In the interest of promoting choice, we offer two short biographical statements.

Bio 1              

Robert Breunig is a member of the Economics Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.  His primary applied research interests are in analyzing individual and firm behaviour, evaluating government welfare programs and understanding inequality.  To the analysis of these issues, he applies realistic models of intra-household behaviour, recent advances in nonparametric econometrics, and an interest in the nature of sampling design and survey analysis.  He publishes regularly in respected, international journals.  His research includes empirical analyses as well as theoretical contributions to econometrics.   Recent publications include a semi-parametric analysis of firm-level productivity, an analysis of regulatory consistency across different jurisdictions in Australia, a study into spousal disagreement about the experience of financial difficulty, and  an evaluation of statistical techniques for reducing small-sample bias in inequality indices.  He has received grant support from the United States Department of Agriculture and the Australian Research Council.  He regularly consults for government agencies including the Treasury (Australia), Department of Family and Community Services (Australia), the Productivity Commission (Australia), the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Agriculture (U.S.) and the Survey Research Center at the University of Nebraska (US).

Bio 2

Dr. Breunig researches in applied micro-econometrics with a focus on intra-household models, nonparametric econometrics, inequality and income distribution, and program impact evaluation.  He has published in internationally recognized journals including Econometric Theory, Economics Letters, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Public Choice--details of his research are available on his web page.
 
He is particularly known for his letters to the editor of the Canberra Times where he has advocated the abolition of automobiles from the Australian capital and proposed a joint American-Australian invasion of France to combat un-Australian values such as smoking in public places.  He knows two very good dog jokes, neither of which involve harm to any actual dogs.  He also knows numerous Norwegian jokes, however unlike some of his co-authors, he has the good sense not to tell these jokes at international conferences.

Dr. Breunig has lived a life remarkably free from scandal and on this basis has been quietly campaigning to become the next Governer General of Australia.