Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform

1994 - 2017

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Volume 15, issue 4, 2008

Secret Econometric Business: Watching FuelWatch and the ACCC pp. 5-18

Sinclair Davidson

APEC Moves Behind-the-Border: Evidence that Structural Reform Will Hasten Income Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region pp. 19-34

Robert Buckle and Amy Cruickshank

Setting access prices: A critique of the ACCC’s approach in telecommunications pp. 35-60

Henry Ergas

Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) pp. 61-64

Declan Trott

Kim Fellner, Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino (Rutgers University Press, 2008) pp. 65-68

Martin Richardson

Robin Archer, Why is there no Labor Party in the United States? (Princeton University Press, 2007) pp. 69-72

Gregory Melleuish

Benno Torgler, Tax Compliance and Tax Morale (Edward Elgar, 2007) pp. 73-76

Jeffery Pope

Asa Wahlquist, Thirsty Country: Options for Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2007) pp. 77-79

Boyd Hunter

Volume 15, issue 3, 2008

Will we all be Rooned without a Desal Plant? Hanrahan's Lament and the Problem of Urban Water Planning under Climate Change pp. 5-20

Donna Brennan

Australia’s Transition from Native Forests to Plantations: The Implications for Woodchips, Pulpmills, Tax Breaks and Climate Change pp. 21-38

Judith Ajani

Righting Australia’s Vertical Fiscal Imbalance: Transferring Public Hospital Funding as an Option for Reform pp. 39-54

Richard Eccleston

Getting Real about Adapting to Climate Change: Using ‘Real Options’ to Address the Uncertainties pp. 55-72

Leo Dobes

Can Urban Water Markets Work? Some Concerns pp. 73-82

Lin Crase, Suzanne O’Keefe and Brian Dollery

Can Urban Water Markets Work? An Optimistic View pp. 83-94

Hugh Sibly

Is policy the problem or the solution for Indigenous people? A Rejoinder to Gary Johns pp. 95-100

Boyd Hunter

Dave Clark (1946–2008): Economist, Larrikin, ‘Critical Drinker’ and Friend pp. 101-106

Peter Groenewegen and John Lodewijks

Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms (Princeton University Press, 2007) pp. 107-110

Declan Trott

Barber, William J., Gunnar Myrdal. An Intellectual Biography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) pp. 111-114

Selwyn Cornish

John Creedy, Research Without Tears: From the First Ideas to Published Output (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008) pp. 115-116

Farshid Vahid

Volume 15, issue 2, 2008

The 2020 Summit: ‘The Future of the Economy’ pp. 5-8

John Foster

The 2020 Summit: ‘Population, Sustainability, Climate Change and Water’ pp. 9-12

Ross Guest

The 2020 Summit: ‘The Productivity Agenda’ pp. 13-14

Joshua Gans

The 2020 Summit: ‘The Future of Governance’ pp. 15-20

Anne Twomey

2020 Summit: ‘An Australian on Mars by 2020’ pp. 21-26

Bruce Chapman

The Economist’s Way of Thinking About Alcohol Policy pp. 27-44

Harry Clarke

The First Two Decisions of the Australian Fair Pay Commission: A Critique pp. 45-64

Philip Lewis

The Northern Territory Intervention in Aboriginal Affairs: Wicked Problem or Wicked Policy? pp. 65-84

Gary Johns

Climate Change Policy: A Theorist’s Plea to Take Heed of Game Theory and Ambiguity Aversion pp. 85-92

José Rodrigues-Neto

Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence. Adventures in a New World (Penguin Press, New York, 2007) pp. 93-96

Selwyn Cornish

Randall E. Parker, The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era (Edward Elgar 2007) pp. 97-100

G. R. Hawke

J. E. King (ed.), A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists (Edward Elgar 2007) pp. 101-104

Keith Rankin

Volume 15, issue 1, 2008

The Thoughts of Comrade McGuinness pp. 5-12

Geoff Kingston

Some Sectoral and Global Distributional Issues in Greenhouse Gas Policy Design pp. 13-28

