John Wilson

Dr John Wilson

Senior Lecturer

School of Economics

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

John Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Economics. His research interests include modelling special interest group behaviour, microeconomic models of corruption, and economic history.
John joined the University of South Australia in 2004 after completing his PhD in Economics at the University of Adelaide. He has numerous journal publications, is the holder of two current ARC LInkage Grant examining long run outcomes in Colonial Tasmania and South Australia totalling $1.44m, and has published three books examining sports economics.  In 2014 he was an invited contributor to the Cambridge Economic History of Australia.  He has also conducted funded research for the Victorian Department of Justice and for local government.
John previously has served as the Honorary Treasurer of the Economic Society of Australia (SA) and Secretary and member of the Executive of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand.   He is currently an Associate Director for the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion at the University of South Australia and is a research affiliate of the Centre for Economic History at ANU. 

Economic history, sports economics

Year Citation
2023 Donato, R., Onur, I., & Wilson, J. K. (2023). The global healthy ageing agenda: the impact of education, gender, childhood conditions and social engagement in rural South Africa. Journal of Policy Modeling, 45(2), 233-250.
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2023 Banerjee, R., Cavoli, T., McIver, R., Meng, S., & Wilson, J. K. (2023). Predicting long-run risk factors of stock returns: Evidence from Australia. Australian Economic Papers, 62(3), 377-395.
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2021 Cowley, T., Frost, L., Inwood, K., Kippen, R., Maxwell Stewart, H., Schwarz, M., . . . Wilson, P. (2021). Reconstructing a longitudinal dataset for Tasmania. Historical Life Course Studies, 11(5), 20-47.
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2018 Wilson, J. K., & Siegfried, J. J. (2018). Who sits in Australia's grandstands?. Journal of Sports Economics, 19(3), 389-397.
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2016 Banerjee, R., & Wilson, J. K. (2016). Roles of Education in Productivity Growth in Australia, 1860-1939. Economic Record, 92(296), 47-66.
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2015 Cavoli, T., & Wilson, J. K. (2015). Corruption, central bank (in)dependence and optimal monetary policy in a simple model. Journal of policy modeling, 37(3), 501-509.
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2012 Nguyen, H. M., Cavoli, T., & Wilson, J. K. (2012). The determinants of inflation in Vietnam, 2001-09. ASEAN economic bulletin, 29(1), 1-14.
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2012 Wilson, J. K., & Shanahan, M. P. (2012). Did good institutions produce good tariffs? Evidence from tariff protection in colonial victoria. Australian Economic History Review, 52(2), 128-147.
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2012 Shanahan, M. P., Wilson, J. K., & Becker, W. E. (2012). Following Zahka : using Nobel Prize winners' speeches and ideas to teach economics. Journal of economic education, 43(2), 190-199.
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2011 Wheeler, S., Round, D., & Wilson, J. (2011). The relationship between crime and electronic gaming expenditure: evidence from Victoria, Australia. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27(3), 315-338.
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2011 Pomfret, R., & Wilson, J. (2011). The Peculiar Economics of Government Policy towards Sport. Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 18(1), 85-98.
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2010 Crotti, S., Cavoli, T., & Wilson, J. K. (2010). The impact of trade and investment agreements on Australia's inward FDI flows. Australian economic papers, 49(4), 259-275.
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2009 Wilson, J., & Pomfret, R. (2009). Government subsidies for professional team sports in Australia. The Australian Economic Review, 42(3), 264-275.
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2007 Shanahan, M. P., & Wilson, J. K. (2007). Measuring inequality trends in colonial Australia using factor-price ratios: the importance of boundaries. Australian economic history review, 47(1), 6-21.
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2005 Wilson, J. K., & Damania, R. (2005). Corruption, political competition and environmental policy. Journal of environmental economics and management, 49(3), 516-535.
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Year Citation
2019 Pomfret, R., & Wilson, J. K. (2019). Home ground advantage: the determinants of sharing versus sole occupied stadium arrangements. In R. Pomfret, & J. Wilson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Historical Perspectives on Sports Economics: Lessons from the Field (pp. 22-36). UK: Edward Elgar.
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2019 Wilson, J. K. (2019). Understanding economics through the history of sport. In J. K. Wilson, & R. Pomfret (Eds.), Source details - Title: Historical Perspectives on Sports Economics: Lessons from the Field (pp. 1-4). UK: Edward Elgar.
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2016 Wilson, J. K. (2016). Sports economics and the sports industry: Perspectives in economic history. In Sports Through the Lens of Economic History (pp. 1-5).
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2016 Wilson, J. K. (2016). The relationship between crowd attendance and competitive balance - evidence from the SANFL, 1920-1983. In Sports Through the Lens of Economic History (pp. 70-88).
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2016 Wilson, J. K. (2016). Sports economics and the sports industry: perspectives in economic history. In R. Pomfret, & J. K. Wilson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Sports through the lens of economic history (pp. 1-5). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2016 Wilson, J. K. (2016). The relationship between crowd attendance and competitive balance: evidence from the SANFL, 1920-1983. In R. Pomfret, & J. K. Wilson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Sports through the lens of economic history (pp. 71-88). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Wilson, J. K. (2014). Government and the evolution of public policy. In S. Ville, & G. Withers (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Cambridge economic history of Australia (pp. 330-350). UK: Cambridge University Press.
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2013 Shanahan, M. P., & Wilson, J. K. (2013). Labor market outcomes in settler economies between 1870 and 1913: accounting for the differences in labor hours and occupations. In C. Lloyd, J. Metzer, & R. Sutch (Eds.), Source details - Title: Settler economies in world history (1 ed., pp. 345-370). Leiden: Brill.
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2008 Wilson, J. K. (2008). Reducing petty corruption: what role for a more competitive political system?. In M. Pickhardt (Ed.), Source details - Title: The shadow economy, corruption and governance (pp. 96-122). UK: Edward Elgar.
2006 Wilson, J. K. (2006). Eliminating environmental corruption: the role of political competition. In Event/exhibition information: INFER Annual Conference 2004, Wuppertal, Germany, 17/09/2004-18/09/2004
Source details - Title: Environmental economics: institutions, competition, rationality : INFER annual conference 2004 (pp. 167-186). Germany: Verlag.

