Dr Shawn Leu

Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics , Macroeconomics - UNE Business School

Shawn Leu

Phone: +61 6773 2313

Email: shawn.leu@une.edu.au

Biography

Dr Leu is a senior lecturer of macroeconomics at the UNE Business School. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Auckland, NZ and MEc and PhD degrees at the University of Sydney. Dr Leu’s research interests are in applied macroeconomics, open economy macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, and regional economics. He has previously taught at La Trobe University and has held visiting positions at the International Monetary Fund, Macquarie University, and University of Cincinnati.

Qualifications

BA/BCom (Auckland), MEc (Hons), PhD (Sydney)

Teaching Areas

Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON102)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON202)

Advanced Macroeconomics (ECON409)

Primary Research Area/s

Macroeconomic Policies; International Finance; Regional Resilience

Research Interests

Applied macroeconometrics, international finance, monetary economics, open economy macroeconomics, and regional economics

Research Supervision Experience

  • Lefley, Ed (ongoing, principal supervision) – Triple Helix and Regional Innovation Systems: Knowledge Transfer that Enables Regional Growth in the Australian Context
  • Pathak, Amrit (ongoing, principal supervision) – Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Industries: The Case of An Open Developing Economy
  • Spencer, Ryan (ongoing, principal supervision) – Understanding the Flattening of the Australian Phillips Curve
  • Wright, Andrew (ongoing, co-supervision) – Income Support Policy Incentives Regarding Compliance with Unemployment Payment Requirements
  • Moyen, Mirza (2020, co-supervision) – An Empirical Analysis of the Relationships Between Economic Growth and Selected Indicators of Environmental Degradation
  • Zulfadin, Rahadian (2015, co-supervision) – Essays in Applied Macroeconometrics

Publications

Work In Progress

  • "A multidimensional index of economic resilience for NSW in Australia" with Masood Azeem, Derek Baker, and Ed Lefley
  • "A resilience index for households in Bangladesh using factor analysis" with Oscar Cacho and Jonathan Moss
  • "An index of regional economic resilience capacity for Australia" with Rob Coelli and Oscar Cacho

Working Paper

  • “Perception and adaptation strategies of small-scale farming households toward climate change in Vietnam”(2021), with Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Duy Nong, and Nguyen To-The
  • "A dataset of rural Vietnam on the perception toward how the COVID-19 pandemic affects life and their perceived willingness to participate in vaccination" (2021), with Quy Khuc and Duy Nong
  • "Policy responses and vaccine fund: Vietnam towards defeating COVID-19" (2021), with Quy Khuc
  • "The impact of more intensive unemployment benefit requirements on jobseekers’ likelihood of complying" (2021), with Andrew Wright, Brian Dollery, and Michael Kortt
  • "An empirical analysis of the impact of unemployment benefit values on the ability for Australian jobseekers to meet their requirements" (2020), with Andrew Wright, Brian Dollery, and Michael Kortt

Published Work

  • Wright, A., Dollery, B., Kortt, M. and Leu, S. (2021), "The effect of varying sanction values on future compliance with unemployment benefit requirements: An empirical analysis using Australian administrative data", Public Administration Quarterly (in print).
  • Leu, S. and Robertson, M. (2021), "Mortgage credit volumes and monetary policy after the Great Recession", Economic Modelling, 94, pp. 483-500.
  • Wright, A., Dollery, B.E., Kortt, M. and Leu, S. (2020), "Examining the effects of zero dollar unemployment payment penalties", Economic Record, 96(315), pp.490-505.
  • Khuc, Q.V.; Le, T.-A.T.; Nguyen, T.H.; Nong, D.; Tran, B.Q.; Meyfroidt, P.; Tran, T.; Duong, P.B.; Nguyen, T.T.; Tran, T.; Pham, L.; Leu, S.; Thao, N.T.P.; Huu-Dung, N.; Dao, T.-K.; Hong, N.V.; Nguyet, B.T.M.; Nguyen, H.-S.; Paschke, M.W. (2020), “Forest cover change, households’ livelihoods, trade-offs, and constraints associated with plantation forests in poor upland-rural landscapes: Evidence from north central Vietnam”, Forests, 11, 548.
  • Jayasuriya, S. and Leu, S. (2017), "Volatile capital flows and macroeconomic performance in Indonesia: An SVAR analysis", Economic Papers, 36(2), pp. 135-155.
  • Jayasuriya, Sisira and Leu, S. (2012), "Fine-tuning an open capital account in a developing country: The Indonesian experience", Asian Development Review, 29(2), pp. 136-178.
  • Leu, S. (2011), "A New Keynesian SVAR model of the Australian economy", Economic Modelling, 28(1-2), pp. 157-168.
  • Leu, S. and Sheen, J. (2011), "A small New Keynesian state space model of the Australian economy", Economic Modelling, 28(1-2), pp. 672-684.
  • Leu, S. and Sheen, J. (2011), "The Australia-Asia business cycle evolution", in Cheung, Y.-W., Ma, G., and V. Kakkar (eds.), The Evolving Role of Asia in Global Finance, Emerald Publishing, Binley, pp. 289-310.
  • Leu, S. (2009), "Managed floating in Australia", Economic Papers, 28(4), pp. 310-322.
  • Leu, S. (2008), Exchange rate management and monetary policy in Australia: An examination of the post-float era, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
  • Leu, S. and Sheen, J. (2006) "Asymmetric monetary policy in Australia", Economic Record (Special Edition), pp. S85-S96.
  • Leu, S. (2006), "The rise and fall of monetary targeting in Australia, by Simon Guttmann (Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2005)", History of Economics Review, 43(3), pp. 201-205.

Memberships

American Economic Association, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Economic Society of Australia (NSW branch).

Consultancy Interests

  • Australian Organic Market Report (2018) - A. Lawson, A. Cosby, D. Baker, S. Leu, E. Lefley, A. Sahota, N. Bez, R. Christie, Australian Organic Limited
  • World of Organic Agriculture Yearbook - Australia Chapter (2019) - A. Lawson, A. Cosby, D. Baker, S. Leu, E. Lefley, A. Sahota, and N. Bez