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Alicia Rambaldi
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# Alicia Rambaldi

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/995
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60445

Professor

# Alicia Rambaldi

Email:
:   [a.rambaldi@uq.edu.au](mailto:a.rambaldi@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 56576](tel:+61 7 336 56576)

## Positions

Affiliate of Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
:   Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
:   Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Director of Research
:   School of Economics
:   Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

## Overview

### Background

Research interests include: applied econometrics, time series econometrics, state-space models and spatial time series models. Has published in journals that include the Journal of Econometrics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Applied Econometrics.

Current research projects are in: spatial time series models with applications to modelling housing and land prices, transport demand, international comparisons and sectoral productivity

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### Availability

Professor Alicia Rambaldi is:
:   Not available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Applied economics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4934)
[Econometrics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4876)

### Research interests

- #### Economic Measurement

  - Methodologies for computation of price indices for land and property (residential and commercial)
  - Methodologies for estimation and inference with linked administrative data
  - Smoothing methodologies to combine spatial and temporal sources of information

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## Works

[Search Professor Alicia Rambaldi’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/1792)

[All
(90)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/all)
[Book
(3)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/4747)
[Journal Article
(28)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/4748)
[Other Outputs
(18)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/4749)
[Conference Publication
(36)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/4751)
[Book Chapter
(5)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/995/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### An integrated land-use, population, and transport model for strategic regional planning: from research to operational practice

Pyrohova, Svitlana, Nguyen, Bao Hoang, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Wohland, Pia, Bernard, Aude, Lieske, Scott and Corcoran, Jonathan (2025). An integrated land-use, population, and transport model for strategic regional planning: from research to operational practice. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18 (3) 92, 1-35. doi: 10.1007/s12061-025-09691-1

[An integrated land-use, population, and transport model for strategic regional planning: from research to operational practice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:65f10ca)

2025

Journal Article

##### Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales

Zou, Zhenpeng, Sigler, Thomas, Rambaldi, Alicia, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2025). Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales. Regional Studies, 59 (1) 2506601, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2506601

[Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6449003)

2023

Other Outputs

##### The University of Queensland International Comparison Database, UQICD V3.0: user guide

Rao, D. S. Prasada, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Hajargasht, Gholamreza and Griffiths, William E. (2023). The University of Queensland International Comparison Database, UQICD V3.0: user guide. CEPA Working Papers Series. WP092022. CEPA, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.

[The University of Queensland International Comparison Database, UQICD V3.0: user guide](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a5d5b72)

2022

Conference Publication

##### An integrated demographic and transport demand modelling framework: an application to South East Queensland

Pyrohova, Svitlana, Wohland, Pia and Rambaldi, Alicia (2022). An integrated demographic and transport demand modelling framework: an application to South East Queensland. Australian Population Association Conference , Canberra, ACT Australia, 23-25 November 2022.

[An integrated demographic and transport demand modelling framework: an application to South East Queensland](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d1b8fed)

2022

Journal Article

##### The behaviour of property prices when affected by infrequent floods

Fletcher, Cameron S., Ganegodage, K. Renuka, Hildenbrand, Marian D. and Rambaldi, Alicia N. (2022). The behaviour of property prices when affected by infrequent floods. Land Use Policy, 122 106378, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106378

[The behaviour of property prices when affected by infrequent floods](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:84fe342)

2022

Book

##### Advances in economic measurement: a volume in honour of D. S. Prasada Rao

Duangkamon Chotikapanich, Alicia N. Rambaldi and Nicholas Rohde eds. (2022). Advances in economic measurement: a volume in honour of D. S. Prasada Rao. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-2023-3

[Advances in economic measurement: a volume in honour of D. S. Prasada Rao](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6455250)

2022

Book Chapter

##### Hedonic models and house price index numbers

Hill, Robert J. and Rambaldi, Alicia N. (2022). Hedonic models and house price index numbers. Advances in economic measurement: a volume in honour of D. S. Prasada Rao. (pp. 413-444) edited by Duangkamon Chotikapanich, Alicia N. Rambaldi and Nicholas Rohde. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-2023-3\_10

[Hedonic models and house price index numbers](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f58b5c6)

2020

Journal Article

##### Macro-economic measures for a globalized world: global growth and inflation

Balk, Bert M., Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2020). Macro-economic measures for a globalized world: global growth and inflation. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 26 (2) PII S1365100520000152, 314-360. doi: 10.1017/S1365100520000152

[Macro-economic measures for a globalized world: global growth and inflation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7206f59)

