Academic
Academic CV
Education
Australian National University
- Ph.D. Economics (2015–current)
My research focuses on Australian political and economic history, such as exploring: the impact of various events on discussion in state and federal parliaments; who voted for Federation; and which politicians get an incumbency effect.
Panel: John Tang (primary supervisor), Martine Mariotti (chair), Zach Ward and Tim Hatton.
Thesis: Essays on Applied Historical Labour Economics.
- M.Economics (2012)
University of Queensland
- B.Economics (Hons) (2004-2008)
I wrote an honours thesis in game theory supervised by Rabee Tourky and was a research assistant to: Flavio Menezes on a project about ACCC decisions; and Liam Wagner on a project about energy prices.
Published papers
Working papers
- Monica Alexander and Rohan Alexander, ‘The Effect of Elections and Prime Ministers on Discussion in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901—2018)’.
Current draft (PDF).
Data (just a GitHub link to some CSVs - R Package coming soon - email me if you’re interested).
- Rohan Alexander and Tim Hatton, ‘The Making of a Nation: Who Voted for Australian Federation?’.
Work in progress
- Rohan Alexander and Patrick Leslie, ‘The Effect of State on Senators’ Speeches in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901–2018)’
Presentations
- The Effect of State on Senators’ Speeches in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901-2018)
- (Upcoming) 4–7 September 2019, European Consortium for Political Research, General Conference, Wroclaw.
- (Upcoming) 20-22 June 2019, European Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Belfast.
- The Effect of Elections and Prime Ministers on Discussion in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901—2018)
- (Upcoming) 4–6 June 2019, Canadian Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Vancouver.
- (Upcoming) 18-20 April 2019, Western Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego.
- (Upcoming) 4-7 April 2019, Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago.
- 11 January 2019, Annual Conference of the Political Methodology Specialist Group, Warwick. Slides.
- 11 December 2018, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock. Slides.
- 22 November 2018, University of Toronto, Political Behaviour Group, Toronto. Slides.
- 25 October 2018, Australian National University, Research School of Economics, Canberra. Slides.
- 25 October 2018, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, Canberra. Slides.
- 24 October 2018, Australian National University, School of Politics and International Relations, Canberra. Slides.
- Exploring Australia’s Hansard (1901–2017)
- (Poster) 7-9 September, 2018 Economic History Association Meeting, Montreal.
- A Surnames-Based Analysis of Tasmanian Social Mobility (1803–2015)
- 20 May 2016, UC Berkeley, Economic History Lunch, Berkeley.
- 2 May 2016, Australian National University, Research School of Economics, Canberra.
Teaching Experience
Australian National University
- Tutor, Macroeconomics 3, Semester 2, 2017, evaluations
- Tutor, Microeconomics 3, Semester 1, 2017, evaluations
- Tutor, Behavioural Economics, Semester 2, 2015, evaluations
- Tutor, Business Economics, Semester 1, 2015, evaluations
- Tutor, Microeconomics 1, Semester 1, 2013, evaluations
- Tutor, Foundations of Economic and Financial Models, Semester 2, 2012
University of Queensland
- Tutor, Microeconomic Policy, Semester 2, 2008
- Tutor, Microeconomic Theory, Semester 1, 2008
- Tutor, Introductory Microeconomics, Semester 2, 2007
- Tutor, Introductory Microeconomics, Semester 1, 2007