Mr Paul Gretton

Position: Associate
School and/or Centres: Centre for European Studies

Location: Level 2, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Cres

Biography
Publications

Paul Gretton is a former Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Productivity Commission where he headed the Trade and Economic Studies branch. The branch was responsible for trade policy reviews, assessment of the impacts of national economic reforms, productivity reporting and quantitative economic modelling. Paul has been responsible for commissioned reports including into Rules of Origin; Retail Tenancy Leases; Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements; and the impacts and benefits of national economic reform. Paul has also undertaken research into productivity, land degradation and the Australian agricultural industry, firm size and export performance and the impact of ICTs on economic growth. He was responsible for the preparation of the Commission’s annual Trade & Assistance Review. Paul has worked as an advisor in Pakistan, the Kyrghyz Republic and Ukraine, and has represented Australia in forums in the Asia-Pacific and OECD areas. Currently, Paul is a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School and an associate of the Centre of European Studies at the Australian National University. Paul’s research interests are in the areas of economic growth, national economic reform and trade policy. Paul regularly uses economy-wide economic modelling to support assessments of key policy issues.

Authored studies and journal articles Gretton, P. 2017, ‘Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Detangling the Noodle/Spagetti Bowl’, EABER Working Paper No. 130, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Canberra. Gretton P. 2017, ‘Bringing Australia and the EU Closer: Is an FTA a Solution?’, in A. Elijah, D. Kenyon, K. Hussey and P. van der Eng, Editors, Australia, The European Union and the new trade agenda, ANU Press, Gretton P. 2016, Modeling the potential impacts of economic reform in a partnership between Australia and China, EABER Working Paper No. 121, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Canberra. Barbalet, F., J. Greenville, W. Crook, P. Gretton and R. Breunig 2015, ‘Exploring the links between bilateral and regional trade agreements and merchandise trade’, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 2, Number 3, pp. 467-484. Gretton P. 2013, ‘On input-output tables: uses and abuses’, Productivity Commission Research Note, September. Gretton, P. 2013, ‘National Economic Reform in a Federal System: The Case of the Australian National Competition Policy and Related Reforms’, in Stephen Howes and Govinda Rao (Eds) Federal Reform Strategies, Lessons from Asia and Australia, Oxford, New Delhi. Gretton, P., 2005, ‘Australian Input-Output Tables’, The Australian Economic Review, Volume 38, No. 3, pp. 319–32. Gretton, P., Gali, J. and Parham D. 2004, ‘The effects of ICTs and complementary innovations on Australian productivity growth’, in OECD The Economic Impact of ICT: Measurement, Evidence and Implications, OECD, Paris. Gabbitas, O. and Gretton, P. 2003, Firm Size and Export Performance: Some Empirical Evidence, Productivity Commission Staff Research Paper, Canberra. Chand, S., McCalman, P. and Gretton, P. 1998, ‘The Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Manufacturing Industry Productivity and Growth’ in Productivity Commission and ANU, Microeconomic Reform and Productivity Growth, Workshop Proceedings, AusInfo, Canberra. Gretton P. and Fisher, B. 1997, Productivity Growth in Australian Manufacturing Industry, Industry Commission Staff Research Paper, AGPS, Canberra. Gretton, P. and Salma, U. 1997, ‘Land degradation: links to agricultural output and profitability’, The Austrlian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 41, Issue 2, June 1997. Gretton, P. and Salma, U. 1996, Land Degradation and the Australian Agricultural Industry, Industry Commission, Staff Information Paper, AGPS, Canberra. Gretton, P. and Cotterell, P. 1979, ‘The RAS Method for Compiling Input‑Output Tables, ABS Experience’, ABS Occasional Paper, Canberra. [Also in ‘Proceedings to the Regional Science Association Conference’, Albury-Wodonga, December 1979.]