Professor MacKenzie works in the fields of environmental economics, environmental policy design, and political economics. He joined the University of Queensland in September 2012, after more than five years at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He has published research articles on the economics of pollution markets, environmental auctions, and contests in outlets such as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Public Choice, Environmental and Resource Economics. His work has won the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Award for outstanding publication in the journal Environmental and Resource Economics. He is a Co-editor of Resource and Energy Economics and his current research focuses on environmental offsets, resource conflict, and the political economy of environmental regulation.
His passion is understanding how environmental markets operate. He has led numerous interdisciplinary teams in investigating environmental markets in collaboration with policymakers at the council, state, and federal level. His funding has been supported by the ARC (Discovery Project), Agrifutures, Rural Economies Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government, and the Australian Federal Government’s $5bn Future Drought Fund (Regional Drought Resilience Plan).
His teaching has connected students’ learned knowledge with real-world (and interdisciplinary) policy outcomes, with impact recognised by an Australian Awards for University Teaching (2021), UQ Citation (2020) and Commendation (2019) for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, BEL Excellence in Education Award, and 10 School of Economics Teaching Awards. He has been recognised because of his creative leadership in pedagogy: in the way he teaches and supports learning. He leads a transformation in how students engage in class and are inspired to learn by using novel learning techniques that include: storytelling and unusual contextualisation; adopting multiple strategies to expand students’ deep learning capabilities; and creating scenarios where learning is applied authentically. In doing so his students become critical and deep thinkers capable of transferring their knowledge beyond the classroom to help address society’s problems. He is the Director of Teaching and Learning within the School of Economics.
He was appointed to the Multisector Reference Group Committee, Queensland Government, (2021-) to advise the Queensland Government on revisions to the Biodiversity Offset Framework and has co-authored on the Australia Academy of Science response to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). He often speaks at industry-government-academic events regarding environmental markets and has a strong media presence of his own research and expert advice on environmental markets.
Journal Article: Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab
Friesen, Lana, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Nguyen, Mai Phuong (2023). Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 120 102842, 102842. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102842
Journal Article: Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2022). Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests. Games, 13 (6) 83, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/g13060083
Other Outputs: Taxes out, subsidies in: Australia and the US are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022, 09 06). Taxes out, subsidies in: Australia and the US are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon The Conversation
Managing Carbon Offsets to Improve Australian Climate Policy Effectiveness
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Environmental indicators for tracking environmental condition and trend in Queensland
(2021–2023) Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
(2021–2022) Southern Queensland Landscapes
Managing Carbon offsets to Improve Australian Climate Policy
Doctor Philosophy
RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY IN CARBON TRADING FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA
Doctor Philosophy
Reassessing the importance of initial allocation methods in emission permit markets
Hintermann, Beat and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2011). Reassessing the importance of initial allocation methods in emission permit markets. Advances in environmental research. (pp. 207-238) edited by Justin A. Daniels. New York: Nova Publishing.
Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab
Friesen, Lana, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Nguyen, Mai Phuong (2023). Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 120 102842, 102842. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102842
Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2022). Rent dissipation in simple Tullock contests. Games, 13 (6) 83, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/g13060083
The role of markets on resource conflicts
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2022). The role of markets on resource conflicts. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 124 (3), 677-708. doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12471
Permit markets with political and market distortions
Dickson, Alex and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). Permit markets with political and market distortions. Environmental and Resource Economics, 82 (1), 227-255. doi: 10.1007/s10640-022-00673-2
Mind your Ps and Qs! Variable allowance supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Friesen, Lana, Gangadharan, Lata, Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). Mind your Ps and Qs! Variable allowance supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 112 102620, 102620. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102620
The evolution of pollution auctions
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022). The evolution of pollution auctions. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 16 (1), 000-000. doi: 10.1086/717898
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2021). Non‐linear revenue evaluation. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 69 (5), 487-505. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.12303
An allocatively efficient auction for pollution permits
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2021). An allocatively efficient auction for pollution permits. Environmental and Resource Economics, 78 (4), 571-585. doi: 10.1007/s10640-021-00543-3
Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2021). Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms. Energy Economics, 93 105033, 105033. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105033
Permit market auctions with allowance reserves
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Permit market auctions with allowance reserves. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 61, 283-306. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.09.005
Rent-seeking incentives in share contests
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros G. (2018). Rent-seeking incentives in share contests. Journal of Public Economics, 166, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.004
The recycling crisis in Australia: easy solutions to a hard problem
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018, 04 19). The recycling crisis in Australia: easy solutions to a hard problem The Conversation
Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund is almost empty. It shouldn’t be refilled
MacKenzie, I. A. (2018, 02 26). Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund is almost empty. It shouldn’t be refilled The Conversation
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Consignment auctions. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 87, 42-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.11.003
Strategic trade in pollution permits
Dickson, Alex and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Strategic trade in pollution permits. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 87, 94-113. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.04.009
Rent creation and rent seeking in environmental policy
