Professor R. Quentin Grafton
B.Ag. Econ (Massey), MS (Iowa State University), PhD (University of British Columbia)
Professor, Australian Laureate Fellow, Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in water Economics & Transboundary Water Governance, Director, Centre for Water Economics, Environment & Policy, Convener Geneva Actions on Human Water Security, Convener Water Justice Hub
College of Asia & the Pacific
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0410680584
Areas of expertise
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- Agricultural Economics 140201
- Simulation And Modelling 080110
- Fisheries Management 070403
- Environmental Management 050205
- Natural Resource Management 050209
Research interests
- Water justice
- Food, Energy, Water nexus
- Resilience and risk
- Urban water pricing
- Energy security
- Gas markets and regulation
- Water markets and water economics
- Social capital and network theory
- Fisheries management (especially marine reserves)
- Property rights (especially quantitative instruments in resource and environmental management)
Biography
R. Quentin Grafton is an Australian Laureate Fellow, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He is Professor of Economics, Convenor of the Water Justice Hub and Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP) at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University (ANU). He is also the Chairholder, the Australian National University-UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance.
He previously served as the inaugural Chief Economist and Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (2011-2013) and as the President of the Australasian Agricultural and Resources Economics Society (AARES) in 2017-18. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Policy Forum.net, the Director of the Food, Energy, Environment and Water (FE2W) Network, which he helped establish, and the Convener of the Geneva Actions on Human Water Security. He also convenes the Water Justice Hub.
He has published over 160 scholarly peer-reviewed articles, including in some of the world's leading journals in economics and the life sciences (such as Science three times), 40 + chapters in books, 10 edited books and seven authored books including: Risks, Rewards and Regulation of Unconventional Gas (2017, Cambridge University Press), Water Resources Planning and Management (2011, Cambridge University Press), Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management (2010, Oxford University Press).
He has served in numerous advisory roles and expert panels in Australia and overseas. He served as Chair of the Marine Estate Expert Knowledge Panel for New South Wales (2014-18), Chair of the International Expert Group on Geothermal Energy (2013-14) and Chair of the Social and Economics Reference Panel of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (2008-2009).
Researcher's projects
- Responding to risks and managing for resilience
- Food and water gaps
- Economics costs at water restrictions
- Human-induced impact on water scarcity
- Optimal investment in water supply
- Marine reserve and ecological uncertainty
- Social networks and productivity
- Social capital and environmental performance
- Efficiency measures in fisheries
Publications
- Kenny, M, Caldicott, D, Grafton, R et al. 2020, Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: COVID-19 and how to flatten the curve.
- Grafton, R, Smethurst, A & Kenny, M 2020, Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Is going to the footy fair play or foul?.
- Grafton, R, Colloff, M, Marshall, V et al. 2020, 'Confronting a 'post-truth water world' in the murray-darling Basin, Australia', Water Alternatives, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-28.
- Wheeler, S, Carmody, E, Grafton, R et al. 2020, 'The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia', Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing, vol. 159, pp. 1-17.
- Grafton, R & Williams, J 2020, 'Rent-seeking behaviour and regulatory capture in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 36, no. 2-3, pp. 484-504.
- Chu, L & Grafton, R 2020, 'Water pricing and the value-add of irrigation water in Vietnam: Insights from a crop choice model fitted to a national household survey', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 228, pp. 1-8.
- Brooks, K, Barclay, K, Grafton, R et al. 2020, 'Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia [IN PRESS]', Marine Policy, vol. Online, pp. 1-9.
- Grafton, R, Chu, L & Wyrwoll, P 2020, 'The paradox of water pricing: dichotomies, dilemmas, and decisions', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 86-107.
- Williams, J & Grafton, R 2019, 'Missing in action: possible effects of water recovery on stream and river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Australasian Journal of Water Resources, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 78-87.
- Taflaga, M, Grafton, R, Robinson, Z et al. 2019, Democracy Sausage podcast: Right to know, rent-seeking, and a bill of rights.
- Taylor, K, Longboat, S & Grafton, R 2019, 'Whose rules? A water justice critique of the OECD's 12 principles on water governance', Water, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. -.
- Chu, L & Grafton, R 2019, 'Policy Note: Short-term Pain for Long-term Gain: Urban Water Pricing and the Risk-adjusted User Cost', Water Economics and Policy, vol. 5, no. 2.
- Grafton, R, Colloff, M, Marshall, V et al. 2019, 'Confronting a 'Post-Truth Water World' in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Water Alternatives, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-28.
- Kenny, M, Biddle, N, Grafton, R et al 2019, Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Voter volatility, economic evidence, and discordant democracy.
- Kenny, M, Grafton, R, Rubenstein, K et al 2019, Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Disendorsement, diversity, and distrust.
- Grafton, R 2019, 'Policy review of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: the "do's" and "do'nots"', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 116-141.
