Economics and Finance

Economics and Finance

Professor Les Oxley

Position

Professor in Economics
Research Director, College of Business and Economics
Adjunct Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology
Adjunct Professor, Chiang Mai University
Associate Researcher, BRCSS-Network
Editor of the: Journal of Economic Surveys
Affiliate, MOTU

Qualifications

B.A.(Hons.) (University of Wales)
M.A. (Sheffield)
Ph.D. (Tilburg)

Room

514a, Commerce Building

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2134
Internal Phone: 6134
Email: les.oxley@canterbury.ac.nz

Alternative Contact (for when Les Oxley is away): Liz Duston
Phone: +64 3 3642987 x4122
Internal Phone: 4122
Email: liz.duston@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal address:
Department of Economics and Finance,
University of Canterbury,
Level 5, Commerce Building,
Cnr Arts and Forestry Roads,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand.

Undergraduate Courses

Econ 342-S1 Cliometrics

Graduate Courses

ECON 633-S1 Empirical Macroeconomics

Research Interests

  • Applied Econometrics;
  • Economic Growth;
  • Energy Economics;
  • Economics of Innovation;
  • Cliometrics

Current Projects

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Economic Growth
  • Energy Economics
  • Economics of Innovation
  • Cliometrics

Recent Publications

The Pastoral Boom, the Rural Land Market, and Long Swings in New Zealand Economic Growth 1873-1939" (joint with David Greasley), Economic History Review, 2009, 62, 2, 324-349.

"China’s energy economy: Technical change, factor demand and interfactor/interfuel substitution" (joint with Hengyun Ma, John Gibson and Bonggeun Kim), Energy Economics, 30, 2167-2183, 2008.

"Patenting, Intellectual Property Rights and Sectoral Outputs in Industrial Revolution Britain, 1780-1851" (joint with David Greasley), Journal of Econometrics, 139, 340-354, 2007

"A forward-looking measure of the stock of human capital in New Zealand, (joint with Trinh Le and John Gibson), Manchester School, 2006, 74, 593-609.

"Refrigeration and Distribution: New Zealand Land Prices and Real Wages, 1873-1939 Era" (joint with David Greasley), Australian Economic History Review, 45, 1, 23-44, 2005