Graduate Studies at the Centre of Policy Studies

CoPS has a fine tradition of graduate training. Nearly all students are or have been enrolled in PhD by thesis -- this means that they spend three years researching a topic under supervision and writing a large thesis. Normally, they work on a topic closely related to the CGE modelling work that is CoPS' specialty. Space to work and computers are provided in CoPS' premises, and students are expected to attend daily. There is a team atmosphere in which students receive a comparatively large amount of personal attention. Nearly all complete their PhD successfully within three or four years.

For complete information on the doctoral programs offered by the university visit the Monash Research Graduate School page. You will find information about the Doctoral Programs, prospective applicants and Scholarships and Grants.

The Centre has a small intake of postgraduate students each year. CoPS will be considering applications for its 2010 intake of higher degrees by research (HDR) students during the (Southern Hemisphere) Spring.

If you would like to be considered for CoPS' 2010 postgraduate intake, please write to the Centre's HDR Coordinator, Dr Nhi Tran by 18 September 2009.

Some of the present and past CoPS graduate students are listed below.

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YU HE YU HE: enrolled PhD Oct 2009.
Room 1159 Telephone: 9905 5561
Emails: douglas_heyu@126.com YU.HE@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: PhD candidate of the Economic and Trade School of HUNAN University, China
Topic: A Study of Interaction between Chinese Labor Mobility and Income Gap through CGE Modeling
Supervisor: Yinhua Mai
Submitted: Not yet
Erwin Corong Erwin Corong: enrolled PhD July 2009.
Room 1159 Telephone: 9905 5561
Email erwin.corong@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Researcher: PEP research Network; IFPRI
Topic: Trade, Poverty and Gender
Supervisors: Mark Horridge
Submitted: Not yet
Pathomdanai Ponjan Pathomdanai Ponjan: enrolled PhD 2008.
Room 1180 Telephone: 9905 9244
Email Pathomdanai.Ponjan@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Economist & Assistant to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Thailand
Topic: CGE Analysis of the Macroeconomic impacts of Tourism and Tourism-related Fiscal Policies on the Thai Economy
Supervisors: Yin Hua Mai
Submitted: Not yet
Heinrich Bohlmann Heinrich Bohlmann: enrolled PhD 2007.
Room 1153 Telephone: 99020001
Email Heinrich.Bohlmann@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Topic: Labour and Migration Issues in South Africa
Supervisors: John Madden
Submitted: Not yet Curriculum Vitae
Louise Roos Louise Roos: enrolled PhD 2006.
Room 1157 Telephone: 99052468
Email Louise.Roos@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Topic: Dynamic model for South Africa
Supervisors: Phillip Adams and John Madden
Submitted: Not yet
Charles Xiao JingLiang (Charles) Xiao: enrolled PhD 2005.
Room 1153 Telephone: 99020001
Email Charles.Xiao@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: MSc in Computer Science, MSc in Operational Research (Lancaster, UK)
Topic: Financial CGE Modelling
Supervisors: Peter Dixon, Glyn Wittwer
Submitted: August 2009
Mahesh Rao Maheshwar Rao: enrolled PhD 2006.
Room 1153 Telephone: 99020001
Email mahesh.rao@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Research Fellow, University of South Pacific, Fiji
Topic: Structural Change and Australian Labour Market
Supervisors: Tony Meagher
Submitted: Not yet
Sothea Oum Sothea Oum: enrolled PhD 2005.
Room 1163 Telephone: 03 9905 2468
Email Sothea.Oum@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: researcher, administrator, MA student (Kobe University)
Topic: Welfare analysis of Cambodia's accession to WTO -- a CGE approach
Supervisor: Philip Adams
Submitted: July 2009
Felicity Pang Felicity Pang: enrolled PhD 2004.
Room 1157 Telephone: 03 9905 2468
Email Felicity.Pang@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: MEc (honours)
Topic: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis of Fiscal Incidence in Australia
Supervisor: Tony Meagher, Mark Horridge
Submitted: Not yet
PREVIOUS STUDENTS
Seema Narayan Seema Wati Dhar Narayan: enrolled PhD 2007.
Room 1180 Telephone: 99052393
Email Seema.Narayan@buseco.monash.edu.au
Previously: PhD student at University of Queensland
Topic: Dynamics of the current account and their implications for the modern theory of the current account: the case of OECD countires
