By Professor Gigi Foster

Books

Foster G, 2022, Do Lockdowns and Border Closures Serve the "greater Good"? A Cost-benefit Analysis of Australia's Reaction to COVID-19

GIGI F, 2021, GREAT COVID PANIC What Happened, Why, and what Todo Next

Foster G, 2019, Biophysical measurement in experimental social science research: Theory and practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-04236-5

Frijters P; Foster G, 2013, An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks, Cambridge University Press

Book Chapters

Aroney N; Clancy R; Foster G, 2026, 'Australian federalism: lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the Covid-19 response', in Federalism in A Turbulent Era, pp. 40 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035321582.00008

Foster G, 2026, 'Beyond GDP or SDGs: The Role of Time Diary Data and Subjective Well-being in Tracking and Driving Human Thriving', in The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Data and Methods Time Use Research Volume 1, Routledge

Foster G, 2025, 'The behavioural economics of political indoctrination', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, pp. 65 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00026

Frijters P; Foster G, 2025, 'The Love Principle', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, pp. 291 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00092

Foster G, 2025, 'What Invites Tyranny? A Post-Covid Reflection on the Individual and Social Contributors to Social Enslavement', in Against Tyranny, Connor Court Publishing

Foster G, 2024, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Springer International Handbooks of Education, pp. 341 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54144-5_48

Foster G; Frijters P, 2023, 'Realeconomik: Using the messy human experience to drive clean theoretical advance in economics', in Altman M (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Behavioural Economics, Edward Elgar, pp. 80 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781839107948.00011

Foster G, 2023, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer International Publishing, pp. 341 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39989-3_48

Foster G, 2023, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_48-3

Foster G, 2022, 'Female Breadwinning Across the Social Sciences', in Zimmermann KF (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer

Foster G, 2021, 'Betraying Ourselves', in Essays for Australia, Volume 1, Institute of Public Affairs

Foster G, 2019, 'Conclusion', in Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research Theory and Practice, pp. 267 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813092-6.00010-1

Foster G, 2019, '"Teaching Quality in Australian Universities: Present measures, policies and possibilities"', in Campus Meltdown: Australian Universities in Crisis

Foster G, 2019, 'Chapter 10 Conclusion', in Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research, Elsevier, pp. 267 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-813092-6.00010-1

Frijters P; Foster G, 2017, 'Is it rational to be in love?', in Handbook of behavioral economics and smart decision making: Rational Decision-Making within the Bounds of Reason, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-of-behavioral-economics-and-smart-decision-making

Altman M; Frijters P; Foster G, 2017, 'Chapter 12: Is it rational to be in love?', in Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782549598.00020

Foster G; Frijters P; Greiner B, 2017, 'Challenges for Market and Institutional Design when Countering Exploitation Strategies', in Giraldeau L; Heeb P; Kosfeld M (ed.), Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics Principles and Applications, MIT Press, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/investors-and-exploiters-ecology-and-economics

Foster G; Frijters P, 2017, 'Behavioral Political Economy', in Routledge Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Routledge, pp. 348 - 364

Foster G, 2016, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Bretag T (ed.), Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer, pp. 307 - 324

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Are women better than men at multitasking household production activities?', in Kalenkoski C; Foster G (ed.), The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Discussion: The economics of multitasking', in Kalenkoski C; Foster G (ed.), The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 203 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Introduction: The economics of multitasking', in Kalenkoski C; Foster G (ed.), The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Are Women Better than Men at Multitasking Household Production Activities?', in The Economics of Multitasking, Springer Nature, pp. 19 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446_3

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Discussion: The Economics of Multitasking', in The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 203 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446_10

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Introduction: The Economics of Multitasking', in The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446_1

Foster G, 2015, 'Experimental Economics', in Wright J (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier

Foster G, 2015, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer Singapore, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_48-1

Foster G, 2015, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer Singapore, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_48-2

Shanahan M; Foster G; Meyer JHF, 2010, 'Threshold concepts and attrition in first-year economics', in Meyer JHF; Land R; Baillie C (ed.), Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 207 - 226

Shanahan M; Foster G; Erik , 2008, 'Associations among prior acquisition of threshold concepts, learning dimensions, and examination performance in first-year economics', in Land R; Meyer J; Smith J (ed.), Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam

Edited Books

Foster G, (ed.), 2019, Biophysical measurement in experimental social science research, Academic Press, https://www.elsevier.com/books/biophysical-measurement-in-experimental-social-science-research/foster/978-0-12-813092-6

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2015, The Economics of Multitasking, Palgrave Macmillan

Journal articles

Foster G, 2026, 'In Covid's Wake: How our Politics Failed us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee (Princeton University Press 2025), 373 Pages, Paperback', Economic Record, 102, pp. 466 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.70038

Arnold SRC; Desai A; McVilly K; Hind T; Mason B; Walsh J; Foster G; Trollor JN, 2025, 'Towards a contribution paradigm: photovoice uncovering the contribution of people with intellectual disability', Disability and Society, 40, pp. 2153 - 2177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2024.2411529

Foster G, 2025, 'Toward a Wider Vision of Behavioral Economics, by Peter E. Earl (PE:AT Publishing, Australia, 2024), 306 Pages, Paperback', Economic Record, 101, pp. 598 - 602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12874

Chen J; Dobrescu LI; Foster G; Motta A, 2024, 'Can leagues mitigate the demoralization effect of rank feedback? A randomized controlled trial', Labour Economics, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102602

Coelli M; Foster G, 2024, 'Unintended consequences of school accountability reforms: Public versus private schools', Economics of Education Review, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102523

Foster G; Frijters P, 2024, 'Hiding the elephant: The tragedy of COVID policy and its economist apologists', Australian Economic Papers, 63, pp. 106 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12293

d’Abrera JC; Foster G, 2023, 'Letter to the Editor regarding ‘What happened to the predicted COVID-19-induced suicide epidemic, and why?’', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1583 - 1584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231170565

Foster G; Sabhlok S, 2023, 'Response to 'Understanding the impact of lockdowns on short-term excess mortality in Australia' by Philip Clarke and Andrew Leigh', BMJ Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012741

Foster G, 2023, 'Reply to Rati Mekvabishvili’s ‘On the Importance of Altruism, Prosocial Behavior and Christian Love in Behavioral Economics research’', Economic Thought, 11, pp. 58 - 65

Foster G; Stratton LS, 2021, 'Does female breadwinning make partnerships less healthy or less stable?', Journal of Population Economics, 34, pp. 63 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-020-00783-5

Foster G, 2021, 'Driven by the Invisible: The economics of the unseen', Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 5, pp. 79 - 85

Foster G, 2021, 'Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez (Penguin Random House, London, pp. 432, 2020)', Economic Record, 97, pp. 310 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12620

Bose G; Dechter E; Foster G, 2020, 'Behavioral coordination as an individual best-response to punishing role models', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 174, pp. 301 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.03.016

Foster G, 2020, 'Early estimates of the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on jobs, wages, and lifetime earnings of schoolchildren in Australia', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 23, https://businesslaw.curtin.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/129339-AJLE-Vol-23-No-2-2020-2527-FINAL.pdf

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