Emma Aisbett

BChemEng(Hons. 1st class, UNSW), MSc (Oxford), PhD (Berkeley)

Lecturer, Graduate Program in Environmental Management and Development
Crawford School
and
Research Fellow, Economics Program of Research School of Social Sciences

Research interests/expertise

Impacts of globalization on developing countries
Economic globalization and the environment
Foreign direct investment and political risk
Private property rights vs. government rights to regulate for environmental protection

Efficient allocation of water rights in the presence of uncertain environmental values.
International investment agreements and the promotion of socially risky investment.
Impact of participation in international investment agreements on firm investment decisions and perceptions of risk.

"Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: Correlation versus Causation" (March 14, 2007). Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UCB. CUDARE Working Paper 1032.
“Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?”, 2007. In Ann Harrison (ed.) Globalization and Poverty, University of Chicago Press.
“Police-powers, regulatory takings and the efficient compensation of domestic and foreign investors”, 2007, with Larry Karp and Carol McAusland, Submitted.
“Globalization and poverty: What is the Evidence?”, 2007, with Ann Harrison and Alix Peterson Zwane. In Dinopoulos, Krishna, Panagariya and Wong (eds.) Trade, Globalization and Poverty, Routledge Press.
“Review of ‘Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading?”, 2005. Journal of Economic Literature 43(4), 1083-1086.
“Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?”, 2005. NBER Working Paper No. w11066.
“Natural Replacements for Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants in Eastern and Southern Asia”, 1998, with Tuan Pham. International Journal of Refrigeration 21(1), 18-28.

Telephone:		61 2 6125 4351
Fax:		61 2 6125 5570
Email:		emma.aisbett@anu.edu.au
Mailing address:		Crawford School of Economics and Government The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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