Personal details
- Name
- Dr Boon Lee
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Economics & Finance - Discipline *
- Applied Economics
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 5389
- bl.lee@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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PhD (University of New England)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Member of Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
- Member of Economics Society of Australia (QLD)
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Keywords
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Efficiency, Productivity, Higher Education performance, Airline performance
Biography
Background Boon Lee commenced his career in the School of Economics and Finance in 1999, having completed his PhD from the University of New England in the same year. He teaches economics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests focuses on efficiency and productivity analysis. He has published in international journals including Journal of Development Economics, OMEGA, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Agricultural Economics, Ecological Economics, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy; Land Use Policy, Food Security and Applied Economics. His research on efficiency and productivity change in Australian universities, published in Economics of Education Review, was discussed in The Australian. In 2009, he was invited to participate in a public hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on inquiry into raising the level of productivity growth in the Australian economy. In 2018, he became a certified facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and materials.
Research interest
- Efficiency and productivity analysis
- International comparisons of output and productivity
Teaching
- Economics 2 (UG)
- Applied Economics (PG)
- Economics in Business (MBA)
Publications
- Lee B, Wilson C, Simshauser P, Majiwa E, (2021) Deregulation, efficiency and policy determination: An analysis of Australia's electricity distribution sector, Energy Economics
- Lee B, Johnes J, (2021) Using network DEA to inform policy: the case of the teaching quality of higher education in England, Higher Education Quarterly
- Kularatne T, Wilson C, Mansson J, Hoang V, Lee B, (2019) Do environmentally sustainable practices make hotels more efficient? A study of major hotels in Sri Lanka, Tourism Management p213-225
- Khanal U, Wilson C, Hoang V, Lee B, (2018) Farmers' adaptation to climate change, its determinants and impacts on rice yield in Nepal, Ecological Economics p139-147
- Majiwa E, Lee B, Wilson C, (2018) Increasing agricultural productivity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in sub-Saharan Africa: myth or reality?, Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) p183-192
- Lee B, Wilson C, Pasurka C, Fujii H, Managi S, (2017) Sources of airline productivity from carbon emissions: an analysis of operational performance under good and bad outputs, Journal of Productivity Analysis p223-246
- Lee B, Worthington A, (2016) A network DEA quantity and quality-orientated production model: An application to Australian university research services, Omega p26-33
- Lee B, Wilson C, Pasurka C, (2015) The good, the bad, and the efficient: Productivity, efficiency and technical change in the airline industry, 2004-11, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy p338-354
- Worthington A, Lee B, (2008) Efficiency, Technology and Productivity Change in Australian Universities, 1998-2003, Economics of Education Review p285-298
- Lee B, Rao D, Shepherd W, (2007) Comparisons of Real Output and Productivity of Chinese and Indian Manufacturing, 1980-2002, Journal of Development Economics p378-416
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Research Encouragement Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Journal article reviewer for European Journal of Operational Research
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Editorial Board Member
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Journal article reviewer for Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Editorial Board Member
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Project title: Comparative Productivity Performance of Chinese and Indian Economies (with Prof. Harry X. Wu and Prof. Prasada Rao) Amount: HK$371,424 (Approx. A$60,000)
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Land utilization and environmental degradation on production and environmental efficiency
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Clevo Wilson, Associate Professor Viet Ngu Hoang - An Economic Study of Networks of Direct and Indirect Causal Relationships of an Unknown Kidney Disease - Evidence and Policy Implications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Clevo Wilson, Associate Professor Viet Ngu Hoang - Agricultural intensification, negative externalities and climate change: economic and environmental challenges facing sustainable agriculture
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Clevo Wilson, Associate Professor Viet Ngu Hoang
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Diversification, Institutions, and Productivity Performance of Large Construction Firms in Malaysia (2020)
- Performance Evaluation of Transit Routes (2019)
- The Measurable Impacts of Australian Higher Education Reforms in an Era of Changing Policies (2019)
- Farmers' Perspectives on Autonomous and Planned Climate Change Adaptations: A Nepalese Case Study (2018)
- Economics of Optimal Management of Tourism Resources: A Demand and Supply Analysis (2017)
- Productivity and Efficiency of the Agricultural Sector: Africa with a Special Focus on Rice Farming and Processing in Kenya (2017)
- Floods and Property Values: A Hedonic Property and Efficiency Analysis (2015)