Professor Ross Guest

Dip Education, B Arts, M Higher Education, M Commerce, PhD

Griffith Business School

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Research expertise 

Macroeconomic effects of population ageing

  • National saving
  • Economics of education

Current teaching areas

  • Applied microeconomics
  • Applied macroeconomics
  • Business economics (MBA level)

Publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Creedy, J. and Guest, R. (forthcoming) Discounting and the Time Preference Rate, Economic Record (accepted 5 December 2007).
  • Guest, R. (forthcoming) Smoothing the Fiscal Costs of Population Ageing in Australia: Effects on Intergenerational Equity and Social Welfare, Economic Record (accepted 4 August 2007).
  • Creedy, J. and Guest, R. (forthcoming) Population Ageing and Intertemporal Consumption Representative Agent versus Social Planner, Economic Modelling (accepted 24 August 2007).
  • Guest, R. and Swift, R. (forthcoming) Fertility, Income Inequality and Labour Productivity, Oxford Economic Papers (accepted 11 June 2007).
  • Guest, R. and McDonald, I. (2007) Global GDP Shares in the 21st Century: an Equilibrium Approach, Economic Modelling, 24, 6, 859-877.
  • Davidson, S. and Guest, R. (2007) The Fiscal Consequences of Superannuation Reform, Agenda, 14, 1, 5-15.
  • Buckridge, M. and Guest, R. (2007) A conversation about pedagogical responses to increased diversity in university classrooms, Higher Education Research and Development, 26, 2, 133-146.
  • Guest, R. (2007) Can OECD Countries Afford Demographic Change?, Australian Economic Review, 40, 2, 1-16.
  • Guest, R. (2007) Innovations in Macroeconomic Modeling of Population Ageing, Economic Modeling, 24, 1, 101-119.
  • Guest, R. (2006) Population Ageing, Fiscal Pressure and Tax Smoothing: A CGE Application to Australia Fiscal Studies, 27, 2, 183-204.
  • Guest, R. (2006) Demographic Change in the Asia-Pacific: The Effect on Average Living Standards, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 11, 3, 229-248.
  • Guest, R. (2006) The Undergraduate Fee and Enrolment Decisions Facing Australian Universities from 2005, Education Economics, 14, 1, 31-58.
  • Guest, R. (2006) Population Ageing, Capital Mobility and Optimal Saving, Journal of Policy Modelling, 28, 1, 89-102.
  • Guest, R. (2005) A Potential Dividend from Workforce Ageing in Australia, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 31, 2, 135-154.
  • Guest, R. (2005) A Life Cycle Analysis of Housing Affordability Options for First Home Buyers in Australia, The Economic Record, 81, 254, 237-248.
  • Guest, R. and Shacklock, K. (2005) The Impending Shift to an Older Mix of Workers: Perspectives from the Management and Economics Literatures, International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 10, 3, 713-728.
  • Guest, R. (2005) Will Flexible Learning Raise Student Achievement?, Education Economics, 13, 3, 287-298.
  • Guest, R. and McDonald, I.M. (2004) Demographic Transition and Optimal Saving in Four Asian Countries, Economic Analysis and Policy, 34, 1, 1-13.
  • Guest, R., Bryant, J. and Scobie, G. (2004) Population Ageing in New Zealand: Implications for Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving, New Zealand Economic Papers, 38, 1, 1-20.
  • Guest, R. and McDonald, I.M. (2004) The Effect of World Fertility Scenarios on International Living Standards?, The Economic Record, 80, 1, S1-S12.
  • Guest, R.S. (2004) Superannuation, Owner-Occupied Housing Demand and Private Saving in Australia, The Australian Economic Review, 37, 2, 198-204.
  • Brown, K., Gallery, G., Gallery, N. and Guest, R. (2004) Defined Benefit or Accumulation Plan? Superannuation Choices of Australian Academics, Journal of Industrial Relations, 46, 1, 1-20.

Books

  • Creedy, J. and Guest, R. (Eds.) (2007) New Developments in the Economics of Ageing, Edward Elgar.

Book chapters

  • Prskawetz, A., Fent, T. and Guest, R. (2007, forthcoming) Workforce Aging and Labor Productivity. The role of supply and demand for labor in the G7, in: Prskawetz, Bloom and Lutz (Eds.), Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth, A supplement to Population and Development Review, Population Council, New York.
  • Guest, R. (2007) Australia's Future Fund: A Social Welfare Analysis, in Ogawa, H, Clark, R. and Mason, A. (Eds.), Population Aging, International Transfers and the Macroeconomy, Edward Elgar.
  • Guest, R. (2007) Population Ageing, Housing Demand and House Prices in Australia: a Microsimulation Analysis in Harding, A. et al., Population Ageing, Social Security and Taxation: Modelling our Future (Volume 1), North Holland, Amsterdam.
  • Guest, R. and McDonald, I.M. (2007) The Effect of World Fertility Scenarios on International Living Standards? reprinted in Creedy, J. and Guest, R., (Eds.), 7 New Developments in the Economics of Ageing, Edward Elgar.

Other publications

  • Guest, R. (2007) The Baby Bonus: A Dubious Policy Initiative, Policy, Centre for Independent Studies, Autumn issue,pp. 11-15.
  • Guest, R. (2004) The Truth About the Costs of Population Ageing, Policy, Centre for Independent Studies, Winter issue.
  • Guest, R. (2004) Book Review: Polices to Boost Australian Saving edited by Owen Covick, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, South Australia,, The Economic Record, 80, 248, p. 134.
  • Guest, R. (2004) Book Review of The Unchained University The Unchained University, by Andrew Norton, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, in The Australasian Journal of Economic Education, 1, 1, 85-87.

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