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Professor Peter Forsyth

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


Peter’s main research field has been applied microeconomics. He has a particular interest in transport economics, especially economics of air transport, and the economics of tourism. He is on the Scientific Committees of conferences on Air Transport, such as the Air Transport Research Society, and is an Associate Editor of journals in this field. He has recently undertaken considerable research in modelling the economic impacts and benefits of tourism. He has also undertaken a number of studies of the impact of climate change policies on aviation and 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:

ECC3640 - Economics of climate change
ECC4790 - Project evaluation
ECX5479 - Project evaluation
ECW2600 - Tourism economics
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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