Professor Lin Crase

Dean of Programs (Accounting & Finance) UniSA Business

City West Campus (WL5-44)
tel +61 8 830 20102

email Lin.Crase@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Professor Lin Crase is Professor of Economics and Dean of Programs within Uni SA Business. As Dean of Programs, he is responsible for managing undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Property, Real Estate and Financial Planning. He joined UniSA in February 2016 as Head of School of Commerce. Prior to commencing at UniSA, Lin was Professor and Director of the Centre for Water Policy and Management at La Trobe University.

Lin's research has focused on applied economics, often in the context of water and agriculture. He has analysed water markets, water pricing and numerous applications of water policy and water infrastructure. Whilst his expertise includes the Murray-Darling Basin and urban water in... Read more

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In the media

Date	Title
14/11/2019	Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief, https://theconversation.com/up-the-creek-the-85-million-plan-to-desalinate-water-for-drought-relief-126681
07/11/2019	Australia’s drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point, https://theconversation.com/australias-drought-relief-package-hits-the-political-spot-but-misses-the-bigger-point-126583
03/10/2019	Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it’s right, https://theconversation.com/just-because-both-sides-support-drought-relief-doesnt-mean-its-right-121744
23/04/2019	Australia’s ‘watergate’: here’s what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks, https://theconversation.com/australias-watergate-heres-what-taxpayers-need-to-know-about-water-buybacks-115838

Research

Research focus

Applied Economics
Policy and Administration
Political Science
Banking, Finance and Investment
Civil Engineering

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Understanding and enumerating water management options at the margin: a blueprint for achieving optimal outcomes in the CLLMM, Goyder Institute for Water Research, 31/07/2024 - 02/03/2026
Water Resilient Rural Communities in South Punjab, Pakistan, Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research, 19/03/2025 - 30/08/2025
Climate-proofing accounting standards: Developing a guidebook of options for Accountants for long-lived and climate-exposed assets, CPA Australia, 07/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
Adaptation of the South-Eastern drainage system under a changing climate, Goyder Institute for Water Research, 31/10/2022 - 31/05/2025
Strategies for land improvement districts in Japan: Lessons from Australia, Iwate University, 11/12/2023 - 29/02/2024
VitiVisor: An Information, Prediction and Advisory Platform for Viticulture, Wine Australia Pty Ltd, 01/02/2020 - 30/06/2022
Institutions to support intensification, integrated decision making and inclusiveness in agriculture in the East Gangetic Plain, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 30/06/2018 - 30/09/2021
Efficient participatory irrigation to support productive and sustainable agriculture in south Asia, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 26/08/2016 - 30/06/2021
Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2020
Understanding, measuring and managing the benefits of urban waterways, ARC - Linkage Project, 30/09/2016 - 30/09/2019

