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Professor Peter Forsyth

 Organisation: Department of Economics
Title: Professor
Qualifications: BEc (Hons), MEc University of Sydney, PhD Economics University of Oxford


Peter's main research field has been applied microeconomics. He has a particular interest in transport economics, especially economics of air transport. This has led on to an interest in the economics of tourism.
Office:

Clayton Campus
Room E860, Building 11
Monash University Vic 3800
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2495
Fax: +61 3 9905 5476
E-mail: Peter.Forsyth@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Teaching Commitments:

ECC3830 Competition and Regulation
ECC4383 Competition and Regulation
ECC4700 Restrictive Trade Practices and Competition Policy
ECC4790 Cost-Benefit Analysis
Research Interests: Applied microeconomics with particular interest in the economics of transport and aviation, the economics of privatisation and regulation, and the economics of the new economy.
Selected Publications:

Forsyth, P., King, J., Rudolfo, C. L , "Open skies in ASEAN", Journal of Air Transport Management, 2006, C1

Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. , "Effects of the SARS crisis on the economic contribution of tourism to Australia", Tourism Review International, 2006, C1

Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., VanHo, T. , "Economic effects of the world tourism crisis on Australia", Tourism Economics, 2006, C1

Forsyth, P., "Martin Kunz memorial lecture: Tourism benefits and aviation policy", Journal of Air Transport Management, 2006, C1

Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. , "Assessing the economic impacts of events: A computable general equilibrium approach", Journal of Travel Research, 2006, C1

Forsyth, P., "Airport infrastructure for the Airbus A380: cost recovery and pricing", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2005, C1

Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. , "Estimating the impacts of special events on an economy", Journal of Travel Research, 2005, C1

Forsyth, P., "Locational and monopoly rents at airports: creating them and shifting them", Journal of Air Transport Management, 2004, C1

Dwyer, L. M, Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. , "Evaluating tourism's economic effects: new and old approaches", Tourism Management, 2004, C1

Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., VanHo, T. , "Tourism's contribution to a state economy: a multi-regional general equilibrium analysis", Tourism Economics, 2003, C1