Dr Gordon de Brouwer
Areas of expertise
- Applied Economics 1402
- Macroeconomics (Incl. Monetary And Fiscal Theory) 140212
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
Research interests
Gordon's research interests are broad, spanning domestic and international macroeconomics and policy, domestic and international finance, climate change and the environment, energy, resource and industry development, Asian and US economies, international economic relations and organisations (especially G20 and APEC), the integration of economics and security, public sector organisations and governance, and institution building.
Biography
Gordon de Brouwer is Professor of Economics, jointly appointed to the Crawford School of Public Policy and College of Business and Economics. He is committed to public value, high-quality policy and implementation, and effective government.
Gordon has about 35 years' experience in public policy and administration in Australia, including as Secretary (CEO) of the Department of the Environment and Energy (2013-17) and senior roles in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (including Associate Secretary of Domestic Policy Group and G20 Sherpa, 2008-13), Treasury (2002-08), ANU (Professor of Economics, 2000-02) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (1991-99).
Gordon is a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)(including Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee) and the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Nature Conservancy Australia and the Reef Resilience and Adaptation Program. He is National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Chair of the Australian National Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (AusPECC), and a facilitator in Jeff Whalen Learning Groups for senior public servants in Australia and New Zealand. He is a senior advisor in the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington. D.C.
Gordon has a PhD in economics from the Australian National University. He was awarded a Public Service Medal and made a Knight in France's Legion of Honour for his work on G20 and public service.
Publications
- Basri, M, Bery, S, de Brouwer, G et al. 2020, An Asian strategy for recovery and reconstruction after COVID-19.
- Ramayandi, A, De Brouwer, G & Turvey, D 2006, 'Macroeconomic linkages and regional monetary cooperation: Steps ahead', Asian Economic Policy Review, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 284-301.
- De Brouwer, G & Gilbert, J 2005, 'Monetary Policy Reaction Functions in Australia', Economic Record, vol. 81, no. 253, pp. 124-134.
- De Brouwer, G 2005, 'Australia's financial markets and institutions', in Yung Chul Park, Takatoshi Ito, Yunjong Wang (ed.), A New Financial Market Structure for East Asia, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 382-417.
- De Brouwer, G 2005, 'Monetary and financial integration in Asia: empirical evidence and issues', in Asian DEvelopment Bank (ed.), Asian Economic Cooperation and Integration: Progress, Prospects, Challenges, Asian Development Bank, Manila, pp. 269-293.
- De Brouwer, G & Corbett, J 2005, 'A new financial market structure for East Asia: How to promote regional financial market integration', in Yung Chul Park, Takatoshi Ito, Yunjong Wang (ed.), A New Financial Market Structure for East Asia, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 417-450.
- De Brouwer, G 2004, 'IMF and ADB perspectives on regional surveillance in East Asia', in Gordon de Brouwer and Yunjong Wang (ed.), Financial Governance in East Asia: Policy dialogue, surveillance and cooperation, Routledge Curzon, London and New york, p. 312.
- De Brouwer, G 2004, 'The cost of crises and learning to live with exchange rate volatility: evidence from survey measures of consumer business expectations', in Gordon de Brouwer and Masahiro Kawai (ed.), Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia, Routledge Curzon, London.
- De Brouwer, G & Wang, Y 2004, 'Policy dialogue, surveillance and financial cooperation in East Asia', in Gordon de Brouwer and Yunjong Wang (ed.), Financial Governance in East Asia: Policy dialogue, surveillance and cooperation, Routledge Curzon, London and New york, pp. 1-15.
- De Brouwer, G & Dungey, M 2004, 'Revealed commonality: linkages in consumption, investment and output in East Asia', in Gordon de Brouwer and Masahiro Kawai (ed.), Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia, Routledge Curzon, London, pp. 103-130.
- De Brouwer, G 2003, 'Financial Markets, Institutions, and Integration in East Asia', Asian Economic Papers, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 53-80.
- De Brouwer, G 2003, 'Discussion on It Takes More than a Bubble to Become Japan', Asset Prices and Monetary Policy, ed. Anthony Richards and Tim Robinson, J S McMillan Printing Group, Sydney, Australia, pp. 250-9.
- De Brouwer, G 2003, 'Book Review: Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. tba, pp. 374-375.
- De Brouwer, G 2003, 'Towards Improved Monetary Policy in Indonesia: A comment', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 325-8.
- De Brouwer, G 2003, 'Macroeconomics and Governance', Manila Framework Croup Meeting, Commonwealth of Australia Treasury, Canberra, pp. 1-28.
- De Brouwer, G 2002, 'Integrating financial markets in East Asia', in Kyung Tae Lee (ed.), Globalization and the Asia Pacific Economy, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 199-225.
- De Brouwer, G 2002, 'Does a formal common-basket peg in East Asia make economic sense?', in Gordon de Brouwer (ed.), Financial markets and policies in East Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 286-314.
- De Brouwer, G 2002, 'Debating financial markets and policies in East Asia', in Gordon de Brouwer (ed.), Financial markets and policies in East Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 1-16.
- De Brouwer, G 2001, Hedge Funds in Emerging Markets, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- De Brouwer, G 2001, 'East Asian financial markets: current status and future development', Regional Financial Arrangements in East Asia: Issues and Prospects, ed. Yoon Hyung Kim and Yunjong Wang, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul, Korea, pp. 3-24.
- de Brouwer, G 2001, 'Currency and monetary arrangements for East Timor', in Hal Hill & Joao M. Saldanha (ed.), East Timor: Development Challenges for the World�s Newest Nation, Asia Pacific Press, Singapore, pp. 39-51.
- De Brouwer, G & Warren, T 2001, Strengthening Australia-Japan Economic Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- De Brouwer, G 2000, 'Should Pacific Island nations adopt the Australian dollar?', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 161-169.
- De Brouwer, G 1999, 'Capital Flows to East Asia: The Facts', in David Gruen and Luke Gower (ed.), Capital Flows and the International Financial System, Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia, pp. 76-88.
- De Brouwer, G & O'regan, J 1997, 'Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia', in (ed.), Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, pp. 244-276.