Congratulations to Professor John Creedy, who was awarded the NZIER Economics Award for 2016 earlier this month.

Congratulations to Professor John Creedy, who was awarded the NZIER Economics Award for 2016 earlier this month.

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research-sponsored award is New Zealand’s most prestigious Economics Award, decided by a panel comprising experienced economists, policy experts and a representative of the business community.

Professor John Creedy lectures at the School of Accounting and Commercial Law and also works with the New Zealand Treasury as Principal Advisor in the Tax Strategy team. He has had a distinguished academic and publishing career with interests in public economics, labour economics, income distribution and the history of economic analysis.

His recent work on long term fiscal policy has addressed major conceptual issues in the Treasury’s approach and made significant contributions towards enhancing policy advice in this area.

He has also been influential in the development and implementation of tax policy in New Zealand through his work on The Treasury's tax models and his contributions to the Tax Working Group, and more recently his work on measuring inequality in New Zealand.

In his acceptance speech, Professor Creedy said he was very pleased to be recognised in this way, and honoured to be included among the list of previous awardees.

"Another very pleasing aspect of the award is the fact that it is explicitly not for a general contribution to economics, but relates specifically to contributions to New Zealand and indeed comes from a non-academic institution.

"I've always taken the view that, since I’m paid by taxpayers, it is appropriate to devote a large proportion of my research to local practical issues."

The independent panel determining the NZIER-sponsored award is instructed to "look for outstanding contributions to the advancement of economics and its applications in New Zealand". To qualify for the Award a contribution "must advance economic matters of direct relevance to New Zealand", and must be "likely to be of long-term lasting importance to New Zealand".

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