Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform

1994 - 2017

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Volume 3, issue 4, 1996

Residential Telephone Service and Prices in New Zealand Since Deregulation pp. 399-406

Lewis Evans

Generational Accounting and Intergenerational Balance pp. 407-418

John Ablett

Can Fiscal Responsibility Legislation be Made to Work? pp. 419-430

Marc Robinson

Competition Policy in the World Trade Organisation pp. 431-440

David Robertson

Promoting Efficiency and Competition in Rural Petrol Markets pp. 441-448

Tom Murphy, Greg Walker and John Hicks

Tort Law: Defects of the Comparative Negligence Standard pp. 449-458

Dagobert Brito and Peter Hartley

Car Seat-Belt Regulations, Offsetting Behaviour, and Liability Rules pp. 459-470

Alan Woodfield

Implementing Australia’s International Obligations towards Refugees pp. 471-482

Penelope Mathew

Recent Writings on Economic and Social Freedom: Gertrude Himmelfarb, The De-moralisation o f Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, 1995; Samuel Brittan, Capitalism with a Human Face, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, 1995; Samuel Brittan and Alan Hamlin (eds.), Market Capitalism and Moral Values,Proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, 1995 pp. 483-491

Charles Richardson

The Impact of New Zealand’s Employment Contracts Act: A Preliminary Assessment pp. 493-498

Rod Lingard

Concealed Handgun Laws Can Save Lives pp. 499-502

John R. Lott, Jr

Learning to Love Australia’s Constitution: Brian Galligan, A Federal Republic: Australia’s Constitutional System of Government, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1995 pp. 503-505

Tony Rutherford

A Guide to Smarter Contracting: Simon Domberger and Christine Hall (eds), The Contracting Casebook: Competitive Tendering in Action, AGPS, Canberra, 1995 pp. 506-508

Stephen King

Not Radical: Mark Harrison, A Private Education For All, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1996 pp. 509-510

David Loader

Not Worth the Effort: John Gray, Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age, Routledge, London, 1995 pp. 511-512

Andrew Norton

The Burgeoning of an Unelected Para-Government: Marlene Goldsmith, Political Incorrectness: Defying the Thought Police, Hodder & Stoughton, Rydalmere, 1996; Peter Coleman (ed.), Double Take: Six Incorrect Essays, Reed Books, Port Melbourne, 1996 pp. 513-515

Patrick Morgan

TheDIFF: An Obituary pp. 517-522

Ross McLeod and Sandy Cuthbertson

‘Digital What?’: Electronic Money and the Future of Australia’s Financial System pp. 523-528

Stephen Kirchner

Volume 3, issue 3, 1996

Self-Reliance as Panacea: Muddling Strategic Thinking in Australia pp. 267-275

Robyn Lim and A. D. McLennan

Public Standards and Private Monitoring: New Zealand’s New Banking Supervision Regime pp. 277-286

Arthur Grimes

Commonwealth Financial Dominance, Fiscal Balance or Reverse Revenue Sharing? pp. 287-296

Robert Albon

The Future of New Zealand’s National Superannuation pp. 297-304

David Thomson

Australia’s Merger Policy and the Caltex/Ampol Merger Case pp. 305-316

Sandra Navalli

New Zealand’s Takeovers Regulation: The Unresolved Debate pp. 317-328

Peter Fitzsimons

New Zealand’s Net Carbon Dioxide Emission Stabilisation Target pp. 329-340

Robin Brasell

Deregulation in Indonesia: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back pp. 341-350

George Fane

Filling the 20 Per Cent Gap: Francis Fukuyama on Trust and Social Capital: Francis Fukuyama, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1995 pp. 351-358

Andrew Norton

Killing People: Peter Singer on Life and Death: Peter Singer, Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics, The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1994 pp. 359-366

Ross Parish

Reform by Stealth: Paul Pierson, Dismantling the Welfare State: Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994 pp. 367-370

James Cox

Juries and Justice: Jeffrey Abramson, We, The Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy, Basic Books/Harper Collins, New York, 1994 pp. 370-372

Mike Ross

Retreat from Collectivism?: Robert Skidelsky, The World After Communism: A Polemic For Our Times, Macmillan, London, 1995 pp. 373-375

David Henderson

Mine of Information: Pam Swain, Strategic Choices: A Study of the Interaction of Industrial Relations and Corporate Strategy in the Pilbara Iron Ore Industry, School o f Management, Curtin University, Perth, 1995 pp. 376-377

Ken Phillips

The Law? Ethics and Economics of Information: Anthony Duggan, Michael Bryan and Frances Hanks, Contractual Non- Disclosure: An Applied Study in Modern Contract Theory, Longman Australia, Melbourne, 1994 pp. 378-379

Ian McEwin

Marriage as Commitment: Robert Whelan (ed.), Just a Piece of Paper? Divorce Reform and the Undermining of Marriage, Institute of Economic Affairs Health and Welfare Unit, London, 1995 pp. 380-382

