Dr. Paul Gretton

Biography

Paul Gretton is a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, and a senior research associate at the Centre of European Studies at the Australian National University. He has served as Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Productivity Commission, where he led the Trade and Economic Studies branch. Paul was responsible for trade policy reviews, assessing the impacts of national economic reforms, and productivity reporting through quantitative economic modelling. He has managed commissioned studies related to preferential rules of origin, bilateral and regional trade agreements, and assessed the impacts and benefits of national economic reform. His research includes the productivity and land degradation issues within the Australian agricultural industry, and he explores the influence of firm size and ICTs on export performance and economic growth. Paul has also worked as an advisor in Pakistan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Ukraine, representing Australia in forums across the Asia-Pacific, OECD, and other regions. His research interests focus primarily on economic growth, national economic reform, and trade policy, leveraging economy-wide modelling to evaluate key policy issues.

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