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2021	Lountain, S, Crase, L & Cooper, B 2021, 'When the genie is out of the bottle: the case of dynamic groundwater markets in West Bengal, India', in SA Wheeler (ed.), Water Markets: A Global Assessment, Edward Elgar, UK, ch. 5, pp. 79-90. Open access
2015	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S, Wheeler, S & Kinoshita, Y 2015, 'Water trading in Australia: understanding the role of policy and serendipity', in K Burnett et al. (eds), Routledge handbook of water economics and institutions, Routledge, United Kingdom, ch. 18, pp. 296-313.
2015	Crase, L, Pawsey, N & Cooper, B 2015, 'Water pricing in Australia: unbundled politics, accounting, and water pricing', in A Dinar, V Pochat & J Albiac-Murillo (eds), Water pricing experiences and innovations, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 2, pp. 15-39. 14 3
2015	O'Keefe, S & Crase, L 2015, 'Non-government provision of environmental water: a case from the Murray-darling basin', in Jeffrey Bennett (ed.), Protecting the environment, privately, World Scientific, Singapore, ch.6, pp. 113-130. 3
2014	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pawsey, N 2014, 'Water tariffs and farmer adaptation: the case of Goulburn-Murray Water, Victoria, Australia', in JP Palutikof et al. (eds), Applied studies in climate adaptation, Wiley-Blackwell, US, ch. 17, pp. 156-165.
2012	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pawsey, N 2012, 'Best practice pricing principles vs. the politics of water pricing', in H Bjornlund, CA Brebbia & S Wheeler (eds), Sustainable irrigation and drainage IV : management, technologies and policies, WIT Press, United Kingdom, pp. 509-520. Open access
2012	Crase, L 2012, 'Water markets, property rights and managing environmental water reserves', in J Quiggin, T Mallawaarachchi & S Chambers (eds), Water Policy Reform: Lessons in Sustainability from the Murray-Darling Basin, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, ch. 2, pp. 37-49. 6
2012	O'Keefe, S & Crase, L 2012, 'New institutions in Australian water management: how the environmental water reserve changes the game', in G Herath (ed.), Institutional aspects of water management: evaluating the experience, Nova Science Publishers Inc, United States, ch. 8, pp. 149-158.
2011	Crase, L & Cooper, B 2011, 'Water pricing, water restrictions, and tourism water demand', in L Crase & S O'Keefe (eds), Water policy, tourism, and recreation: lessons from Australia, RFF Press, US, ch. 13, pp. 193-204.
2011	Crase, L & Gawne, B 2011, 'Why rights matter', in L Crase & S O'Keefe (eds), Water policy, tourism, and recreation: lessons from Australia, RFF Press, US, ch. 5, pp. 69-81.
2011	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2011, 'Governmental discrimination between sectors: the case of Australian water policy', in S Mann (ed.), Sectors matter: exploring mesoeconomics, Springer, Germany, ch. 9, pp. 239-249.
2011	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Simmons, D 2011, 'The policy landscape and challenges for tourism and recreation in Australia', in L Crase & S O'Keefe (eds), Water policy, tourism, and recreation: lessons from Australia, RFF Press, US, ch. 1, pp. 3-16.
2011	O'Keefe, S & Crase, L 2011, 'Lessons for the tourism and recreation sector and directions for future research', in L Crase & S O'Keefe (eds), Water policy, tourism, and recreation: lessons from Australia, RFF Press, US, ch. 14, pp. 205-212.
2010	Crase, L & Dollery, B 2010, 'The institutional setting', in L Crase (editor), Water policy in Australia: the impact of change and uncertainty, RFF Press, United States, ch. 6, pp. 74-89. 7
2010	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2010, 'Acknowledging scarcity and achieving reform', in L Crase (editor), Water policy in Australia : the impact of change and uncertainty, RFF Press, United States, ch. 11, pp. 166-183. 2
2010	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2010, 'The contradiction between modernising irrigation and water buyback', Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment III (WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment), WIT Press, United Kingdom, vol. 131, pp. 63-69. Open access 1
2010	Crase, L 2010, 'An introduction to Australian water policy', in L Crase (editor), Water policy in Australia: the impact of change and uncertainty, RFF Press, United States, ch. 1, pp. 1-16. 8
2010	Crase, L 2010, 'Lessons from Australian water reform', in L Crase (editor), Water policy in Australia : the impact of change and uncertainty, RFF Press, United States, ch. 16, pp. 248-260. 1
2009	Ananda, J, Crase, L & Keeton, W 2009, 'The role of information and decision-making capacity in a hierarchical process', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 14, pp. 300-319.
2009	Crase, L & Gandhi, V 2009, 'Institutions and irrigation in India - concluding lessons and the way forward', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 16, pp. 341-355.
2009	Crase, L & Gandhi, V 2009, 'The effectiveness of water institutions', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 1, pp. 3-19. 3
2009	Crase, L 2009, 'Dynamic community preferences: lessons for institutional design and measuring transaction and transformation costs', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 3, pp. 45-61. 2
2009	Gandhi, V, Crase, L & Roy, A 2009, 'Institutional analysis of the performance of water institutions in three major states of India', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 9, pp. 169-207. 3
