Alan Woodfield's CV

Department of Economics
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel: (64)(3) 364-2884
Fax: (64) (3) 364-2635
Email: alan.woodfield@canterbury.ac.nz

Current Position:

• Associate Professor of Economics: University of Canterbury (since 1999).

Past Positions:

• Head of Department, Department of Economics: University of Canterbury (Feb. 1989 - Nov. 1992).
• Senior Lecturer in Economics: University of Canterbury (1980 - 1998).
• Senior Lecturer in Economics: The Flinders University of South Australia (1978 - 1980).
• Lecturer in Economics: The Flinders University of South Australia (1976 - 1978).
• Lecturer in Economics: University of Otago (1968 - 1975).
• Assistant Lecturer in Economics: University of Otago (1967).

Visiting Positions:

• Visiting Fellow: University of California San Diego, SUNY Buffalo, University of Colorado at Boulder (July - Nov. 1993).
• Visiting Erskine Fellow: University of Western Ontario (Sep. - Oct. 1985).
• Visiting Professor of Economics: Duke University (Dec. 1978 - June 1979).
• Visiting Fellow in Economics: University of Liverpool (Aug. 1971 - May 1972).

Education:

• M.Com. (Economics), Second Class Division I Honours, 1968, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• B.Com. (major: Economics), 1966, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Research Interests:

• Law and Economics
• Economics of Asymmetric Information
• Public Sector Microeconomics
• Industrial Organization and Regulation

Teaching Experience:

Undergraduate:

• Principles of Macroeconomics.
• Intermediate Macroeconomics.
• Public Sector Microeconomics.
• Trade Theory and Policy.
• Law and Economics .
• Industrial Organization and Regulation .
• Strategic Behaviour of Firms
• Game Theory

Graduate:

• Capital, Growth, and Distribution Theory.
• Public Sector Microeconomics.
• Applied Microeconomics.
• Asymmetric Information in Microeconomic Theory.

Referee for:

Editorial Board:

• Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform (1995-2004).

Publications:

Books:

• Logan, J, Green, D.G. & Woodfield, A. Healthy Competition . CIS Policy Monograph #14, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1989: 198p.
• Woodfield, A. Fountain, J., & Borren, P. Money and Medicines: An Economic Analysis of Reference Pricing and Related Public-sector Cost-containment Systems for Pharmaceuticals with Special Reference to New Zealand. Orca Publishing Services for Merck, Sharp & Dohme (NZ) Ltd, Christchurch, 1997: 272p.

Articles In Refereed Journals:

• Woodfield, A.E. The phantom of the classroom: A viable class of Arrovian social welfare functions. Interdiscipline , v7no3, 1970: 264-83.
• Howells, J.M. & Woodfield, A.E. The ability of managers and trade union officers to predict workers' preferences. British Journal of Industrial Relations , v8no2, 1970: 237-51.
• Woodfield, A. Estimates of Hicks-neutral technical progress, returns to scale, and the elasticity of substitution in New Zealand manufacturing. New Zealand Economic Papers , v6, 1972: 73-92.
• Woodfield, A. Biased efficiency growth and the declining relative share of labour in New Zealand manufacturing. Southern Economic Journal , v39no3, 1973, 343-50.
• Woodfield, A. Two aspects of labour input specification in the aggregate production function. New Zealand Economic Papers , v7, 1973: 77-95.
• Woodfield, A. Some simple income adjustment dynamics when the money supply is endogenous. Interdiscipline , v10no2, 1973: 57-69.
• Woodfield, A. Variable input prices, factor proportions, and further welfare aspects of regulated monopoly. New Zealand Economic Papers , v8, 1974: 86-106.
• Woodfield, A. Job search costs and the measurement of structural unemployment. Scottish Journal of Political Economy , v22no1, 1975: 91-98.
• McDonald, J. & Woodfield, A. Australian stagflation: Diagnosis and prescription. Australian Bulletin of Labour , v3no3, 1977: 55-65.
• Woodfield, A. & Cowie, D. The Milford Track: Valuation estimates of a recreation good. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics , v21no2, 1977: 97-110.
• Woodfield, A. & McDonald, J. On the relation between savings, distribution, and inflation. The Journal of Development Studies , v14no3, 1978: 357-65.
• Woodfield, A. & McDonald, J. On relative income shares in the Pasinetti and Samuelson- Modigliani systems. The Economic Journal , v89no354, 1979: 329-35, reprinted in Wood, J.W. & Woods, R.J. (eds.), Paul Samuelson: Critical Assessments , v4, Routledge, London 1989: 39-47.
• McDonald, J. & Woodfield, A. A comparison of Carlson-Parkin inflation expectations measures and optimal extrapolative forecasts of inflation. New Zealand Economic Papers ,v14, 1980:, 108-20.
• Woodfield A. & McDonald, J. Income distribution in the Pasinetti model: An extension. Australian Economic Papers , v20no36, 1981: 104-14.
• Woodfield, A. Should capitalists be taxed or subsidized in the long run? Economics Letters , v8no4, 1981: 335-39.
• Woodfield, A. & McDonald, J. Income distribution in the Pasinetti Model: Reply to Baranzini. Australian Economic Papers , v21no38, 1982: 207-13.
• Woodfield, A.E. Costs and 'benefits' of cigarette smoking in Canada: Comment. Canadian Medical Association Journal , v130, Jan. 15 1984: 118-20.
• Woodfield, A.E. An economist's views of the benefits and losses of cigarette smoking. The Mathematical Scientist , v10, 1985, 9-25.
• Henry, K.R. & Woodfield, A.E. Aggregate demand curves in macroeconomic theory: Some curiously Antipodean controversies. New Zealand Economic Papers , v19, 1985: 21-34.
• Morgan, P., McDonald, J. & Woodfield, A. Affordability and some welfare aspects of indexation. Economic Record , v62no176, 1986: 37-48.
• Henry, K.R., Manning, R., McCann, E. & Woodfield, A. Implementing computable general equilibrium models: Data preparation, calibration, and replication. New Zealand Economic Papers , v20, 1986: 101-20.
• Henry, K. & Woodfield, A. Aggregate demand curves in macroeconomic theory: Reply. New Zealand Economic Papers , v21, 1987: 113-16.
• Woodfield, A. Insurance, incentives and the privatisation of social welfare. CIS Policy Report , v3no1, 1987: 11-14.
• Woodfield, A. The economic cost of alcohol-related health care in New Zealand: An interpretive comment. British Journal of Addiction , v83no9,1988: 1031-35.
• Woodfield, A. Tertiary education and private sector funding. Policy , v5no3, 1989: 32- 35.
• Woodfield, A. Two results in balanced growth educational policy. New Zealand Economic Papers , v25no1, 1991: 100-122.
• Smyth, D.J. & Woodfield, A.E. Inflation-unemployment choices in New Zealand and the median voter theorem. Economics Letters , v35no4, 1991: 397-400.
• Woodfield, A. & Smyth, D. How not to reduce New Zealand's unemployment. Policy , v7no3, 1991: 11-13.
• Woodfield, A.E. Do New Zealand general practitioners induce demand for their own services? New Zealand Family Physician , v18no4, 1991: 178-180.
• Smyth, D.J. & Woodfield, A.E. Inflation, unemployment and macroeconomic policy in New Zealand: A public choice analysis. Public Choice , v75no2, 1993: 119-138.
• Woodfield, A.E. Insurance pricing and anti-discrimination legislation. Agenda , v1no2, 1994:197-204.
• McKeown, P.C. & Woodfield, A.E. The welfare cost of taxation in New Zealand following major tax reforms. New Zealand Economic Papers , v29no1, 1995: 41-62, reprinted in Creedy J. (ed.), Measuring Welfare Change , in Blaug M. (series ed.), The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• Shea, K-L. & Woodfield, A.E. Optimal immigration, education and growth in the long run. Journal of International Economics , v40no3/4, 1996: 495-506.
• Woodfield, A.E. Car seat-belt regulations, offsetting behaviour, and liability rules, Agenda , v3no4, 1996: 459-70.
• Shea, K-L. & Woodfield, A.E. Optimal capital requirements for admission of business immigrants in the long run. New Zealand Economic Papers , v30no2, 1996: 155-69.
• Woodfield, A.E. Fixed term employment contracts in tertiary education in New Zealand. Agenda , v5no4, 1998: 453-466.
• Woodfield, A.E. Preventing insurance markets from separating into gender-dominated price-coverage combinations. New Zealand Economic Papers , v34no2, 2000: 243-268.
• Woodfield, A.E. Augmenting reference pricing of pharmaceuticals in New Zealand with strategic cross-product agreements. Pharmacoeconomics , v19no4, 2001: 1-14.
• Woodfield, A.E. The Underlining Game. New Zealand Economic Papers , v35no1, 2001: 25-52.
• Woodfield, A.E. & Gunby, P. The marketization of New Zealand Schools: assessing Fiske and Ladd. Journal of Economic Literature , XLI, September 2003: 863-84.
• Woodfield, A.E. When should the bell toll? - the economics of New Zealand's debate on indirect liability for internet copyright infringement. Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues , v1no1, 2004: 51-82.
• Woodfield, A.E. Piracy accommodation and the optimal timing of royalty payments. Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues v3no1, 2006: 43-60.
• Gordon, P. & Woodfield, A. Incentive effects of the changing structure of penalties in New Zealand’s Health and Safety in Employment Act. Employment Law Bulletin no 6, 2006: 111-115.
• Gordon, P. & Woodfield, A. Fines, reparations, and legal design issues in New Zealand’s health and safety in employment legislation. Employment Law Bulletin no 8, 2006: 160-165.
• Gordon, P. & Woodfield, A. Ex ante liability rules in New Zealand’s Health and Safety in Employment Act: a law and economics analysis. New Zealand Economic Papers v41no1, 2007: 91-108.

