University home page

Find an ExpertProfiling the University of Melbourne's Researchers

A/PROF DONALD MACLAREN



Contact Details

Organization: Economics
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/who/profile.cfm?sid=49
Work: 8344 5035
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 630
Level: 06
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Agriculture in the WTO, Agriculture in regional trade agreements, State trading enterprises, food safety and trade Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Exeter Research
India National Institute for Applied Economic Research Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Aberdeen 04-Jul-1966
Master of Science Cornell University 01-Jan-1968
Doctor of Philosophy Cornell University 07-Sep-1970

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Economic Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-1991
Member American Agricultural Economics Association Member 01-Jan-1975
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Member 01-Apr-1988
Member The Agricultural Economics Society Member 01-Sep-1970
Member International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Member 01-Jan-1992
Member International Association of Agricultural Economists Member 01-Jan-1979

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) European Association of Agricultural Economists "Quality of Policy Contribution Award" for a paper in the European Economic Review 51(1): pp. 225-246 (2007) with Steve McCorriston 29-Aug-2008

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • An Estimated Trade Restrictiveness Index of the Level of Protection in Australian Manufacturing
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 250 - 259
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • State Trading Enterprises as an Impediment to Improved Market Access: The Case of the Korean Rice Market
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Review of International Economics
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 431 - 443
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Measuring Assistance to the Agricultural Industry in Australia using a Production Assistance Index


    Year: 2008
    Event name: 52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
    Conference Publication: 52nd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: AgEcon Search(Minnesota)
    Author(s):
  • De-Regulation of State Trading Enterprises: Some Research Issues
    Year: 2008
    Event name: International Workshop Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture
    Conference Publication: International Workshop Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture
    Page numbers: 1-24
    Publisher: National Council of Applied Economic Research(New Delhi)
    Author(s):
  • Implementing Economic Reforms in a Federal Democracy: Agricultural Markets in India
    Year: 2008
    Event name: IATRC Summer Symposium Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide
    Conference Publication: International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Summer Symposium, Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Author(s):
  • State Trading and Market Access: An Important Omission from the Doha Round Negotiations on Agriculture?
    Year: 2008
    Event name: International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Summer Symposium, Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide
    Conference Publication: International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Summer Symposium, Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Author(s):

Reports

  • 'Fair Trade' Coffee and the Mitigation of Local Oligopsony Power
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 1057
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • The Commodity Coverage of PTAs: does agriculture matter?
    Year: 2007
    Book: Regionalism, Trade and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • A Review of 'The WTO and Agriculture', Volumes I and II. K. Anderson and T.E. Josling (eds)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 58
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 384-387
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Competing Regionalism: the Asia-Pacific Region
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Intereconomics - Review of European Economic Policy
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 249-254
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Deregulation as (Welfare Reducing) Trade Reform: The Case of the Australian Wheat Board
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal Of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 89
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 637-650
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Australia Since World War II
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 263
    Page numbers: 460-481
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Do STEs Distort Trade?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Economic Review
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 225-246
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • An Assessment of the Economic Effects of COFCO
    Year: 2007
    Event name: International Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Summer Symposium on "China's Agricultural Trade: Issues and Prospects"
    Conference Publication: International Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Summer Symposium on "China's Agricultural Trade: Issues and Prospects"
    Page numbers: 1-34
    Publisher: International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC)(Beijing)
    Author(s):
  • Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 51st Annual conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
    Conference Publication: 51st Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
    Page numbers: 1-61
    Publisher: Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society(Queenstown)
    Author(s):
  • The Optimal Time to Remove Quarantine Bans Under Uncertainty: the Case of Australian Bananas
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
    Conference Publication: 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics(Thessalonika)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • A Trade Restrictiveness Index of the Level of Protection in Australian Manufacturing
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1024
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 09
    Publisher: The World Bank(Washington DC)
    Authors:
  • Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Australia since World War II
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 6436
    Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research(London)
    Authors:
  • In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 26/07
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • On aspects of food safety and international trade


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Singapore Economic Review
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 135 - 145
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Risk assessment and management of genetically modified organisms under Australia's gene technology act: considerations for regulatory development


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Asian Biotechnology and Development Review
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1 - 16
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • A review of "The WTO and technical barriers to trade".
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 599-601
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The EU's New Trade Strategy and Regionalisation in the World Economy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Aussenwirtschaft
    Volume: 61
    Issue: IV
    Page numbers: 423-436
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The economic effects of state trading enterprises: market access and market failure.


