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UNE Business School academic calls for a boycott at the petrol bowser
Professor Abbas Valadkhani, Professor of macroeconomics in the UNE Business School, has been in the news recently talking about his recent article, 'Seasonal patterns in daily prices of unleaded petrol across Australia', published in the journal Energy Policy.
Professor Valadkhani analysed seven years of data yielded from one of the most comprehensive independent studies of petrol prices ever undertaken in this country. His research has revealed that the price of petrol peaks at the end of the working week in 90 per cent of 114 cities and towns analysed. However, his research also showed that motorists in rural areas never enjoyed the discount day.
Find out more in the links to articles below:
Herald Sun
Courier Mail
The Daily Telegraph
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