Economic Papers

1956 - 2025

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THE SOURCES OF UNEMPLOYMENT: A SIMPLE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS pp. 1-20: Tom Valentine
A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT pp. 21-31: Christine Short
AUSTRALIA'S CURRENT ACCOUNT DIFFICULTIES AND THE ROLE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY POLICY pp. 32-46: Neil Hart
DO COMMODITIES GIVE AUSTRALIA A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? pp. 47-57: Margaret Beardow
A CASE STUDY IN ECONOMIC RATIONALISM: THE INDUSTRY POLICY OF THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA pp. 58-64: Stephen Anthony
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS TOURISM pp. 65-72: Harry Clarke
EXPORTING MANUFACTURES FROM WESTERN SYDNEY: A SURVEY pp. 73-85: Kevin Daly, Felicitas Evangelista and Colm Kearney
THE AUSTRALIAN CIVIL OFFSETS PROGRAM: AN EVALUATION OF ITS ECONOMIC RATIONALE pp. 86-96: Theo Papadopoulos
INTERNAL MARKETS IN HEALTH CARE CAVEAT EMPTOR pp. 97-106: Anthony Harris and Gavin Wood
RETURNS TO CONTEMPORARY ART IN AUSTRALIA 1972/1989 pp. 107-115: Jon Stanford
QUALITY AT ANY PRICE: AUSTRALIAN PhDs IN ECONOMICS 1980/90: A REPLY TO WITHERS pp. 116-118: Alex Millmow

TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE pp. 1-10: Luigi Pasinetti
ARE THERE BETTER WAYS TO ACHIEVE DISTRIBUTIONAL OBJECTIVES pp. 11-21: James Cox
IS EFFICIENCY ENOUGH? pp. 22-27: Jonathan Pincus
DEREGULATION AND INEQUALITY pp. 28-43: Peter Saunders
WHAT'S SO SUPER ABOUT SUPER? pp. 44-62: David Allen
INSOLVENCY AND THE STATE OF VICTORIA pp. 63-71: D. J. Thomas
PLANNING IN MARKET ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF AUSTRALIA pp. 72-80: Dilip Dutta, Andrew Lenihan and Ian Morrow
AN INDUSTRY POLICY DEBATE FOR THE 1990s-WHAT LESSONS FROM THE USA? pp. 81-96: Ann Hodgkinson
BENCHMARKING TELECOMMUNICATIONS USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS pp. 97-105: John Whiteman and Kate Pearson
‘ECONOMIC RATIONALISM’, FINANCIAL DEREGULATION AND ACCESS TO HOME OWNERSHIP IN AUSTRALIA pp. 106-110: Robert Leeson

THE FUTURE COURSE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND WAGES pp. 1-13: Judith Sloan
UNEMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT: CHALLENGES FOR THE YEARS AHEAD pp. 14-31: Bruce Bradbury
TRANSACTION COSTS AND LABOUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY: REFLECTIONS ON THE SCOPE OF MICROECONOMIC REFORM pp. 32-41: S. C. Mares
AN EFFICIENT RULE FOR ALLOCATING REMUNERATIONS TO ACADEMIC STAFF pp. 42-47: Amnon Levy
THE PERFORMANCE OF BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS pp. 48-57: Alex Erskine
PRIVATISATION: WHAT DOES THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE REVEAL? pp. 58-68: Simon Domberger
ECONOMIC RATIONALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONFLICTS AND IMPLEMENTATION pp. 69-84: Bryan Jenkins
POLICY-INDUCED RECESSIONS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? pp. 85-96: Robert Leeson
UNDERSTANDING THE AUSTRALIAN MANAGEMENT BUYOUT (MBO) MARKET pp. 97-108: Julian Lowe and Tony Naughton
THE ECONOMIC RATIONALISM DEBATE: THE NEED FOR COHERENT DEFINITIONS pp. 109-112: Blair Comley

CHALLENGING THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE OF THE TIMES: WHY THE RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA IS TOO INDEPENDENT pp. 1-17: Chris Eichbaum
THE US ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1990s pp. 18-36: Saul Eslake
EXCHANGE RATES, IMPORT PRICES, AND THE MACROECONOMY pp. 37-48: Jayant Menon
ISSUES FOR DETERMINING THE TIME-FRAME IN WHICH FISCAL POLICY SHOULD OPERATE pp. 49-68: Adrian Kenneth Noon
COMPLIANCE COSTS OF THE WHOLESALE SALES TAX/PAYROLL TAX AND THE PROPOSED GOODS AND SERVICES TAX pp. 69-77: Jeffery Pope
WELFARE EFFECTS OF HEROIN PROHIBITION pp. 78-82: Jonathan Baldry
TAXES AND MARKETABLE PERMITS IN POLLUTION CONTROL pp. 83-86: Peter Tisato and Creina Allen
A DECADE OF APPLIED GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE pp. 87-103: Alan Powell

