Australian Economic Review

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Volume 53, issue 4, 2020

Replacing Corporate Income Tax with a Cash Flow Tax pp. 463-481

Ross Garnaut, Craig Emerson, Reuben Finighan and Stephen Anthony

What is an Australian Job Worth? pp. 482-493

Paul Oslington

Farm Level Effects of On‐Farm Irrigation Infrastructure Programs in the Southern Murray–Darling Basin pp. 494-516

Neal Hughes, Manannan Donoghoe and Linden Whittle

The Redistributive Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase in New Zealand: A Microsimulation Analysis pp. 517-538

Nazila Alinaghi, John Creedy and Norman Gemmell

An Investigation of the Determinants of Profitability in a Short‐Stay Accommodation Market pp. 539-553

Ann Marsden and Hugh Sibly

Introduction pp. 554-556

Ross Williams

Should We Worry about Government Debt? Thoughts on Australia's COVID‐19 Response pp. 557-565

Chris Edmond, Richard Holden and Bruce Preston

Debt and Deficits—A Modern Monetary Theory Perspective pp. 566-576

William F. Mitchell

Reform State Taxes to Increase Productivity pp. 577-585

John Freebairn

The Economics of Ageing—What Do We Face? pp. 586-597

Ian McDonald

Home Care Providers in Queensland: Exploratory Data Analysis Using My Aged Care Platform pp. 598-604

My (Michelle) Tran and Brenda Gannon

Volume 53, issue 3, 2020

The Australian Labour Market and the Early Impact of COVID‐19: An Assessment pp. 297-324

Jeff Borland and Andrew Charlton

Non‐Standard Employment and Wage Growth in Australia pp. 325-342

Inga Laß and Mark Wooden

An Examination of Public Hospital Productivity and its Persistence: An Index Number Approach pp. 343-359

Choon C. Cheng, Anthony Scott, Vijaya Sundararajan, Wenda Yan and Jongsay Yong

Is Trade Liberalisation Pro‐Poor in Pakistan? Evidence from Large‐Scale Manufacturing pp. 360-394

Atif Khan Jadoon and Ambreen Sarwar

Introduction pp. 395-396

Efrem Castelnuovo

The Cost of Coronavirus Uncertainty: The High Returns to Clear Policy Plans pp. 397-401

Giovanni Pellegrino, Federico Ravenna and Gabriel Züllig

Sectoral Employment Dynamics in Australia and the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 402-414

Heather Anderson, Giovanni Caggiano, Farshid Vahid and Benjamin Wong

Macroeconomic Policy to Aid Recovery after Social Distancing for COVID‐19 pp. 415-428

Ian McDonald

The ATO Longitudinal Information Files (ALife): A New Resource for Retirement Policy Research pp. 429-449

Cain Polidano, Andrew Carter, Marc Chan, Abraham Chigavazira, Hang To, Justin Holland, Son Nguyen, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins

#FlattenTheCurve pp. 450-458

Robert Dixon

Volume 53, issue 2, 2020

Australia's National Electricity Market after Twenty Years pp. 165-182

Alan Rai and Tim Nelson

Migrant Age Profiles and Long‐Run Living Standards in Australia pp. 183-197

Nick Parr and Ross Guest

Private School Usage in Australia 1975–2010: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Surveys pp. 198-213

Tue Gørgens, Christopher Ryan and Guochang Zhao

Central Transfer a Curse or Blessing? Evidence from the Relative Revenue Effort of Indian States pp. 214-227

Avipsa Mohanty, Dinabandhu Sethi and Asit Ranjan Mohanty

Intergenerational Disadvantage: An Introduction to the Key Issues pp. 228-229

Mark Wooden

Intergenerational Mobility: What Do We Care About? What Should We Care About? pp. 230-240

Miles Corak

Intergenerational Mobility Research: Current Challenges and Future Directions pp. 241-246

Irma Mooi‐Reci

The Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: Three Examples from Australia pp. 247-253

Esperanza Vera‐Toscano

TM‐Link: An Internationally Linked Trademark Database pp. 254-269

Stephen Petrie, Mitchell Adams, Ben Mitra‐Kahn, Matthew Johnson, Russell Thomson, Paul Jensen, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

Visualising Time: A Compendium of Time Series Plots pp. 270-291

Joseph Hirschberg and Jeanette Lye

Volume 53, issue 1, 2020

The Australian Economy in 2019–20: Slower Growth, Record Low Interest Rates and a Changing Housing Landscape pp. 5-21

Sarantis Tsiaplias and Jiao Wang

Where’s the Money? An Investigation into the Whereabouts and Uses of Australian Banknotes pp. 22-34

Richard Finlay, Andrew Staib and Max Wakefield

The Effect of Foreign Demand on Residential Property Prices: Evidence from Australia pp. 35-49

Chris Wokker and John Swieringa

Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: The Role of Inflation Targeting pp. 50-75

Dinabandhu Sethi and Debashis Acharya

Emissions Pricing Policies and Business Cycles: Fixed vs. Variable Tax Regimes pp. 76-92

Fariba Ramezani, Charles Harvie and Amir Arjomandi

Policy Forum: Macroeconomic Policies and the Business Cycle: Evidence and Recommendations pp. 93-94

Efrem Castelnuovo

The Case for Reform of the Reserve Bank of Australia Policy and Communication Strategy pp. 95-104