2020

Journal Article

##### Higher frequency hedonic property price indices: a state-space approach

Hill, Robert J., Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Scholz, Michael (2020). Higher frequency hedonic property price indices: a state-space approach. Empirical Economics, 61 (1), 417-441. doi: 10.1007/s00181-020-01862-y

[Higher frequency hedonic property price indices: a state-space approach](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:52a10f3)

2020

Journal Article

##### Melbourne housing market dynamics: impact of land supply on detached residential prices

Lejcak, Jason, Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Tan, Madeleine (2020). Melbourne housing market dynamics: impact of land supply on detached residential prices. Victoria's Economic Bulletin, 4, 25-35.

[Melbourne housing market dynamics: impact of land supply on detached residential prices](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cdfb8dc)

2019

Journal Article

##### Natural amenities and regional tourism employment: a spatial analysis

Naranpanawa, Niromi, Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Sipe, Neil (2019). Natural amenities and regional tourism employment: a spatial analysis. Papers in Regional Science, 98 (4) pirs.12431, 1731-1757. doi: 10.1111/pirs.12431

[Natural amenities and regional tourism employment: a spatial analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72fca42)

2017

Journal Article

##### The dynamics of bank location decisions in Australia

Heard, Christopher, Menezes, Flavio M. and Ranbaldi, Alicia N. (2017). The dynamics of bank location decisions in Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 43 (2), 241-262. doi: 10.1177/0312896217717572

[The dynamics of bank location decisions in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:686133)

2017

Journal Article

##### Evaluating revealed preferences for street tree cover targets: a business case for collaborative investment in leafier streetscapes in Brisbane, Australia

Plant, Lyndal, Rambaldi, Alicia and Sipe, Neil (2017). Evaluating revealed preferences for street tree cover targets: a business case for collaborative investment in leafier streetscapes in Brisbane, Australia. Ecological Economics, 134, 238-249. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.026

[Evaluating revealed preferences for street tree cover targets: a business case for collaborative investment in leafier streetscapes in Brisbane, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:422964)

2017

Journal Article

##### Incorporating temporal and country heterogeneity in growth accounting - an application to EU-KLEMS

Peyrache, A. and Rambaldi, A. N. (2017). Incorporating temporal and country heterogeneity in growth accounting - an application to EU-KLEMS. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 47 (2), 143-166. doi: 10.1007/s11123-017-0498-2

[Incorporating temporal and country heterogeneity in growth accounting - an application to EU-KLEMS](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:682085)

2017

Conference Publication

##### Myopia and Amnesia in Property Prices. Evidence from Two Floods

Rambaldi, Alicia N., Ganegodage, Kumudini R. and McAllister, Ryan R. (2017). Myopia and Amnesia in Property Prices. Evidence from Two Floods. Society for Economic Measurement Annual Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, 26-28 July 2017. Editorial Express.

[Myopia and Amnesia in Property Prices. Evidence from Two Floods](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:698632)

2017

Conference Publication

##### Patterns in the Measurement Errors of PPPs and Their Growth Rates

Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Huynh, Linh T. (2017). Patterns in the Measurement Errors of PPPs and Their Growth Rates. International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity Conference, Princeton, NJ, United States of America, 25-26 May 2017. Princeton, NJ, United States of America: IRS Princeton University.

[Patterns in the Measurement Errors of PPPs and Their Growth Rates](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:698636)

2017

Conference Publication

##### Weekly hedonic house price indices: an imputation approach from a spatio-temporal model

Hill, Robert J., Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Scholz, Michael (2017). Weekly hedonic house price indices: an imputation approach from a spatio-temporal model. Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 26-28 June 2017. Editorial Express.

[Weekly hedonic house price indices: an imputation approach from a spatio-temporal model](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:698633)

2016

Conference Publication

##### Street trees: paying their way in property value benefits

Plant, L. J., Morrison, T. and Rambaldi, A. (2016). Street trees: paying their way in property value benefits. XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-22 August 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1108.2

[Street trees: paying their way in property value benefits](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:386130)

2016

Conference Publication

##### Weekly Hedonic House Price Indexes: An Imputation Approach with Geospatial Splines and Kalman Filters

Hill, Robert J., Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Scholz, Michael (2016). Weekly Hedonic House Price Indexes: An Imputation Approach with Geospatial Splines and Kalman Filters. 34th General Conference of the Association for Research on Income and Wealth, Dresden, Germany, 21-27 August 2016. Ontario Canada: International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.

