A/ProfPeter Docherty

Peter has taught economics at the University of Technology Sydney for more than twenty years. He holds a Ph.D. in monetary economics and the history of economic thought from the University of Sydney. This research surveyed the analytical role of an endogenously determined money supply in the history of economic thought, particularly focusing on the economics of Knut Wicksell, J.M. Keynes and Nicholas Kaldor. It also incorporated endogenous money into a macroeconomic model to provide a monetary explanation of long-period employment. Peter's ongoing research interests include the development of Post-Keynesian macro models and their application to understanding monetary policy, financial crises and policy responses to financial crises including macro-prudential regulation. He also works on Australian monetary and banking history, and has a strong interest in ethical perspectives on economics including the relationship between theologically-grounded ethics and economic thinking. He is the author of Money and Employment: A Study of the Theoretical Implications of Endogenous Money published by Edward Elgar in 2005. He has also published articles in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Review of Political Economy, the Journal of Financial Stability, the Review of Keynesian Economics and Metroeconomica.

Peter currently teaches courses in economic principles, macroeconomics, monetary economics and international trade. He has also taught corporate finance and banking. He has a strong interest in economics education in addition to his main fields of research and has published in the Journal of Economic Education, and Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. He is currently editor of Advances in Economics Education published by Edward Elgar. 

Peter has held academic appointments at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales as well as at the University of Technology Sydney. He has also held visiting appointments at the University of Ottawa in Canada, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the United States, and Osaka Prefecture University in Japan.