• Johannah Branson

SeniorEconomist

Qualifications BSc(Hons) PhD Contact details Direct dial: +64 4 470 1812 Fax: +64 4 472 1211 Mobile: 021 504 095 E-mail: Johannah

Key specialist areas

• energy
• natural resources
• construction
• economic growth and development
• funding and cost recovery
• business management

Johannah provides qualitative and quantitative research and analytical expertise, with experience in theoretical and applied economics and operational and strategic policy analysis and process.

Prior to joining NZIER in August 2004, Johannah was Senior Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Her work there was dominated by biosecurity, including in economic impact assessment, cost-benefit analysis and designing prioritisation and integrated risk management frameworks.

Between completing a PhD and postdoctoral research in agricultural economics, Johannah worked in the Inland Revenue Department’s Taxation Economics Group.