Peter Forsyth
Monash University, Australia

Peter Forsyth studied economics at the Universities of Sydney and Oxford. After graduation he worked at the University of New South Wales, and then Australian National University. In 1993 he became Professor of Economics at the University of New England. In 1997 he moved to Monash University, where he is now Professor of Economics. From 1997 to June 2000 he was Head of the Department of Economics at Monash University.

His main research field has been applied microeconomics. He has a particular specialization in transport economics, and in particular the economics of air transport. This has led on to an interest in the economics of tourism, on which he has also published extensively. He has also written on privatisation and regulation, especially with respect to airports. During the 1980s he developed an interest in booming sector models, and wrote on the economic implications of the North Sea oil boom for the UK economy. He has also examined microeconomic reform in Australia from a broader perspective, including its impacts (or lack of) on the current account. In 1992 he edited and contributed to a book, Microeconomic Reform in Australia (Allen and Unwin). With K Button and P Nijkamp he has recently edited a volume of papers on air transport, Air Transport: Classics in Transport Analysis 2, Edward Elgar, 2002) Peter Forsyth has undertaken research for Australia and international government agencies, and serves on government advisory committees.

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