Dr Russell Thomson

Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Tel. +61 3 8344 2198
Fax. +61 3 8344 2111
Email. russell.thomson@unimelb.edu.au

Curriculum Vitae: (pdf 97kb)

CRussell Thomson commenced as a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in 2009. Russell completed his PhD at Australian National University in 2008. His thesis considers the determinants of investment in industrial research and development (R&D), with a particular focus on the role of tax policy. Also at ANU Russell was the 2005 recipient of the Chris Higgins prize for applied econometrics. Between 2002 and 2009 Russell was employed with the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. While at the Department Russell managed research projects on the general aviation sector and the infrastructure construction industry. He also worked as a policy analyst on issues affecting rural and regional Australia, including competition policy, structural adjustment, access to finance and taxation.

Research interest:
R&D and innovation policy; the determinants of innovation; technology transfer and diffusion; the behavior of multi-national enterprises; infrastructure investment and procurement; applied industrial economics in general. Qualifications:
BSc (Melb); Grd. Cert. Development (Melb); Grd. Dip. Econ. (ANU); PhD (ANU, Graduand 2008).