University of Tasmania, Australia

Assoc Prof Richard Eccleston

Associate Professor, Politics and Policy

• Bachelor of Arts - University of Tasmania
• First Class Honours - University of Tasmania
• PhD University of Queensland

Contact Details

Teaching Responsibilities

Richard coordinates HPP101 Introduction to Politics and Policy 

Publications

Select Recent Publications

• The Dynamics of Global Economic Governance: The OECD, The GFC and the Transformation of International Tax Regulation. Forthcoming 2012. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
• Regulating International Business. (edited with Peter Carroll) 2008, Pearson Education, Sydney. 250 pp.
• Taxing Reforms: The comparative political economy of consumption tax reform in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. 2007. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. 191 pp
• The Thirty Year Problem: The Politics of Australian Tax Reform. 2004, The Australian Tax Research Foundation, Sydney.206pp
• ‘The Henry Tax Review, Cartel Parties and the Reform Capacity of the Australian State’ (with Ian Marsh), The Australian Journal of Political Science. September 2011
• ‘The OECD in Global Economic Governance’   The Australian Journal of International Affairs. Vol 65, No. 2. March 2011
• ‘The evolution of Labor’s health reform agenda: A preliminary assessment.’ Public Policy. Vol.5, No. 2., 2010
• ‘Righting Australia’s Vertical fiscal Imbalance: Transferring Public Hospital Funding as an Option for reform’ Agenda. Vol 15, No.3. 2008
• ‘The double edged sword’ Tax cut politics and the 2007 federal election campaign’ Social Alternatives. Vol 27, no.2, 2008
• ‘Macroeconomic stabilisation and its implications for personal income tax reform in the lead-up to the 2007 federal election’ Australian Tax Forum. Vol.22, No.3, 2007
• ‘The Howard Government, capital taxation and the limits of redistribution?’ The Australian Journal of Political Science. Vol 42, No.2, 2007

Full Publication Details (via WARP)

Profile

Richard Eccleston is a specialist in domestic, comparative and international political economy with an emphasis on taxation policy and public finance. He is the author or editor of six books and over 30 articles and chapters on these and related topics. His most recent work (funded by the Australian Research Council) explores the dynamics of international tax cooperation in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis.

Additional Responsibilities

• Deputy Head of School
• Director of the UTAS Governance and Implementation Research Group
• Secretary of the International Political Studies Association Research Committee on Business and Politics (RC 38)