[Weekly Hedonic House Price Indexes: An Imputation Approach with Geospatial Splines and Kalman Filters](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:698634)

2015

Other Outputs

##### An econometric analysis of SEQ dwelling prices

Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Smith, Simon (2015). An econometric analysis of SEQ dwelling prices. Brisbane, Australia:

[An econometric analysis of SEQ dwelling prices](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:689706)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  T4-A6 Evaluating the Resilient Homes Fund

  Natural Hazards Research Australia

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60445)
- 2022 - 2026

  Measuring the Commercial Real Estate Sector in Australia (ARC Discovery Project led by Monash University)

  Monash University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/55013)

### Past funding

- 2024

  Short Term Rental Accommodation Management Systems Regulation Study

  Queensland Government Department of Tourism and Sport

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64065)
- 2024

  A Report on the Economic/Social/Environmental Impact of PortConnex

  NATIONAL TRUNK RAIL PTY LTD

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/63667)
- 2023

  Modelling Public Wages Expenses Across States and Time Using Survey Data

  Queensland Treasury Corporation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59688)
- 2023

  Short-term rental accommodation review

  Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58648)
- 2019 - 2022

  An Integrated Demographic and Transport Demand Modelling Framework (ID-TDM)

  iMove Cooperative Research Centre

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37557)
- 2018 - 2022

  Predicting the Value and Use of Urban Land

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/31261)
- 2017 - 2022

  How reliable are purchasing power parities from the World Bank?

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/29876)
- 2015 - 2016

  18115BNE LGAQ Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of SEQ Housing Prices

  AEC Group Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26999)
- 2012

  Costs and coasts: an empirical assessment of physical and institutional climate adaptation pathways (Administered by CSIRO)

  CSIRO

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14699)
- 2012 - 2016

  Econometric Modelling of Housing Prices and their Relationship to Climate Adaptation Issues

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14029)
- 2011

  Research Infrastructure Support - School of Economics

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13023)
- 2009 - 2013

  Construction of Consistent Panels of Real Gross Domestic Product and its Components at Current and Constant Prices

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10162)
- 2005

  A Unified Approach to the Computation of Housing Price Indices: Hedonic Imputation Indexes vs Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes

  University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45904)
- 2005

  An Empirical Investigation of the Sources and Channels of Technology Spillovers

  University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45598)
- 2005 - 2007

  Consistent Space-Time Comparisons of Real Income

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/19125)
- 2003

  Predicting Real Estate Sale Prices. A New Approach Based on Models of Incomplete Panels with Spatially Autocorrelated Errors

  University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/46428)
- 2001

  Dynamic Panel Data Models: Application to Growth Models and Unbalanced Panel Data

  UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/44074)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Alicia Rambaldi is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Three Essays to Analyse the Regional Economic Effects of Renewable Energy in Queensland

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Flavio Menezes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1741)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Granularity in time, space, and behavior: Essays in empirical economics using open data

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Haishan Yuan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/10538)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### The Estimation of Economic Cost and Social Cost of Language Barrier Faced by Immigrants from Different Linguistic Origin

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Dong-Hyuk Kim](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/15201)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Copula Models under High Dimensionality

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Mohamad Khaled](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/3067)

#### Completed supervision

- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Modeling and Constructing Panels of Purchasing Power Parities for GDP and Its Components

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Emeritus Professor Prasada Rao](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1215)
- 2008

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Constructing Multidimensional Indexes of Development: A Factor Analysis Approach](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:155179)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor KK Tang](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/883), [Emeritus Professor Prasada Rao](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1215)
- 2007

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN TRADE, FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor KK Tang](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/883)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Essays in Administrative Data Methodologies](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b48c90d)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Christiern Rose](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/19198)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Natural Amenities and Tourism Employment: A Spatial Analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f22d0ad)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Honorary Professor Neil Sipe](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/10855)
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Making the case for planning and investment in green infrastructure: a study of street trees and property value impacts in Brisbane, Australia.](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:388652)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Honorary Professor Neil Sipe](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/10855)

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## Media

### Enquiries

Contact Professor Alicia Rambaldi directly for media enquiries about:

- Applied econometrics
- Econometrics
- Economics

#### Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-8954)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/B-5743-2008)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7005421834)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=ZT__IL0AAAAJ)

## Personal links

- [Personal profile](https://economics.uq.edu.au/profile/2285/alicia-rambaldi)
- [Homepage](http://www.aliciarambaldi.net)

## Social media

- [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-rambaldi-8835b3379/)

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