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Edwyna completed her doctorate at the University of Melbourne in January 2002. Her research focuses on historical and contemporary institutions used to price and allocate water within Australia, particularly around the Murray River, and their efficiency implications. Edwyna completed a student fellowship at the Property and Environment Research Centre (Bozeman, Montana, USA) in 1999. In 2003 she was nominated for the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand’s Butlin Prize for the Best Masters or Doctoral Thesis in Economic History. Edwyna’s recent work has focused on the economics gains accruing from water markets in Australia, the efficiency of decisions by courts in determining nineteenth century water disputes, and conflicts over land rights during the nineteenth century.
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Harris, E. (2008), ‘Colonialism and Long-run Growth in Australia: An examination of institutional change in Victoria’s water sector during the nineteenth century’, Australian Economic History Review, 48, pp. 266-279.
Harris, E. (2008), ‘Disorder with Law: A preliminary study of violence in response to water rights violation in colonial New South Wales’, Economic Papers, special issue on water, 27, pp. 135-145.
Brooks, R., and Harris, E. (2008), ‘Efficiency gains from water markets: empirical analysis from Watermove’, Agricultural Water Management, 95, pp.391-399.
Harris, E. (2007), "Historical Regulation of Victoria’s Water Sector: a case of government failure?", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Harris, E. (2007), "Institutional Change and Economic Growth: The Evolution of water rights in Victoria, Australia 1850-1886", Economic Papers.
Harris, E. (2007), "Troubled Waters: An evaluation of current water reform using historical evidence", Monash Business Review.
Brooks, R., Harris, E., and Joymungul, Y. (in press), ‘Market Depth in an Illiquid Market: Applying the VNET concept to Victorian water markets’, Applied Economics Letters.
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