Les Oxley University of Canterbury   Christchurch, New Zealand   les.oxley@canterbury.ac.nz   http://www.econ.canterbury.ac.nz/people/oxley.shtml   Biographical Sketch: Les Oxley FRSNZ, FMSSANZ, FIEMSS is Professor in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, Adjunct Professor School of Economics and School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia and Adjunct Professor Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He is also Associate Researcher, BRCSS-Network, New Zealand and Deputy Chair of the 2006 New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). His research interests include: modelling and testing theories of economic growth especially those involving measures of human capital; financial econometrics; the knowledge economy/society; intellectual property; energy economics and cliometrics. He is one of the Foundation Editors of the Journal of Economic Surveys (Blackwell), is on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Environmental Modelling and Software and Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.   Primary Research Focus: Applied econometrics; cliometrics; economic growth   JEL Areas: C1 : Econometric and Statistical Methods: General N0 : Economic History: General