- Chu, L, Grafton, Q & Keenan, R 2019, 'Increasing Conservation Effectiveness while Maintaining Equity Goals with the Payment for Environmental Services', Ecological Economics, vol. 156, pp. 202-210.
- Chu, L, Grafton, R. Q. & Keenan, R 2019, 'Increasing Conservation Efficiency While Maintaining Distributive Goals With the Payment for Environmental Services', Ecological Economics, vol. 156, pp. 202-210.
- Grafton, R. Q, Garrick, D, Manero, A et al 2019, 'The water governance reform framework: Overview and applications to Australia, Mexico, Tanzania, U.S.A and Vietnam', Water, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. -.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Chindarkar, N 2019, 'India's depleting groundwater: When science meets policy', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 108-124.
- Ma, W, Grafton, R & Renwick, A 2018, 'Smartphone Use and Income Growth in Rural China: Empirical Results and Policy Implications [IN PRESS]', Electronic Commerce Research, vol. Online, pp. 1-24.
- Grafton, R 2018, 'Droits de propri�t� et ressources communes: Cas de la peche et des prelevements d'eau douce [Property Rights and the Commons: Insights from Fisheries and Freshwater Resources]', in Cecile De Cet Bertin & Jean Boncoeur (ed.), La propriete a l'epreuve de la mer, Presses Universitaires D'aix-Marseille, Marseille, pp. 109-121.
- Chu, L, Grafton, R.Q & Stewardson, M 2018, 'Resilience, Decision-making, and Environmental Water Releases', Earth's Future, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 777-792.
- Grafton, R. Q, Williams, J, Perry, C et al 2018, 'The paradox of irrigation efficiency', Science, vol. 361, no. 6404, pp. 748-750pp.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Wheeler, S 2018, 'Economics of Water Recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 10, pp. 487-510pp.
- Ma, W, Renwick, A & Grafton, R.Q. 2018, 'Farm machinery use, off-farm employment and farm performance in China', The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 279-298.
- Shi, X & Grafton, R.Q. 2018, 'Reforming the Eastern Australian gas market', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 641-650pp.
- Wyrwoll, P, Grafton, R.Q, Daniell, KA et al 2018, 'Decision-Making for Systemic Water Risks: Insights From a Participatory Risk Assessment Process in Vietnam', Earth's Future, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 543-564.
- Garrick, D, Hall, J, Dobson, A et al 2017, 'Valuing water for sustainable development', Science, vol. 358, no. 6366, pp. 1003-1005pp.
- Wheeler, S, Loch, A, Crase, L et al 2017, 'Developing a water market readiness assessment framework', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 552, pp. 807-820.
- Dieu-Hang, T, Grafton, R. Q, Martinez-Espineira, R et al 2017, 'Household adoption of energy and water-efficient appliances: An analysis of attitudes, labelling and complementary green behaviours in selected OECD countries', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 197, pp. 140-150.
- Grafton, R, Biswas, A & Tortajada, C 2017, 'Water management: Signing up to safe water for billions', Nature, vol. 548, no. 7668, p. 393.
- Grafton, R. Q 2017, 'Responding to the 'Wicked' Problem of Water Insecurity', Water Resources Management, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 3023-3041.
- Grafton, R. Q, Williams, J & Jiang, Q 2017, 'Possible pathways and tensions in the food and water nexus', Earth's Future, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 449-462pp.
- Grafton, R.Q, Kompas, T & Long, N 2017, 'A brave new world? Kantian-Nashian interaction and the dynamics of global climate change mitigation', European Economic Review, no. Online, pp. 1-12.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Little, L 2017, 'RISKS, RESILIENCE, AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: LESSONS FROM SELECTED FINDINGS', Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 91-111pp.
- Grafton, R.Q., Shi, X & Cronshaw, I 2017, ''Making Cents' of the Eastern Australian Gas Market', Economic Papers, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 42-54.
- Hang, T, Grafton, R. Q & Regan, S 2017, 'Immigration and labour market outcomes in Australia: Findings from HILDA 2001-2014', Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 55, pp. 1-13pp.
- Ratna, N, Grafton, R.Q. & To, H 2017, 'The 'Paradox of Diversity': Economic Evidence from US Cities 1980-2010', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20-37.
- Cronshaw, I & Grafton, R.Q 2016, 'A tale of two states: Development and regulation of coal bed methane extraction in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia', Resources Policy, vol. 50, pp. 253-263pp.
- Grafton, R & Reinhardt, W 2016, 'An Assessment Framework for Resilient Public Policy', in Michael D Young and Christine Esau (ed.), Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for policy excellence, Routledge, Oxon, New York, pp. 38-60pp.
- Grafton, R, Segerson, K & Squires, D 2016, 'Promoting Green Growth in Fisheries', in Jeffrey Bennett (ed.), Protecting the Environment Privately, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 63-87.
