Economics

I have a PhD in economics and I consult for Covec.

My expertise is in competition and network economics, telecommunications, aviation, payment systems, data analysis, and quantitative modelling.

Published papers and book chapters

Effect of air services availability on international visitors to New Zealand (2011). With David Duval. Journal of Air Transport Management, 17 (3): 175 – 180.

Web 2.0 and economic education (2011). With Tim Haab and John Whitehead. In International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, edited by K. McGoldrick and G. Hoyt. Edward Elgar.

Distance models for New Zealand international tourists and the role of transport prices (2011). With Susanne Becken. Journal of Travel Research, 50 (3): 303 – 320.

Demand elasticity estimates for New Zealand tourism (2011). With Susanne Becken. Tourism Management, 32 (3): 564 – 575.

Intellectual property clearinghouses: The effects of reduced transaction costs in licensing (2011). With Reiko Aoki. Information Economics and Policy, 22 (3): 218 – 227.

Clearinghouses, patent pools and incentives to innovate (2010). With Reiko Aoki. In Topics in Economics of Intellectual Property and Innovation, edited by Reiko Aoki. Maruzen.

Quality infomediation in search markets (2008). With John Kennes. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26 (5): 1191 – 1202.

The ‘waterbed’ effect and price regulation (2008). Review of Network Economics, 7 (3).

Promoting access to intellectual property: Patent pools, copyright collectives and clearinghouses (2008). With Reiko Aoki. R&D Management, 38 (2): 189 – 204.

Simple reputation systems (2007). With John Kennes. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109 (1): 71 – 91.

Open and closed systems of two-sided networks (2003). Information Economics and Policy, 15 (4): 425 – 442.

Two-way interconnection with partial consumer participation (2002). Networks and Spatial Economics, 2 (3): 295 – 315.

The economics of open source software: A survey of the early literature (2002). Review of Network Economics, 1 (1).

Forecasting New Zealand’s real GDP (2000). With Peter C. B. Phillips. New Zealand Economic Papers, 34 (2): 159 – 181.

Reports and unpublished papers

Impact of oil prices on New Zealand tourism: An economic framework (2010). With Susanne Becken and Mai Nguyen. Land, Environment & People Report No. 12, Lincoln University.

The New Zealand aviation operational environment: A guide for the tourism sector (2010). With Andrea Carboni, Mai Nguyen and Shane Vuletich. Covec Report.

New Zealand aviation data review (2009). Covec report.

Analysis of tourist consumption, expenditure and prices for key international visitor segments. With Susanne Becken, Andrea Carboni and Shane Vuletich. Land, Environment & People Report No. 7, Lincoln University.