Dr John Wilson |
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| Position: | Lecturer |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Business | |
| School/Unit: | School of Commerce | |
| Campus: | City West Campus | |
| Office: | WL3-57 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 20207 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 27001 | |
| Email: | John_dot_K_dot_Wilson_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/John.K.Wilson | |
| (John Wilson is currently on leave - last day on leave is Thursday, 31 December 2009) | ||
John Wilson is a Lecturer in Economics and a member of the Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis. His research interests include modelling special interest group behaviour, microeconomic models of corruption, health economics, sports economics and economic history.
Teaching interests
- Microeconomics
- Econometrics
- International Economics
Professional associations
Member of the Australian Economic History Society
Member of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
Member of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER)
Member of the Economic Society of Australia (SA)
Qualifications
PhD., Economics, University of Adelaide.
Research interests
- Public choice / Corruption (applications in environmental economics, economic history and sports economics)
- Economic History
Research publications
Wilson John K. and R. Pomfret (2009) 'Government Subsidies for Professional Team Sports in Australia', The Australian Economic Review, 42(3), 264-75.
Shanahan M. and John K. Wilson, 'Labour Market Outcomes in Settler Economies Between 1870 and 1913: Accounting for Differences in Labour Hours and Occupations' in C. Lloyd, J. Metzer, R Sutch (eds) Settler Economies in World History, Brill, Leiden, forthcoming
Wilson, John K. (2008), 'Reducing Petty Corruption: What Role for a more Competitive Political System? Some Preliminary Evidence', in Pickhardt M., and E. Shinnick (eds) Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Shanahan M. and John K. Wilson (2007), 'Measuring Inequality Trends in Colonial Australia Using Factor Price Ratios: The Importance of Boundaries', Australian Economic History Review, Vol. 47(1), 6-21.
Wilson, John K (2006), 'Eliminating Environmental Corruption: The Role of Political Competition', in Bleischwitz R. and O. Budzinski (eds), Environmental Economics: Institutions, Competition, Rationality, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung (Berlin).
Wilson, John K., and R. Damania (2005), 'Corruption, Political Competition and Environmental Policy', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 49(3) 516-535.
Wilson, John K., (1999), An Analysis of Private Health Insurance Membership in Australia, 1995, Discussion Paper number 46, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, ACT.
Research Degree Supervisor
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