Professor Dorian Owen, Our people, Department of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand

Dorian Owen image BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD (Wales)

Tel: 64 3 479 8655
Email: dorian.owen@otago.ac.nz
Room 620, 6th Floor, Otago Business School

Dorian's research interests are mainly in the areas of empirical modelling of economic growth and development, sports economics, and applied econometrics. Current interests include the fundamental determinants of economic growth and development, health and economic growth, and competitive balance and competition design in sports leagues. He has previously taught at the University of Reading (UK) and the University of Canterbury and his teaching at Otago has included econometrics, macroeconomics and monetary economics.

Selected publications

Take a look at Dorian’s publications below:

"Measuring competitive balance in sports leagues that award bonus points, with an application to rugby union", (with A Avila-Cano and F. Triguero-Ruiz), European Journal of Operational Research, 2023. Available online (open access) at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.064

"State history and corruption", (with T V Vu), Economics Letters, 218, 2022, 1107742022 (doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110774)

"Do the determinants of foreign direct investment have a reverse and symmetric impact on foreign direct divestment?", (with A A Haug and A T N Nguyen), Empirical Economics, 2022 (doi:10.1007/s00181-022-02263-z). Available online (open access) at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00181-022-02263-z

"Simulation evidence on Herfindahl-Hirschman measures of competitive balance in professional sports leagues", (with C A Owen), Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(2), 2022, 285-300 (doi: 10.1080/01605682.2020.1835449) Eprint available (until limit reached) at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MNWFX8XV9IEDHVHEJZEG/full?target=10.1080/01605682.2020.1835449

"The association between same-sex marriage legalization and youth deaths by suicide: A multimethod counterfactual analysis", (with A Kennedy and M Genç), Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(6), 2021, 1176-1182 (doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.033) Freely available to read and share as one of ‘The 2021 JAH Distinguished Dozen' at https://www.jahonline.org/2021distinguisheddozen

“What drives bilateral foreign direct investment among Asian economies?”, (with A T N Nguyen, A A Haug and M Genç), Economic Modelling, 93, 2020, 125–141 (doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2020.08.003)

“Replication to assess statistical adequacy”, Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 12 (2018-60), 1–16. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-60

“Does institutional quality resolve the Lucas Paradox?”, (with M Akhtaruzzaman and C Hajzler), Applied Economics, 50(5), 2018, 455-474
(doi: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1321840) Eprint available (until limit reached) at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/psJ9rHB9hfYGbWRF78Dy/full

“Evaluating ingenious instruments for fundamental determinants of long-run economic growth and development”, Econometrics, 5, 38, 2017 (doi: 10.3390/econometrics5030038), Available online (open access) at: http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1146/5/3/38

“Competitive balance measures in sports leagues: The effects of variation in season length”, (with N King), Economic Inquiry, 53(1), 2015, 731-744.

“The impact of US fresh milk production standards on dairy trade”, (with N Winchester), Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(6), 2014, 1008-1021.

“Measurement of competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome”, in J Goddard and P J Sloane (eds), Handbook on the Economics of Professional Football, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2014, 41-59.

"Playoff Uncertainty, Match Uncertainty and Attendance at Australian National Rugby League Matches", (with N King and R Audas), Economic Record, 88(281), 2012, 262-277.

"Measuring parity in sports leagues with draws: Further comments", Journal of Sports Economics, 13(1), 2012, 83-93.

"Limitations of the relative standard deviation of win percentages for measuring competitive balance in sports leagues", Economics Letters, 109(1), 2010, 38-41.

"Which institutions are good for your health? The deep determinants of comparative cross-country health status", (with S Knowles) Journal of Development Studies, 46(4), 2010, 701-723.

"Bridging the barriers: knowledge connections, productivity, and capital accumulation", (with R Q Grafton and T Kompas), Journal of Productivity Analysis, 28(3), 2007, 219-231.

"Total factor productivity, per capita income and social divergence", (with R Q Grafton and S Knowles), Economic Record, 80(250), 2004, 302-313.

"Are educational gender gaps a brake on economic development? Some cross-country empirical evidence", (with S Knowles and P K Lorgelly), Oxford Economic Papers, 54(1), 2002, 118-149.

