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In 2006 the Department’s research output was assessed as part of the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). The PBRF assigns a score to academic units/subject areas based on a combination of measures: quality evaluation of individual research outputs by external peer-review panels; research degree completions for each subject area/academic unit; and the external research income earned by each degree-granting provider. The Department’s score of 6.1 makes it the best economics department in New Zealand. The University of Otago’s overall score is 4.22.

The research interests of staff cover the fields of economic growth and development, international economics, economics of sport, health economics, labour economics, monetary economics, public economics, productivity analysis, business economics, industrial organization and commercial policy.