2009	Pagan, P, Crase, L & Gandhi, V 2009, 'Institutional constraints and organizational dynamics: the case of water trade between the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales', in L Crase & V Gandhi (eds), Reforming institutions in water resource management: policy and performance for sustainable development, Earthscan, United Kingdom, ch. 4, pp. 62-80.
2008	Crase, L, Lamb, P & Patullock, E 2008, 'Exploring the consequences of delayed adoption of electronic commerce by regional SMEs in Australia', Small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia : sectoral and regional dimensions, Elgar, Cheltenham, ch. 10, pp. 163-176.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Lountain, S, Cooper, B & Crase, L 2025, 'Measuring empowerment in South Asia: empirical insights from the development of a women's empowerment and labour (WEaL) scale', Journal of Development Studies, online, pp. 1-21. Open access
2025	Parry, K, Cooper, B, Bjornlund, H, Crase, L, Moyo, M & Dube, T 2025, 'Institutions influencing plot access and intergenerational land transfer: policy insights from a smallholder irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 114, pp. 1-13. Open access 1
2024	Alam, MJ, Sarma, PK, Begum, IA, Connor, J, Crase, L, Sayem, SM & McKenzie, AM 2024, 'Agricultural extension service, technology adoption, and production risk nexus: evidence from Bangladesh', Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 14, article no. e34226, pp. 1-14. Open access 4 3
2024	Alam, MJ, Sarma, PK, Begum, IA, Crase, L, Tama, RAZ & Kader, MA 2024, 'Impact of agricultural extension services on rice productivity and profitability in Bangladesh', Outlook on Agriculture: An International Review of Agricultural Science, Economics and Policy, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 376-389. 1 1
2024	Cooper, B, Burton, M, Crase, L & Rigby, D 2024, 'Managing and prioritizing investments in urban waterways: Empirical insights Into the preferences of the public and experts', Water Resources Research, vol. 60, no. 6, article no. e2022WR033737, pp. 1-21. Open access
2024	Crase, L, Cooper, B, Burton, M, Baumgartner, LJ & Ning, N 2024, 'Adaptive management: are important environmental concepts understood and valued by the public?', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 362 - 377. Open access 1 2 1
2024	Lountain, S, Cooper, B, Crase, L, Burton, M & Rigby, D 2024, 'Insights into preferences for irrigation pumps in West Bengal: an application of best-worst-scaling', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 349-365. Open access 3
2024	Tingey-Holyoak, J, Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pisaniello, J 2024, 'A framework for supporting climate-exposed asset decision-making in agriculture', Land Use Policy, vol. 137, article no. 106989, pp. 1-11. Open access 4 2
2024	Tingey-Holyoak, J, Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pisaniello, J 2024, 'Business strategies to counter climate change risks to long lived production assets', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 459, article no. 142553, pp. 1-23. Open access 2
2023	Cooper, B, Burton, M & Crase, L 2023, 'Exploring customer heterogeneity with a scale‐extended latent class choice model: experimental evidence drawn from urban water users', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 176-197. Open access 3 3 3
2023	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Burton, M 2023, 'Households' willingness to pay for water for the environment in an urban setting', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 348, article no. 119263, pp. 1-12. Open access 3 2
2023	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Burton, M 2023, 'Measuring and managing ecological and amenity outcomes in urban waterways', Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 236, article no. 104777 pp. 1-13. Open access 5 5 1
2023	Cooper, B, Crase, L, Burton, M & Pham, HD 2023, 'Survey data on preferences and attitudes towards participatory irrigation management in India and Pakistan', Scientific Data, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-7. Open access
2023	Cooper, B, Crase, L, Burton, M, Rigby, D, Alam, MJ & Kishore, A 2023, 'Policy preferences of experts seeking to raise and stabilise farm incomes in the Eastern Gangetic Plains', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 323–345. Open access 2 2 6
2023	Drew, M & Crase, L 2023, ''More crop per drop' and water use efficiency in the National Water Policy of Pakistan', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 288, article no. 108491. Open access 4 4
2023	Lountain, S, Cooper, B, Crase, L & Burton, M 2023, 'Is policy convergence required to improve women's empowerment in agriculture? Evidence from West Bengal', International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 213-233. Open access 2 2 1
2022	Cooper, B, Donner, E, Crase, L, Robertson, H, Carter, D, Short, M, Drigo, B, Leder, K, Roiko, A & Fielding, K 2022, 'Maintaining a social license to operate for wastewater-based monitoring: the case of managing infectious disease and the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 320, article no. 115819, pp. 1-10. Open access 9 8 7