MacKenzie, Ian (2017). Rent creation and rent seeking in environmental policy. Public Choice, 171 (1-2), 145-166. doi: 10.1007/s11127-017-0401-8
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2016). Review of Political Economy and Instruments of Environmental Politics, by Friedrich Schneider, Andrea Kollman and Johannes Reichl (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 285. Economic Record, 92 (299), 670-671. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12300
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2016). Caps on Coasean Transfers. Oxford Economic Papers, 68 (2) gpv091, 566-584. doi: 10.1093/oep/gpv091
Coasean bargaining in the presence of Pigouvian taxation
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2016). Coasean bargaining in the presence of Pigouvian taxation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 75, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2015.09.003
A model of benchmarking regulation: revisiting the efficiency of environmental standards
Gerigk, Joschka, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2015). A model of benchmarking regulation: revisiting the efficiency of environmental standards. Environmental and Resource Economics, 62 (1), 59-82. doi: 10.1007/s10640-014-9815-7
A study of expressive choice and strikes
Brunnschweiler, Christa N., Jennings, Colin and MacKenzie, Ian (2014). A study of expressive choice and strikes. European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 111-125. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.01.004
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2013). Restricted Coasean bargaining. Journal of Public Economics, 97 (1), 296-307. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.11.002
MacKenzie, Ian A., Ohndorf, Markus and Palmer, Charles (2012). Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard and precaution: ensuring 'permanence' in carbon sequestration. Oxford Economic Papers, 64 (2) gpr057, 350-374. doi: 10.1093/oep/gpr057
Cap-and-trade, taxes, and distributional conflict
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2012). Cap-and-trade, taxes, and distributional conflict. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 63 (1), 51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.05.002
Optimal monitoring for project-based emissions trading systems under asymmetric information
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, M. (2012). Optimal monitoring for project-based emissions trading systems under asymmetric information. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 42 (2), 180-203. doi: 10.1007/s11149-012-9196-1
Prices versus quantities versus bankable quantities
Fell, Harrison, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Pizer, William A. (2012). Prices versus quantities versus bankable quantities. Resource and Energy Economics, 34 (4), 607-623. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.05.004
Tradable permit allocations and sequential choice
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2011). Tradable permit allocations and sequential choice. Resource and Energy Economics, 33 (1), 268-278. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.06.004
The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits
Hanley, Nick and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2010). The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 10 (1) 56, 56.1-56.26. doi: 10.2202/1935-1682.2497
Using contests to allocate pollution permits
MacKenzie, Ian A., Hanley, Nick and Kornienko, Tatiana (2009). Using contests to allocate pollution permits. Energy Policy, 37 (7), 2798-2806. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.030
The optimal initial allocation of pollution permits: a relative performance approach
MacKenzie, Ian A., Hanley, Nick and Kornienko, Tatiana (2008). The optimal initial allocation of pollution permits: a relative performance approach. Environmental and Resource Economics, 39 (3), 265-282. doi: 10.1007/s10640-007-9125-4
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022, 09 06). Taxes out, subsidies in: Australia and the US are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon The Conversation
Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2022, 08 18). Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters The Conversation
Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab
Friesen, Lana , MacKenzie, Ian A. and Nguyen, Mai Phuong (2022). Initially contestable property rights and Coase: evidence from the lab.
Friesen, Lana , Gangadharan, Lata , Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2020). Mind your Ps and Qs! An Experiment on Variable Allowance Supply in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 618. School of Economics, The University of Queensland, QLD Australia.
The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes
MacKenzie, Ian A. (2019, 02 26). The government’s $2bn climate fund: a rebadged rehash of old mistakes The Conversation
Wade, Belinda, MacKenzie, Ian, Agnew, Scott and Meath, Cristyn (2018). Australia’s evolving energy future: preparing business through systems modelling, organisational capabilities and stable energy policy. AIBE Industry Research Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). Revenue and efficiency in pollution permit allocation mechanisms. School of Economics.
An efficient and implementable auction for environmental rights
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2018). An efficient and implementable auction for environmental rights. Discussion Paper. 587. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling
MacKenzie, I. A. (2017, 03 28). Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling The Conversation
Sharing contests with general preferences
Dickson, Alex, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Sekeris, Petros (2016). Sharing contests with general preferences. Discussion Paper Series. 573. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Strategic trade in pollution permits
Dickson, A. and MacKenzie, I. A. (2016). Strategic trade in pollution permits. Discussion Paper Series. 554. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Permit market auctions with allowance reserves
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2016). Permit market auctions with allowance reserves. Discussion Paper Series. 553. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Khezr, Peyman and MacKenzie, Ian A. (2016). Consignment auctions. Discussion paper series. 558. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Prices versus quantities with distributional rent seeking
MacKenzie, I.A. (2015). Prices versus quantities with distributional rent seeking. Discussion Paper Series. 548. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Precaution with endogenous litigation choices
MacKenzie, Ian (2014). Precaution with endogenous litigation choices. Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Queensland. 535. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
A model of benchmarking regulation: revisiting the efficiency of environmental standards
Gerigk, Joschka, MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2014). A model of benchmarking regulation: revisiting the efficiency of environmental standards. 519. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2014). Coasean Bargaining in the Presence of Pigouvian Taxation: Revisiting the Buchanan-Stubblebine-Turvey Theorem. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 515. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
MacKenzie, Ian A. and Ohndorf, Markus (2013). Caps on Coasean Transfers. 485. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Managing Carbon Offsets to Improve Australian Climate Policy Effectiveness
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Environmental indicators for tracking environmental condition and trend in Queensland
(2021–2023) Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
(2021–2022) Southern Queensland Landscapes
(2018–2024) University of Southern Queensland
Institutions and the environment
(2012–2013) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Managing Carbon offsets to Improve Australian Climate Policy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY IN CARBON TRADING FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: