Dr Jamie L. Cross is an Assistant Professor of Econometrics & Statistics at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne. He completed his PhD at the Australian National University (ANU) in 2017 and has since held positions at the ANU, BI Norwegian Business School, and The University of Queensland (UQ). He is currently an Academic Fellow at the MBS Centre for Business Analytics, a Research Associate in the Commodities and the Macroeconomy program at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomics and Commodity Prices (CAMP).

Dr Cross’s research primarily focuses on the application and development of econometric models to understand and predict macroeconomic phenomena such as business cycles, inflation, and policy effectiveness. He has also worked on various topics at the intersection of energy economics and macroeconomics. This research has been published in leading journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, and Energy Economics, among other outlets. 

In addition to research, Dr Cross is passionate about helping others to learn about economics, math, and econometrics/statistics. His dedicated teaching website “MATH, ECON, HELP!” provides a range of free online resources for students and researchers. It’s very much a work in progress . 

Outside of academia, Dr Cross has worked as a research analyst for the economic consulting firm Economic Connections Pty Ltd. During this role, he worked on studies examining the benefits of reducing the age of Australia’s light vehicle fleet, and the cost of road trauma in 2015. These projects were used by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) in important policy discussions that lead to the establishment of a National Office for Road Safety in July 2019.