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  • Position: Senior Lecturer - Department of Economics
  • Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland; Master of Commerce, University of New South Wales

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Areas of Expertise

  • Macroeconomics (theory and policy)
  • The European Union
  • International Trade
  • International Macroeconomic policy  

Profile

Marc Lombard joined the Economics Department of Macquarie University in 1989. A native-speaker of French, Marc has also taught in France, Italy, Brazil, and Hong-Kong.

Marc's research interests include the economics and politics of the European Union, macroeconomic policy, international economics, and income distribution, areas in which he regularly publishes. Some of his papers have appeared in the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Australian Political Economy, International Contributions to Labour Studies, Australian Bulletin of Labour, and Economic Papers.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  • A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on China's and India's Economic Development in Recent  Years, Economic Papers, Vol.30, No.4, December 2011 pp522-529)
  • Government Intervention in OECD Member Countries: Efficiency at the Expense of Equity?, Economic Papers, Vol.29, 3, September 2010, 310-16 (presented at the Conference of Economists, Sydney, Sept.)
  • Economic Welfare Comparisons: Australia, the United States and the European Union, Economic Papers, Vol.28, 2, June 2009, 139-147
  • Restrictive Macroeconomic Policies and Unemployment in the European Union,  Review of Political Economy, Vol.12, No.3, July 2000, 317-332
  • European Integration and Unemployment, Australasian Journal of European Integration, Vol.1, 1999, 131-54
  • Unemployment In Australia: The Effects Of Macroeconomic Policies, Journal of Australian Political Economy, No.41, 1998, 64-76
  • Fiscal Consolidation and Unemployment, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, Vol.3, No.1, 1998, 48-61
  • A Re-Examination of the Reasons for the Failure of Keynesian Expansionary Policies in France in 1981-83, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol.19, No.2, 1995, 359-72
  • Analysing the Persistence of Unemployment: The French Experience, International Contributions to Labour Studies, 4, 1994,  53-72.
  • Sources of Unemployment: Myths or Reality?, Economic Papers, Vol.13, No.2,  June 1994, 92-96
  • Income Distribution in Australia 1983-1989, Economic Papers, Vol.10, No.3,  September 1991, 52-63
  • Comparing Countries: Measuring National Income and Standards of Living, Current Affairs Bulletin, Vol.67, No.12, May 1991, 22-28
  • The Decline of Australian Educational Salaries†(with Jon Zappala), Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 17, No.1, March 1991, 76-94
  • Who Pays Capital Gains Tax?, Economic Papers, Vol.9, No.4, December 1990, 71-77
  • High Interest Rates - the Best Policy?, Current Affairs Bulletin, Vol.66, No.12, May 1990, 26-28 

Conferences and Presentations

Government Intervention in OECD Member Countries: Efficiency at the Expense of Equity? (presented at the Conference of Economists, Sydney, Sept. 2010)
‘Economic and Monetary Union: Past Costs and Future Prospects in the Case of France’. Paper presented at the 25th Conference of Economists, Australian National University, 25-9-1996
‘Analysing the Persistence of Unemployment: The French Experience’    Paper presented at the 23rd Conference of Economists, Gold Coast     International Hotel, Surfers Paradise, 27-9-1994
‘Analysing the Persistence of Unemployment: The French Experience’, Paper presented at the Economics Staff Seminar, Macquarie University, 27-10-1994
‘Income Distribution in Australia’, Guest speaker at the Parliamentary Library Seminar,  Parliament House, Canberra, 4-6-1991
‘Income Distribution in Australia’, Faculty of Business Staff Seminar, University of Technology, 14-6-1991
‘The Prices and Incomes Accord and Beyond’, Guest speaker at the Professional Development Day for Economics Teachers, organised by the Economics Education Resource Centre, The King's School, 13-6-1991                        

Consultancy Reports

Presentation to a delegation of Iraq's Ministry of Finance, on "Macroeconomics and Economic Development Training Programme" for Austraining International (AusAid), organised by Access Macquarie Ltd. (November 2011)

Professional Membership

  • Member of: Economic Society of Australia
    • From 1990 to Current
    • Sydney, Australia
  • Honorary Fellow of: Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne
    • From 2001 to Current
    • Melbourne, Australia

Teaching

  • ECON396 - European Union Economics
  • ECON847 - International Trade
  • ECON633 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • BUS802 - European Business Environment

Research Interests

  • The politics and economics of the European Union
  • International Economics
  • Macroeconomic Policy
  • International Trade
  • Income Distribution

Recent Publications

  • Government intervention in OECD member countries:Equity at the Expense of Efficiency? Economic Papers 29 (3), September 2010. (This paper was presented at the 39th Australian Conference of Economists, 2010)
  • 'Economic welfare comparisons: Australia, the United States and the European Union', Economic Papers, 28(2) June 2009.