Research
With three major research centres, two Areas of Research Excellence and four research units under our auspices, the School of Economics and Finance places the utmost importance on the value of research.
Centres:
- Centre for Labour Market Research (CLMR)
- Communication Economics and Electronic Markets Research Centre (CEEM)
- Centre for Research in Applied Economics (CRAE)
Areas of Research Excellence:
Units:
- Global Political Economy Research Unit (GPERU)
- Federal and Regional Economics Research Unit (FRERU)
- Urban Economics Research Unit (UERE)
- Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU)
Research expertise
Not only does our research impact policy and decision making in many facets of Australia's business practices, it greatly enhances our staff’s ability to provide topical and innovative lectures and tutorials to students.
In addition, our staff are involved in contract research and consulting for external organisations, strengthening our business ties and placing Curtin’s School of Economics and Finance at the forefront of shaping Australia's future.
Search or browse our publications, journals and working papers.
Academics in the School of Economics and Finance have particular expertise and contributed significant published works in the areas of:
Department of Economics
- Applied macro and monetary economics and applied econometrics
- Asian Economic Development, International Economics, Economic Growth Theory and Public Policy issues within Australia
- Compliance costs of taxation, tourism economics
- Gender issues in economics
- Health policy, health economics, health insurance
- International economies, industrial organisation, trade productivity and pricing
- International trade and investment, with particular focus on the Indian Ocean and East Asian region
- International trade in services, economic policy and economics of education
- Labour economics
- Microeconomics, public finance and history of economic thought
- Political economy, the role of institutions in affecting economic growth and development, history of economic thought, financial markets, and methodology
- Statistical analysis of consumer economic behaviour, telecommunications economics
Department of Finance & Banking
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Derivative Products
- Financial Modelling
- Fixed Income Management
- Investment Analysis
- Personal Financial Planning
Department of Property Studies
- Corporate Real Estate Management
- Housing Finance and Economics
- Property Investment Analysis
- Property Valuation and Analysis of Prices
- Real Estate Development
- Real Estate Market Analysis and Forecasting
