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Dr Christie Chang

Christie Chang

Honorary Fellow based at the University of Canberra, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy

Qualifications

BSc (National Chung-Hsing), MSc, PhD (California, Davis)

Contact

Email: bepp@une.edu.au
Room: W040

Areas of Teaching

Agribusiness Marketing, Agribusiness Management, Commodity Trade, Demand Analysis and Applied Econometrics

Research interests

Hedonic pricing
Market share analysis
Cointegration and price analysis
Applied demand analysis
Supply chain management

Previous Work Experience

Lecturer (July 1995-August 1998) and Senior Lecturer (September 1998 – present), School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

Principal Research Officer (July 1992 - June 1995), Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of Primary Industries and Energy (ABARE), Canberra, Australia.

Visiting Assistant Professor (July 1988 - May 1992), Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.

Selected Publications

Chang, H.S. and Kinnucan, H. "Advertising, information, and product quality: the case of butter," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(1991): 1195-1203.

Chang, H.S., "Estimating Japanese import shares of iron ore," Resources Policy, 20(1994): 87-93.

Chang, H.S. "Examining coking coal price differentials: a hedonic pricing approach," Resources Policy, 21(1995): 275-282.

Chang, H.S., "Pig iron production structure in Japan," Resources Policy, 21(1995): 255-261.

Chang, H.S., "Coking coal procurement policies of the Japanese steel mills: changes and implications," Resources Policy, 23(1997): 125-135.

Chang, H.S. and Griffith, G. "Examining the long-run relationships between Australian beef prices," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 42(1998): 369-387.

Chang, H.S. and Hsia, J.C. "Beef import market shares in Taiwan: implications for Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 44(2000): 217-231.

Chang, H.S. and Nguyen, C. " Elasticity of demand for Australian cotton in Japan," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 46 (2002): 99-113.

Chang, H.S., Griffith, G. and Bettington, N. "Demand for wine in Australia using a systems approach: industry implications," Australian Agribusiness Review, 10 (2002), Paper No. 9.

Chang, H.S., "Labelling issues of organic and GM foods in Australia," Australasia Agribusiness Perspectives, Paper No. 67, 2005.

Chang, H.S. and Welsman, S. "Market power, wheat exports, law and cases," in Book 3 on Farming and Environmental Rules on a Supply Chain, AgLaw Paper Series, AgLaw Centre, 2004.

Chang, H.S., Zepeda, L., and Griffith, G., "The Australian organic food products market: overview, issues and research needs," Australasia Agribusiness Review, 13 (2005), Paper No. 15.

Chang, H.S. and Zepeda, L. "Consumer perceptions and demand for organic food in Australia: focus group discussions," Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems: 20 (2005): 155-167.

Chang, H.S. and Kristiansen, P. "Selling Australia as clean and green," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 50 (2006): 103-113.

Chang, H.S., De Castro, N. and Malabayabas, M.L., Dagaas, C., de Castro, N., Ranola, R. Jr., Lambio, A., "Duck marketing in the Philippines: issues and opportunities," Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Journal, 40 (2006): 16-30.

Chang, H.S., Lambio, A., Dagaas, C., de Castro, N., Ranola, R. Jr., and Malabayabas, M.L. "The Philippine duck industry: issues and policy directions: Part 1", Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Journal, 40 (2006): 8 - 19.

External Competitive Grants

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Grant for “Linking smallholders and agribusiness: social capital and rural development in Eastern Indonesia”. July – December 2005. A scoping study with Drs Ian Patrick and Graham Marshall at the Institute for Rural Futures, and Dr Garry Griffith, NSW DPI.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Grant for “Future prospects for smallholder poultry producers in the Philippines: ducks and native chickens”. January 2002 – December 2005. Project Leader. With Dr Angel Lambio, UPLB, Los Banos, Philippines

Centre for World Affairs and Global Economy (WAGE) Research Grant for “Demand for alternative foods in the United States and Australia”. July 2002-June 2003. A joint research project with Dr Lydia Zepeda, University of Wisconsin-Madison.