Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform

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Volume 5, issue 4, 1998

Taxes on Business Inputs and the Effects of a Goods and Services Tax pp. 399-406

Matt Benge

Deregulating Medical Practice in New Zealand: Achievable and Desirable? pp. 407-418

David Stewart and Hamish Stewart

When Contractionary Fiscal Policy Is Expansionary pp. 419-426

Anthony Makin

The Premature Burial of Natural Monopoly: Telecommunications Reform in Australia pp. 427-440

John Quiggin

The Commonwealth and the Edinburgh CHOGM: Challenges and Opportunities pp. 441-451

Alison Duxbury

Fixed-Term Employment Contracts in Tertiary Education in New Zealand pp. 453-466

Alan Woodfield

Crown Immunity and the Unlevel Playing Field pp. 467-476

Nick Seddon

New Zealand’s Monetary Conditions Index: A Critical Analysis pp. 477-486

Stephen Burnell

Why New Zealand Doesn’t Need a Written Constitution pp. 487-494

James Allan

New Forms of Dependence? Mark Latham’s ‘Third Way’: Mark Latham, Civilising Global Capital: New Thinking for Australian Labor, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1998 pp. 495-500

James Cox

Indigenous Policy, Native Title and the Rule of Law: Michael Warby, Past Wrongs, Future Rights: Anti-Discrimination, Native Title and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy, 1975-1997, Tasman Institute, Melbourne, 1997 pp. 501-508

James Cox

Crowding Out Virtue: Bruno S. Frey, Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1997 pp. 509-511

Gerald F. Gaus

Bureaucratic Tribalism: Kenneth Minogue, Waitangi: Morality and Reality, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Wellington, 1998 pp. 512-514

Roger Sandall

Is the System Really to Blame?: Graeme Hunt, Why MMP Must Go: The Case for Ditching the Electoral Disaster of the Century, Waddington Press, Auckland, 1998 pp. 515-517

David Denemark

Fresh Perspectives on Judicial Independence: Helen Cunningham (ed.), Fragile Bastion: Judicial Independence in the Nineties and Beyond, Judicial Commission of New South Wales, Sydney, 1997 pp. 518-520

Brian R. Opeskin

Australia’s Digital TV Giveaway pp. 521-528

Ross Jones

Volume 5, issue 3, 1998

Working Together: Towards an Inclusive Federalism? pp. 267-276

Campbell Sharman

From Welfare State to Optimal Size of Government: A Paradigm Shift for Public Policy pp. 277-287

Patrick J. Caragata

The Political Economy of the Kyoto Protocol pp. 289-298

Aynsley Kellow

Global Emissions Trading: A Post-Kyoto Proposal pp. 299-309

Warwick McKibbin

An Economic Analysis of New Zealand’s Conservation Strategies pp. 311-322

John L. Craig

End-Point Royalties for Plant Breeding in Australia pp. 323-334

Ross Kingwell and Alistair Watson

Development and Democratisation in East and Southeast Asia pp. 335-346

Jamie Mackie

The ‘Stolen Generations’: A Report from Experience: Colin Macleod, Patrol in the Dreamtime, Random House, Milsons Point, 1997 pp. 347-353

Kenneth Maddock

The High Costs of Capital Taxation in Australia pp. 355-372

Walter Diewert and Denis A. Lawrence

No Clear Objective: The Simons Report on Foreign Aid pp. 362-366

Peter Warr

Does Compulsory Voting Distort Electoral Outcomes? pp. 367-372

Gary Johns

Defusing the Age Pension Time Bomb: Michael Littlewood, Will You Still Need Me? A Retirement Income Primer for Politicians, Employers and Meddlers, Planit Services Ltd, Auckland, 1997; Michael Littlewood, Will You Still Need Me? Retirement-Income Lessons from New Zealand, The IEA Health and Welfare Unit, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, 1998 pp. 373-375

Michael James

Commercialising New Zealand’s National Television: Barry Spicer, Michael Powell and David Emanuel, The Remaking of Television New Zealand 1984 - 1992, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1996 pp. 376-378

Franco Papandrea

The End of Cohesion?: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Societal Cohesion and the Globalising Economy: What Does the Future Hold?, Paris, 1997; Francis Fukuyama, The End of Order, Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies, Social Market Foundation, London, 1997 pp. 379-381