"The effect of female and male schooling on economic growth in the Barro-Lee model", (with P K Lorgelly), Empirical Economics, 24(3), 1999, 537-557.

"Education and health in an effective-labour empirical growth model", (with S Knowles), Economic Record, 73(223), 1997, 314-328.

"Inference on productivity differentials in multi-sector models of economic growth", (with W R J Alexander and P Hansen), Journal of Development Economics, 51(2), 1996, 315-325.

"Health capital and cross-country variation in income per capita in the Mankiw-Romer-Weil model", (with S Knowles), Economics Letters, 48(1), 1995, 99-106.

"Monetary anticipations and the demand for money: further tests of shock-absorber price equations", (with K J Fox), Journal of Macroeconomics, 14(1), 1992, 1-14.

"Testing for financial buffer stocks in sectoral portfolio models", Review of Economics and Statistics, 72(2), 1990, 286-295.

"Unorganized money markets and 'unproductive' assets in the new structuralist critique of financial liberalization", (with O Solis-Fallas), Journal of Development Economics, 31(2), 1989, 341-355.

Money, Wealth and Expenditure: Integrated Modelling of Consumption and Portfolio Behaviour, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986, xi+210.

"Wealth-composition and cross-equation effects in the U.K. personal sector's expenditure and portfolio behaviour", Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies, 54 (1), 1986, 65-98.

"Dynamic models of portfolio behavior: a general integrated model incorporating sequencing effects", American Economic Review, 71(1), 1981, 231-238.

Teaching responsibilities

Dorian’s teaching responsibilities include:

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Publications

Avila-Cano, A., Owen, P. D., & Triguero-Ruiz, F. (2023). Measuring competitive balance in sports leagues that award bonus points, with an application to rugby union. European Journal of Operational Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.064

Owen, P. D., & Vu, T. V. (2022). State history and corruption. Economics Letters. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110774

Haug, A. A., Nguyen, A. T. N., & Owen, P. D. (2022). Do the determinants of foreign direct investment have a reverse and symmetric impact on foreign direct divestment? Empirical Economics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00181-022-02263-z

Owen, P. D., & Owen, C. A. (2022). Simulation evidence on Herfindahl-Hirschman measures of competitive balance in professional sports leagues. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(2), 285-300. doi: 10.1080/01605682.2020.1835449

Kennedy, A., Genç, M., & Owen, P. D. (2021). The association between same-sex marriage legalization and youth deaths by suicide: A multimethod counterfactual analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68, 1176-1182. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.033

Owen, D. (2014). Measurement of competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome. In J. Goddard & P. Sloane (Eds.), Handbook on the economics of professional football. (pp. 41-59). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Chapter in Book - Research

Jones, M., Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (2007). The deep determinants of health and education: Institutions versus geography. In W. R. Garside (Ed.), Institutions and market economies: The political economy of growth and development. (pp. 167-185). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter in Book - Research

Owen, P. D., & Weatherston, C. R. (2007). The deep determinants of long-run growth and economic development. In W. R. Garside (Ed.), Institutions and market economies: The political economy of growth and development. (pp. 137-166). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter in Book - Research

Owen, D., & Weatherston, C. (2004). Evaluating economic theories? Test rugby! In P. Hansen & A. King (Eds.), Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. (pp. 52-56). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Research

Owen, P. D., & Weatherston, C. R. (2004). Professionalization and competitive balance in New Zealand rugby union. In R. Fort & J. Fizel (Eds.), International sports economics comparisons. (pp. 225-241). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Chapter in Book - Research

Grafton, R. Q., Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (2002). Social divergence and productivity: Making a connection. In A. Sharpe, F. St-Hilaire & K. Banting (Eds.), The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity. (pp. 203-223). Montreal and Ottawa: The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) and Centre for the Study of Living Standards.

