Monday 16 October 2017The University of Auckland Business SchoolDepartment of Economics

The New Zealand Economics Competition

2017 Awards Presentation Ceremony

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Programme

Welcome

Professor Prasanna Gai

Department of Economics

The University of Auckland Business School

Presentation of awards

High Distinction

Guest speaker

Rae Rho

Senior Market Analyst

Air New Zealand

Presentation of trophies and awards

National winners

Closing

Please join us in the Level 1 Foyer of the Owen G Glenn Building for discussion and refreshments following the awards ceremony.

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2017 New Zealand Economics CompetitionWelcome to the New Zealand Economics Competition 2017 Awards presentation ceremony.

The New Zealand Economics Competition has grown in size and reputation since its inception in 1997, and has been administered by the Department of Economics at The University of Auckland Business School since 2008.

The Competition is the largest and most prestigious one of its kind for secondary school students. The fifty-minute examination paper contains forty multiple-choice questions that test both classroom theory and general knowledge of current economic issues.

This year 2526 students from 84 schools throughout New Zealand entered the Competition. Tonight is an opportunity to recognise some of the students who have achieved outstanding performances.

We also wish to express our gratitude to the teachers and principals, without whose contribution the Competition would not be possible.

The 2016 New Zealand Economics Competition is sponsored by The University of Auckland Business School and is aimed not only at providing motivation to secondary school students to study economics, but also encouraging the pursuit of tertiary studies in economics.

For more information about the New Zealand Economics Competition, visit our website at: www.business.auckland.ac.nz/nzeconcomp

Guest speakerRae RhoBA(Hons) Auckland Senior Market Analyst, Air New Zealand

Rae is a senior market analyst at Air New Zealand. Her area of expertise includes the trans-Tasman market, and more recently the NZ-China market. She holds a BA with first class honours in economics, and a BA in French from the University of Auckland. Rae began her work in airline economics in her honours year, writing a research dissertation on the topic of pricing and competition in the trans-Tasman air travel market. For her role at Air New Zealand, Rae uses revenue management strategies such as dynamic pricing and price discrimination to optimise Air NZ’s passenger revenue. She also monitors competitor activities and market responses to supply changes, and uses data analytics to forecast flight demand and manage inventory.

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Department of Economics staff

Professor Prasanna GaiBEcon(Hons) ANU , MPhil DPhil OxfProfessor of Macroeconomics and Acting Head of Department of Economics at the University of Auckland

Prasanna Gai is Acting Head of Department and Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Auckland. His work applies ideas from network and game theory to understand the causes and consequences of financial crises. Prasanna has been invited by ECB President Mario Draghi to serve a four-year term on the Advisory Scientific Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board (2016-19). He was elected a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford (2014-15), and was Special Adviser to Governor Mark Carney at the Bank of Canada (2010-11).

Prior to his appointment at the University of Auckland, Prasanna was Professor of Economics at the Australian National University (2008-10). He was Senior Adviser at the Bank of England from 1994-2007, heading up its financial stability research between 2003-2007 and serving as editor of its Financial Stability Report. While at the Bank of England and Bank of Canada, Prasanna spear-headed the development of models to stress-test the financial systems of both countries. He was invited by Governor Allan Bollard to conduct a formal review of the monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 2011 and has recently completed a review of New Zealand’s macro-prudential framework on behalf of the NZ Treasury.

Dr Steffen LippertDipl.-Volkswirt Mannheim, PhD Toulouse, MannheimSenior Lecturer, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Economics (CARE) at the University of Auckland

Steffen Lippert studied economics at Mannheim, Berkeley, and Toulouse. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and a PhD in economics awarded jointly by the Toulouse School of Economics(France) and the University of Mannheim(Germany).

His working experience includes teaching and research in France, Sweden and New Zealand. He has published in refereed journals, such as Games and Economic Behavior, The Journal of Health Economics, The Journal of Industrial Economics and Economic Theory. His research has focused on industrial economics and contract theory with applications to telecommunications, innovation, patenting and market entry.

Dr Asha SundaramBA Mumbai, MPhil Oxf., MA PhD SyracuseSenior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Auckland

Asha Sundaram is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Auckland. Prior to this, she was a senior lecturer at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has a MPhil in Economics from Oxford University and a PhD from Syracuse University, New York. Her research spans the areas of international trade and development economics. Her work has been published in top field journals and general-interest journals like the Journal of International Economics and the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, in books published by Oxford University Press and in the research-based policy analysis portal VoxEU. She has consulted for the World Bank and the Peterson Institute of International Economics, both in Washington DC and for the Asian Development Bank in Manila.

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New Zealand Economics Competition 2017 Merit List

HIGH DISTINCTION Awards Year

Keith Anderson Elim Christian College 12

Luka Borich St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Andrey Borro Glendowie College 13

Lachlan Broadhurst ACG Parnell College 12

Aiden Burgess Auckland Grammar School 12

Jackson Cate Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Roni Chapman Auckland Grammar School 12

Simon Chen Auckland Grammar School 13

Alex Chen Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Sophia Chen Pukekohe High School 12

Charlotte Colyer Pukekohe High School 12

Theo Coutolleau Hamilton Boys’ High School 13

Qi Deng Macleans College 12

Michael Derevianko Auckland Grammar School 12

Qiyu Ding Westlake Boys High School 12

Angus Eason Pukekohe High School 12

Matthew Edwards Glendowie College 12

Michael Elston St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Flora Fan Diocesan School for Girls 12

Andrew Fleming James Hargest College 12

Helen Fong Pukekohe High School 12

Daniel Foster ACG Parnell College 13

Raiden Frederiksens Auckland Grammar School 12

Shaun Gallagher St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Marcus Gerbich Pais King’s College, Auckland 13

