Geoff Kingston
- Title: Professor
- Position: Professor - Department of Economics
- Qualifications: BA (Hons) ANU, PhD ANU
Contact Details
- Ph: (61-2) 9850 7063
- Email
Geoff Kingston
- Fax: (61-2) 9850 6069
- Room: 411, building: E4A
Areas of Expertise
- superannuation
- retirement income policy
- interest and exchange rates
- tax policy.
Profile
Geoff Kingston obtained his Bachelor and PhD degrees from the Australian National University. Before moving to Macquarie University in 2009, he lectured at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Queensland the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. He has published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Economic Journal, the International Economic Review, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Journal of Public Economics. His co-authored book on superannuation was published in 2001 by Cambridge University Press. In addition to superannuation Geoff’s research interests include exchange rates, interest rates and tax policy. His recent consulting assignments have included expert evidence on investments to the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation (the James Hardie inquiry) and research into retirement income policy on behalf of the CPA.
PhD Student Supervision
- Associate Supervisor of Anh Tuan Bui - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Jie Ding - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Rudi Kurniawan - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Ning Rong - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Peng Zhou - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
Websites:
- Curriculum vitae (PDF)
Selected Recent Publications:
- Dracula in charge of the blood bank (October 2011 revision)
- Henry on Super and Saving (with Hazel Bateman, UNSW)
- Financial plans for baby boomers: How much risk?
- Tax and super - unfinished business (with Hazel Bateman, UNSW)