Supervisors: Peter Dixon and Russell Symth
Graduated: Sep 2009
Jeremy Rothfield Jeremy Rothfield: enrolled PhD 2003.
Room 1158 Telephone: 03 9905 5487
Email Jeremy.Rothfield@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: economist at consulting firms
Topic: Economics of undergrounding electricity cables
Supervisor: Philip Adams, Brett Inder
Graduated: Nov 2008
Subsequently: Researcher at Engineering consultancy.
Shusaku Yamamoto Shusaku Yamamoto: enrolled PhD 2003.
Room 1180 Telephone: 03 9905 2393
Email Shusaku.Yamamoto@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: nearly a fisherman; cashier; social science student
Topic: Regional CGE analysis of Japanese government finances
Supervisor: Peter Dixon, Mark Horridge
Graduated: April 2009
Subsequently: Researcher at University of Queensland.
Tran Hoang Nhi Tran Hoang Nhi: enrolled PhD 2004.
Room 1157 Telephone: 03 9905 2468
Email TranHoangNhi@hotmail.com
Previously: cinematographic engineer, film distributor, Lecturer (International Trade and Microeconomics)
Topic: MONASH-VN: Development of a dynamic CGE model for the Vietnamese economy and analysis of structural changes during 1996-2003
Supervisor: John Madden, James Giesecke
Graduated: October 2007
Subsequently: Researcher at CoPS.
Unchana Beadnok Unchana Beadnok: enrolled MPhil 2005.
Room 1157 Telephone: 03 9905 5408
Email Unchana.Beadnok@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: B.Com (Melbourne)
Topic: Thailand's trade liberalization -- a CGE approach
Supervisors: John Madden, Yin Hua Mai
Graduated: March 2007
Serajul Hoque Serajul Hoque: enrolled PhD 2002.
Room 1176 Telephone: 03 9905 2393
Email Serajul.Hoque@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Research Assistant, economist, economics lecturer
Topic: A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Bangladesh for Analysis of Policy Reforms
Supervisor: John Madden, Peter Dixon
Graduated: October 2006
Subsequently: CGE Tourism Researcher. Curriculum Vitae
Daniel Pambudi Daniel Pambudi: enrolled PhD 2001.
Room 1159 Telephone: 03 9905 5561
Email Daniel.Pambudi@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Finance Ministry of Indonesia
Topic: Regional CGE Modelling for Indonesia
Supervisor: Mark Horridge
Submitted: July 2005 Graduated: October 2006
Subsequently: CGE Tourism Researcher. Curriculum Vitae
Ashley Winston Ashley Winston: enrolled PhD 2000.
Email Ashley.Winston@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: law student, masters student, research assistant, assistant lecturer
Topic: Business Taxation, Corporate Finance and Capital Accumulation: Theoretical Development and Application in a Dynamic General Equilibrium Environment
Supervisor: Peter Dixon
Submitted: November 2004 Graduated: October 2005
Subsequently: Research Fellow CoPS, Visiting Scholar US International Trade Commission.
Paresh Narayan Paresh Kumar Narayan enrolled PhD 2001.
Previously: Part-time tutor, lecturer, planning officer.
Topic: An Econometric Model of Tourism Demand and a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of Tourism: The Case of Fiji Islands (awarded Mollie Holman Medal)
Supervisors: Peter B. Dixon and Philip D. Adams
Graduated: Feb 2004
Subsequently: Lecturer, Griffith University University
Gae Kauzi Gae Kauzi enrolled PhD 1999.
Room 1180 Telephone: 03 9905 2393
Email Gae.Kauzi@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Previously: Researcher, Bank of Papua New Guinea
Topic: CGE model of Papua New Guinea
Supervisor: Peter Dixon
Graduated: Jan 2004
Huey-Lin Lee Huey-Lin Lee enrolled PhD 1999.
Previously: masters student, economics tutor, research assistant
Topic: Forecasting Taiwanese CO2 emissions: A CGE analysis
Supervisor: Mark Horridge
Graduated: 2003.
Subsequently: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University USA
Peter Mavromatis Peter Mavromatis enrolled MEc 1998.
Previously: assistant lecturer, body-builder
Topic: Dynamic CGE modelling: welfare implications of imperfect capital mobility
Supervisor: Peter Dixon
Graduated: 2001
Subsequently: Funds manager
Sharn Enzinger Sharn Enzinger enrolled PhD 1998.
Previously: economics lecturer, accountant
Topic: Impact of Greenhouse policies on the electricity industry
Supervisor: Philip Adams
Graduated: 2002
Subsequently: Official, Victorian Department of Treasury, Melbourne
Sam Otim Sam Otim enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: Civil Servant, Uganda
Topic: Inventories in CGE models
Supervisor: Brian Parmenter, Philip Adams
Graduated: 2000
Subsequently: Assistant Professor of MIS,
