP Capital Investors |
Email: leo.krippner@ampcapital.com |
| Andrea Kutinova Lecturer, University of Canterbury BA (Charles University, Prague) MA, PhD (University of New Hampshire) |
| Wai Kun Callie Lau Lecturer B. Comm & Mgmt, Hons (Lincoln) M. Economics (Malaya) |
| Jason Leung-Wai Senior Economist MBS Massey |
Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) Level 5, 108 The Terrace P O Box 10277 Wellington Email: jason.leung-wai@berl.co.nz |
Jason is a senior economist at BERL. His area of interest is public policy with a particular focus on regional development theory and measurement. He has undertaken projects ranging from economic impact assessment to regional development strategies.
| Chris Livesey Senior Operator, Ministry for the Environment BSc, BA (Hons) |
14 Fairview Crescent Kelburn Wellington 6012 c.livesey@paradise.net.nz |
Chris Livesey's current economic work includes:
Chris has an on-going and active interest in:
| Philip S Morrison PhD (Toronto), MA and BAHons (VUW) |
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Victoria University of Wellington |
Professor Philip Morrison is an economic geographer whose current interests include local labour and local housing markets and the interaction between the two. Of particular interest at present are the determinants of social wellbeing, particularly the role of that place of residence might play. Of specific concern are the possible trade offs between the labour productivity benefits of growing settlement density versus the negative effects of density on subjective wellbeing.
| John Nash Chief Advisor (International Audit) Inland Revenue |
Email: john.nash@ird.govt.nz |
John is a chartered accountant and holds the position of Chief Advisor (International Audit). In this role he also serves as Competent Authority for New Zealand, responsible for the resolution of double taxation disputes, the negotiation of bilateral advance pricing agreements and exchanges of information with treaty partners. John has specialised in the investigation of transfer pricing and complex tax avoidance arrangements. He has worked for Revenue Authorities in Canada and Ireland, and has represented New Zealand at numerous international meetings. John is currently New Zealand's delegate to the OECD Working Party on Tax Avoidance and Evasion and was elected to Vice Chair in 2006.
| David Norman B.Sc and B.A. Research Economist |
BERL - Business and Economic Research Limited Level 5, 108 The Terrace P O Box 10-277 Wellington 6143 |
David works on a range of projects at BERL. These include economic profiles at regional or district level for clients across the North and South Islands. He has also worked on several economic impact assessments of infrastructure, and is currently involved in a number of economic impact of immigration-related projects.
| Des O'Dea Consultant Economist Part-time Lecturer in Health Economics Wellington School of Medicine BSc Hons (Canty; Maths); BA (VUW; Economics) |
P O Box 1710 Paraparaumu Beach |
Des O'Dea specialises in `social economics', in particular income distribution analyses and health economics. Projects and publications have included reports on income distribution in New Zealand, the hospital industry, the measurement of health sector efficiency and equity; links from income inequality to health, the costs of skin cancer, pharmo-economic analyses, and demand for tobacco products.
| John Ong Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue |
Email: john.ong@ird.govt.nz |
| LES Oxley Professor BA (Hons.) Wales MA (Money and Finance) Sheffield PhD Tilburg |
LES Oxley's interests include quantitative economic history; economic growth; human capital; applied econometrics; economics of innovation, and energy economics. His www page is: http://www.econ.canterbury.ac.nz/les/index.shtml).
| Chris Pinfield Advisor, Regulatory and Tax Policy The Treasury BA(Vic), MA (Cambridge) |
28 Napier Street Wellington |
Chris Pinfield's recent work has included the economic costs of taxation, the regulation of telecommunications, the devaluation of fisheries management, and guidelines for cost recovery across the public sector.
| Vicki Plater Economic Advisor MCA (Hons) (Vic) BCA (Vic) |
Email: v-plater@dfid.gov.uk |
Vicki Plater is currently working in Zimbabwe for the UK's Department of International Development. Her work includes analysing the country's macroeconomic environment, liaising with the IMF, World Bank, and other bilateral donors, managing trade-and debt-capacity-building projects and providing economic input into a wide variety of other projects including health and rural livelihoods.
| Jacques Poot Population Studies Centre University of Waikato Drs Amst, PhD VUW |
Professor Jacques Poot's current research interests include: Globalisation; The “New Economic Geography” and implications for New Zealand; International migration; Regional development; Monopsony in local labour markets; The wage curve; Meta-analysis; Empirical evidence for endogenous growth; Innovation and efficiency in the New Zealand construction sector; Transportation policy and road pricing; Housing markets; Forecasting.
| David A Preston |
23 Ngaio Road Kelburn Wellington |
David Preston is a consultant on economic and social policy. He specialises in areas involving government administration and public policy. He is an expert on social security systems, and is an active consultant to ILO in providing technical assistance in the design of social security and public pension systems.
| Weshah Razzak |
PhD Economics (minor in statistics), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA (1994) MA Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (1987) Senior Economist, Labour Market Policy Group, Wellington Research interest: International Macroeconomics and Econometrics Website http://www.razzakw.net/
| Susan St John Senior Lecturer Economics Department University of Auckland |
Susan St John's research and teaching interests are focused on public policy issues, macroeconomics and the economics of the public sector. Areas include taxation, pensions, accident compensation, family law and economics and income support. In 1997 she was deputy chair of the Periodic Report Group on retirement incomes. In 2000, the text “Macroeconomics and the contemporary New Zealand economy” with Robert Scollay, first published in 1996, and “Economics Concepts and Applications” co-authored with James Stewart, were substantially updated. Current projects include an analysis of family incomes in New Zealand, the welfare state and targeting, the role of pensions and annuities in New Zealand, international pension systems, the economic implications of New Zealand's Accident Compensation, and tax reforms. She is a member of and contributor to the New Zealand Child Poverty Action Group (Inc.). Recent articles can found at http://www.geocities.com/nzwomen/SusanStJohn.
| Caroline Saunders Associate Professor BSc(Hons) UCNW PhD (Newcastle, UK) |
Caroline Saunders is involved in a series of projects which mainly revolve around trade policy analysis and the impact of environmental policy on trade. In particular Caroline has developed at Lincoln the LTEM a model which stimulates the impact on trade and environmental quality, for New Zealand and her main competitors, the impact of policy changes. Currently the work includes refining the modelling of international trade policies and expanding the environmental variables in the model to include greenhouse gases. Caroline's other work involves evaluating changes in the EU Common Agricultural Policy, and in particular the agri-environmental policy, and its potential impact on New Zealand both direct and indirect. This also involves analysing market changes alongside policy encouraging low-input and/or organic farming.
| Grant M Scobie Principal Advisor BAgSc, MAgEc, PhD |
The Treasury P O Box 3724 Wellington |
Grant Scobie's current research includes:
| W Guy Scott Senior Lecturer BAgrSc (Canterbury) MAgrSc (Canterbury) PhD (Victoria) |
Department of Applied & International Economics Massey University Email: g.scott@massey.ac.nz Economic Consulting: ghscott@xtra.co.nz |
| Frank Scrimgeour Associate Professor BAgSci (Hons) Canterbury; PhD, Hawaii |
Frank Scrimgeour's research interests include:
| Maroš Servátka Lecturer, University of Canterbury MA (Quantitative Methoeds ) Warsaw School of Economics MA, PhD (Economics) University of Arizona |
Maroš Servátka's research interests include behavioral and experimental economics. For more information, please visit his website at: http://www.econ.canterbury.ac.nz/people/servatka.shtml./
| Murray Sherwin Deputy Governor MSocSci (Hons) Waikato
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand P O Box 2498 Wellington |
| Min B Shrestha Senior Economist PhD, MBA, MPS, MPA |
The South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre Lorong Universiti A 59100 Kuala Lumpur Email: minshrestha@seacen.org Phone: +603 7958 5600 Ext.247 |
| Adrian Slack Economist BApplEcon, Massey BCA (Hons), Victoria |
Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) Level 5, 108 The Terrace P O Box 10277 Wellington Email: adrian.slack@berl.co.nz Phone: +64 4 931 9214 |
| Frank Stewart Regional Policy Analyst Environment Canterbury |
15 Makora Street Christchurch 4 |
| Kerrin M Vautier CMG Research Economist |
P O Box 42-033 Orakei |
| Bryce Wilkinson PhD (Canty) |
Capital Economics Limited P O Box 10927 Wellington |
| Gordon Witte Policy Advice Division, Inland Revenue |
Email: gordon.witte@ird.govt.nz |