Profile

Ian McDonald

Emeritus Professor

Bio

Ian McDonald is Emeritus Professor in Economics at the University of Melbourne. His areas of research and teaching are behavioural economics and macroeconomics, which include a particular interest in the economics of ageing. He is a Joint Editor of the Australian Economic Review and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia. Ian McDonald's research into the economics of ageing focuses on examining the influence of both private and public/government decision-making and behavioural biases on the economic well-being of older people.