- Grafton, R. Q, Horne, J & Wheeler, S 2016, 'On the Marketisation of Water: Evidence from the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Water Resources Management, vol. 30, pp. 913-926.
- Grafton, R. Q, McLindin, M, Hussey, K et al 2016, 'Responding to Global Challenges in Food, Energy, Environment and Water: Risks and Options Assessment for Decision-Making', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 275-299.
- Grafton, R. Q. & Cronshaw, I 2016, 'Economic benefits, external costs and the regulation of unconventional gas in the United States', Energy Policy, vol. 98, pp. 180-186.
- Grafton, R. Q. & Kerr, S 2016, 'Comment: Future directions for Australasian environmental economics', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 688-691.
- Grafton, R. Q. 2017, 'Editorial — Water Reform and Planning in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia ', Water Economics and Policy, vol. 3, no. 3.
- Grafton, R.Q 2016, 'Global risks and opportunities in food, energy, environment and water to 2050', in Felix Dodds, Jamie Bartram (ed.), The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an Agenda for Action, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 72-77.
- Nikolakis, W, Grafton, R & Nygaard, A 2016, 'Indigenous communities and climate change: a Recognition, Empowerment and Devolution (RED) framework in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Journal of Water and Climate Change, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 169-183.
- Stewart, M, Moore, A, Whiteford, P et al 2015, A Stocktake of the Tax System and Directions for Reform: Five years after the Henry Review.
- Yamazaki, S, Kompas, T, Jennings, S et al 2015, 'Are marine reserves and harvest control rules substitutes or complements for rebuilding fisheries?', Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 40, pp. 1-18.
- Little, R, Hobday, A, Parslow, J et al 2015, 'Funding climate adaptation strategies with climate derivatives', Climate Risk Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 9-15pp.
- Chu, L, Kompas, T & Grafton, R 2015, 'Impulse controls and uncertainty in economics: Method and application', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 65, pp. 50-57.
- Daniell, KA, Grafton, RQ, Nauges, C et al 2015, 'Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition', in Grafton, R., Daniell, KA, Nauges, C, Rinaudo, J-D, Chan, NWW (ed.), Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition, Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, Germany, pp. 1-32.
- Grafton, R. Q, Chu, L & Kompas, T 2015, 'Optimal water tariffs and supply augmentation for cost-of-service regulated water utilities', Utilities Policy, vol. 34, no. 2015, pp. 54-62.
- Grafton, R. Q, Daugbjerg, C & Qureshi, E 2015, 'Towards food security by 2050', Food Security, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 179-183.
- Grafton, R.Q., Williams, J & Jiang, Q 2015, 'Food and water gaps to 2050: preliminary results from the global food and water system (GFWS) platform', Food Security, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 209-220.
- Grafton, RQ, Daniell, KA, Nauges, C et al, eds, 2015, Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition, Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, Germany.
- Little, L & Grafton, R. Q 2015, 'Environmental offsets, resilience and cost-effective conservation', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 140521-140521.
- Nikolakis, W & Grafton, R 2015, 'Putting Indigenous water rights to work: the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework as a lens for remote development', Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 149-163.
- Nikolakis, W & Grafton, R. Q 2015, 'Putting Indigenous water rights to work: the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework as a lens for remote development', Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 149-163.
- Pittock, J, Williams, J & Grafton, R.Q. 2015, 'The Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails to deal adequately with climate change', Water, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 26-30.
- Syed, A, Grafton, R.Q., Kalirajan, K et al 2015, 'Multifactor productivity growth and the Australian mining sector', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 549 - 570.
- To, H & Grafton, R.Q. 2015, 'Oil prices, biofuels production and food security: past trends and future challenges', Food Security, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 323-336.
- Yamazaki, S, Jennings, S, Grafton, R.Q. and Kompas, T. 2015, 'Are marine reserves and harvest control rules substitutes or complements for rebuilding fisheries?', Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
- Little, R, Parslow, J, Fay, G et al 2014, 'Environmental derivatives, risk analysis, and conservation management', Conservation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 196-207.
- Akter, S, Grafton, R.Q. & Merritt, W 2014, 'Integrated hydro-ecological and economic modeling of environmental flows: Macquarie Marshes, Australia', Agricultural Water Management, 145, 98-109.
- Byron, N, Cosier, P, Davis, R et al 2014, Blueprint for a Healthy Environment and a Productive Economy. Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Sydney.
- Cronshaw, I & Grafton, R.Q. 2014, 'Reflections on Energy Security in the Asia Pacific', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 127-143.
