Don Lamberton: a view from the periphery

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Don Lamberton: a view from the periphery

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Author(s): D.P. Doessel

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2015

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It is sometimes said that Don Lamberton was weak on ‘standard’ microeconomic theory. This was not my experience: he introduced me to some important theoretical developments in the discipline of economics. In my academic career, I have undertaken various studies on issues that interest me, studies which have been influenced by literature brought to my attention by Don Lamberton. My perspective on Don Lamberton is that of, not exactly an outsider, but someone not in the inner circle: my position in the Lambertonian landscape was on the periphery. The paper concludes with some reflections on two issues outside economics.

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D.P. Doessel

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50022063

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Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN: 0810-9028

ISSN: 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2015

Volume: 33

Issue: 4 ( doiID: 10.1080/prometheus.33.issue-4 )

Pages: 457-463

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School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2016.1207873

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (1998) Mental Health and Wellbeing: Profile of Adults, Australia, 1997, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.

[2] Blaug, M. (1963) ‘A survey of the theory of process innovations’, Economica, 30, 1, pp.13–32.

[3] Butler, J. and Doessel, D. (1979) The Economics of Natural Disaster Relief in Australia, Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Canberra.

[4] Connolly, L. and Doessel, D. (1995) ‘Alternative government policies for general practitioner location’, Prometheus, 12, 2, pp.205–24.

[5] Doessel, D. (1978) An Economic Analysis of End-stage Renal Disease, Hospitals and Health Services Commission, Canberra.

[6] Doessel, D. (1979) Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Fluoridation: An Australian Study, Health Research Project, Canberra.

[7] Doessel, D. (1986a) ‘Medical diagnosis as a problem in the economics of information’, Information Economics and Policy, 2, 1, pp.49–68.

[8] Doessel, D. (1986b) ‘Medical technology and health expenditure: an economic review and a proposal’, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 1, 4, pp.253–73.

[9] Doessel, D. (1987a) ‘Should governments regulate technology to reduce health expenditures? Some Australian results for the policy debate’, Economic Papers, 6, 1, pp.38–51.

[10] Doessel, D. (1987b) ‘Innovation and health expenditures: some empirical results for a diagnostic technology’, Prometheus, 5, 1, pp.46–62.

[11] Doessel, D. (1990) ‘Technology and health expenditure: a demand approach applied to a process innovation’, Applied Economics, 22, 10, pp.1277–89.

[12] Doessel, D. and Gammie, G. (1984) ‘Recent mortality and morbidity for peptic ulcer in Queensland’, Community Health Studies, VIII, 2, pp.181–92.

[13] Doessel, D. and Gammie, G. (1985) ‘Cimetidine and ulcer surgery: some Queensland results by ulcer type and sex’, Medical Journal of Australia, 143, 4, pp.253–73.

[14] Doessel, D. and Karunaratne, N. (1980) ‘Temporal and spatial diffusion of water fluoridation in Australia’, Journal of Urban Analysis, 6, 2, pp.261–76.

[15] Doessel, D. and Sams, J. (1984) ‘Innovation in gastroenterological management: the case of Cimetidine’, Prometheus, 2, 1, pp.2–16.

[16] Doessel, D. and Strong, S. (1991) ‘A neglected problem in the analysis of the diffusion process’, Applied Economics, 23, 8, pp.1335–40.

[17] Doessel, D., Williams, R. and Whiteford, H. (2010) ‘Structural imbalance and research shortage in mental health: Australian results’, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 13, 1, pp.3–12.

[18] Ironmonger, D. (1972) New Commodities and Consumer Behavior, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

[19] Lamberton, D.M. (ed.) (1971) Economics of Information and Knowledge: Selected Readings, Penguin, Harmondsworth.

[20] Lamberton, D.M. (ed.) (1972) Industrial Economics: Selected Readings, Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria.

[21] Lancaster, K. (1966a) ‘A new approach to consumer theory’, Journal of Political Economy, 76, 2, pp.132–57.

[22] Lancaster, K. (1966b) ‘Change and innovation in the technology of consumption’, American Economic Review, LVI, 2, pp.14–23.

[23] Lodewijks, J. (2007) ‘Professor of foresight: an interview with Don Lamberton’, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 11, 1, pp.81–117.

[24] Newman, J. (1852) The Idea of a University, available from http://newmanreader.org/works/idea/ [accessed April 2016].

[25] Vecchio, T. (1966) ‘Predictive value of a single diagnostic test in unselected populations’, New England Journal of Medicine, 274, 21, pp.1171–73.

[26] Yerushalmy, J. (1947) ‘Statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis, with special reference to X-ray techniques’, Public Health Reports, 62, 40, pp.1432–49.