Dr Sarah Wheeler

Dr Wheeler is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, in the School of Commerce. She graduated with her PhD in 2007, and her research interests are organic farming, water markets, crime and gambling. She is currently the Chief Investigator of an ARC linkage project on water markets.

PhD Economics - University of South Australia

Bachelor Economics (Hons) - University of Adelaide

• Environmental and Agricultural Economics
  Organic Agriculture
  Water Trading
  Biotechnology
  Gambling and Crime

i. Refereed Journal Articles

Wheeler S., Bjornlund H., Shanahan M. and Zuo A. (forthcoming) "Who trades water? Evidence of the characteristics of early adopters in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District 1998-99". Agricultural Economics.

Wheeler S. (2009) “Exploring the Influences on Australian Agricultural Professionals' Genetic Engineering Beliefs: An Empirical Analysis", Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 34, pp.422-439

Wheeler S., Round D., Sarre R. and O’Neil M. (2008) “The Influence of Gaming Expenditure on Crime Rates in South Australia: A Local Area Empirical Investigation”, Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol. 24 pp. 1-24.

Wheeler S. (2008) “What Influences Agricultural Professionals' Views towards Organic Agriculture?” Ecological Economics, Vol. 65, pp. 145-154.

Hajkowicz S. and Wheeler S. (2008) "Evaluation of Dairy Effluent Management Options Using Multiple Criteria Analysis", Environmental Management, Vol. 41, pp. 613-624.

Wheeler S., Bjornlund H., Shanahan M. and Zuo A. (2008) “Price Elasticity of Allocations Water Demand in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District of Victoria, Australia”, Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics, Vol. 52, pp. 37-55.

Wheeler S. (2008) “Barriers to the Adoption of Organic Farming and Genetic Engineering in Australia: Views of Agricultural Professionals”, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Vol. 23 pp. 161-170.

Wheeler S. (2008) “Exploring Professional Attitudes Towards Organic Farming, Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Sustainability And Research Issues In Australia”, Journal of Organic Systems, Vol. 3 pp. 37-56.

Wheeler S. (2007) “Contrasting the beliefs of Australian agricultural professionals about the benefits and costs of genetic engineering and organic agriculture”, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 47, pp. 1389–1396.

Wheeler S. and Damania R. (2001) “Valuing New Zealand Recreational Fishing and an Assessment of the Validity of the Contingent Valuation Estimates”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 45 pp. 599-621.

ii. Book Chapters

Shanahan M., Wheeler S. and Bjornlund H. (forthcoming) "Towards more sustainable irrigation: factors influencing allocation and entitlement prices and demand in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District of Australia", in Bjornlund H. Ed. Incentives and Instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, Chapter 8.

Wheeler S. (2009) “The Paradigmatic Nature of Organic Farming: Exploring the Views of Agricultural Professionals towards Organic Farming and Genetic Engineering Further”, in Organic Farming: Methods, Economics and Structure, Nova Science Publications, New York.

Wheeler S. (2008) “The Influence of Market and Agricultural Policy Signals on the Level of Organic Farming” in Organic Farming, ICFAI Research Centre, India.

Wheeler, S., Bjornlund H., Shanahan M. and Zuo A. (2008) "Factors Influencing Water Allocation and Entitlement Prices in the Greater Goulburn Area in Australia". In Esteve, Y.V.; Brebbia, C.A. and Rico, C.P Eds. Sustainable Irrigation – Management Technologies and Policies II, 63-72.