- Grafton, Q, Kompas, T & Long, N 2014, 'Increase in risk and its effects on welfare and optimal policies in a dynamic setting: The case of global pollution', GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 40-64.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Horne, J 2014, 'Water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 145, pp. 61-71.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Horne, J 2014, 'Water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin', in Grafton, R.Q., Wyrwoll, P., White, C., Allendes, D. (ed.), Global Water: Issues and Insights, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 37-44.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Kompas, T 2014, 'Fisheries Forever', Solutions-for a sustainable and desirable future, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 47-53.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Kompas, T 2014, 'Three Pillars of Fisheries Policy', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 609-614.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Lambie, R 2014, 'Australia's Liquefied Natural Gas Sector: Past Developments, Current Challenges and Ways Forward', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 509-522.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2014, 'Economics', in Grafton, R.Q., Wyrwoll, P., White, C., Allendes, D. (ed.), Global Water: Issues and Insights, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 7-10.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2014, 'UNESCO Water Chairs and Centres', in Grafton, R.Q., Wyrwoll, P., White, C., Allendes, D. (ed.), Global Water: Issues and Insights, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 199-201.
- Grafton, R.Q., Chu, L, Kompas, T et al 2014, 'Volumetric water pricing, social surplus and supply augmentation', Water Resources and Economics, vol. 6, pp. 74-87.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T, Long, N, To, H. 2014, 'US biofuels subsidies and CO2 emissions: An empirical test for a weak and a strong green paradox', Energy Policy, vol. 68, pp. 550-555.
- Grafton, R.Q., Pittock, J, Williams, J et al 2014, 'Water planning and Hydro-Climatic Change in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1082-1092.
- Grafton, R.Q., Wyrwoll, P, White, C et al, eds, 2014, Global Water: Issues and Insights, ANU Press, Canberra.
- Nguyen Linh-Son, Q. Grafton, To Dieu-Hang, T. Kompas. 2014, 'Multiple-Use Management Strategies and Marine Reserves', Reviews in Fisheries Science, vol. 22, no. 2.
- Nikolakis, W & Grafton, R.Q. 2014, 'Fairness and justice in Indigenous water allocations: Insights from Northern Australia', Water Policy, vol. 16, pp. 19-35.
- Pittock, J & Grafton, R.Q. 2014, 'Future directions for water and agriculture in southern Africa', in Jamie Pittock, R. Quentin Grafton, Chris White (ed.), Water, Food and Agricultural Sustainability in Southern Africa, Tilde University Press, Prahran, Vic, pp. 191-199.
- Pittock, J, Grafton, R.Q. & White, C, eds, 2014, Water, Food and Agricultural Sustainability in Southern Africa, Tilde University Press, Prahran, Vic.
- Yamazaki, S, Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T et al 2014, 'Biomass management targets and the conservation and economic benefits of marine reserves', Fish and Fisheries, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 196-208.
- Cvitanovic, C, Wilson, S, Fulton, C et al. 2013, 'Critical research needs for managing coral reef marine protected areas: Perspectives of academics and managers', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 114, pp. 84-91.
- Cvitanovic, C, Wilson, S, Fulton, C et al. 2013, 'Critical research needs for managing coral reef marine protected areas: Perspectives of academics and managers', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 114, pp. 84-91.
- Grafton, R, Pittock, J, Davis, R et al 2012, 'Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance', Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/nclimate1746
- Grafton, R.Q. & Squires, D 2013, 'Theory and Practice of Fisheries and Water Economics', in Jason Shogren (ed.), Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Elsevier, UK and USA, pp. 31-38.
- Grafton, R.Q. & White, C 2013, 'A global overview of water security', in R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait, Chris White (ed.), Water: Security, Economics and Governance, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Prahan Victoria, Australia, pp. 11-28.
- Grafton, R.Q. & White, C 2013, 'Economics for Water', in R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait, Chris White (ed.), Water: Security, Economics and Governance, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Prahan Victoria, Australia, pp. 129-177.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2013, 'Household behaviour and water use', in Zachary Brown, Nick Johnstone, Yse Serret-Itzicsohn (ed.), Greening household behaviour: Overview from the 2011 survey, OECD Publishing, Paris, France, pp. 149-181.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kalirajan, K & Syed, A 2013, Productivity in the Australian Mining Sector.
- Grafton, R.Q., Pittock, J, Davis, R, Kompas T., et al 2013, 'Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance', in R. Quentin Grafton, J. Pittock, M. Tait, C. White (ed.), Water Security, Economics and Governance, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Prahan Victoria, Australia, pp. 550-562.
- Grafton, R.Q., Pittock, J, Tait, M et al 2013, 'Introduction to water security, economics and governance', in R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait, Chris White (ed.), Water: Security, Economics and Governance, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Prahan Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-8pp.
- Grafton, R.Q., Pittock, J, Tait, M et al, eds, 2013, Water: Security, Economics and Governance, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Prahan Victoria, Australia.
- Nikolakis, W, Grafton, R.Q. & To, H 2013, 'Indigenous values and water markets: Survey insights from northern Australia', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 500, pp. 12-20.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Long, N 2012, 'Substitution between biofuels and fossil fuels: Is there a green paradox?', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 328-341.
