Professor John Hicks 
Office location:
Room 129
Mansfield Building (C2)
Bathurst Campus
Consultation times:
By appointment
Full mail address:
School of Business
Charles Sturt University
Panorama Ave
Bathurst NSW 2795
Australia
Telephone: (02) 6338 4234
Fax: (02) 6338 4769
Email: jhicks@csu.edu.au
Brief Professional Biography
Professor John Hicks is an economist who has held a number of university positions in Australia and New Zealand and who has worked as a senior economist in the private sector. His expertise encompasses labour economics and macroeconomics and his current research interests include the application of macroeconomic policy at regional and national levels, the economics of education, the application of economics to business strategy and the economics of terrorism. He has held a number of competitive research grants, published in peer reviewed journals and has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels in the university sector.
Research Area(s) and Interests
- Economics
- Australian-China free trade agreement
Students Currently Being Supervised
- Trangadisaikul, S. ‘Oligopsony in the Tire Industry: A Study of its Impacts on the Natural Rubber Industry in Thailand.’ (DBA, co-supervisor)
- Bachmann, D., ‘TBA’ (DBA, co-supervisor)
- Schneider, R., ‘TBA’ (DBA, co-supervisor)
Students Supervised to Graduation
- Burke, G., ‘Modelling the effect of Outsourcing for Information and Advice on the Formation of Strategy in Australian Small-Medium Enterprises.’ (PhD, co-supervisor)
- Battersby, B., ‘Consumer Demand Theory and Regional Air Travel: An Integrated Economic and Econometric Approach.’ (PhD, co-supervisor)
Selected Publications
- (2006) “Potential for change in the unequal regional distribution of direct foreign investment in China?: Some implications for the proposed Australia-China Free Trade Agreement”, 5th Global Conference on Business and Economics, Cambridge, England, July 6-8. With P.K. 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.
- (1999), “For Better of For Worse?, The Supermarket Revolution in Petrol Retailing and Its Implications for Country Australia”, The Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 3(2), pp167-178. With Tom Murphy and Greg Walker.
- (1997), “Country Petrol Petrol Pricing: Evidence and Recommendations”, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 3(1), pp.85-98. With Greg Walker and Tom Murphy.
- (1996), "Promoting Efficiency and Competition in Rural Petrol Markets", Agenda, 3(4), pp. 441-448. With Tom Murphy and Greg Walker.
- (1986), "The Concentration of Unemployment Experience in Spells of Long Duration: An Analysis by Age and Sex," New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 11, 161-175. With Peter Brosnan.
- (1985), "Economic Returns to University Education in New Zealand," New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 20, 170-186. With David Hunt.
- (1985), "The Duration of Registered Unemployment in New Zealand, 1967-1983: A Life Table Approach," New Zealand Population Review, 11, 111-138. With Peter Brosnan.
- (1982), "How Does New Zealand Compare? Some International Comparisons of Disaggregated Unemployment Data," New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 7, 107-122. With Peter Brosnan.
- (1981), "Industrial Relations in Australia," New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 6, 21-27.
- (1976), "Victorian Teachers' Salaries and Wage Determination Criteria, "Journal of Industrial Relations, 18, 173-182. With John Nunn and John Nieuwenhuysen.