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Professor Roger Lawrey


Name : Professor Roger Lawrey
Position : Head of School (Accounting, Economics & Finance)
Section : Faculty of Business and Law
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office : T314
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : 61 7 4631 1231
Extension : 1231
E-mail :
Qualifications : BSc(Hons) NE London Poly
MLitt Aberdeen
PhD Qld


Research Interests
Energy, environmental and natural resource economics; public utility pricing; knowledge economy.

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Tabrani, A., Lawrey, R. & Pillarisetti, J.R. (2012). Emissions trading and the potential benefits for ASEAN: Exploring the possibilities for Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Sustainable Development. 5(11), 46-55. doi:10.5539/jsd.v5n11p46, ISSN 1913-9063 (Print) ISSN 1913-9071 (Online). Indexed: ERA.

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012). Evaluating the comparative performance of technical and scale efficiencies in knowledge-based economies (KBEs) in ASEAN: A data envelopment analysis (DEA) application. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences. 51, 81-95. ISSN: 1450-2275. Indexed: ERA listed under The European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences.

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012). A measurement framework for knowledge-based economy (KBE) efficiency in ASEAN: A data envelopment (DEA) window approach. International Journal of Business and Management, 7(18). ISSN: 1833-3850, 1833-8119. Indexed: ERA

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012). Knowledge-based economy (KBE) frameworks and empirical investigation of KBE input-output indicators for ASEAN. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 4(9), 13-22. ISSN:1960-971X, 1960-9728. Indexed: ERA

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012). KBE frameworks and their applicability to a resource-based country: The case of Brunei Darussalam. Asian Social Science 8(7), 208-218. ISSN: 1911-2017, 1911-2025. Indexed: ERA

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012) Investigating the World Bank knowledge assessment methodology (KAM) using data envelopment analysis (DEA): A study in the ASEAN region. Research Journal of Science & IT Management. Singapore. ISSN: 2251-1563. Indexed: Thomson Reuters, Google Scholar etc.

Afzal, M.N.I & Lawrey, R. (2012). Evaluating the comparative performance of knowledge-based economies (KBEs) in ASEAN: A data envelopment analysis (DEA) application of additive efficiency. Research Journal of Social Science and Management. Singapore. ISSN: 2251-1571. Indexed: Thomson Reuters, Google Scholar etc.

Lawrey, R. & Pillarisetti, J.R. (2011). Energy subsidies versus economic efficiency: Practical and theoretical issues in the case of Brunei Darussalam, Asian Social Science, 7(3), 108-116. ISSN: 1911-2017, 1911-2025. Indexed: ERA
Most notable :
Roger Lawrey, 1998. ‘Pricing and Access under National Competition Policy: The Case of the Natural Gas Pipeline Sector’ The Australian Economic Review, Vol. 31 no 2, June pp. 91-106. ISSN: 1467-8462. Indexed: ERA