Chapters in Books:

• Blandy, R., Hayles, J. & A. Woodfield, The economics of education in Australia. In Gruen, F. (ed.), Surveys of Australian Economics v2, Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1979: 109-70.
• Woodfield, A. & Borren, P. Management of the lobster fishery. In Dugan, R. & Gorringe, P. (eds.), Fairness and Incentives: Economics and Law Reform , Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1990: 94-100.
• Woodfield, A.E. Some normative aspects of the structure of income and commodity taxation. In Lattimore, R. (ed.), Readings in Economics: a Volume in Commemoration of Professor A.C. Rayner , Lincoln University, Department of Economics & Marketing, 1993: 50-74.
• Woodfield, A.E. Reference pricing: theory and evidence from New Zealand. In G. López-Casasnovas & Jönsson, B. (eds.), Reference Pricing and Pharmaceutical Policy: Perspectives on Economics and Innovation , Springer-Verlag Ibérica, Barcelona, 2001: 127-44.

Papers Published in Refereed Published Conference Proceedings:

• Blandy, R.J. & Woodfield, A.E. Towards a characteristics asset-portfolio theory of fertility. In Ruzicka, L. (ed.), The Economic and Social Supports for High Fertility , ANU Press, Canberra, 1977: 23-58.
• Woodfield, A. The efficient allocation of resources to pollution control. Economics v13, May 1978: 7-16.
• Woodfield, A. Cost-benefit analysis of consumer policy. In Berman, G. (ed.), Analysis of Consumer Policy , Wharton Applied Research Centre, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981: 29-66.
• Woodfield, A. Private versus public provision of social welfare services in New Zealand. In James, M. (ed.), The Welfare State: Foundations and Alternatives , CIS Policy Forums #7, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1989: 113-54.
• Woodfield, A.E. Automobile safety regulation: differences in utilisation of compulsory and voluntary measures and New Zealand and United States liability rules. Forthcoming in Parish, R. (ed.,) Seminar Proceedings from The Institute of Public Affairs/Center for Applied Economics - Australian National University Conference and Seminar, Risk, Regulation and Responsibility , Sydney, 1995: 31 manuscript pages.

Discussion Papers (not published elsewhere):

• Woodfield, A. Consumption and the golden rule in the two-class model. Project Forecast Research Report #19, Flinders University, 1979: 19p.
• Woodfield, A. The dynamic incidence of some alternative capital income taxes. Project Forecast Research Report #20, Flinders University, 1979: 23p.
• Woodfield, A. Balanced growth educational policy when fertility and ability are endogenous. Project Forecast Research Report #21, Flinders University, 1979: 21p.
• Woodfield, A.E. Social cost and benefit as a basis for industry regulation with special reference to the tobacco industry. Discussion Paper #8708, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 1987: 34p.
• Shea, K.L. & Woodfield, A.E. Optimal balanced-growth immigration policy for investors and entrepreneurs, Discussion Paper # 9310, Department of Economics,University of Canterbury, 1993: 22p.
• Shea, K-L. & Woodfield, A.E. Optimal long-run business immigration under differential savings functions. Discussion Paper # 9311, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 1993: 15p.
• Woodfield, A.E. Insurance market equilibrium and the welfare costs of gender-neutral insurance pricing under alternative regulatory regimes. Discussion Paper # 9401, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 1994: 39p.
• Woodfield, A.E. Labour market signalling and the welfare costs of regulated insurance market equilibria under gender-neutral pricing. Discussion Paper # 9402, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 1994: 50p.
• Woodfield, A.E. & Gordon, P. Negligence 'In the Air' and New Zealand's Health and Safety in Employment Act: A Law and Economics Analysis. Discussion Paper # 2001/02, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 2001: 47p.