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Qualifications
BEc, La Trobe; Dip Ed, La Trobe;
PhD, Melb
Professional experience
Dr Messinis is Adjunct Fellow at the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES). He was previously Senior Research Fellow to August 2017. He has published on consumer behaviour, education, labour economics, innovation, migration, and economic development. Dr Messinis has taught in undergraduate, Honours, MBA, and DBA courses and has supervised post-graduate students, and is currently TNE Unit coordinator for Malaysia and China within the VU Business School. He is available for post-graduate supervision.
Dr Messinis has led research teams that have made significant contributions to Victoria University and its engagement with industry and the research community. Since 2005, he has managed the SEEK Employment Indicators project in a partnership with SEEK Pty Ltd. Dr Messinis has also led VISES research teams that mapped the VU student population and explored the role of diversity and low socio-economic status in VU student performance.
Dr Messinis is currently undertaking new research on: (a) Education and Productivity; (b) Market Power and Inequality; and (c) the Causes of Real Wage Freeze in Australia.
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Publications
Books
Messinis, G. 2010,
Habit Modification in Consumption: Theory and Evidence, VDM
Verlag Dr. Müller, Berlin.
Journal articles
Andriansyah, A. and Messinis, G. 2019, ‘Stock prices, exchange rates, and portfolio equity: Toda-Yamamoto Granger non-causality in heterogeneous panels’, Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 46 pp. 399-421.
Liddle, B. and Messinis, G. 2017, 'Revisiting carbon Kuznets curves with
endogenous breaks modeling: Evidence of decoupling and saturation (but
few inverted-Us) for individual OECD countries', Empirical Economics,
doi:10.1007/s00181-016-1209-y.
Longo, M. and Messinis, G. 2016, ‘Inequality, poor
governance and legitimacy deficits in the European Union ’, Journal
of Law and Governance, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
Andriansyah, A. and Messinis, G. 2016, ‘Intended use of proceeds and the
post-issue operating performance of IPO firms: A quantile regression
approach’, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 36, pp. 14-30.
Liddle, B. and Messinis, G. 2015, 'Revisiting sulfur Kuznets curves with
endogenous breaks modeling: Substantial evidence of inverted-Us/Vs for
individual OECD countries', Economic Modelling, vol. 49, pp.
278-285.
Liddle, B. and Messinis, G., 2015, ‘Which comes first—urbanization or
economic growth? Evidence from heterogeneous panel causality tests’, Applied
Economics Letters, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 349-355.
Messinis, G. 2015, ‘Book Review of “Skills and Skilled Work” by Francis
Green’, Economic Record, vol. 91, no. 294, pp. 404-406.
Andriansyah, A. and Messinis, G., 2014, ‘Equity markets and economic
development: Does the primary market matter?’, Economic Record,
vol. 90, no. S1, pp. S127-S141.
Messinis, G. 2013, ‘Returns to education and urban-migrant wage
differentials in China: IV quantile treatment effects’, China Economic
Review, vol. 26, pp. 39-55.
Messinis, G. and Ahmed, A.D. 2013, ‘Cognitive skills, innovation and
technology diffusion', Economic Modelling, vol. 30, pp. 565-578.
Messinis, G. 2011, 'Triadic citations, country biases and
patent value: the case of pharmaceuticals', Scientometrics, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 813-833.
Ahmed, A., Cheng, E. and Messinis, G. 2011, ‘The role of exports, FDI
and imports in development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African
countries’, Applied Economics, vol. 43, no. 26, pp. 3719-3731.
Messinis, G. 2009, ‘Earnings and Languages in the Family:
Second-Generation Australians’, Economic Record, vol. 85, Special
Issue, pp. S59-S73.
Messinis, G. and Olekalns, N. 2007, 'Skill Mismatch and Training in
Australia: Some Implications for Policy', Australian Economic Review,
vol. 40, no. 3, 300-306.
