Ian Harper

Ian Harper FASSA FAICD is an Australian economist, economics professor and current dean of the Melbourne Business School.

Harper has a Bachelor of Economics with honours from the University of Queensland and a Master of Economics and Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University.[1] Before becoming the dean, he was Professor emeritus at the Melbourne Business School, a graduate school of the University of Melbourne.[2]


Career

Harper began his career working at the Reserve bank, after completion of his PHD. [3] He was the inaugural chairman of the Australian Fair Pay Commission before that body was abolished in 2009[2]. He then joined Deloitte's Melbourne office as a partner, and then senior adviser. He headed the Federal Government's Competition Review, releasing the final report ("the Competition Policy Review" or "Harper Review") [4][5] [6] [7] of 56 recommendations on 31 March, 2015. [8]He was appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank in 2016 [9] before returning to academia as the Dean of the Melbourne Business School, in 2018. [10]

Published works

Harper has published numerous articles,[1] and recently wrote Economics for life ( ISBN 0908284950) which won the 2011 SPCK Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.[11]

Awards/Honors

Harper was elected to the Australian Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2000 and later elected to the Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Ian Harper". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Faculty staff profile". Melbourne Business School. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. Patrick Durkin, Ben Potter, "Harper back to RBA origins" The Australian Financial Review, 6 May 2016
  4. "Competition Policy Review" australiancompetitionlaw https://www.australiancompetitionlaw.org/reports/2014harper.html
  5. Profile - Ian Harper Deloitte Official Website https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/profiles/ian-harper.html
  6. Ian Harper Profile - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/profiles/ian-harper-8628
  7. Patrick Durkin "Hardheaded Economist Ian Harper to Guide Interest Rates" AFR May 5 2016 http://www.afr.com/news/economy/hardheaded-economist-ian-harper-to-guide-interest-rates-20160505-gondgc
  8. Daniel Hurst "Competition review urges easing of rules on pharmacies and trading hours" The Guardian, 31 March 2015(English)
  9. Patrick Durkin, Ben Potter, "Harper back to RBA origins" The Australian Financial Review, 6 May 2016
  10. Tim Dodd "Melbourne business-school-chief-shares-control-with-deputy" The Australian.com.au 11 April 2018 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/melbourne-business-school-chief-shares-control-with-deputy/news-story/8dc6472d61916f03b28467b47bc696d1
  11. "Economics for Life". Acorn Press. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  12. Ian Harper Profile - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/profiles/ian-harper-8628
  • Talk on ABC Radio
  • Schmidt, Lucinda (7 October 2009). "Profile - Ian Harper". The Age.
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