Brian T. Trainor

Coercion by Democracy: The Case of Agricultural Marketing pp. 383-386

David Pearce

Delivering Newsagents from Competition pp. 386-392

Ross Jones

Beyond Loyalty: Alternatives to Employment pp. 393-396

Ken Phillips

Volume 3, issue 2, 1996

Liberalising Australia’s Foreign Investment Policy pp. 135-142

Anthony Makin

The Australian Head of State: Putting Republicanism Into the Republic pp. 143-152

Harry Evans

Do Australian Firms Undertake Too Little Research and Development? pp. 153-164

Scott Mitchell

Pricing Access to Essential Facilities pp. 165-176

Michael Pickford

International Response to Greenhouse Gas Abatement pp. 177-184

Bennett Labson

The Contingent Valuation Method: A Post-Kakadu Assessment pp. 185-194

Jeffrey Bennett

Financial Market Reform in Transition Economies pp. 195-206

Kim Hawtrey

The Politics of India’s Economic Liberalisation Agenda pp. 207-217

Ramesh Thakur

Some Economic Perspectives on School Reform: Edwin G. West, Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy (third edition), Liberty Press, Indianapolis, 1994; Eric A. Hanushek, Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs, Brookings Institution, Washington, 1994 pp. 219-228

Mark Harrison

Victoria’s Mountain Ash Forests: A Case of Sustainable Management pp. 229-234

Peter Attiwill

An Economic Perspective on Crime and Punishment in Modern Australia pp. 235-240

Brian Dollery and Joe Wallis

Civil Society and its Enemies: Eva Cox, A Truly Civil Society: 1995 Boyer Lectures, ABC Books, Sydney, 1995 pp. 241-244

Patrick Morgan

Between State and Market: Ernest Gellner, Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1994 pp. 245-246

Mark Lyons

To CER with Love: Steve Hoadley, New Zealand and Australia: Negotiating Closer Economic Relations, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Wellington, 1995 pp. 247-248

Ramesh Thakur

Wooden Spoons Banned: Official: Christopher Booker and Richard North, The Mad Officials, Constable, London, 1994 pp. 249-250

Stephen Rimmer

A Worthwhile Research Program?: Geoff Stokes (ed.), Australian Political Ideas, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1994 pp. 251-252

David Walker and Struan Jacobs

Correspondence pp. 253-254

Bryce Wilkinson

The Economic and Social Impact of Tax-Deductible Household Help pp. 255-260

Garry M. White

Realising a Minimal State: The Case of Afghanistan pp. 261-264

William Maley

Volume 3, issue 1, 1996

Public Policy and National Saving pp. 3-16

Vince FitzGerald

Comment: Public Policy and National Saving pp. 17-20

Don Harding

Comment: Public Policy and National Saving pp. 21-24

Ian R. Harper

Rejoinder: Public Policy and National Saving pp. 25-30

Vince FitzGerald

Redistributing Income through Pricing Policies pp. 31-44

James Cox

Sydney’s Water: A Suitable Case for Private Treatment pp. 45-58

Ross Chapman and Sandy Cuthbertson

Australia’s State Constitutions, Reform and the Republic pp. 59-69

John Waugh

The Past, Present, and Future of Law and Economics pp. 71-82

George A. Hay

After Feminism: Taking Human Diversity Seriously pp. 83-92

Michael Warby

Do Higher Education Amalgamations Work? The Case of Victoria College pp. 93-98

Malcolm J. Abbott

The Struggle Over America’s National History Standards pp. 99-104

Charles F. Bahmueller

The Slow Transformation: Patrick O’Brien and Roland Quinault (eds), The Industrial Revolution and British Society, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993 pp. 105-107

Charles F. Bahmueller

Regulating Britain’s Utilities: Matthew Bishop, John Kay and Colin Mayer (eds), The Regulatory Challenge, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995 pp. 108-109

Robert Albon

No Free Lunch: Forrest Capie, Charles Goodhart, Stanley Fischer and Norbert Schnadt, The Future of Central Banking: The Tercentenary Symposium of the Bank of England, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994 pp. 110-111

Stephen Kirchner

Ageing Model: Herbert Giersch, Karl-Heinz Paque and Holger Schmieding, The Fading Miracle: Four Decades of Market Economy in Germany (revised edition), cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994 pp. 112-114

James Cox

Why Groups Succeed or Fail: Thomas Sowell, Race and Culture: A World View, Basic Books, New York, 1994 pp. 115-117

Roger Sandall

The End of Literature?: Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages, Harcourt Brace, New York, 1994 pp. 118-120

David Parker

Believe It or Not: New Evidence on the Effects of Minimum Wages pp. 121-126

Judith Sloan

Australia’s National Training Wage, Employment Opportunities and Skill Formation pp. 127-132

Des Fooks