Dr George Barker
Biography
Dr George Barker is an expert in law and economics, and finance. He has a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Economics (Hons). He was Director of the Centre for Law and Economics at Australian National University (ANU) from 1997-2017, Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at Cornell University in 2000, and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) (2015-2018); the Centre for Law and Economics at University College London (2010-2015); and University of Oxford 2008, and is currently a member of Wolfson College Oxford University, and Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University.
Dr George Barker
Dr George Barker, Honorary Senior Fellow in Law and Economics
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He was a founding member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Law and Economics, and has authored books, and articles and given expert testimony on the economics of law including: competition law; trade law (the Effects of China joining the WTO Cambridge University Press 2003); intellectual property law (especially copyright); corporations and labour law (the economics of trade unions); taxation law (especially transfer pricing) environmental law; the economics of industry regulation, including the digital economy, communications, internet, energy, transport, mining, agriculture, insurance, finance, pharmaceutical, software, and media industries; and on the economic role of government, the rule of law, the economics of public policy, public finance, public sector management, social services (education, health, and welfare), and income distribution.
He provides expert economic testimony before courts, ministers, Parliaments and regulatory agencies in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, and in arbitration disputes in the Hague. His work has been cited in the UK House of Lords, by the High Court of England and Wales and by the European Commission. He is an elected Honorary Fellow of the Law and Economics Association of NZ, and was past President of the Australian Law and Economics Association, a Founder and Past President of the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand. Chief Analyst and Economic Advisor at the NZ Treasury 1984-1997. Member of the Governing Board of Wolfson College, Oxford University from 1990 - 1992, Board member of LECG Asia-Pacific Ltd (1997-2005), Celtic Pacific Ltd, and Upstart Investments Ltd (1999-2003), KEA Global and past Chairman of KEA Australia (2001-2010).