Staff profile
Dr Damien Eldridge
Lecturer
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
School of EconomicsDonald Whitehead Building, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 2707
- F: +61 3 9479 1654
- E: d.eldridge@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
BEc (ANU), BSc (ANU), GradDipEc (ANU), MEc (ANU), MSc (Texas), PhD (Texas).
Area of study
Economics
Brief Profile
Dr Eldridge is an economist who specialises in microeconomics, industrial economics, public economics and information economics. In addition to his extensive academic training in economics, Dr Eldridge has a number of years of practical experience as an economist. This experience was obtained while he worked for a variety of Australian Public Service agencies and an economic consulting firm. Dr Eldridge has a been a lecturer in economics at La Trobe University since 5 June 2006.
Research interests
Consumer behaviour
- Please contact me to discuss a topic.Environmental and resource economics
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- Please contact me to discuss a topic.Teaching Units
In semester one of 2013, I will be teaching ECO2IQA (Introduction to Quantitative Analysis) and ECO4AQA (Advanced Quantitative Analysis).
In semester two of 2013, I will be teaching ECO3PUB (Public Economics) and the economics component of ENV1CSS (Climate and Society).
Other units that I have previously taught include ECO4MIE (Honours Microeconomic Theory), ECO3HEC (Health Economics), ECO2ILE (Introduction to Law and Economics) and ECO2SBE (Strategic Behaviour in Business and Economics).
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Eldridge, DS (2009), "Multiple interactions and the management of local commons", The Economic Record 85(270), September, pp. 344-349.
Gabbitas, O and D Eldridge (1999), “Reforming State taxation”, Policy 15(1) , Autumn, pp. 20-28.
Books and Monographs
Eldridge, DS (2007), Essays in microeconomic theory, Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, December.
Daly, A, D Nguyen-Hong, D Eldridge, O Gabbitas and P McCalman (1998), Youth wages and employment, Productivity Commission Staff Research Paper, Ausinfo, Canberra, October. ISBN: 0-646-33571-5.
Gabbitas, O and D Eldridge (1998) Directions for State tax reform, Productivity Commission Staff Research Paper, Ausinfo, Canberra, May. ISBN: 0-646-33554-5.
Book Reviews
Eldridge, DS (2008), "A review of Repeated games and reputations: Long-run relationships by George J Mailath and Larry Sameulson (Oxford University Press, USA, 2006, pp. xvi + 645)", The Economic Record 84(264), March, pp. 128-129.
Eldridge, DS (2007), "A review of Scorcher: The dirty politics of climate change by Clive Hamilton (Black Inc Agenda, Australia, 2007)", Policy 23(3), Spring, pp. 56-58.
Working Papers
Eldridge, DS, HH Ryoo and A Wieneke (2012), Bank capital regulation with asymmetric countries, La Trobe University School of Economics Working Paper Number 2012-08, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, October, ISBN: 978-0-9807041-7-4.
Eldridge, D, C Koc, I Onur and M Velamuri (2010), The impact of private hospital insurance on [the] utilization of hospital care in Australia: Evidence from the National Health Survey, La Trobe University School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Number 2011-01, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, December, ISBN: 978-0-9870589-3-5.
Eldridge, DS (2008), Sharing the greenhouse: Inducing cooperation in a global common, La Trobe University School of Business Discussion Paper Number A08.07, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, November. ISBN: 978-192-1377-532.
Eldridge, DS (2007), Multiple interactions and the management of local commons, La Trobe University School of Business Discussion Paper Number A07.07, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, November. ISBN: 1-921-37727-3.
Eldridge, DS (2007), A learning theory of referrals, La Trobe University School of Business Discussion Paper Number A07.06, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, November. ISBN: 1-921-37726-6.
Eldridge, DS (2007), A shirking theory of referrals, La Trobe University School of Business Discussion Paper Number A07.05, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, November. ISBN: 1-921-37725-9.
