Asymmetric Information

Asymmetric Information Editor. A career in IT & business, sidetracked into economics, incl. rail, social services, digital tech & Covid. 10yrs @ NZ Productivity Commission. Now consulting at Sawtooth Economics, in the mountains, or volunteering.

I'm an organisational economist based in Christchurch. My PhD is from the University of Canterbury. My research is mainly to do with the theory of the firm and the history of economic thought and the intersection of these two areas.

Formerly Associate Professor in Financial Economics at VUW and currently Director of Capital Financial Consultants, providing consulting advice on problems involving financial economics and cost-benefit analysis.

An eclectic academic (economics, policy, management and operations research) teaching decision modelling at the Wellington School of Business and Government and conversing internationally via affiliations in the USA, Canada, Europe and South Africa.

I am a Research Officer at AUT's NZWRI and have completed a Bachelor of Laws (First Class honours) and a Master’s in Economics (First Class honours). My work covers many areas including internet use, crime, gambling, gender and labour economics.

Professor of Economics, AUT

Independent economist working on public policy issues

I am a macroeconomist with both theoretical and empirical interests. My research activity is split between macroeconomic topics and the interaction between climate, environment, and society.

Applied micro-economist, focused on behavioural science and quantitative evaluation.

After 30 years of international vagrancy, I repatriated to the Treasury and ProdComm. Some teaching, research, volunteerining, fishing, playing squash and writing the 2BRED column leaves little spare time in this semi-retirement.

An economist with a few decades of public sector experience, mostly in fiscal and monetary policy. Trying to learn more applied microeconomics.

I bridge the gap between theory and practice. Designer, teacher, policy researcher and PhD student. Distinguished Policy Fellow at the London School of Economics and Masters teacher at UCL and the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University.

Principal advisor at the NZ Productivity Commission - started there in 2011 when it was set up. I've worked on a lot of Commission inquiries. Before then I was a principal analyst and director at the Treasury.

A career in teaching, academia and public service. After 12+ years at the Productivity Commission and the Infrastructure Commission, I have now taken up a couple of new gigs, including becoming a grandmother!

Ex-Treasury, NZPC, MBIE, BusinessNZ. (I am running out of places to be ex-of)

Adrian is a Senior Economist at NZIER. He has a Master's in Economic Research from Cambridge University and several years consulting experience in NZ and the UK.

Andrew currently runs the boutique consulting firm Firecone. His past roles include at the Treasury, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the (now defunct) Productivity Commission.

PhD candidate at AUT, Research Affiliate at Motu

James is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sydney. He holds a PhD from New York University, and previously worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Zealand Economic Papers.