John Freebairn

Capitation and Financial Risk Allocation in New Zealand’s Primary Health Care Sector: The Perverse Consequences of Neglecting Financial Risk Allocation pp. 29-48

Bronwyn Howell

Understanding Australian Income Inequality: The Proper Role played by Globalisation, De-unionisation and the Terms of Trade pp. 49-66

Noel Gaston

No Lessons Learned: A Critique of the Queensland Local Government Reform Commission Final Report pp. 67-84

Brian Dollery, Chong Mun Ho and James Alin

The Biggest Loser: Education and Skilled Immigration in Australia pp. 85-98

Peter Robertson

Dani Rodrik, One Economics, Many Recipes, Princeton University Press, 2007 pp. 99-102

Declan Trott

Judith Ajani, The Forest Wars, Melbourne University Press, 2007 pp. 103-106

Steve Harrison

Frank Stilwell and Kirrily Jordan, Who Gets What? Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia, Cambridge University Press, 2007 pp. 107

Declan Trott

Volume 14, issue 3, 2007

The Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading: Advocacy and Analysis pp. 5-12

John Quiggin

The Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading: An Assessment pp. 13-18

Warwick McKibbin

The Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading: A Solution in Search of a Problem pp. 19-26

Alex Robson

Reply to McKibbin and Robson pp. 27-28

John Quiggin

Reply to Quiggin and Robson pp. 29-30

Warwick McKibbin

Reply to McKibbin and Quiggin pp. 31-34

Alex Robson

Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems: The Howard Government’s National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs pp. 35-54

Boyd Hunter

Restoring the Setting Sun: Takatoshi Ito, Hugh Patrick, David E. Weinstein (eds), Reviving Japan’s Economy: Problems and Prescriptions, MIT Press, 2005 pp. 55-58

Hodaka Morita

‘The extent of the market’ is limited not just by transport but by trust: Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2007 pp. 59-62

Declan Trott

‘It is difficult to be an actor but easy to be a spectator’: Daniel Cohen, Globalization and its Enemies, MIT Press, 2006 pp. 63-66

Martin Richardson

Volume 14, issue 2, 2007

Capital Access of Nonprofit Organisations pp. 99-110

Mark Lyons, Andrea North-Samardzic and Angus Young

Break Fee Restrictions: Where's the Harm? pp. 111-122

Jessica Curtis and Sean Pinder

Child Care Affordability and Availability pp. 123-139

Rebecca Cassells, Justine McNamara, Rachel Lloyd and Ann Harding

Distribution Effects of Labour Deregulation pp. 141-155

Fred Argy

Public Private Partnerships and Public Procurement pp. 157-170

Darrin Grimsey and Mervyn Lewis

Myth Buster David Potts, The Myth of the Great Depression, Scribe, Melbourne, 2006 pp. 189-191

Keith Rankin

Volume 14, issue 1, 2007

Superannuation Tax Reform: Fiscal Consequences pp. 5-16

Sinclair Davidson and Ross Guest

Climate Policy: Where To and How? pp. 17-34

Frank Jotzo

Land Regulations, Housing Prices and Productivity pp. 35-50

Alan Moran

Regulating Railways in Logistics Chains pp. 51-68

Nick Wills-Johnson

Inclining Block Tariffs for Urban Water pp. 69-80

Lin Crase, Sue O'Keefe and Jennifer Burston

Taxpaying Made Easy pp. 81-86

Andrew Leigh

Playing Nostradamus with Latin America Javier Santiso, Latin America's Political Economy of the Possible: Beyond Good Revolutionaries and Free-Marketeers, MIT Press, 2006 pp. 87-91

Rodrigo Taborda

Indigenous Labour Supply John Taylor and Ben Scambary, Indigenous People and the Pilbara Mining Boom: A Baseline for Regional Participation, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Research Monograph No. 25, ANU E Press, Canberra, 2005 pp. 92-93

Greg Barrett