Bruce Preston

Wealth and Consumption in Australia pp. 105-117

Diego May, Gabriela Nodari and Daniel Rees

The Effect of Changes in Monetary Policy on Consumer and Business Confidence pp. 118-125

Stephen Kirchner

Financial Outcomes in Adolescence and Early Adulthood in Australian Longitudinal Data pp. 126-138

John de New, David Ribar, Christopher Ryan and Clement Wong

Applied R in the Classroom pp. 139-157

J. D. Long and Dusty Turner

Volume 52, issue 4, 2019

Low Wage Growth: Why It Matters and How to Fix It pp. 377-392

Stephen Bell and Michael Keating

The Relationship between Income, Wealth and Age in Australia pp. 393-405

Alan Tapper and Alan Fenna

The Economic Demography Transition: Is China's ‘Not Rich, First Old’ Circumstance a Barrier to Growth? pp. 406-426

Lauren A. Johnston

The Causal Effect of Retirement on Health: Understanding the Mechanisms pp. 427-446

Dai Binh Tran and Vasileios Zikos

From Adversaries to Allies: Australian and European Union Responses to Challenges in the World Economy pp. 447-447

Richard Pomfret

From Friction to Free Trade Negotiations: Australia's Engagement with the European Union pp. 448-454

Philomena Murray

Trade Policy and Global Uncertainties: How to Promote an Open Trade Agenda pp. 455-461

Lucian Cernat

Australian Trade Policy in the Twenty‐First Century pp. 462-467

Richard Pomfret

Mega‐Regional Agreements and Their Impact on Australia pp. 468-475

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Introducing the Longitudinal Multi‐Agency Data Integration Project and Its Role in Understanding Income Dynamics in Australia pp. 476-495

Nicholas Biddle, Robert Breunig, Francis Markham and Chris Wokker

The Economics of Ageing—What do you Face? pp. 496-506

Ian McDonald

Volume 52, issue 3, 2019

Teaching Public Economics with Special Reference to Australian and US Cultures pp. 279-293

Peter Abelson

Optimal Monetary Policy in China with Money as Not Redundant pp. 294-304

Guoxiong Zhang

Tracing the Sources of South Australian Economic Slumps pp. 305-320

Dou Jiang

Introduction pp. 321-322

Efrem Castelnuovo

Yield Curve and Financial Uncertainty: Evidence Based on US Data pp. 323-335

Efrem Castelnuovo

Does Monetary Policy Respond to Uncertainty? Evidence from Australia pp. 336-343

Natalia Ponomareva, Jeffrey Sheen and Ben Wang

Measuring Uncertainty for New Zealand Using Data‐Rich Approach pp. 344-352

Trung Duc Tran, Tugrul Vehbi and Benjamin Wong

Surveying Lifelong Learning in the German National Educational Panel Study pp. 353-362

Silke Anger, Marie‐Christine Laible, Annette Trahms and Basha Vicari

The Influence of Climate on Migration pp. 363-372

Dennis Wesselbaum

Volume 52, issue 2, 2019

Depositor Protection and Bank Liquidity Regulation: Distortions Affecting Superannuation pp. 149-157

Kevin Davis and Rodney Maddock

The Longer‐term Impacts of Job Displacement on Labour Market Outcomes in New Zealand pp. 158-177

Dean Hyslop and Wilbur Townsend

State of Confusion: Economic Policy Uncertainty and International Trade and Investment pp. 178-199

Stephen Kirchner

Violence in the Household and Happiness in Mexico pp. 200-211

Humberto Charles‐Leija, Gilberto Aboites and Ignacio Llamas

Introduction: Australian Higher Education as an Industry pp. 212-216

Ross Williams

Distributing Student Places in Australian Higher Education pp. 217-225

Andrew Norton

Valuing the Humanities pp. 226-235

John O’Mahony, Rohan Garga, Michael Thomas and Max Kimber

Productivity and Policy in Higher Education pp. 236-247

Kenneth Moore, Gwilym Croucher and Hamish Coates

The National Coronial Information System: Saving Lives through the Power of Data pp. 247-254

Lauren Dunstan

Practical Empirical Research Using gretl and hansl pp. 255-271

Artur Tarassow

Volume 52, issue 1, 2019

The Australian Economy in 2018–2019: Convergence in Economic Activity across Australia pp. 5-18

Viet Hoang Nguyen and Jiao Wang

Should We Tax Sugar and If So How? pp. 19-40

Peter Lloyd and Donald MacLaren

Do Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions Increase Acquired Firms’ Innovation? Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms pp. 41-60

Zheng Zhang, Yuping Deng and Sam Hak Kan Tang

Trends in Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Canada pp. 61-75

Ehsan Latif

Introduction pp. 76-77

Efrem Castelnuovo

What Do We Know About the Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy? A Brief Survey of the Literature on Fiscal Multipliers pp. 78-93

Efrem Castelnuovo and Guay Lim

The Cyclical Behaviour of the Labour Force Participation Rate in Australia pp. 94-106

Richard Evans, Angus Moore and Daniel Rees

Contributions of Employment Change to Annual Wage Growth in New Zealand pp. 107-115

Dean Hyslop and Amy Rice

How Much Have Lending Standards Constrained US Recovery After the Financial Crisis? pp. 116-126

Martin Fukač

Chinese Family and Society Dynamics Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) Household Panel pp. 127-133

Sherry Tao Kong and Qiong Wu

What Do Australian Economics PhDs Do? pp. 134-144

Kenneth Clements and Jiawei Si