2021	Baumgartner, LJ, Barlow, C, Mallen-Cooper, M, Boys, C, Marsden, T, Thorncraft, G, Phonekhampheng, O, Singhanouvong, D, Rice, W, Roy, M, Crase, L & Cooper, B 2021, 'Achieving fish passage outcomes at irrigation infrastructure; a case study from the Lower Mekong Basin', Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 113-124. Open access 32 8
2021	Crase, L 2021, 'Lessons in policy incoherence: a review of recent water policies, water planning and drought policy in Australia', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 313-330. Open access 2 2
2021	Khosroshahi, S, Crase, L, Cooper, B & Burton, M 2021, 'Matching customers' preferences for tariff reform with managers' appetite for change: the case of volumetric-only tariffs in Australia', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 449-471. Open access 4 4 2
2021	Peterson, DC & Crase, L 2021, 'Disaster, disruption, recovery and resilience: lessons from and for agricultural and resource-based industries', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 767-775. 2
2020	Burton, M, Cooper, B & Crase, L 2020, 'Analysing irrigation farmers' preferences for local governance using a discrete choice experiment in India and Pakistan', Water (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 6, article no. 1821, pp. 1-19. Open access 11 9
2020	Crase, L 2020, 'Editorial - Using Applied economics to study participatory irrigation institutions and their Impact in South Asia', Water (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1-7. Open access 1
2020	Crase, L, Connor, J, Michaels, S & Cooper, B 2020, 'Australian water policy reform: lessons learned and potential transferability', Climate Policy, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 641-651. Open access 16 13 1
2020	Crase, L, Khosroshahi, S & Cooper, B 2020, 'Hydrology, topography and demography matter: why care needs to be exercised when assessing water prices and regulation and the extent to which they conform with best practice', Utilities Policy, vol. 62, article no. 100999, pp. 1-7. 3 2
2020	Hone, S, Crase, L, Burton, M, Copper, B, Gandhi, VP, Ashfaq, M, Lashari, B & Ahmad, B 2020, 'Farmer cooperation in participatory irrigation in South Asia: insights from game theory', Water (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 5, article no. 1329, pp. 1-15. Open access 9 6 2
2019	Cooper, B, Burton, M & Crase, L 2019, 'Willingness to pay to avoid water restrictions in Australia under a changing climate', Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 823-847. Open access 18 15 18
2019	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Baumgartner, LJ 2019, 'Estimating benefits and costs: a case of fish passages in Lao PDR and the development of the Lower Mekong Fishway Support Tool', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 1284-1294. 9 9 6
2019	Cooper, B, Scheufele, G & Crase, L 2019, 'Grappling with collecting data on household preferences in emerging economies: what role for discrete choice experiments?', Agricultural Science, vol. 30/31, no. 2/1, pp. 102-111.
2019	Crase, L, Cooper, B & Burton, M 2019, 'From sharing the burden of scarcity to markets: Ill-fittingwater property rights and the pressure of economic transition in South Asia', Water (Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1-12. Open access 5 5 1
2019	Hung, PD, Crase, L, Burton, M & Cooper, B 2019, 'Strategies for integrating farmers into modern vegetable supply chains in Vietnam: farmer attitudes and willingness to accept', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 265-281. Open access 8 7 2
2018	Cooper, B, Burton, M & Crase, L 2018, 'Valuing improvements in urban water security: evidence of heterogeneity derived from a latent class', Applied Economics, vol. 50, no. 31, pp. 3364-3375. Open access 6 6 1
2018	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Rose, JM 2018, 'Cost reflective pricing: empirical insights into irrigators' preferences for water tariffs', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 256-278. Open access 2 2
2018	Crase, L, Cooper, B, Dollery, B & Marques, R 2018, 'One person's drain is another's water supply: why property rights, scope, measurement and hydrology matter when it comes to Integrated Water Resources Management', Ecological Economics, vol. 147, pp. 436-441. Open access 3 3 1
2017	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Maybery, D 2017, 'Incorporating amenity and ecological values of urban water into planning frameworks: evidence from Melbourne, Australia', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 24, no. 1, pp 64-80. 10 9
2017	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Maybery, D 2017, 'Pushing the governance boundaries: making transparent the role of water utilities in managing urban waterways', Water Resources Management, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 2429-2446. Open access 8 8 1
2017	Crase, L & Cooper, B 2017, 'The political economy of drought: legacy and lessons from Australia's millennium drought', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 289-299. Open access 4 3 2
2017	Crase, L 2017, 'When scarcity ends, policy reform loses steam: comments on Australian water reform and political backsliding', Water Economics and Policy, vol. 3, no. 3, article no. 1771005, pp. 1-8. Open access 4 3
2017	Wheeler, SA, Loch, A, Crase, L, Young, M & Grafton, RQ 2017, 'Developing a water market readiness assessment framework', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 552, pp. 807-820. Open access 92 77 1
