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Richard Fabling

Research Team
Email: firstname.lastname@rbnz.govt.nz

Biography:

Richard is a Senior Adviser in the Research team. His current research interest is in describing and understanding the performance of firms, and the application of this understanding to issues of public policy. Richard is an Affiliate of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, and has been a member of the Foundation for Research, Science & Technology’s SET Advisory Group since its inception. Prior to working at the Reserve Bank, he was a Chief Adviser at the Ministry of Economic Development and, before that, worked for Tokyo-Mitsubishi International in London, and the New Zealand Treasury. Richard holds a doctorate from the University of Waikato in Applied Mathematics (Magnetohydrodynamics), where his thesis entailed modelling solar flares.

Current research interests:

  • Firm objectives, organization, and behaviour
  • Microeconomic analyses of economic development, particularly using Statistics New Zealand’s prototype Longitudinal Business Database

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