Geoffrey Brooke Prize

The Geoffrey Brooke Prize is an award to honour the memory of Geoffrey Thomas Fewsdale Brooke (1977-2025). Geoffrey Brooke completed a Masters in Finance at the University of Cape Town and a PhD in economic history at the University of Auckland. It was a superb thesis on which the examiners bestowed high praise. He lectured at the University of Auckland and at AUT prior to joining the New Zealand Commerce Commission in 2021 as the Principal Economist for Infrastructure Regulation. He also served as the Joint Editor of History of Economics Review between 2016 and 2021.

It is impossible to overstate Geoff’s contributions to the Commerce Commission’s economics team. Geoff shared his broad interests across economic history and methodology to lead and engage with presentations and debates. He was a leading champion for economics at the commission and was always looking to how he could positively contribute to tackling the most challenging issues. He was dedicated to nurturing and mentoring junior members across the commission as well as supporting his peers with his considerable and unique expertise. Always upbeat and insightful, Geoff was a favourite for many at the Commission to work with. His obituary can be found in History of Economics Review.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

  • Any paper devoted to regulatory or competition economics, defined broadly, may be entered in this competition.
  • Preference in judging will be given to applications of methodology to public policy and to students.
  • Entrants must be able to attend and present their paper at the NZAE Conference. The presentation may be either an Oral Presentation or Poster Presentation.
  • Paper submission must meet all of the deadlines for abstract and full paper submission in order to remain eligible

When submitting the abstract also select entry into this competition though the conference website.

The prize is currently $1,000.

NOTE: Payment of any monies will only be in NZ dollars, either by way of an NZ cheque made out to the awardee as the payee or a direct debit to a NZ bank account held in the name of the awardee.