CENTRAL BANKING AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE pp. 2-11: C.B. Schedvin
COMMENTS ON PROFESSOR SCHEDVIN pp. 12-16: Robert Gregory
COMMENTS ON PROFESSOR SCHEDVIN pp. 17-18: Bob Johnston
TWO PERSPECTIVES ON MONETARY POLICY pp. 19-29: Bernie Fraser
COMMENTS ON MR FRASER pp. 30-32: Freg Argy
COMMENTS ON MR FRASER pp. 33-35: Heinz Arndt
THE NBFI REFORMS pp. 36-40: Jeff Carmichael
CONSULTATION VERSUS INSPECTION IN AUSTRALIAN BANK SUPERVISION pp. 41-43: Frank Conroy
DEVELOPMENTS IN PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION pp. 44-49: Bruce Hogan
COMMENTS ON CARMICHAEL, CONROY AND HOGAN pp. 50-53: Graeme Thompson
NUNC DIMITTIS pp. 54-62: Don Sanders
EARNINGS PROFILES AND COMPENSATION pp. 63-71: John Creedy
WELFARE EFFECTS OF HEROIN PROHIBITION pp. 72-78: Frank Neri
HOW FEASIBLE ARE ONE NATION FIGURES FOR AUSTRALIA'S GROWTH RATE AND TRADE GAP? pp. 79-86: John Nevile and George Marzouk
PUSEY ON ECONOMIC POLICY pp. 87-90: Tom Valentine
THE IMPACT OF BANKING DERGULATION: A REJOINDER pp. 91-94: Tom Valentine

POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND RECESSION pp. 1-22: Peter Saunders
MEASURING THE RISK OF POVERTY IN AUSTRALIA pp. 23-31: Satya Paul and Nripesh Podder
DO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AUSTRALIAN MACROECONOMY INFLUENCE ABORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS? pp. 32-48: Jon Altman and Anne Daly
PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT: LESSONS FROM THE WIDER EXPERIENCE pp. 49-56: David Hensher and Michael Beesley
WHAT IS PRIVATISATION? pp. 57-64: Stephen King
INFORMATION PROBLEMS IN POLLUTION CONTROL: COMPARING TAXES AND MARKETABLE PERMITS pp. 65-76: Ian Wills
TOBACCO TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA pp. 77-90: Terry Alchin
THE USER COST TRAP pp. 91-93: Craig Freedman

THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY IN THE 1990s: CAN IT ADJUST TO FREE TRADE? pp. 1-12: David Hale
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM THE BOUGAINVILLE CRISIS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE 1990s pp. 13-31: Andrew Elek
WHAT HAS HELD THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR UP? pp. 32-46: Tom Valentine
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION OF AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY pp. 47-63: Noreen Cooray
HEALTH EXPENDITURE IN AUSTRALIA: THE CURRENT DILEMMA pp. 64-75: Thomas G. Parry
IN-PATIENT WAITING LISTS: THE NEED FOR DATA IN AUSTRALIA pp. 76-86: Ruth Hart
THE IMPACT OF BANKING DEREGULATION: SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS pp. 87-93: Tom Valentine

BANKING AND DEREGULATION pp. 1-13: Stephen Martin and John Hawkins
AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN DEBT: SEARCHING FOR THE BENEFITS pp. 14-31: Peter L. Daniels
AUSTRALIA'S SECTORAL TRADE: HAS MANUFACTURING'S PERFORMANCE DECLINED? pp. 32-41: Bob Conlon
EXPORTABLES, IMPORTABLES AND THE TERMS OF TRADE pp. 42-52: Anthony Makin
PARTIAL FINANCIAL DEREGULATION AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT pp. 53-56: John Quiggin
THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, COPYRIGHT PROTECTION, AND THE PRICES SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY pp. 57-69: Michael Harris
FEDERAL-STATE FINANCIAL RELATIONS—A PRIORITY FOR REFORM? pp. 70-82: Des Moore
AUSTRALIAN PhDs IN ECONOMICS: 1980–1990 pp. 91-93: Glenn Withers
REJOINDER TO TISATO ON “THE ECONOMICS OF THE BEAZLEY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM PROPOSAL” pp. 94-95: Malcolm Cook and Brian Dollery