2016	Cooper, B & Crase, L 2016, 'Governing water service provision: lessons from Australia', Utilities Policy, vol. 43, part A, pp. 42-47. 11 10 1
2016	Toan, TD, O'Keefe, S & Crase, L 2016, 'Farmer heterogeneity and water pricing reform: a case study from Vietnam', International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 961-977. 4 4
2015	Crase, L & Cooper, B 2015, 'Politics, socio-economics and water allocations: a note on the limits of Integrated Water Resources Management', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 388-399. Open access 10 9
2014	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pawsey, N 2014, 'Best practice pricing principles and the politics of water pricing', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 145, pp. 92-97. 32 29
2014	Crase, L, Pawsey, N & Cooper, B 2014, 'The closure of Melbourne's north-south pipeline: a case of hydraulic autarky', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 115-122. 7
2014	Dollery, B, Kortt, MA & Crase, L 2014, 'Community Council cooperation: the Lake Macquarie City Council co-governance delegation model', International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 747-755. 1
2013	Crase, L & Merton, E 2013, 'Correcting misconceptions about links between water planning and food security in the Murray-Darling basin', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 32, no.3, pp. 298-307. 3
2013	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2013, 'Talk is cheap, or is it? The cost of consulting about uncertain reallocation of water in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia', Ecological Economics, vol. 88, pp. 206-213. 49 43
2013	Crase, L, Pawsey, N & O'Keefe, S 2013, 'A note on contradictions in Australian water policy', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 353-359. 6
2013	Pawsey, N & Crase, L 2013, 'The mystique of water pricing and accounting', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 328-339. 16
2012	Cooper, B, Rose, J & Crase, L 2012, 'Does anybody like water restrictions? Some observations in Australian urban communities', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 61-81. Open access 45 40
2012	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2012, 'Water-sensitive urban design and water economics: getting the local questions right', Public Policy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.97-106.
2012	Crase, L 2012, 'How holistic should economic measurement be? A cautionary note on valuing ecosystem services as part of the Murray-Darling basin plan', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 182-191. 1
2012	Crase, L 2012, 'The Murray-Darling basin plan: an adaptive response to ongoing challenges', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 318-326. 11
2012	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2012, 'Presumptions of linearity and faith in the power of centralised decision-making: two challenges to the efficient management of environmental water in Australia', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 426-437. Open access 13 9
2012	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Kinoshita, Y 2012, 'Enhancing agrienvironmental outcomes: Market-based approaches to water in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin', Water Resources Research, vol.48, article no. W09536, pp. 1-7. Open access 39 32
2011	Cooper, B, Burton, M & Crase, L 2011, 'Urban water restrictions: attitudes and avoidance', Water Resources Research, vol. 47, no. 12, article no. W12527, pp. 1-13. Open access 26 22
2011	Crase, L & Gawne, B 2011, 'Coase-coloured glasses and rights bundling: why the initial specification of water rights in volumetric terms matters', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 135-146. 9
2011	Crase, L 2011, 'The fallout to the guide to the proposed basin plan', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 84-93. 18 13
2011	Crase, L, Dollery, B & O'Keefe, S 2011, 'Managing environmental water: lessons in crafting efficient governance arrangements', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 122-134. 11
2011	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2011, 'Nuances of regional growth and its public policy implications: some comments on the flaws in the Grattan Institute's Investing in Regions; Making a Difference report', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol.30, no.4, pp. 481-489. 3
2011	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2011, 'Some observations about the reactionary rhetoric circumscribing the guide to the Murray-Darling basin plan', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 195-207. 13
2011	Dollery, B, Grant, B & Crase, L 2011, 'Love thy neighbour: a social capital approach to local government partnerships', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 156-166. 15 12
2011	Nguyen, P & Crase, L 2011, 'Vietnam's state-owned enterprise reform: an empirical assessment in the international multimodal transport sector from the Williamson's TCE perspective', Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 411-422. 7 5
2010	Byrnes, J, Crase, L, Dollery, B & Villano, R 2010, 'The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria', Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 439-455. 135 121
2010	Crase, L 2010, 'A cautionary note on the use of socio-economic analyses in water planning', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 41-47. 4