Messinis, G. with O. Henry and N. Olekalns 2002, ‘Rational habit
modification in consumption’, Economic Modelling, vol. 19, no. 4, pp.
665-678.
Messinis, G. 1999, ‘Habit Formation and the Theory of Addiction’,
Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 417-442.
Book chapters
Messinis, G. 2011, ‘Students from China at Victoria
University: Profile and academic outcomes’, in J. Zhou and C. Clarke, (eds),
Internationalisation of China’s Higher Education: Challenges for Sino
Foreign Joint Education Programs and Institutes, Liaoning University
Press, Shenyang, China.
Messinis, G. and Sheehan, P. 2003, ‘Innovation in Australia’, in I.
McAllister, S. Dowrick and R. Hassan (eds), Cambridge Handbook of Social
Sciences in Australia, Cambridge University Press.
Research reports
Messinis, G. and Sheehan, P. 2015, The Academic Performance of First Year Students at Victoria University by Entry Score and SES, 2009-13,
Report to the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE),
Curtain University, Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies,
Victoria University, Melbourne .
Messinis, G., Sheehan, P., Parker, S. and Ahmed, A. 2009, SEEK Employment Index in New Zealand: Job Vacancies and Job Seeking,
Report for SEEK New Zealand Limited, CSES, Victoria
University, Melbourne.
Messinis, G., Sheehan, P. and Miholcic Z. 2009, The
Performance of the Student Population at Victoria University,
Update to Report to the Vice-Chancellor, January, Victoria University,
Melbourne.
Messinis, G., Sheehan, P. and Miholcic Z. 2008, The
Diversity of the Student Population at Victoria University,
Update of Report to the Vice-Chancellor, December, Victoria University,
Melbourne.
Messinis, G., Sheehan, P. and Miholcic Z. 2008, The
Diversity and Performance of the Student Population at Victoria
University, Report to the Vice-Chancellor, July, Victoria
University, Melbourne.
Working papers
Messinis, G. 2008, Overeducation and overskilling: Second generation Australians, CSES Working Paper No.
41, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University,
Melbourne.
Messinis, G. and Olekalns, N. 2008, Returns
to training and skill mismatch: Evidence from Australia, CSES
Working Paper No. 40, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria
University, Melbourne.
Ahmed, A.D., Cheng, E. and Messinis, G. 2008, The role of exports, FDI and imports in development: New evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries, CSES Working Paper No. 39, Centre for Strategic Economic
Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Messinis, G. and Ahmed, A.D. 2008, Valuable skills, human capital and technology diffusion, CSES Working Paper No, 38, Centre for Strategic
Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Ahmed, A.D., Enjiang C. and Messinis, G. 2007, Causal links between export, FDI and output: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries,
CSES Working Paper No.35, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies,
Victoria University, Melbourne.
Messinis, G. and Olekalns, N. 2007, Skill
Mismatch and Returns to Training in Australia: Some New Evidence,
Working Paper No. 997, November, Department of Economics, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Messinis, G. 2005, Is Europe a Laggard in Pharmaceuticals? R&D Joint
Ventures, Patent Quality and R&D Productivity, Pharmaceutical Industry
Working Paper No. 30, CSES, Victoria University, Melbourne, September.
Messinis, G. 2005, Patent Quality and R&D Productivity in
Pharmaceuticals: The Role of Inflation and International Collaboration, Pharmaceutical
Industry Working Paper No. 27, CSES, Victoria University, Melbourne,
August.
Messinis, G. 2004, R&D Price Inflation, Real BERD and Innovation:
Pharmaceuticals, OECD 1980–2000, Pharmaceutical Industry Working Paper
No. 18, CSES, Victoria University, Melbourne, May.
Messinis, G. 2002, The Australian Pharmaceutical Industry and Its
Global Context, Pharmaceutical Industry Project
Working Paper No. 7, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria
University, Melbourne.
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