Department of Business Administration, Computer Science & IT
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Peter Marshall Peter Marshall enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: banker, economics tutor
Topic: Exchange rate behaviour in practical macro models: Gruen and Gizcyki's anchoring hypothesis
Supervisor: Alan Powell
Graduated: 2001
Subsequently: economist at Productivity Commission, Melbourne
Am Somsachee Siksamat enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: official, Reserve Bank of Thailand
Topic: CGE analysis of growth in Thailand
Supervisor: Peter Dixon
Graduated: 1999
Subsequently: official, Reserve Bank of Thailand
Terrie Walmsley Terrie Walmsley enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: tutor in economics
Topic: A long-run closure of GTAP with explicit tracking of the ownership of assets - comparative steady states: the long-run effects of APEC trade liberalization
Supervisor: Alan Powell
Graduated: 1999
Subsequently: Post-doctoral Fellow, Purdue University; Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Co-Director, GTAP project, Purdue
Gouranga Das Gouranga Gopal Das enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: Masters student
Topic: The role of absorptive capacity in technological diffusion via international trade
Supervisor: Alan Powell
Graduated: 2000
Subsequently: researcher at University of Florida; lecturer at Kyungpook National University, Korea; assistant professor, HanYang University, Korea;
Thiep Van Ho Thiep Van Ho enrolled PhD 1998.
Previously: executive assistant to garment manufacturer, refugee, statistician (Australian Input-Output office), economist (BIE), lecturer (Swinburne)
Topic: A Tariff increase offset by consumption tax cut: a CGE analysis for Vietnam
Supervisor: Peter Dixon
Submitted: 2000, graduated 2001
Subsequently: Consultant: CGE Analysis of Tourism. Curriculum Vitae
Edimon Ginting Edimon Ginting enrolled PhD 1996.
Previously: economics lecturer, Yogyakarta
Topic: The economy-wide effects of reducing Rent-seeking Activity: Tax Evasion in a Developing Country
Supervisor: Alan Powell
Graduated: 1999
Subsequently: Researcher at Productivity Commission Melbourne, adviser to Indonesian parliament, IMF economist
Gordon Schmidt Gordon Schmidt enrolled PhD 1994.
Previously: civil servant
Topic: Endogenous Economic Growth: A Dynamic Analysis
Supervisors: P Dixon and B Parmenter
Graduated: 2001 (awarded Mollie Holman Medal for the best doctoral thesis in the Faculty)
Subsequently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
Johanna Maria Kodoatie enrolled MEc 1996.
Previously: assistant lecturer, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Topic: Incentive Effects of the Personal Income Tax in Indonesia on Labour Supply
Supervisor: Alan Powell
Graduated: 1997
Subsequently: Lecturer, Diponegoro University
Guyonne Kalb Guyonne Kalb enrolled PhD [Jointly with Econometrics] 1994.
Previously: researcher, Department of Statistics and Research, Joint Administration Office, the Netherlands
Topic: Labour Supply and Welfare Participation in Two-Adult Households
Supervisors: Alan Powell, Tim Fry
Graduated: 1998
Subsequently: Researcher, Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
Matthew Peter Matthew Peter enrolled PhD ??.
Previously: factory worker, schoolteacher, ski instructor, beach bum, economics lecturer
Topic: CGE analysis of effects of Australian immigration
Supervisors: Brian Parmenter, Peter Dixon
Graduated: 1995
Subsequently: investment funds manager
Ben Buetre Ben Buetre enrolled PhD 1992.
Previously: Electrician, Agriculturist, Planning Officer, Tutor, Research Assistant, Senior Ag. Dev. Specialist, IT Officer
Topic: Structural and technological change in the Philippines, 1985-1992
Supervisors: Peter Dixon, Mark Horridge, Fredoun Ahmadi-Esfahani
Graduated: 1995
Subsequently: Equilibrium Modeller, ABARE
Michael Malakellis Michael Malakellis enrolled PhD ??.
Previously: economics lecturer
Topic: An intertemporal CGE Model of the Australian economy: the timing of tariff reform
Supervisors: Mark Horridge, Alan Powell
Graduated: 1995
Subsequently: investment funds manager
Farzana Naqvi Farzana Naqvi enrolled PhD 1992.
Previously: Researcher, Pakistan Atomic Energy Corporation
Topic: Energy pricing and equity: a CGE analysis for Pakistan
Supervisor: Mark Horridge
Graduated: 1996
Subsequently: Principal Scientific Officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Corporation; new car owner

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