- Grafton, R & Jiang, Q 2012, 'Economic effects of climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Agricultural Systems, vol. 110, pp. 10-16.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T, Che, N et al 2012, 'BMEY as a fisheries management target', Fish and Fisheries, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 303-312.
- Grafton, R.Q., Libecap, G, Edwards, E et al 2012, 'Comparative assessment of water markets: insights from the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia and the Western USA', Water Policy, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 175-193.
- Grafton, R.Q., Nelson, H, Lambie, R et al 2012, 'A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment', in (ed.), A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment: Economics, Science, and Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, pp. 423PP.
- Katic, R.Q. & Grafton, R.Q. 2012, 'Economic and spatial modelling of groundwater extraction', Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 831-834.
- Ratna, N, Grafton, R.Q. & MacDonald, I 2012, 'Does Multiculturalism Pay? Empirical Evidence from the United States and Canada', Economic Papers, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 401-417.
- Grafton, R, Libecap, G, McGlennon, S et al 2011, 'An Integrated Assessment of Water Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison', Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 219 - 239.
- Grafton, R, Akter, S & Kompas, T 2011, 'A Policy-enabling framework for the ex-ante evaluation of marine protected areas', Ocean and Coastal Management, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 478-487.
- Grafton, P, Chu, L, Stewardson, M et al 2011, 'Optimal dynamic water allocation: Irrigation extractions and environmental tradeoffs in the Murray River, Australia', Water Resources Research, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. W00G08-13.
- Little, L, Grafton, R, Kompas, T et al 2011, 'Complementarity of no-take marine reserves and individual transferable catch quotas for managing the Line Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef', Conservation Biology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 333-340.
- Qureshi, M, Grafton, R, Kirby, M et al 2011, 'Understanding irrigation water use efficiency at different scales for better policy reform: a case study of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Water Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-17.
- Connell, D & Grafton, R.Q. 2011, 'Water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin', Water Resources Research, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. W00G03-9.
- Connell, D & Grafton, R.Q., eds, 2011, Basin Futures: Water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, ANU ePress, Canberra.
- Grafton, R, Ward, M, To, H. and Kompas, T., 2011, 'Determinants of residential water consumption: Evidence and Analysis', Water Resources Research, vol. 47.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Hussey, K, eds, 2011, Water Resources Planning and Management, Cambridge University Press, New York, USA.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Jiang, Q 2011, 'Economic Effects of Water Recovery on Irrigated Agriculture in the Murray-Darling Basin', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 487-499.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2011, 'Economic Costs and Benefits of the Proposed Basin Plan', in Daniel Connell and R Quentin Grafton (ed.), Basin Futures: Water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 245-261.
- Katic, P & Grafton, R.Q. 2011, 'Optimal groundwater extraction under uncertainty: Resilience versus economic payoffs', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 406, no. 3-4, pp. 215-224.
- Mariyono, J, Kompas, T & Grafton, R 2010, 'Shifting from Green Revolution to environmentally sound policies: technological change in Indonesian rice agriculture', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 128-147.
- Grafton, R 2010, 'How to Increase the Cost-Effectiveness of Water Reform and Environmental Flows in the Murray-Darling Basin', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 17-40.
- Grafton, R & Lambie, R 2010, 'Australian Coal and Climate Change Mitigation.', Harvard Asia Pacific Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 40-41.
- Little, L, Grafton, R, Kompas, T et al 2010, 'Closure strategies as a tool for fisheries management in metapopulations subjected to catastrophic events', Fisheries Management and Ecology, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 346-355.
- Mariyono, J, Resosudarmo, B, Kompas, T et al 2010, 'Understanding environmental and social efficiencies in Indonesian rice production', in Volker Beckmann, Nguyen Huu Dung, Xiaoping Shi, Max Spoor, Justus Wesseler (ed.), Economic Transition and Natural Resource Management in East and Southeast Asia, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, pp. 161-182.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Hilborn, R 2010, 'Limits to the Privatization of Fishery Resources: Comment', Land Economics, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 609-613.
- Grafton, R, Squires, D, Jeon, Y et al 2010, 'Controlling excess capacity in common-pool resource industries: The transition from input to output controls', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 361-377.
- Shi, X & Grafton, R 2010, 'Efficiency impacts of the Chinese industrial transition: A quantitative evaluation of reforms in the coal industry', Economic Change and Restructuring, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 1-19.
- Akter, S & Grafton, R.Q. 2010, 'Confronting Uncertainty and Missing Values in Environmental Value Transfer as Applied to Science Conservation', Conservation Biology, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1407-1417.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T, Chu, L et al 2010, 'Maximum Economic Yield', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 273-280.