     


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 26th Conference of the international association of agricultural economists
    Conference Publication: 26th Conference of the international association of agricultural economists
    Page numbers: 1 - 16
    Publisher: International Association of Agricultural Economists(Gold Coast)
    Author(s):
  • Exclusive rights, policy bias and trade distorting state trading enterprises
    Year: 2006
    Event name: European Trade Study Group 2006 Vienna Eighth Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: European Trade Study Group 2006 Vienna Eighth Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 1 - 32
    Publisher: European Trade Study Group(Vienna)
    Author(s):
  • Meeting food safety standards in export markets: issues and challenges facing firms exporting from developing countries
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Summer Symposium of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC)
    Conference Publication: Summer Symposium of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC)
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: University of Bonn(Bonn)
    Author(s):
  • Rules of origin
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Australia - China free trade agreement conference
    Conference Publication: Australia - China free trade agreement conference
    Page numbers: 1-30
    Publisher: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade(Canberra)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • Risk assessment and management of genetically modified organisms under Australia's gene technology act: considerations for regulatory development


    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 157
    Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute(Washington DC)
    Authors:
  • Modelling the Trade and Welfare Effects of State Trading Enterprises in India.
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Domestic Agricultural Market Reforms and Border Trade Liberalisation: The Case of India
    Report No:: 3
    Publisher: NCAER(New Delhi)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Reforming trade-distorting state enterprises
    Year: 2005
    Book: Trade theory, analytical models and development. Essays in honour of Peter Lloyd, volume I
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Log export restrictions and trade policies in th Philippines: bane or blessing to sustainable forest management?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Forest Policy and Economics
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 187-198
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Review of 'Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development'.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 159-162
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Single-desk state trading exporters.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Political Economy
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 503-524
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The role of the WTO in achieving equity and efficiency in international markets for agricultural products
    Year: 2005
    Journal: World Trade Review
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 229-247
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The trade distorting effect of state trading enterprises in importing countries
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Economic Review
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1693-1715
    Publisher: Elsevier Science, North Holland(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • De-regulation as (welfare reducing) trade reform: the case of the Australian wheat board
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-22
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • Market access and the reform of state trading enterprises
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 8th Annual conference on global economic analysis
    Conference Publication: Market access and the reform of state trading enterprises
    Page numbers: 1-17
    Publisher: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University(West Lafayette)
    Author(s):
  • Outlook for China's agricultural trade 2005
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Symposium in globalization and Chinese agri-business 2004
    Conference Publication: Outlook for China's agricultural trade 2005
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: China Agricultural University Press(Beijing)
    Author(s):
  • Trade and welfare effects of state trading enterprises
    Year: 2005
    Event name: XIth congress European association of agricultural economists
    Conference Publication: Trade and welfare effects of state trading enterprises
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: European Association of Agricultural Economists (Copenhagen)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  •  A Review of "Doha and beyond: the future of the multilateral trading system"
    Year: 2004
    Journal: World Trade Review
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 529-532
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • A Review of  "Agricultural policy reform in the WTO"
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
    Volume: 104
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 684-685
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Gains and losses from regional trading agreements: a survey
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 251
    Page numbers: 445-467
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Recent developments in Australian trade policy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 04
    Page numbers: 19-28
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Review of 'Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium'
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 653-656
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Reports

Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Economics and the public debate on genetically modified organisms
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Econochat
    Volume: July
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 13-17
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The case for free trade and the role of RTAs
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO
    Conference Publication: The case for free trade and the role of RTAs
    Publisher: World Trade Organisation(Geneva)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Agricultural commodity trade in international relations
    Year: 2002
    Book: Agricultural and mineral commodities year book
    Publisher: Europa Publications(London)
    Authors(s):
  • State trading, agriculture and the WTO
    Year: 2002
    Book: Trade liberalization, competition and the WTO
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • A review of "Policy reform in American agriculture: analysis and prognosis"
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 465-469
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Australia's external balance and trade policy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Econochat
    Volume: July
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 5-12
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Measures of trade openess using CGE analysis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Policy Modeling
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 67-81
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Perspectives on the state trading issue in the WTO negotiations
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Review of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 131-154
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Review of 'Globalisation Under Threat: The Stability of Trade Policy and Multilateral Agreements
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The World Economy
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1523-1524
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • State trading, the WTO and GATT article XVII
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The World Economy
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 107-135
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Risk and protection for grains: analysis and quarantine.
    Year: 2001
    Book: Globalization and the environment: risk assessment and the WTO.
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):
  • State trading in agricultural markets a conceptual analysis
    Year: 2001
    Book: State trading enterprises in agriculture
    Publisher: OECD Publications(Paris)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • State Trading Enterprises: Some Legal and Conceptual Issues
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics - Revue Canadienne D Agroeconomie
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 415-428
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Reports

  • The Case of Australia and New Zealand Facing TRQ's, in Issues in the Administration of Tariff-Rate Import quotas in the Agreement on Agriculture in the WTO


    Year: 2001
    Report No:: 13
    Publisher: Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota(St. Paul)
    Authors:
  • Domestic support: issues and options in the Agricultural Negotiations, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Commissioned Paper
    Year: 2001
    Report No:: 16
    Publisher: Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota(St. Paul)
    Authors:
  • Liberalising Trade in the Presence of State Trading Enterprise, Consultants' Report
    Year: 2001
    Report No:: 39
    Publisher: OECD Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries(Paris)
    Authors:
top of page