Assoc Prof Mark Harris - Researcher Profile

Biography

Mark works in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1997

GRADUATE DIPLOMA

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1993

BA (HONS) ECONMICS

Institution: University of Sussex

Year awarded: 1989

Publications

Books

Black, K., Asafu-Adjaya, J., Khan, N., Perera, N., Edwards, P.M., Harris, M.N., 2006, Australasian business statistics, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Milton Qld Australia.

Harris, M.N., Macquarie, L.R., Siouclis, A.J., 1998, A comparison of alternative estimators for binary panel probit models, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Matyas, L., Konya, L., Harris, M.N., 1997, Modelling export activity in a multicountry economic area: The APEC case, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Harris, M.N., Matyas, L., Sevestre, P., 2008, Dynamic models for short panels, in The Econometrics of Panel Data: Fundamentals and Recent Developments in Theory and Practice, eds Laszlo Matyas and Patrick Sevestre, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 249-277.

Harris, M.N., Tang, K.K., Tseng, Y., 2006, Employee turnover: less is not necessarily more?, in Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, eds Badi H. Baltagi, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 327-349.

Journal Articles

Brooks, R.D., Harris, M.N., Spencer, C., 2012, Inflated ordered outcomes, Economics Letters [P], vol 117, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 683-686.

Harris, M., Levine, P., Spencer, C., 2011, A decade of dissent: Explaining the dissent voting behavior of Bank of England MPC members, Public Choice [P], vol 146, issue 3-4, Springer New York LLC, Secaucus NJ USA, pp. 413-442.

Farrell, L., Fry, T., Harris, M., 2011, 'A pack a day for 20 years': Smoking and cigarette pack sizes, Applied Economics [P], vol 43, issue 21, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 2833-2842.

Ghebretsadik, E., Serieux, J., Harris, M., 2011, Measuring the attributes of poverty and its persistence: A case study of eritrea, Review Of Income And Wealth [P], vol 57, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 327-344.

Brown, S., Farrell, L., Harris, M., 2011, Modeling the incidence of self-employment: Individual and employment type heterogeneity, Contemporary Economic Policy [P], vol 29, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Hoboken NJ USA, pp. 605-619.

Gillman, M., Harris, M., 2010, The effect of inflation on growth, Economics Of Transition [P], vol 18, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 697-714.

Harris, M.N., Spencer, C., 2009, The policy choices and reaction functions of Bank of England MPC members, Southern Economic Journal [P], vol 76, issue 2, Southern Economic Association, USA, pp. 482-499.

Harris, M.N., Kostenko, W., Matyas, L., Timol, I., 2009, The robustness of estimators for dynamic panel data models to misspecification, Singapore Economic Review [P], vol 54, issue 3, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, pp. 399-426.

Lim, H.E., Rich, J., Harris, M.N., 2008, Employment outcomes of graduates: The case of Universiti Utara, Malaysia, Asian Economic Journal, vol 22, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 321-341.

Jensen, B., Harris, M.N., 2008, Neighbourhood measures: Quantifying the effects of neighbourhood externalities, The Economic Record, vol 84, issue 264, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 68-81.

Brown, S., Fry, T.R.L., Harris, M.N., 2008, Untangling supply and demand in occupational choice, Economics Letters, vol 99, issue 2, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 414-417.

Harris, M.N., Zhao, X., 2007, A zero-inflated ordered probit model, with an application to modelling tobacco consumption, Journal of Econometrics, vol 141, issue 2, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 1073-1099.

Dawkins, P., Feeny, S., Harris, M.N., 2007, Benchmarking firm performance, Benchmarking: An International Journal, vol 14, issue 6, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 693-710.

Harris, M.N., Ramful, P.D., Zhao, X., 2006, An ordered generalised extreme value model with application to alcohol consumption in Australia, Journal of Health Economics, vol 25, issue 4, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, The Netherlands, pp. 782-801.

Feeny, S., Gillman, M., Harris, M.N., 2006, Econometric accounting of the Australian corporate tax rates: a firm panel example, Accounting Research Journal, vol 19, issue 1, Department of Economics and Finance, RMIT, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 64-73.

Brown, S., Farrell, L., Harris, M.N., Sessions, J., 2006, Risk preference and employment contract type, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A: Statistics in Society, vol 169, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 849-863.

Feeny, S., Harris, M.N., Rogers, M., 2005, A dynamic panel analysis of the profitability of Australian tax entities, Empirical Economics, vol 30, issue 1, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., USA, pp. 209-233.

Fry, T.R.L., Harris, M.N., 2005, The Dogit ordered generalized extreme value model, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, vol 47, issue 4, Blackwell Science Ltd, Australia, pp. 531-542.

Harris, M.N., Matyas, L., 2004, A comparative analysis of different IV and GMM estimators of dynamic panel data models, International Statistical Review, vol 72, issue 3, International Statistical Institute, The Netherlands, pp. 397-408.