- Grafton, R.Q., Hannesson, R, Shallard, B et al 2010, 'The Economics of Allocation in Tuna Regional Fisheries', in Robin Allen, James A. Joseph, Dale Squires (ed.), Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries, Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa, USA, pp. 155-162.
- Grafton, R.Q., Hilborn, R, Squires, D et al 2010, 'Marine Conservation and Fisheries Management: At the Crossroads', in R. Quentin Grafton, Ray Hilborn, Dale Squires, Maree Tait, Meryl Williams (ed.), Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 3-19.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T & Yamazaki, S 2010, 'Non-consumptive values and optimal marine reserve switching', Ecological Economics, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 2427-2434.
- Grafton, R.Q., Squires, D, Groves, T et al 2010, 'Fisheries Buybacks', in R. Quentin Grafton, Ray Hilborn, Dale Squires, Maree Tait, Meryl Williams (ed.), Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 507-519.
- Grafton, R.Q., Tait, M, Hilborn, R et al, eds, 2010, Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management, Oxford University Press, New York, USA.
- Kompas, T, Grafton, R.Q. & Che, N 2010, 'Bioeconomic losses from overharvesting tuna', Conservation Letters, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 177-183.
- Grafton, P, Ward, J, McColl, J et al 2009, A Primer for Water Institutions and Governance: COncepts, Definitions and Measures.
- Connell, D, Grafton, R.Q. & Ward, J 2009, The case for a Revised National Water Initiative for Northern Australia.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2009, 'Diverse Fisheries Require Diverse Solutions', Science, vol. 323, no. 5912, pp. 338-339.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T & Pham, V 2009, 'Cod Today and None Tomorrow: The Economic Value of a Marine Reserve', Land Economics, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 454-469.
- Grafton, R.Q., Ward, J, McColl, J et al 2009, Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009 Full Report: 28. A robust framework for sharing water in northern Australia.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Kompas, T 2006, Sydney Water: Pricing for Sustainability.
- Perez, P, Ratna, N, Dray, A et al. 2005, 'Diffusion and Social Networks: Revisiting Medical Innovation with Agents', 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, MODSIM 2005, ed. Andre Zerger & Robert M Argent, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Canberra, pp. 1639-1645.
- Grafton, R.Q. 2010, 'Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Capture Fisheries', Marine Policy, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 606-615.
- Kompas, T, Grafton, R.Q., Pham, V et al 2010, 'Bioeconomic Modeling of Marine Reserves with Environmental Uncertainty', in R. Quentin Grafton, Ray Hilborn, Dale Squires, Maree Tait, Meryl Williams (ed.), Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 659-665.
- Grafton, R & McIlgorm, A 2009, 'Ex Ante Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Individual Transferable Quotas: A Case-Study of Seven Australian Commonwealth Fisheries', Marine Policy, vol. 33, pp. 714-719.
- Grafton, R 2009, 'Book Review: Addressing China's Water Scarcity: recommendations for selected water resource management issues', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 124-125.
- Ratna, N, Kompas, T & Grafton, R 2009, 'Is Diversity Bad for Economic Growth? Evidence from State-level Data in the US', Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 38, pp. 859-70.
- Tran, T, Grafton, R & Kompas, T 2009, 'Contribution of productivity and firm size to value-added: Evidence from Vietnam', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 121, pp. 274-285.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T, Campbell, D et al 2009, 'Comment on "Abdicating Responsibility: The Deceits of Fisheries Policy"', Fisheries, vol. 34, pp. 292-94.
- Tran, T, Grafton, R & Kompas, T 2009, 'Institutions Matter: The Case of Vietnam', Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 38, pp. 1-12.
- Yamazaki, S, Kompas, T & Grafton, R 2009, 'Output Versus Input Controls Under Uncertainty: The Case of a Fishery', Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 22, pp. 212-236.
- Grafton, R 2009, 'Introduction [to Economics of Water Resources]', in Quentin Grafton (ed.), Economics of Water Resources, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. xiii - xxvi.
- Grafton, R.Q., ed., 2009, Economics of Water Resources, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK.
- Grafton, R.Q., Kompas, T & Van Ha, P 2009, 'Cod Today and None Tomorrow: The Economic Value of a Marine Reserve', Land Economics, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 454-469.
- Tacconi, L, Jotzo, F & Grafton, R 2008, 'Local causes, regional co-operation and global financing for environmental problems: the case of Southeast Asian Haze pollution', International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-16.
- Tran, T, Grafton, R & Kompas, T 2008, 'Firm Efficiency in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Vietnam', Asian Economic Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 47-66.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T, Tait, M et al 2008, 'Positioning fisheries in a changing world', Marine Policy, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 630-634.
- Kompas, T, Che, N & Grafton, R 2008, 'Fisheries Instrument Choice under Uncertainty', Land Economics, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 652-666.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Yamazaki, S 2008, 'Output versus Input Controls under Uncertainty: The Case of a Fishery', Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 21.