2010	Dollery, B & Crase, L 2010, 'Industry structure issues in the water and wastewater sectors in Australia: a comment on Abbott and Cohen', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 365-367. 2
2010	Dollery, B, Grant, B & Crase, L 2010, 'Not what they seem: an analysis of strategic service delivery partnerships in local government', Australasian Canadian Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 59-74.
2010	Gawne, B, Crase, L & Watson, AS 2010, 'Can a collaborative focus on solutions improve our capacity to achieve sustainable water management?', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 814-820. 14 12
2010	Leroux, A & Crase, L 2010, 'Advancing water trade: a preliminary investigation of urban-irrigation options contracts in the Ovens Basin, Victoria, Australia', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 251-266. 9
2009	Byrnes, J, Crase, L, Dollery, B & Villano, R 2009, 'An analysis of the relative efficiency of wastewater utilities in non-metropolitan New South Wales and Victoria', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 153-169.
2009	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2009, 'Accounting for hydrology in water trade: a cautionary note', Public Policy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 71-82.
2009	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2009, 'The paradox of national water savings: a critique of 'water for the future'', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 45-60.
2009	Crase, LR, O'Keefe, SM & Dollery, BE 2009, 'The fluctuating political appeal of water engineering in Australia', Water Alternatives, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 440-447. Open access 25
2009	Dollery, B, Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2009, 'Improving efficiency in Australian local government: structural reform as a catalyst for effective reform', Geographical Research, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 269-279. 15 11
2009	Dollery, B, Leong, WH & Crase, L 2009, 'Virtual local government in practice: the case of town councils in Singapore', Canadian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 289-304. Open access
2009	Dollery, B, O'Keefe, S & Crase, L 2009, 'State oversight models for Australian local government', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 279-290. 20
2009	Grant, B, Dollery, B & Crase, L 2009, 'The implications of the Lyons Report into local government in England for structural reform in Australian local government', International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 852-867. 9
2009	Maybery, DJ, Reupert, AE, Patrick, K, Goodyear, M & Crase, L 2009, 'Prevalence of parental mental illness in Australian families', Psychiatric Bulletin, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 22-26. Open access 226 189
2009	O'Keefe, S, Crase, L & Paul, W 2009, 'Equity considerations in urban water pricing', Public Policy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 123-132.
2009	Wallis, J, Dollery, B & Crase, L 2009, 'Political economy and organizational leadership: a hope-based theory', Review of Political Economy, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 123-143. 4 3
2008	Byrnes, J, Crase, L & Dollery, B 2008, 'Water options contracts to facilitate intersectoral trade', Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, vol. 112, pp. 83-92. Open access 1 1
2008	Byrnes, J, Dollery, B, Crase, L & Simmons, P 2008, 'Resolving the infrastructure funding crisis in Australian local government: a bond market issue approach based on local council income', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 115-131.
2008	Cooper, B & Crase, L 2008, 'Waste water preferences in rural towns across north-east Victoria: a choice modelling approach', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 41-50. 4 3
2008	Crase, L & Gillespie, R 2008, 'The impact of water quality and water level on the recreation values of Lake Hume', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol.15, no. 1, pp. 21-29. 25 19
2008	Crase, L, Dollery, B & Byrnes, J 2008, 'An intersectoral comparison of Australian water reforms', Water Policy, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 43-56. 7 6
2008	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2008, 'Can urban water markets work? some concerns', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 15, no. 3, pp.73-82. Open access
2008	Crase, L, O'Keefe, S & Dollery, B 2008, 'Urban water pricing: practical perspectives and customer preferences', Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 194-206. 5
2008	Dollery, B, Byrnes, J & Crase, L 2008, 'Australian local government amalgamation: a conceptual analysis of population size and scale economies in municipal service provision', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 167-175.
2008	Dollery, B, Byrnes, J & Crase, L 2008, 'Structural reform in Australian local government', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol.43, no. 2, pp. 333-339. 15 20
2008	Dollery, B, Byrnes, J & Crase, L 2008, 'The mirage of municipal self-sufficiency: a taxonomic approach to local government sustainability in Australia', Public Policy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 51-66.
2008	Nguyen, PTT, Crase, L & Durden, GR 2008, 'Organizational logistics processes: a literature review and an exploratory investigation of international multimodal transport in Vietnam', Asia Pacific Management Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 403-418. 3

