Stephen King is Professor of Economics at Monash University and a Member of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia. After several years as Dean of the Business Faculty, Stephen has returned to the classroom and is once again teaching first year students.Prior to joining Monash, Stephen was a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Stephen completed his economics degree at the Australian National University, and his PhD at Harvard University in 1991. Stephen has taught a variety of courses, including introductory courses at Harvard University and the University of Melbourne. Stephen specialises in industrial economics, although his research has covered a wide range of areas, including game theory, corporate finance, privatisation and tax policy. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Industrial Economics, European Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. Stephen regularly provides advice to both government and private firms on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy.

He is a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.