He worked at the Melbourne Institute from 2008 until the end of June 2013 and a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University from 2013 to 2016. Peter's research interests centre on the economics of healthcare markets. He is working on research projects including hospital waiting times, hospital competition, doctor pricing and market entry. His wider research interests include multinomial choice models, microeconometrics, and microeconomic theory applied to healthcare markets. He regularly engages in the policy debate in Australia, particularly through opinion articles on The Conversation. Peter has a PhD in Economics (2009) from the University of York, UK.