Conferences

Year	Output
2014	Cooper, B, Burton, M & Crase, L 2014, 'Avoiding water restrictions in Australia: using a finite mixture scaled ordered probit model to investigate the impact of changes in the climatic setting', 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, pp. 1-35. Open access
2011	Dollery, B, Crase, L & Grant, B 2011, 'The local capacity, local community and local governance dimensions of sustainability in Australian Local Government', Commonwealth Local Government Conference, UTS ePress, no. 8-9, pp. 162-183. Open access
2008	Crase, L & O'Keefe, S 2008, 'The paradox of national water savings: water use efficiency is not a solution', Australian Conference of Economists, Economic Society of Australia, pp.1-13. Open access
2008	Grant, B, Dollery, B & Crase, L 2008, 'Leadership in contemporary Local Government reform: the Lyons Report and its implications for Australasian Local Government', 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Managing in the Pacific Century, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-19. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2023	Tingey-Holyoak, J, Cooper, B, Crase, L & Pisaniello, J 2023, Climate-proofing accounting standards: Developing a guidebook of options for accountants to improve the accounting for long-lived and climate-exposed assets, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2022	Cooper, B, Crase, L, Regan, C, Wheeler, S & Simmons, CT 2022, High-level assessment of a water rating system for South Australian water sources, Goyder Institute for Water Research, Australia. Open access
2021	Baumgartner, L, Collier, P, Conallin, J, Ning, N, Robinson, W, Cooper, B, Crase, L, Homsombath, K, Singhanouvong, D, Phonekhampeng, O, Thorncraft, G, Win, N, Htun, N, Swe, AM, Lunn, Z & Marsden, T 2021, Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR and Myanmar - Final Report, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia. Open access
2021	Cooper, B, Crase, L & Kishore, A 2021, Measuring women's empowerment in India should be given a higher priority, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia. Open access
2020	Salter, D, Sadeghi, N, Thorncraft, G, Baumgartner, L, Robinson, W, Ning, N, Cooper, B & Crase, L 2020, Diversion weirs and fish passages for small scale irrigation: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Asian Development Bank, Philippines. Open access 2
2018	Wheeler, S, Connor, J, Grafton, Q, Crase, L & Quiggin, J 2018, Submission to the Productivity Commission's Murray-Darling Basin's five-year assessment issues paper, Australian Government, Australia. Open access
2013	Cooper, B & Crase, L 2013, Leading gifted horses to water: The economics of climate adaptation in government-sponsored irrigation in Victoria, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Australia. Open access