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & Vu, T. V. (2022). State history and corruption. Economics Letters. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110774

Journal - Research Article

Wesselbaum, D., & Owen, P. D. (2021). The value of Pole Position in Formula 1 history. Australian Economic Review, 54(1), 164-173. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12401

Journal - Research Article

Nguyen, A. T. N., Haug, A. A., Owen, P. D., & Genç, M. (2020). What drives bilateral foreign direct investment among Asian economies? Economic Modelling, 93, 125-141. doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2020.08.003

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). On thresholds in the climate–migration relationship. International Review of Applied Economics, 34(3), 400-412. doi: 10.1080/02692171.2020.1749242

Journal - Research Article

Akhtaruzzaman, M., Hajzler, C., & Owen, P. D. (2018). Does institutional quality resolve the Lucas Paradox? Applied Economics, 50(5), 455-474. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1321840

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (2018). Replication to assess statistical adequacy. Economics, 12, 60. doi: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-60

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (2017). Evaluating ingenious instruments for fundamental determinants of long-run economic growth and development. Econometrics, 5(3), 38. doi: 10.3390/econometrics5030038

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & King, N. (2015). Competitive balance measures in sports leagues: The effects of variation in season length. Economic Inquiry, 53(1), 731-744. doi: 10.1111/ecin.12102

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & Winchester, N. (2014). The impact of US fresh milk production standards on dairy trade. Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(6), 1008-1021. doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.11.004

Journal - Research Article

King, N., Owen, P. D., & Audas, R. (2012). Playoff uncertainty, match uncertainty and attendance at Australian National Rugby League matches. Economic Record, 88(281), 262-277. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00778.x

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (2012). Measuring parity in sports leagues with draws: Further comments. Journal of Sports Economics, 13(1), 85-95. doi: 10.1177/1527002510393738

Journal - Research Article

Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (2010). Which institutions are good for your health? The deep determinants of comparative cross-country health status. Journal of Development Studies, 46(4), 701-723. doi: 10.1080/00220380903428399

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (2010). Limitations of the relative standard deviation of win percentages for measuring competitive balance in sports leagues. Economics Letters, 109(1), 38-41. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.07.012

Journal - Research Article

Grafton, R. Q., Kompas, T., & Owen, P. D. (2007). Bridging the barriers: Knowledge connections, productivity and capital accumulation. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 28(3), 219-231. doi: 10.1007/s11123-007-0054-6

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., Ryan, M., & Weatherston, C. R. (2007). Measuring competitive balance in professional team sports using the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. Review of Industrial Organization, 31, 289-302. doi: 10.1007/s11151-008-9157-0

Journal - Research Article

Grafton, R. Q., Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (2004). Total factor productivity, per capita income and social divergence. Economic Record, 80(250), 302-313.

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & Weatherston, C. R. (2004). Uncertainty of outcome and Super 12 rugby union attendance: Application of a general-to-specific modeling strategy. Journal of Sports Economics, 5(4), 347-370.

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D., & Weatherston, C. R. (2004). Uncertainty of outcome, player quality and attendance at National Provincial Championship rugby union matches: An evaluation in light of the Competitions Review. Economic Papers, 23(4), 301-324.

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (2003). General-to-specific modelling using PcGets. Journal of Economic Surveys, 17(4), 609-628.

Journal - Research Article

Knowles, S., Lorgelly, P. K., & Owen, P. D. (2002). Are educational gender gaps a brake on economic development? Some cross-country empirical evidence. Oxford Economic Papers, 54(1), 118-149.

Journal - Research Article

Lorgelly, P. K., Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (2001). Barro's fertility equations: the robustness of the role of female education and income. Applied Economics, 33(8), 1065-1075.

Journal - Research Article

Lorgelly, P. K., & Owen, P. D. (1999). The effect of female and male schooling on economic growth in the Barro-Lee model. Empirical Economics, 24(3), 537-557.

Journal - Research Article

Knowles, S., & Owen, P. D. (1997). Education and health in an effective-labour empirical growth model. Economic Record, 73(223), 314-328.

Journal - Research Article

Owen, P. D. (1997). Estimating portfolio models from financial flow data: a comment. Economic Modelling, 14(2), 301-306.

Journal - Research Article

Alexander, W. R., Hansen, P., & Owen, P. D. (1996). Inference on productivity differentials in multi-sector models of economic growth. Journal of Development Economics, 51(2), 315-325.

Journal - Research Article

Owen, D. (2013). Fine lines: Some regression lines are finer than others. Asymmetric Information, 47, 13-14.

Journal - Research Other

King, N., Owen, P. D., & Audas, R. (2011). Playoff uncertainty, match uncertainty and attendance at Australian National Rugby League matches. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE). Retrieved from http://www.nzae.org.nz/event/nzae-conference-2011/