Current ARC funded projects

A tale of two cities: Long run social and economic mobility in Australia ($903,456), ARC Linkage LP240200877 2026-29 (with M. Shanahan, H. Maxwell Stewart, F. Ploeckl, L. Frost, J. Wise, L. Hackett)

Putting death in its place: mortality, intergenerational disadvantage, and the built environment ($441,572), ARC Linkage LP200300843 2022-25 (with R. Kippen, H. Maxwell Stewart, L. Frost, M. Shanahan, R. Tuffin).

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Differential marginal rates as an instrument for LGA own-source revenue generation: an overview of economic principles ($19,800) Light Regional Council, June 2022 (with Peter Rossini).

Stock market returns and macroeconomic activity: Australia over the long term, Australian Centre for Financial Studies, 2017-19 ($10,000) (with Banerjee, R., T. Cavoli, R McIver).

Railway precinct development: transport and land use modelling approach, UniSA Research Incentive Scheme, 2015 ($40,000) (with Rose, J., A. Allan, L. Meng, S. Somenehalli, J. Pieters, C. Zaffrey, X. Deng, J. Wilson, and S. Anwar).

The Influence of Gaming Machine Expenditure on Crime: Evidence from VictoriaΒΈ  Office of Gaming and Racing, Department of Justice, Victoria, 2007 ($30,000) (with David Round and Sarah Wheeler).


 

Courses I teach

  • ECON 3007 Economics of Public Policy (2025)
  • ECON 3008 International Economics (2025)
  • BUSS 5348 Issues in International Trade (2024)
  • ECON 3007 Economics of Public Policy (2024)
  • ECON 3008 International Economics (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 Co-Supervisor style="margin-bottom:11px">Banquet fees, firm connections, ownership, and risk Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Ron McIver

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