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Organisation	Country
Aither Consulting	AUSTRALIA
American University of Sharjah	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Asian Development Bank	PHILIPPINES
Australasian Fish Passage Services	AUSTRALIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Bangladesh Agricultural University	BANGLADESH
Barclays Capital	UNITED STATES
Central Queensland University	AUSTRALIA
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
Department of Primary Industries - Victoria	AUSTRALIA
Department of Rural Development AP	INDIA
Deutsche Bank	UNITED STATES
Fauna and Flora International	UNITED KINGDOM
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Foreign Trade University	VIET NAM
Gillespie Economics	UNITED STATES
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	INDIA
Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore	INDIA
International Food Policy Research Institute	INDIA
IWATE University	JAPAN
KPMG	AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Lincoln University	NEW ZEALAND
Living Aquatic Resources Research Center	LAOS
Matopos Research Station	ZIMBABWE
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology	PAKISTAN
Melbourne Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre	AUSTRALIA
National University of Laos	LAOS
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council	PAKISTAN
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Sapere Research Group	AUSTRALIA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
The Technical University of Lisbon	PORTUGAL
United States Department of the Interior	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Agriculture Faisalabad	PAKISTAN
University of Arkansas	UNITED STATES
University of Manchester	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	UNITED STATES
University of New England	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Distinguished Fellow Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES)	2021
Board Member National Council of Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2020
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2020
SA Branch President Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2020
Board Member National Council of Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2019
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2019
SA Branch President Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2019
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2018
Associate Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2017
Member Economic Society of Australia	2017
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2017
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2017
Associate Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2016
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2016
Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2016
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2016
Member Economic Society of Australia	2016
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2016
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2016
Associate Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2015
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2015
Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2015
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2015
Member Economic Society of Australia	2015
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2015
Panel Member, National Economic Panel Economics Society of Australia	2015
Associate Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2014
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2014
Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2014
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2014
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2014
Member Economic Society of Australia	2014
Associate Editor Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics	2013
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2013
Member Economic Society of Australia	2013
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2013
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2013
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2012
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2012
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2012
Member Economic Society of Australia	2012
Member, Socio-Economic Working Group for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Australian Government	2012
Australian Associate Editor Water Resources Research	2011
Editorial Board Member Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ)	2011
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2011
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2011
Member Economic Society of Australia	2011
Member, Socio-Economic Working Group for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Australian Government	2011
Editorial Board Member Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ)	2010
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society	2010
Member Victorian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Advisory Board	2010
Member Economic Society of Australia	2010
Member, Socio-Economic Working Group for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Australian Government	2010

Teaching & student supervision

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Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Aligning water resource management and policies with Indigenous Peoples' vision of sustainable development: a case study of the Martuwarra (Fitzroy) River catchment, West Kimberley, WA	Current
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture in South Asia: Improving Measurement to Raise Welfare	Current
Assessing the welfare impacts of alternative strategies targeting farmer households in Bangladesh: possible strategies for better governance	Completed
Loosening the ties that bind: institutional analysis of young people's livelihoods on smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe	Completed
'More crop per drop' in Pakistan: development of an agricultural water accounting paradigm scale to guide policy responses	Completed
Technology, groundwater and gender: insights into smallholders¿ access and preferences in West Bengal, India	Completed
Transboundary river water sharing dispute resolution through benefit sharing: a case study of the Teesta River between India and Bangladesh	Completed

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