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John Hicks is Professor of Economics at Charles Sturt University where, for 16 years, he was Dean of the Faculty of Business. He has published on a range of regional issues – including regional airline access to KSA, the economics of petrol supply to regional Australia, the regional nursing labour market and older workers in the regional work force. In addition he has published on China and its economic relationship with Australia. As an adjunct of the Institute for Land Water and Society, John is now engaged in a number of projects with a regional and sustainability orientation. He has previously been a Regional Development Board member in the Central West of NSW and a director of the Western Research Institute. Prior to joining CSU John taught at Monash University, the University of Melbourne and Massey University, New Zealand and was for several years Senior Economist at the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne.

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Teaching and Research

Research Focus
  • Labour Economics (especially in relation to the regional work force).
  • Macroeconomics (especially in relation to economic growth in China and its impact on Australia; and the sustainability of regional communities).
Teaching Responsibilities
  • ECO120 Macroeconomics
  • ECO220 Macroeconomic Analysis
  • ECO501 Business Economics
  • ECO511 Economics for Business
  • FIN530 Money and Capital Markets
  • FIN535 Strategic Finance
  • HRM501 Labour Market Studies

Research Project Supervision:

  • Economics
Current Research Students
  • Gordon Beckett, PhD. "The Government Business Enterprises and their Impact on the Colonial Economy 1788-1830".
  • Louis Didier, DBA. 'Trade alliance and Changing Society'.
Grants and Awards
  • ANTARAC Grant, 1997 (with Tom Murphy, Russell Brown, Pat Bradbery, Charles Presland, Mike Logan, Chris Guest, Erica Smith and Andy Smith).
  • ARC Small Grant, 1993.
  • ARC Small Grant, 1992.
  • Women's Research and Employment Initiatives Program Grant, 1986 (with Donald Lee and Philip Maxwell).

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Professional Activities

Administrative Responsibilities
  • Professorial member, Faculty Board.
Professional Activities
  • Member, Economic Society of Australia.

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Selected Publications

Books
  • (1992) Economics: Principles and Policy, (Second Australian edition.), HBJ: Sydney. With William Baumol, Alan Blinder and Alan Gunther.
Book Chapters
  • (2010) 'Managing the Ageing Workforce: "Getting On"', in Glenda Strachan, Erica French and John Burgess Managing Diversity in Australia: Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill: Sydney, pp. 255-268. With P. K. Basu and Richard B. Sappey.
  • (2009) 'Socio-cultural challenges to Economic Growth in China – Looking Ahead', in Basu, Parikshit and Yapa Bandara (eds) WTO Accession and Socio-economic Development in China, Chandos Publishing: Oxford, pp.165-183. With Richard Sappey and Parikshit K Basu.
  • (2009) 'Services in China: Prospects for Growth and implications for Australia' in Basu, Parikshit and Yapa Bandara (eds) WTO Accession and Socio-economic Development in China, Chandos Publishing: Oxford, pp. 79-95. With Richard Sappey and Parikshit K Basu.
  • (2007) 'How Can Australia Benefit from China's Economic Reforms?', in P K Basu; Grant O'Neill and Antonio Travaglione (ed.) 'Engagement and Change: Exploring Management, Economic and Finance Implications of a Globalising Environment', Australian Academic Press, Brisbane: Australia, pp. 25-36. With P.K. Basu and Richard Sappey.
Refereed Journal Articles
  • (Accepted and forthcoming 2010) 'Australian Christian Churches and 'New' Actors in Industrial Relations Theory' International Journal of Employment Studies, with Richard B. Sappey, P.K. Basu and John Burgess.
  • (2010) 'Crossing the Great Divide: a Case Study of a Regional Nursing Labour Market in the Central West of New South Wales' Australian Bulletin of Labour, 36(1) pp.84-102. With P.K Basu, Heather Latham, Graham Tyson, Megan Daniel and Richard B. Sappey.
  • (2010) 'An Analysis of Bathurst Motorcycle Speedway 1928-1932', Sporting Traditions, 27(1), pp.1-18. With Richard Sappey.
  • (2008) 55+ and Working in an Established Rural Regional Australian Labour Market', Employment Relations Record, 8(1), pp. 1-16. With P.K Basu and Richard B. Sappey.
  • (2007) 'Organisational Learning and Aspirational Management in a Knowledge-Era Organisation', International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 1(4), pp.402-415. With Roberto Biloslavo.
  • (2007) 'Can We Do Business? A Study of the Attitudes of Chinese and Australian Business Students', The Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, 1(3), pp.22-33. With P.K.Basu and Richard Sappey.
  • (2006) 'Free Trade Agreements and Investment: A Chinese Perspective", Agenda, 13(2), pp.179-192. With Parikshit Basu and Richard Sappey.
  • (2005) 'Chinese Attitudes to Trade Agreements in the Context of the Proposed Australia-China Free Trade Agreement', Economic Papers 24(4), pp.294-308. With Parikshit K. Basu and Richard B. Sappey.

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