Areas of expertise
- Public Policy 160510
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- Economic Development And Growth 140202
- Agricultural Economics 140201
- Applied Economics 1402
Biography
Professor Christopher Findlay was from June 2011 until October 2018 the Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions at the University of Adelaide. Earlier positions include Professor of Economics in the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University (1999-2005) and Head of the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide (2005 – 2011), where he had also been a member of staff from for various periods between 1984 to 1999. He has also held positions at the ANU in the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, the Research School of Pacific Studies and the Australia-Japan Research Centre.
His qualifications include BEc (Hons) (1974) [Adelaide], MEc (1977) [ANU] and PhD in Economics (1982) [ANU]. He is a Member of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2002). He is also a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) (2007) where he was cited for ‘service to international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, to economic co-operation in trade, transportation and economic reform, and to education.’
Findlay for many years taught economics at all levels, with a focus on microeconomics and international economics, and was an author of a leading first year textbook for its first 7 editions. Findlay’s research interests include Australia’s economic relationships with Asia, especially in the services sector.
Findlay has been in lead roles in projects for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), most recently on farmer adaption to climate change, and currently a project on rural transformation. He is a regular contributor to projects coordinated by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He has provided consultancy services for the APEC Secretariat and the ASEAN Secretariat. He has been a contributor to capacity building projects funded by Australia Awards in Indonesia and PNG.
Findlay is currently Vice-Chair of the Australian Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (AUSPECC): he has been involved in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a second track organisation linked to APEC, since its foundation in 1980.
Publications
- Drysdale, P & Findlay, C 2009, 'Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Australia: Policy Issues for the Resource Sector', China Economic Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 133-158.
- Soesastro, H & Findlay, C 2006, 'Overview', in Christopher Findlay and Hadi Soesastro (ed.), Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, UK, pp. 5-16.
- Findlay, C & Soesastro, H, eds, 2006, Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, UK.
- Lee, R & Findlay, C 2005, 'Telecommunications Reform in Indonesia: Achievements and Challenges', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 341-365.
- Findlay, C, Stephenson, S & Prieto, F 2005, 'Services in Regional Trading Arrangements', in Patrick F.J Macrory, Arthure E. Appleton, Michael G. Plummer. (ed.), The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis. Volume II, Springer, New York, pp. 294-311.
- Drysdale, P & Findlay, C 2005, 'US and EU trade policies and East Asia', in Kiichiro Fukasaku, Masahiro Kawai, Michael G. Plummer, Alexandra Trzwecciak-Duva (ed.), Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for OECD Countries, OECD Publishing, Paris, pp. 137-161.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'The impact of foreign direct investment on China's economy', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China's Third Economic Transformation: The rise of the private economy, Routledge Curzon, London, pp. 102-117.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'China's domestic grain marketing reform: a long march towards marketisation', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: Is rapid growth sustainable?, Asia Pacific Press, ANU, Canberra, pp. 58-76.
- Findlay, C & Chen, C 2004, China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'Patterns of domestic grain flows and regional comparative advantage in grain production in China', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 180-193.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'China's domestic grain marketing reform since the 1980s', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 1-13.
- Luo, W & Findlay, C 2004, 'Logistics in China: Implications of Accession to the WTO', in Deepak Bhattasali, Shantong Li and Will Martin (ed.), China and the WTO Accession, Policy Reform, and Poverty Reduction Strategies, The World Bank, Washington, pp. 141-156.
- Findlay, C, Piei, H & Pangestu, M 2004, 'Trading with Favourites: Free trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific', in Riyana Miranti and Denis Hew (ed.), APEC in the 21st Century, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 89-106.
- Findlay, C & Farrell, R 2004, 'Automobiles: an industry study', in Peter Drysdale (ed.), The New Economy in East Asia and the Pacific, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 257-272.
- Findlay, C, Enjiang, C, Watson, A et al 2003, 'Introduction', in Christopher Findlay, Andrew Watson, Cheng Enjiang and Zhu Gang (ed.), Rural Financial Markets in China, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. viii-xiii.
- Findlay, C 2003, 'China and the World Economy: the FTA Strategy', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: New Engine of World Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 176-188.
- Sidorenko, A & Findlay, C 2003, 'Overview: Domestic Regulatory reform and trade liberalisation', in Alexandra Sidorenko and Christopher Findlay (ed.), Regulation and Market Access, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1-16.
- Findlay, C & Round, D 2003, 'Issues in International Competition Policy Cooperation', in Alexandra Sidorenko and Christopher Findlay (ed.), Regulation and Market Access, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 157-173.
- McTaggart, D, Findlay, C & Parkin, M 2003, Economics, Pearson Education, Frenchs Forest NSW.
- Findlay, C 2003, 'Plurilateral agreements on trade in air transport services: the US model', Journal of Air Transport Management, vol. 9, pp. 211-220.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2003, 'A Review of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in APEC Economies', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 14-38.
- Findlay, C & Sidorenko, A 2003, 'Opportunities and challenges in Singapores services trade', in Ramkishen S. Rajan (ed.), Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy: The Experience of Singapore, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 111-134.
- Findlay, C, Watson, A, Enjiang, C et al 2003, Rural Financial Markets in China, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia.
- Findlay, C 2002, 'Walking and chewing gum at the same time: Australia's free trade area strategy', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 605-617.
- Findlay, C & Kim, J 2002, 'Issues in domestic regulation of services', in Sherry Stephenson, Christopher Findlay and Soonhwa Yi (ed.), Services trade liberalisation and facilitation, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 149-63.
- Findlay, C & Sidorenko, A 2002, 'Horizontal versus sectoral disciplines for services regulation', in Sherry Stephenson, Christopher Findlay and Soonhwa Yi (ed.), Services trade liberalisation and facilitation, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 177-194.
- Sidorenko, A & Findlay, C 2001, 'The Digital Divide in East Asia', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 18-30.
- Findlay, C & Warren, T 2000, 'Introduction', in Findlay, C.; Warren, T. (ed.), Impediments to Trade in Services: Measurement and policy implications, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 1-17.
