Professor Tony Makin

BA, BEcon (Hons),  MEc, PhD

Professor of Economics, Griffith Business School

Contact Details for Professor Tony Makin

Research expertise: 

  • Asia-Pacific Economies
  • International Money and Finance
  • Macroeconomic Policy

Current teaching areas:

  • International Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Monetary Economics

Professional Affiliations:

  • Member, Australian Pacific Economic Co-operation Committee
  • Australian Convenor, Structural Issues Group, Pacific Economic Co-operation Council
  • Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis

    Publications:

    Books:

    • Makin, A. (2005) Global Finance and the Macroeconomy, Peking University Press, Beijing (Chinese language edition)
    • Makin, A. (2004)  Global Finance and the Macroeconomy, Palgrave Macmillan, paperback edition, London & New York.
    • Makin, A. (2003) International Macroeconomics: Instructor Manual  Pearson Education, London.

    Refereed journal articles:

    • Makin, A. and Narayan, P.  (2008) Have US External Imbalances Been Determined at Home or Abroad? Economic Modelling, 25 (2), 520-531.
    • Makin, A. (2008) The Inflexible Yuan and Global Imbalances, Global Economy Journal 8 (3), Article 7.
    • Makin, A. (2007) Re-examining the Effectiveness of Stabilisation Policy Australian Economic Papers, 46(4), 348-359.
    • Makin, A. (2007) Does Chinas Huge External Surplus Imply an Undervalued Yuan? China and World Economy, 15(3), 89-102.
    • Makin, A. (2007) To Peg or Not to Peg? Singapore Economic Review, 52(2):39-52.
    • Makin, A. and Robson, A. (2007) The Welfare Cost of Capital Controls Economic Analysis and Policy 36(2), 13-24   
    • Makin, A. (2006) Has Foreign Capital Made Us Richer?  Agenda, 13(2), 225-237.
    • Makin, A. (2005) Public Debt Sustainability and its Macroeconomic Implications in Asean-4 Asean Economic Bulletin, 22(3), 284-296. 
    • Makin, A. (2005)  Why Still Worry About the Capital Account Surplus? Policy, 21 (4), 17-21.
    • Makin, A. (2005) Fiscal Risk in Asean Agenda 12(3), 227-238. 
    • Makin, A. (2005) A Monetary Model of Exchange Rate and Balance of Payments Adjustment  Economic Issues 10 (1), 25-36.
    • Makin, A. (2005) Feasible Limits for External Deficits and Debt Global Economy Journal 5(1), 1-14.
    • Makin, A. (2004) The Current Account, Fiscal Policy and Medium Run Income Determination Contemporary Economic Policy (22),     309-317.
    • Makin, A. (2004) Decomposing Interest Differentials: An International Borrowing and Lending Approach  Journal of Economic Integration 19(1), 192-203.
    • Makin, A. and Paul, S. (2003) The Productive Effects of Public Infrastructure: What Do the Data Say? International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research 1(2), 137-147.
    • Makin, A. (2003) Inflation Expectations, Interest Rates and Arbitrary Income Transfers Australian Economic Review, 36(3), 283-290.
    • Makin, A. (2003)   The Changing Public-Private Infrastructure Mix: Economy-wide Implications Australian Journal of Public Administration, 62(3), 40-47.

    Book Chapters:

    • Makin, A. and Paul,S.  (2007) Australia in A. Kohsaka (ed.) Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region, Routledge, London and New York.
    • Makin, A. (2004) Fiscal Policy in Australia in A. Kohsaka (ed.) Fiscal Deficits in the Pacific Region, Routledge, London and New York.

    Other publications:

    • Makin, A. (2007) Foreign Investment Pays a National Dividend  Australian Chief Executive, Committee for the Economic Development  of Australia, CEDA, July, 14-17.
    • Makin, A. and Paul, S. (2004) Infrastructure Development and the Private Sector: Options and Opportunities Journal of Banking and Financial Services 118(3), 30-33.



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