- Grafton, P 2008, 'Canadian Fisheries Governance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', in N Schneider (ed.), Breath of Fresh Air: Market Based Solutions for Improving Canada's Environment, Fraser Institute, Vancouver, pp. 107-117.
- Grafton, R & Connell, D 2008, 'Planning for Water Security in the Murray-Darling Basin', Public Policy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 67-86.
- Ratna, N, Dray, A, Perez, P et al 2008, 'Innovation diffusion among Heterogeneous agents: Exploring complexity with agent-based modelling (ABM)', in Yin Shan and Ang Yang (ed.), Applications of Complex Adaptive Systems, IGI Global Publishing, Hershey and London, pp. 113-141.
- Ratna, N, Dray, A, Perez, P et al 2008, 'Diffusion and Social Networks: Revisiting Medical Innovation with Agents', in H. Qudrat-Ullah, JM Spector and PI Davidsen (ed.), Complex Decision Making: Theory and Practice, Springer, Cambridge, MA, pp. 247-265.
- Grafton, R.Q. & Ward, M 2008, 'Prices versus Rationing: Marshallian Surplus and Mandatory Water Restrictions', Economic Record, vol. 84, pp. s57-s65.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T, McLoughlin, R et al 2007, 'Benchmarking for fisheries governance', Marine Policy, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 470-479.
- Grafton, R & Kompas, T 2007, 'Pricing Sydney Water', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 227-241.
- Grafton, R & Peterson, D 2007, 'Water trading and pricing', in K Hussey and S Dovers (ed.), Managing water for Australia: the social and institutional challenges, CSIRO Publishing, Malbourne, pp. 73-84.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Owen, P 2007, 'Bridging the Barriers: Knowledge Connections, Productivity and Capital Accumulation', Journal of productivity analysis, vol. 28, pp. 219-231.
- Grafton, R & Nelson, H 2007, 'The Effects of Buyback Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery', in R Curtin and D Squires (ed.), Fisheries Buybacks, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, MA, pp. 191-201.
- Fox, K, Grafton, R, Kompas, T et al 2007, 'Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery', in R Curtin and D Squires (ed.), Fisheries Buybacks, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, MA, pp. 67-73.
- Grafton, R & Hussey, K 2007, 'Buying Back the Living Murray: At What Price?', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 74-81.
- Grafton, R, Nelson, H & Turris, B 2007, 'How to Resolve the Class II Common Property Problem? The Case of the British Columbia's Multispecies Groundfish Trawl Fishery', in T Bjorndal, U R Sumaila, D V Gordon and R Arnason (ed.), Advances in Fisheries Economics: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Gordon R Munro, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, pp. 59-73.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Hilborn, R 2007, 'The Economics of Overexploitation Revisited', Science, vol. 318, p. 1601.
- Parris, H & Grafton, R 2006, 'Can Tuna Promote Sustainable Development in the Pacific', Journal of Environment and Development, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 269-196.
- Fox, K, Grafton, R, Kompas, T et al 2006, 'Capacity reduction, quota trading and productivity: the case of a fishery', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 189-206.
- Grafton, R, Arnason, R, Bjorndal, T et al 2006, 'Incentive-based Approaches to Sustainable Fisheries', Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 63, pp. 699-710.
- Grafton, R, Kirkley, J, Kompas, T et al 2006, Economics for Fisheries Management, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Burlington USA.
- Grafton, R 2006, 'Social Capital and Fisheries Subsidy Reform', in Anthony Cox (ed.), Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development, OECD Publishing, Paris, pp. 261-283.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Pham, V 2006, 'The Economic payoffs from Marine Reserves: Resource Rents in a Stochastic Environment', The Economic Record, vol. 82, no. 259, pp. 469-480.
- Perez, P, Ratna, N, Dray, A et al. 2005, 'Diffusion and social networks: revisiting medical innovation with agents', 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, MODSIM 2005, ed. Andre Zerger & Robert M Argent, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Canberra, pp. 1639-45.
- Grafton, R & Pezzey, J 2005, 'Economics of the environment', in R.Q.Grafton, L.Robin & RJ Wasson (ed.), Understanding the environment: bridging the disciplinary divides, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 40-56.
- Parris, H & Grafton, R 2005, 'Fishing for a Future', in Satish Chand (ed.), Pacific Islands Regional Integration and Governance, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 148-165.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Lindenmayer, D 2005, 'Marine reserves with ecological uncertainty', Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol. 67, pp. 957-971.
- Connell, D, Dovers, S & Grafton, R 2005, 'A Critical Analysis of the National Water Initiative', Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 82-107.
- Grafton, R & Kompas, T 2005, 'Uncertainty and the active adaptive management of marine reserves', Marine Policy, vol. 29, p. 471479.
