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Leo DobesBA (Hons), University of Melbourne Adjunct Associate Professor, |
Background
- Australian diplomatic service (Department of Foreign Affairs)
- Office of National Assessments
- Department of Defence
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transport and Communications (telecommunications reform)
- Bureau of Transport Economics
- Ernst & Young
- Department of Transport and Regional Services
- College of Experts member, Australian Research Council, 2006 - 2008
- Visiting Fellow, Crawford School, 2008
Research Interests/Expertise
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Government procurement
- Adaptation to climate change
Current Projects
- Program Manager, Master of Public Policy (Industry Strategy)
- Costs and benefits of standardising Australia’s railway gauges 1900 to 1950
- Evaluation of improved training for Open Employment Services for the intellectually disabled
Other Associations
- Chair, Canberra section of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
- Treasurer, Economic Society of the ACT.
- Treasurer, Oxford Society, ACT Branch.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra.
Selected Publications and Papers
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‘Multi-Criteria Analysis: “Good Enough” for Government Work?’, 2009, Agenda, September, 16(3), pp.7-29, with Jeff Bennett
http://epress.anu.edu.au/agenda/016/03/pdf/whole.pdf -
Cost Benefit Analysis: a Practical Guide’ (2009) in G. Argyrous (ed.) Evidence for Policy and Decision-Making, UNSW Press, Sydney
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‘Managing the collection of evidence for decision-making’ (2009) in G. Argyrous (ed.) Evidence for Policy and Decision-Making, UNSW Press, Sydney
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Getting real about adapting to climate change. Using 'real options' to address the uncertainties., 2008, Agenda, 15(3), pp.55-69.
http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/pdf/staff/leo_dobes/dobes_agenda_15_3.pdf -
A century of Australian cost-benefit analysis: lessons from the past and the present. Office of Best Practice Regulation, Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation, 2008.
http://www.obpr.gov.au/costbenefitanalysis/conference/dobes.pdf -
‘Get down to brass tacks on costs’, The Australian Financial Review, 18 December 2007, https://subscribe.afr.com/home/searchresult.aspx
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‘Turning isolation to advantage in regional cost-benefit analysis’, Economic Papers, March 2007, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-160582498.html
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Managing Consultants: a Guide for Busy Public Sector Managers, ANU e-Press, 2006, http://epress.anu.edu.au/managing_citation.html
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Editor and author Trading Greenhouse Emissions: Some Australian Perspectives, Bureau of Transport Economics, Occasional Paper 115, 1998 http://www.btre.gov.au/publications/69/Files/R087.pdf
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‘Kyoto: tradable greenhouse emission permits in the transport sector’, Transport Reviews, 19:1, 1999, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713867903~db=all~order=page
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Facts and Furphies in Cost-Benefit Analysis: Transport, Bureau of Transport Economics, Report 100, December 1999 (authors David Luskin and Leo Dobes). http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/24/Files/r100.pdf
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‘Back to the future: a long-term perspective on greenhouse gas emissions in Australian transport’, published in Hensher, D., King, J., and Oum T.H. (eds) 1996, World Transport Research: Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Transport Research, volume 3: Transport Policy, Elsevier Science, U.K.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Australian Transport in 1900 and 2000, Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics, Occasional Paper 110, April 1995. http://www.btre.gov.au/info.aspx?ResourceId=581&NodeId=135
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‘Economic and social immigration policies: a microeconomic labour market perspective’, Policy, Spring 1990.
Contact Details
| Telephone: | 61 2 6125 2557 |
| Email: | leo.dobes@anu.edu.au |
| Mailing address: | Crawford School of Economics and Government , JG Crawford Building (#13), The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia |
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