Henry Isaac ErgasAO (born 22 August 1952) is an Australian economist. He has had academic teaching posts as well as working for private consulting firms, and has had various appointments on governmental and other panels and boards.
He was managing director of Network Economics Consulting Group (NECG) from 1996 until 2004,[2] when it was acquired by CRA International[6] where he became vice president and regional head, Asia Pacific.[7]
Ergas was an independent contributor to a paper submitted to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2010, which cautioned against imposing regulations that, while aimed at net neutrality, may cause costs that exceed the expected benefits.[10]
Other appointments include:
1997 – Member, Advisory Panel on Telecommunications Reform to the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Australia[4]
In the 2016 Australia Day Honours, Ergas was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to infrastructure economics, and to higher education, to public policy development and review, and as a supporter of emerging artists".[1]
1987 – "Does Technology Policy Matter?" in Technology and Global Industry: Companies and Nations in the World Economy, National Academy of Engineering of the United States, National Academies Press, Washington DC. Reprinted in Stephan, Paula E. and David B. Audretsch, (eds.), in The Economics of Science and Innovation, vol. 2, Elgar Reference Collection, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 117, Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts, pp.438–492. Also available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=1428246doi:10.2139/ssrn.1428246.[4]
2011 – "Some Economic Aspects of Mining Taxation" (with Prof. Jonathan Pincus and Dr. Mark Harrison) Economic Papers of the Economic Society of Australia, 29(4).[4]
2013 – (with Prof. Jonathan Pincus) "Have Mining Royalties been beneficial to Australia?", Economic Papers of the Economic Society of Australia, 33(1).[4]
2015 – (with Prof. Jonathan Pincus), "Infrastructure and Colonial Socialism", in The Cambridge Economic History of Australia, eds. Simon Ville and Glenn Withers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2016 – (with Prof. Jonathan Pincus), "The Wealth of the Nation" in Menzies, the Shaping of Modern Australia, ed. J. R. Nethercote, Conor Court publishing in association with the Menzies Research Centre.
Footnotes
↑ Not stated, but assumed Chevalier, i.e. the lowest rank.
↑ "Martine Durand"(PDF). Variances – la revue des anciens de l'ENSAE (interview) (in French). No.46. February 2013. pp.11–12. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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