- Grafton, R 2005, 'Comment on What Restoration Schemes Can do. Or, Getting it Right Without Fisheries Transferable Quotas', Ocean Development and International Law, vol. 36, pp. 383-387.
- Grafton, R, Kompas, T & Schneider, V 2005, 'The Bioeconomics of Marine Reserves: A Selected Review with Policy Implications', Journal of Bioeconomics, vol. 7, pp. 161-178.
- Dupont, D, Fox, K, Gordon, D et al 2005, 'Profit and Price Effects of Multi-species Individual Transferable Quotas', Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 31-57.
- Grafton, R 2005, 'Social Capital and Fisheries Governance', Ocean and Coastal Management, vol. 48, pp. 753-766.
- Grafton, R & Robin, Libby 2005, 'Bridging the divides', in R.Q.Grafton, L.Robin & RJ Wasson (ed.), Understanding the environment: bridging the disciplinary divides, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, pp. 184-201.
- Grafton, R & Robin, Libby 2005, 'Understanding the environment: Bridging the disciplinary divides', in R.Q.Grafton, L.Robin & RJ Wasson (ed.), Understanding the environment: bridging the disciplinary divides, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, pp. 1-7.
- Grafton, R, Robin, Libby & Wasson, R, eds, 2005, Bridging the Disciplinary Divides, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney.
- Grafton, R, Jotzo, F & Wasson, M 2004, 'Financing Sustainable Development: Country Undertakings and Rights for Environmental Sustainability (CURES)', Ecological Economics, vol. 51, pp. 65-78.
- Grafton, R & Knowles, S 2004, 'Social Capital and National Environmental Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis', Journal of Environment and Development, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 336-370.
- Grafton, R 2004, 'Hot Air and Cold Cash: The Economics of Climate Change', in Hansen and King (ed.), Keeping Economics Real: New Zealand Economic Issues, Pearson Education, New Zealand, pp. 77-82.
- Kompas, T, Che, T & Grafton, R 2004, 'Technical efficiency effects of input controls: evidence from Australia's banana prawn fishery', Applied Economics, vol. 36, pp. 1631-1641.
- Grafton, R, Knowles, S & Owen, P 2004, 'Total Factor Productivity, Per Capita Income and Social Divergence', Economic Record, vol. 80, no. 250, pp. 302-314.
- Grafton, R.Q., Adams, C, Dupont, D et al 2004, The economics of the environment and natural resources, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, USA.
- Chand, S, Grafton, R & Petersen, E 2003, 'Multilateral governance of fisheries: management and cooperation in the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Fisheries', Marine Resource Economics, vol. 18, pp. 1-16.
- Sandal, L, Steinshamm, S & Grafton, P 2003, 'More is less: the tax effects of ignoring flow externalities.', Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 25, pp. 239-254.
- Fox, K, Grafton, R, Kirkley, J et al 2003, 'Property rights in a fishery: regulatory change and firm performance', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 46, pp. 156-177.
- Squires, D, Grafton, R, Alam, M et al 2003, 'Technical efficiency in the Malaysian gill net artisanal fishery', Environment and Development Economics, vol. 8, pp. 481-504.
- Grafton, R 2003, 'Property and resource management in Australia: rights and responsibilities', Australian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 10, pp. 70-72.
- Day, K & Grafton, R 2003, 'Growth and the environment in Canada: an empirical analysis', Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 51, pp. 197-216.
- Grafton, R, Knowles, S & Owen, P 2002, 'Social Divergence and Productivity: a 'Missing Connection'', in A Sharpe, F St Hilaire and K Banting (ed.), The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal.
- Grafton, R & Squires, D 2002, 'A property Rights Perspective of Efficiency: Privatizing the Commons', in Kevin J. Fox (ed.), Efficiency in the Public Sector, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
- Dupont, D, Grafton, P, Kirkley, J et al 2002, 'Capacity Utilization Measures and Excess Capacity in Multi-Product Privatized Fisheries', Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 24, pp. 193-220.
- Dupont, D & Grafton, R 2001, 'Multispecies Individual Transferable Quotas: The Scotia Fundy Mobile Gear Groundfishery', Marine Resource Economics, vol. 15, pp. 205-220.
- Day, K & Grafton, R 2001, 'Economic Growth and the Environment: A Canadian Perspective', in K. Banting, A. Sharpe and F. St-Hilaire (ed.), The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress: Canada in the 1990s, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, pp. 293-309.
- Grafton, R, Pendleton, L & Nelson, H 2001, A Dictionary of Environmental Economics, Science and Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Water Justice: Indigenous Water Valuation and Resilient Decision-making (Primary Investigator)
- Improving policies and institutions for sustainable intensification of agriculture and resilient food systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (Primary Investigator)
- Assessing Research Priorities to Blue Water Use in Food Production in Southern and Eastern Africa (Primary Investigator)
- Adaptive economic management of Australia's urban water (Secondary Investigator)
