Emeritus Professor Ian McDonald AM, FASSA
Emeritus Professor Ian McDonald AM, FASSA
BA (Leicester), MA (Warwick), PhD (Simon Fraser)
Economics
1991
Profile
Professor Ian McDonald is Emeritus Professor of Economics at The University of Melbourne. His areas of research are:
- behavioural economics
- the economics of ageing
- macroeconomics with a range of equilibria
- macroeconomic policy
Appointments
Awards
Selected Publications
- I.M.McDonald, N.Nikoforakis, N.Olekalns, and H.Sibly (2014) “Social comparisons and reference group formation: Some experimental evidence, Games and Economic Behavior, 79, 75-89.
- McDonald, I.M., (2009) “The global financial crisis and behavioural economics”, Economic Papers., 28, 3, 249-54.
- R.S.Guest and I.M.McDonald (2001) Ageing, Optimal National Saving and Future Living Standards in Australia, Economic Record, 77(237), 117-134.
- JN Lye, I.M.McDonald and H Sibly (2001) An Estimate of the Range of Equilibria for Australia, Economic Record, 77(236), March, 35-50.
- C.G. Johnston, R.H. James, J.N. Lye and I.M.McDonald (2000) Journal of Economic Education, 31 (1) Winter, pp.13-29.
- I.M.McDonald (1990) Inflation and Unemployment: Macroeconomics with a Range of Equilibria. Oxford: : Basil Blackwell.
- I.M.McDonald and R.M. Solow (1981) Wage bargaining and employment American Economic Review, 71(5) December, pp.896-908.
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