Oliver Goldsmith Auckland Grammar School 12

Nicholas Goodman Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Ning Guan Botany Downs Secondary College 13

Olivia Guo Auckland International College 12

Daniel Hanna Hastings Boys’ High School 12

Liam Haughey Hamilton Boys’ High School 13

Denley Heasman Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Quinn Hendry Glendowie College 13

Kawaguchi Hidema Botany Downs Secondary College 12

Alexander Hill Botany Downs Secondary College 12

Tiffany Ho Macleans College 11

Baxter Holgate-Simpson Westlake Boys High School 13

Chenchen Huang Hutt Valley High School 13

Eric Huang Westlake Boys High School 13

Jessica Iggo Wellington East Girls’ College 13

George Jensen Auckland Grammar School 13

Baxter Kane St Peter’s School (Cambridge) 12

Donovan Kelso Glendowie College 13

Anubhav Khanna Auckland Grammar School 13

Hajin Kim Rangitoto College 12

Yoonseo Ko Auckland International College 11

Noah Kohlhase St Peter’s College (Auckland) 12

Robin Kunwar Rongotai College 10

Ryan La Papatoetoe High School 13

Justin Larking Kapiti College 13

Jamie Lee St Peter’s College (Auckland) 12

Frank Leng Glendowie College 13

Jacob Lerner Auckland Grammar school 13

Siyuan Li Hamilton Boys’ High School 13

David Lin ACG Parnell College 12

Kevin Lin Auckland Grammar School 12

Sue Liu Macleans College 13

Hannah Longuet-Higgins Wentworth College 12

Joshua Looker Saint Kentigern College 13

Bryner Lum Macleans College 13

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Sameer Mandhan Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Robbie Maris Tauranga Boys’ College 12

Jamie Martini-Tibbs Saint Kentigern College 13

Nick McLaughlin Kapiti College 12

Callum Miers Pukekohe High School 12

Liam Miles Botany Downs Secondary College 12

Vignesh Nair St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Liam Netto St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Mackenzie O’Brien Westlake Boys High School 12

Seth O’Connor St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Evan Oijordsbakken Onslow College 13

Kelvin Oosten Hamilton Boys’ High School 13

Gabriel Pan Hillcrest High School 13

Shyam Prasad-Jones St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Hirzi Putra-Laksana Botany Downs Secondary College 13

Felicity Qin Kristin School 13

Yatin Ramesh Auckland Grammar School 12

Saam Rashidmardani Onslow College 12

Richard Ren Avondale College 13

Cole Reyno Rosmini College 13

Nikita Roumiantsev ACG Parnell College 12

Mark Seddon Westlake Boys High School 12

Liam Silverwood Napier Boys’ High School 13

Tyrell Snelling Westlake Boys High School 12

Michael Song Glendowie College 12

Daniel Stokes Hillcrest High School 12

Conor Sutherland Auckland Grammar School 12

Alex Tam Onslow College 13

Brendan Tancredi James Hargest College 13

Joshua Taylor Glendowie College 12

Christoph ten Houte de Lange Hamilton Boys’ High School 12

Zayne Teo Auckland Grammar School 12

Madeline Thompson Tauranga Girls’ College 12

Jack Thomson St Peter’s College (Auckland) 12

Anh Tuan Tran Auckland International College 12

Michael Trifunovich Westlake Boys High School 12

Anna Tskhakaya Auckland International College 12

Nick Tuckey James Hargest College 12

Timothy Tuckey James Hargest College 13

Luke van Gog St Peter’s School (Cambridge) 13

Andrey Volkov ACG Parnell College 13

Jack Wellwood Hutt Valley High School 13

Ansel Wong Macleans College 13

Tianyuan Wu Auckland Grammar School 12

Shine Wu Newlands College 12

Rodger Yang Auckland Grammar School 12

Emily Yang Macleans College 13

Bill Yang Saint Kentigern College 13

Wenxu Yao Westlake Boys High School 13

Patrick Ye Saint Kentigern College 13

Yuji Zou Diocesan School for Girls 12

Yang Fan Yun Macleans College 13

Judd Zhan Macleans College 13

Jessie Zhang Epsom Girls’ Grammar School 13

Jason Zheng Auckland Grammar School 12

Jessica Zhou Diocesan School for Girls 12

Ziyan Zhu Auckland Grammar School 12

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New Zealand Economics Competition 2017 Merit List

HIGH DISTINCTION - $100 Prize

Benjamin McIntosh St Peter’s College (Auckland) 12

Andrew Donovan Napier Boys’ High School 13

Joshua Laloli St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

Thomas Parsons St Peter’s College (Auckland) 13

William Robertson Hamilton Boys’ High School 13

HIGH DISTINCTION - $200 Prize

Tuan Khai Nguyen Auckland International College 12

Nhu Ngoc Nguyen Auckland International College 12

Alexander Hawkes Aquinas College, Tauranga 13

Andrew Tang Scots College 13

HIGH DISTINCTION - $300 Prize

Lewis Hubbard Tauranga Boys’ College 13

National Winners - $400 Prize and Trophy Year

Division Two

Chuanye Chen Auckland International College 12

Division One

Blake Elliott Tauranga Boys’ College 13

Isaac Heron Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu 13

Congratulations on your excellent performanceThank you all for attending the 2017 New Zealand Economics Competition Awards ceremony.

It has been our pleasure to acknowledge the students’ outstanding performance. We look forward to meeting and talking with you after the presentations.

Please take the opportunity to talk with some of the students from our economics club on campus: MADE (Make a Difference with Economics). The aim of MADE is to supplement academic studies with real world engagement. The students learn how economics can empower communities and influence policy. You can identify the MADE students by the logo on their name badges.

Photographer

The photographer is available and very happy to take group and individual photos.

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