Prof Stephen King - Researcher Profile

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Address

Faculty of Business and Economics
Building 11E, Clayton

Biography

Stephen King is Professor of Economics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He was Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University from 2009-2011. Prior to joining Monash, Stephen was a Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from 2004-2009.

 

Stephen's main areas of expertise are in microeconomic theory, competition economics, regulation and industrial organization. His research has been published widely, including articles in major international economics journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the European Economic Review, the Journal of Industrial Economics and the International Journal of Industrial Organization. He has also published in both Australian and international law journals and has contributed to the Australian economics debate through published journal articles, books and popular writings.

In addition to his role at Monash University, Stephen is a part-time Member of the Economic Regulation Authority of WA, a Member of Australia's National Competition Council, and a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand. Stephen is also an Editor of the Economic Record, the journal of the Economics Society of Australia. He has advised numerous government agencies and private busiensses on competition issues.

 

 

 

Qualifications

PHD
Institution: Harvard University
Year awarded: 1991
MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
Institution: Harvard University
Year awarded: 1989
MASTER OF ECONOMICS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1987
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS
Institution: Australian National University
Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Books

Gans, J., King, S.P., Stonecash, R., Mankiw, N., 2009, Principles of Economics, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Stonecash, R., Gans, J., King, S.P., Mankiw, N., 2009, Principles of Macro Economics, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Gans, J., King, S.P., Mankiw, N., 2009, Principles of Micro Economics, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, Finishing the Job: Real World Policy Solutions in Health, Housing, Education and Transport, Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2006, Income-contingent loans for low-income households, in Government Managing Risk-Income Contingent Loans for Social and Economic Progress, eds Bruce Chapman, Routledge, UK, pp. 196-216.

Gans, J., King, S.P., Wright, J., 2005, Wireless communications, in Handbook of Telecommunications Economics Volume 2: Technology Evolution and the Internet, eds Sumit K. Majumdar, Ingo Vogelsang and Martin E. Cave, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 243-285.

King, S.P., 2004, Future directions for competition policy, in Reforming Australia: New Policies for a New Generation, eds Peter Dawkins and Mike Steketee, Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 122-136.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, Regulating interconnection pricing, in Australian Telecommunications Regulation, eds Alasdair Grant, University of New South Wales Press Limited, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 55-85.

King, S.P., 2003, Competition policy and regulation, in The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia, eds Ian McAllister, Steve Dowrick and Riaz Hassan, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 31-44.

King, S.P., 2003, Corporatisation and the behaviour of government owned corporations, in From Bureaucracy to business Enterprise: Legal and Policy Issues in the Transformation of Government Services, eds Michael J. Whincop, Ashgate Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 43-58.

Journal Articles

Gans, J.S., King, S., 2010, 'Big Bang' telecommunications reform, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 43, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 179-186.

King, S., 2010, Does tort law reform help or hurt consumers?, Economic Record [P], vol 86, issue 275, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 563-577.

King, S., 2010, Using microeconomics to protect competition, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 43, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 217-224.

King, S.P., 2009, The 2008 ACCC merger guidelines: How and why have they changed?, University of New South Wales Law Journal [P], vol 32, issue 1, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 263-274.

King, S.P., Pitchford, R., 2008, Private or public? Towards a taxonomy of optimal ownership and management regimes, Economic Record [P], vol 84, issue 266, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 366-377.

Smith, R., King, S.P., 2007, Does competition law adequately protect consumers?, E C L R: European Competition Law Review [P], vol 28, issue 7, Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, London UK, pp. 412-424.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2007, Perfect price discrimination with costless arbitrage, International Journal of Industrial Organization [P], vol 25, issue 3, Elsevier BV, North Holland, Netherlands, pp. 431-440.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2006, Patent length and the timing of innovative activity, Journal Of Industrial Economics [P], vol 54, issue Webnote 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., http://www.essex.ac.uk/jindec/notes/gans/Gans,%20Joshua%20webnote.pdf, pp. 1-12.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2006, Paying for loyalty: Product bundling in oligopoly, Journal Of Industrial Economics [P], vol 54, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 43-62.

King, S.P., 2006, The public benefit standard for merger authorisations, Australian Business Law Review [P], vol 34, issue 1, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 38-48.

King, S.P., 2006, The role of the hypothetical monopolist test in market definition under the Merger Guidelines, Competition and Consumer Law Journal [P], vol 14, issue 2, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 89-99.

King, S.P., 2006, The use of empirical methods in merger investigations, Australian Business Law Review [P], vol 34, issue 3, Lawbook Co., Rozelle, pp. 227-236.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2005, Competitive neutrality in access pricing, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 38, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 128-136.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2005, Potential anticompetitive effects of bundling, Australian Business Law Review [P], vol 33, issue 1, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 30-45.

Anderson, M.E., Caldwell, B., Dawkins, P., King, S.P., 2005, The structure and funding of the school system, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 38, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 83-90.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, Access holidays and the timing of infrastructure investment, Economic Record [P], vol 80, issue 248, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 89-100.

Gans, J., King, S.P., Lampe, R., 2004, Patent renewal fees and self-funding patent offices, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics [P], vol 4, issue 1, Berkeley Electronic Press, http://www.bepress.com/bejte/topics/vol4/iss1/art6, pp. 1-13.

Wen, M., King, S.P., 2004, Push or pull? The relationship between development, trade and primary resource endowment, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [P], vol 53, issue 4, Elsevier BV, North Holland, Netherlands, pp. 569-591.

Niblett, A., Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, Structural and behavioural market power under the Trade Practices Act: An application to predatory pricing, Australian Business Law Review [P], vol 32, issue 2, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 83-110.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, Supermarkets and shopper dockets: The Australian experience, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 37, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 311-316.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, The housing lifeline: A housing affordability policy, Agenda [P], vol 11, issue 2, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 143-155.

Folie, A., King, S.P., 2004, Tradeoffs in trade mark protection-an economic analysis, Australian Intellectual Property Journal [P], vol 15, issue 2, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 87-93.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2004, When are regulated access prices competitively neutral? The case of telecommunications in Australia, Australian Business Law Review [P], vol 32, issue 6, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 407-414.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, A theoretical analysis of credit card reform in Australia, Economic Record [P], vol 79, issue 247, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 462-472.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, Access holidays for network infrastructure investment, Agenda [P], vol 10, issue 2, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 163-178.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, Anti-insurance: Analysing the health insurance system in Australia, Economic Record [P], vol 79, issue 247, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 473-486.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, Approaches to regulating interchange fees in payment systems, The Review of Network Economics [E], vol 2, issue 2, Network Economics Consulting Group, North Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 125-145.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, Contestability, complementary inputs and contracting: The case of harbour towage, Australian Economic Review [P], vol 36, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 415-427.

King, S.P., Lampe, R., 2003, Network externalities, price discrimination and profitable piracy, Information Economics and Policy [P], vol 15, issue 3, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 271-290.

Gans, J., King, S.P., 2003, The neutrality of interchange fees in payment systems, Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy [P], vol 3, issue 1, Berkeley Electronic Press, http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/topics/vol3/iss1/art1, pp. 1-16.