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Russell Smyth is Professor of Economics. His research interests encompass Asian economies, Chinese economic reform, empirical legal studies, law and economics, migration and applied time series econometrics. From 1998 to 2008 he was Editor of Economic Papers, the policy journal of the Economic Society of Australia and was a member of the Central Council of the Economic Society of Australia. In 2008 he received the Honorary Fellow Award of the Economic Society of Australia He is currently an Associate Editor of the B.E. Press journal, Asia Pacific Law and Economics Review and Pacific Economic Review and sits on the Editorial Board of a further four journals.
Teaching Commitments
ECC4720 - Law and economics
ECX5472 - Law and economics
Research
His research interests include Chinese economic reform, Asian Economies, law and economics, new institutional economics, and empirical legal studies.
Selected Publications
Smyth, R., & Mishra, V. (2011). The transmission of legal precedent across the Australian State Supreme Courts over the twentieth century, Law & Society Review, 45(1), 139-170.
Gao, W., & Smyth, R. (2011). Economic returns to speaking 'standard mandarin' among migrants in China's urban labour market, Economics of Education Review, 30(2), 342-352.
Smyth, R., & Mishra, V. (2009). The publication decisions of judges on the county court of Victoria, Economic Record, 85(271), 462-471.
Smyth, R., & Qian, X. (2009). Corruption and left-wing beliefs in a post-socialist transition economy: Evidence from China's ‘harmonious society', Economics Letters, 102(1), 42-44.
Maitra, P., & Smyth, R. (2005). Determinants of retirement on the High Court of Australia, Economic Record, 81(254), 193-203.
Nielsen, I., Nyland, C., Smyth, R., & Zhu, C. (2005). Marketization and perceptions of social protection in China's cities, World Development, 33(11), 1759-1781.
Narayan, P., & Smyth, R. (2004). The race that stops a nation: The demand for the Melbourne Cup, Economic Record, 80(249), 193-207.
Lo, D., & Smyth, R. (2004). Towards a re-interpretation of the economics of feasible socialism, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 28(6), 791-808.
Bhattacharya, M., & Smyth, R. (2001). The determinants of judicial influence and prestige: Some empirical evidence from the High Court of Australia, Journal of Legal Studies, 30, 223-252.
Smyth, R. (2000). Should China be promoting large-scale enterprises and enterprise groups? World Development, 28, 721-737.
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