Winton Bates

Consumer Choice: The Key to Educational Quality?: Ken Gannicott, Taking Education Seriously: A Reform Program for Australian Schools, The Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1997 pp. 382-384

Brian Crittenden

Commonwealth Economic Policy and Education: Simon Marginson, Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1997 pp. 385-388

Alan Barcan

Chasing the Ecologically Sustainable Development Mirage: State of the Environment Advisory Council, Australia: State of the Environment 1996, CS1RO Press, Melbourne, 1996 pp. 389-392

Ian Wills

New Zealand’s Proposed ‘Code of Social and Family Responsibility’ pp. 393-396

Andrew Mikkelsen

Volume 5, issue 2, 1998

The Paradoxes of Humanitarian Aid pp. 135-146

Fiona Terry

Committing to Trade Liberalisation in Australia pp. 147-164

Gary Banks

Improving the Governance of New Zealand’s State-Owned Enterprises pp. 165-177

Jim Brumby, Michael Hyndman and Stuart Shepherd

Australia’s Corporate Law Reform and the Market for Corporate Control pp. 179-188

Philip Brown and Raymond da Silva Rosa

Social Studies: The Plan for New Zealand’s Schools pp. 189-200

Brian Crittenden

Associations of Health Consumers: The Key to Health Care Reform pp. 201-212

Vern Hughes

Collective Licensing of Copyright: Options for Competitive Reform pp. 213-224

Jeremy Thorpe

Official Economic Forecasting Errors in Australia, 1983-96 pp. 225-230

Jim Rose

Economic Forecasting and the Role of the Economist pp. 231

Stephen Kirchner

Dispute Settlement Orders Under Australia’s Workplace Relations Act 1996: Are They Working? pp. 235-240

Graeme Watson

Beyond Rational Economic Man: Robert Skidelsky, Beyond the Welfare State, The Social Market Foundation, London, 1997 pp. 241-242

Mark Latham

From Welfare to Wage Subsidy: Edmund S. Phelps, Rewarding Work: How to Restore Participation and Self-Support to Free Enterprise, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997 pp. 245-246

Tim Maloney

Ending Corporate Stalinism: Tyler Cowen and David Parker, Markets In The Firm: A Market Process Approach to Management, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, 1997 pp. 248-250

Ken Phillips

Evaluating Australian Economic Policies: W. Max Corden, The Road to Reform: Essays on Australian Economic Policy, Addison Wesley, Lane Cove, 1997 pp. 251-253

David Henderson

For the Commonwealth Reader: Antony W. Dnes, The Economics of Law, International Thomson Business Press, London, 1996 pp. 254-255

Stephen Franks

Freedom as Non-domination: Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997 pp. 256-258

David W. Lovell

Not the Negative Income Tax Again! pp. 259-264

James Cox

Volume 5, issue 1, 1998

Reforming Australia’s Commonwealth Business Programs pp. 3-16

Ian Gibbs and Paul Emery

A New Rule for Monetary Policy pp. 17-24

Anthony Makin

A Strategie Behaviour Approach to Evaluating Competitive Conduct pp. 25-36

Rhonda L. Smith and David K. Round

The Political Costs of Tax Reform: A Canadian Perspective pp. 37-48

David Ryan and Stuart Landon

Abolishing Income Tax Deductions for Work-Related Expenses pp. 49-60

Jonathan Baldry

What Has Become of the Japanese Model? pp. 61-72

Luke Gower

An Optimistic View of World Food Prospects pp. 73-82

Ron Duncan

‘Judge & Co.’: Judicial Law-Making and the Mason Court pp. 83-96

Geoffrey Lindell

Australia’s Constitutional Convention 1998 pp. 97-109

George Winterton

Still Trapped in the Past?: Michael Jones, Reforming New Zealand Welfare: International Perspectives, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1997 pp. 111-113

David Preston

Australia’s Third Sphere of Government Brian Dollery and Neil Marshall (eds), Australian Local Government: Reform and Renewal, Macmillan Education Australia, Melbourne, 1997 pp. 114-116

Chris Bell

A Multidimensional Framework for Assessing CTC: Graeme Hodge, Contracting out Government Services: A Review of International Evidence, Montech Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1996 pp. 117-118

Stephen Rimmer

East Asia’s Achilles Heel: Christopher Lingle, The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century: False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium, Sirocco, Barcelona, 1997 pp. 119-121

Eric Jones

Power to the Artist: The False Promise of Moral Rights pp. 123-132

Daniel Clode