Research interests

Economic Growth and Development; Political Economy; Energy Economics; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Asia-Pacific Economies.

Key publications

• Burke, Paul J. 2012. “Climbing the Electricity Ladder Generates Carbon Kuznets Curve Downturns." Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 56(2): 260-279.
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• Jotzo, Frank, Burke, Paul J., Wood, Peter J., Macintosh, Andrew, and Stern, David I. 2012. “Decomposing the 2010 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rebound.” Nature Climate Change 2(4): 213-214.
• Burke, Paul J. 2012. “Economic Growth and Political Survival.” B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics 12(1).
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• Burke, Paul J. and Leigh, Andrew. 2010. “Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2(4): 124-157.
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• Burke, Paul J. 2010. “Income, Resources, and Electricity Mix.” Energy Economics 32(3): 616-626.
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• Burke, Paul J. and Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. 2006. “Aid and Growth: A Study of South East Asia.” Journal of Asian Economics 17(2): 350-362.
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• McCarty, Adam and Burke, Paul. 2005. “Burma/Myanmar: Reconciliation without Capitulation.” Harvard Asia Pacific Review 8(1): 28-32.

Book reviews

• Burke, Paul J. 2011. “Book Review: The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank, Washington, DC, 2011.” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 47(2): 286-288.
• Burke, Paul and McCarty, Adam. 2005. “Book Review: Economic Growth, Poverty, and Household Welfare in Vietnam, Glewwe, P., Agrawal, N. and Dollar, D. (eds), World Bank, Washington, DC, 2004.” Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 19(1): 73-75.

Teaching

• IDEC8016: Microeconomic Analysis and Policy

Seminar convenor

• Crawford School PhD Seminars: Economics

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