Zhao, X., Harris, M.N., 2004, Demand for marijuana, alcohol and tobacco: participation, levels of consumption and cross-equation correlations, The Economic Record, vol 80, issue 251, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 394-410.

Gillman, M., Harris, M.N., Matyas, L., 2004, Inflation and growth: explaining a negative effect, Empirical Economics, vol 29, issue 3, Physica-Verlag GmbH und. Co., Germany, pp. 149-167.

Matyas, L., Konya, L., Harris, M.N., 2004, Modelling export activity of eleven APEC countries, Applied Econometrics and International Development, vol 4, issue 4, Asociacion Euro-Americana de Estudios del Desarrollo Economico, Spain, pp. 83-102.

Harris, M.N., Feeny, S., 2003, Habit persistence in effective tax rates, Applied Economics, vol 35, issue 8, Routledge, UK, pp. 951-958.

Harris, M.N., Rogers, M., Siouclis, A.J., 2003, Modelling firm innovation using panel probit estimators, Applied Economic Letters, vol 10, issue 11, Routledge, UK, pp. 683-686.

Harris, M.N., Loundes, J., Webster, E., 2002, Determinants of household saving in Australia, The Economic Record, vol 78, issue 241, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 207-223.

Knights, S., Harris, M.N., Loundes, J., 2002, Dynamic relationships in the Australian labour market: Heterogeneity and state dependence, The Economic Record, vol 78, issue 242, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 284-298.

Harris, M.N., Konya, L., Matyas, L., 2002, Modelling the impact of environmental regulations on bilateral trade flows: OECD, 1990-1996, The World Economy, vol 25, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 387-405.

Duncan, A., Harris, M.N., 2002, Simulating the behavioural effects of welfare reforms among sole parents in Australia, The Economic Record, vol 78, issue 242, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 264-276.

Lee, M., Longmire, R., Harris, M.N., Matyas, L., 1998, Growth Convergence: Some Panel Data Evidence, Applied Economics, vol 30, Routledge, London UK, pp. 907-912.

Fry, T.R., Harris, M.N., 1998, Testing for independence of irrelevant alternatives: Some empirical results, Sociological Methods and Research, vol 26, 3, Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks California, pp. 401-423.

Brooks, R.D., Fry, T.R., Harris, M.N., 1997, The size and power properties of combining choice set partition tests for the IIA property in the Logit model, Journal of Quantitative Economics, vol 13, Indian Econometric Society, Delhi, pp. 45-61.

Conference Proceedings

Harris, M.N., Zhao, X., 2006, A zero-inflated ordered probit model, with an application to modelling tobacco consumption, Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society (FEMES), 9th July 2006 to 12th July 2006, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, pp. 1-37.

Harris, M., Kelly, P., Walker, J., Hauser, S.P., Rodda, C.P., Eisman, J., 1997, Bone mass accrual during childhood, The Endocrine Society of Australia Proceedings 40th Annual Scientific Meeting, Bondi Beach, NSW 1 - 3 August 1997, The Endocrine Society of Australia, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 141.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Microeconometric techniques for development economists.

Supervisors:

Inder, B (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Ordered choice modelling: with applications to health and happiness.

Supervisors:

Inder, B (Main), Harris, M (Associate), Hollingsworth, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Self assessed health: an analysis of the influence of question wording and response options.

Supervisors:

Poskitt, D (Main), Harris, M (Associate), Lorgelly, P (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Au, N.

Program of Study:

Obesity in Australia: an economic perspective. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Hollingsworth, B (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Duong, H.

Program of Study:

Order submission strategies of institutional and individual investors. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Kalev, P (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Islam, M.

Program of Study:

Three essays on development and labour economics. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Maitra, P (Main), Harris, M (Associate), Fausten, D (Associate).

Student:

Kostenko, W.

Program of Study:

Labour market and wellbeing assimilation of immigrants to Australia. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Zhao, X (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Lim, H.

Program of Study:

Studies on graduate unemployment in Malaysia: unemployment duration, labour market outcomes and psychological impact of unemployment. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Harris, M (Joint), Maitra, P (Joint-Co).

Student:

Luo, L.

Program of Study:

The predictive power of yield spread on GDP growth and monetary policy. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

King, M (Main), Brooks, R (Associate), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Ozmen, M.

Program of Study:

In Icarus's slipstream: emissions mitigation and cost transmission in the airline industry. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Harris, M (Main).

Student:

Polidano, C.

Program of Study:

Motivations and benefits of formal volunteering. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Zhao, X (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Ramful, P.

Program of Study:

Recreational drug consumption in Australia: an econometric analysis. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Zhao, X (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Tharavanij, P.

Program of Study:

Finance and macroeconomic fluctuations. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Fausten, D (Main), Harris, M (Associate).

Student:

Timol, I.

Program of Study:

Long-run economic growth in OECD countries: a century of evidence. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Harris, M (Joint-Co), Madsen, J (Joint).