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Dr.

Preety Pratima Srivastava

Senior Lecturer

Economics Finance & Marketing

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Economics Finance & Marketing
  • City Campus, Australia

BIO

Preety joined RMIT University in 2013. Prior to this, she was a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. She has a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University. Her research and publication interests have focused on applied microeconomics and econometrics, with applications in areas such as recreational drug consumption, health and the labour market.

Preety is the recipient of two ARC/NHMRC grants. She has published in high-ranked journals including the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, and the Journal of Royal Statistical Society (A). She is currently an Associate Editor for the Bulletin of Economic Research.

Her recent pieces in the media are:
-Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer, The Conversation, April 2023.
(https://theconversation.com/australias-system-of-taxing-alcohol-is-incoherent-but-our-research-suggests-a-single-tax-rate-isnt-the-answer-195907)
Children whose parents smoke have lower test scores and more behavioural issues than kids of non-smokers, The Conversation, January 2022.
(https://theconversation.com/children-whose-parents-smoke-have-lower-test-scores-and-more-behavioural-issues-than-kids-of-non-smokers-172601)

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision