BEc, BCom, MEconSt, MHlthEcon, PhD
Senior Research Assistant Health Economics
Contact details for Dr Josh Byrnes
Biography
Dr Josh Byrnes has recently joined the Centre for Applied Health Economics as a Health Economist for Health Technology Assessment at Griffith University. Previously, Josh was employed as a Senior Research Officer / Health Economist at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales. Here he successfully studied for his PhD while generating reports and research outputs for government and non-government organisations. Josh has degrees in Commerce, Economics and Health Economics and has received his PhD in 2012.
Research interests
- Health Technology Assessment
- Demand for Health
- Alcohol and Taxation
Publications
Book chapter
- Byrnes J, Doran C, Shakeshaft A (2011) Taxation and the rise of Alco-pops in Australia. In: Tavidze, A (eds). Progress in Economic Research. Vol 18, Chapter 12. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Refereed journal articles
- Doran C, Byrnes J (2012) The Role of Health Economics in Alcohol Policy. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 10(1):33-35.
- Byrnes J, Petrie DJ, Doran CM, Shakeshaft A (2012) The Efficiency of a Volumetric Alcohol Tax in Australia. 10(1):37-49.
- Byrnes J, Cobiac L, Doran C, Vos T, Shakeshaft A (2010) Cost-effectiveness of volumetric alcohol taxation in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia. 192(8): 439-443.
- Czech S, Shakeshaft A, Byrnes J, Doran C (2010) Comparing the cost of alcohol-related crashes in rural and urban environments. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 42: 1195-1198.
- Doran CM, Byrnes JM, Higashi H, Truong K (2010) Revenue implications to the Vietnamese government of using taxes to curb cigarette smoking. Addictive Behaviors. 35(12):1089-1093.
- Shakeshaft A, Doran C, Byrnes J (2009) The role of research in the failure of the alcopops excise in Australia: what have we learned? Medical Journal of Australia. 191(4): 223-225.