I have a First Class Honours degree in Economics (including econometrics) from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and a Master of Economics degree (including econometrics) from the Australian National University. In earlier years while teaching full time in the Faculty of Economics at the Australian National University I have had a number of applied econometric studies published in such journals as the British Economic Journal. I have not undertaken any significant econometric or statistical analysis for some time, but having recently retired am very keen to reacquaint myself with these disciplines.