Economic Papers

1956 - 2025

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Volume 30, issue 3, 2011

Confusing Policy and Catastrophe: Buybacks and Drought in the Murray–Darling Basin pp. 289-295

Glyn Wittwer

Reconciling the Competing Demands in the Human‐Earth System: Ensuring Food Security pp. 296-306

Don Gunasekera, David Newth and John Finnigan

Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment in South Africa: Context, Issues and the Way Forward pp. 307-315

Michael Chibba and John Luiz

Sharing the Burden: Understanding the Roles of Public and Private Insurance in Financing Aged Care pp. 316-325

Laurel L. Hixon

Embedded Incentives in the Funding Arrangements for Residential Aged Care in Australia pp. 326-340

Steven Hamilton and Flavio Menezes

Assessing Economies of Scale in Public Hospitals pp. 341-347

Yuejen Zhao, Margaret Foley and Kathy Eagar

Death, Dollars and Degrees: Socio‐economic Status and Longevity in Australia pp. 348-355

Philip Clarke and Andrew Leigh

Anatomy of Growth in the Developed World pp. 356-367

Mike Smart

Rediscovering the Condorcet Approach as an Aggregation Technique for Progress Measures pp. 368-376

Riccardo Natoli and Segu Zuhair

How Potent is Fiscal Policy in Australia? pp. 377-385

Anthony J. Makin and Paresh Narayan

Wine Export Shocks and Wine Tax Reform in Australia: Regional Consequences Using an Economy‐wide Approach pp. 386-399

Kym Anderson, Ernesto Valenzuela and Glyn Wittwer

The Impact of Immigration on Australian‐born Workers: An Assessment Using the National Labour Market Approach pp. 400-413

Melissa Bond and Noel Gaston

A Look at the Long‐term Accumulation of Human Capital and Knowledge Intensity of Work in Australia pp. 414-430

Alexis Esposto and Malcolm Abbott

Volume 30, issue 2, 2011

An Introduction to Managing Environmental Water pp. 119-121

Alistair Watson and Terry Hillman

Managing Environmental Water: Lessons in Crafting Efficient Governance Arrangements pp. 122-134

Lin Crase, Brian Dollery and Sue O’Keefe

Coase‐coloured Glasses and Rights Bundling: Why the Initial Specification of Water Rights in Volumetric Terms Matters pp. 135-146

Lin Crase and Ben Gawne

The Role of Regional Organisations in Managing Environmental Water in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia pp. 147-156

Anna M. Roberts, Eloise J. Seymour and David Pannell

A Role for the Private Sector in the Provision of River and Riparian Goods? pp. 157-166

Simon Hone, Adam Foster and Suzanne O’Keefe

Institutional Innovations to Govern Environmental Water in the Western United States: Lessons for Australia’s Murray–Darling Basin pp. 167-184

Dustin Garrick, Chelsea Lane‐Miller and Amy L. McCoy

Uncertainties in the Australian Water Availability Risk Assignment Framework: Implications for Environmental Water Reserve Managers pp. 185-194

John Bevacqua

Some Observations about the Reactionary Rhetoric Circumscribing the Guide to the Murray–Darling Basin Plan pp. 195-207

Lin Crase, Sue O’Keefe and Brian Dollery

Macroeconomic Policy and Abba Lerner’s System of Functional Finance pp. 208-217

Neil Hart

Modelling the Economic Impacts of the Sydney Olympics in Retrospect – Game Over for the Bonanza Story? pp. 218-232

James Giesecke and John Madden

Institutions and Growth Volatility pp. 233-252

Nejat Anbarci, Jonathan Hill and Hasan Kirmanoglu

Resource Misallocation in Australia’s Mental Health Sector under Medicare: Evidence from Time‐series Data pp. 253-264

Darrel P. Doessel and Ruth Williams

Reassessing the Relationship between Economic Growth and Inequality pp. 265-272

Ha Vu and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

Our Friends across the Ditch: A Brief Sketch of the New Zealand Academic Economics Profession pp. 273-278

Alex Millmow

Asymmetric Dynamics in Stock Market Volatility pp. 279-287

Indika Karunanayake and Abbas Valadkhani

Volume 30, issue 1, 2011

Monetary–Fiscal Interactions: How to Improve Policy Outcomes? pp. 1-5

Jan Libich, James Savage and Carl Walsh

The Big Picture of Monetary–Fiscal Interactions pp. 6-14

Michal Franta, Jan Libich and Petr Stehlík

Monetary and Fiscal Policy: How an Agreed Inflation Target Affects Fiscal Policy pp. 15-17

Donald Brash

Central Bank Independence Revisited pp. 18-22

Carl Walsh

The Fiscal Stimulus and Challenges Ahead: Views on the Euro Area pp. 23-28

Jacopo Cimadomo

Reforming Fiscal Responsibility Legislation pp. 29-32

Stephen Kirchner

Fiscal Limits in Advanced Economies pp. 33-47

Eric Leeper and Todd Walker

Evaluating Major Events and Avoiding the Mercantilist Fallacy pp. 48-59

Peter Abelson

An Investigation of Service Mix within the Home and Community Care Programme pp. 60-76

Nerina Vecchio and Stella Stevens

Does the Political Institution Matter for Financial Development? pp. 77-98

Hatra Voghouei, M Azali and Siong Hook Law

Blended Learning in Finance: Comparing Student Perceptions of Lectures, Tutorials and Online Learning Environments Across Different Year Levels pp. 99-108

Alan Farley, Ameeta Jain and Dianne Thomson

The Role of Human Capital in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters: Evidence from Metalworking Clusters in Sri Lanka pp. 109-117

H.M. Nihal Padmasiri

Volume 29, issue 4, 2010

Some Economics of Mining Taxation pp. 369-383

Henry Ergas, Mark Harrison and Jonathan Pincus

Special Taxation of the Mining Industry pp. 384-396

John Freebairn and John Quiggin

Reform of the Regulation of Liquor pp. 397-406

Peter J. Lloyd

Optimal Bonus Points in the Australian Football League pp. 407-420

Liam Lenten and Niven Winchester

Dutch Disease and the Sustainable Management of Royalty Wealth in Western Australia pp. 421-431

Jason C. Hart

Is All Cartel Activity Evil? pp. 432-445

Andrew Torre and Daniel Morgan

Delayed Carbon Policy Certainty and Electricity Prices in Australia pp. 446-465

Tim Nelson, Simon Kelley, Fiona Orton and Paul Simshauser

The Predictive Ability of Business Survey Indices pp. 466-482

Philip Chindamo

The New National Health and Hospitals Network – Building Australia’s Health Workforce: Where is the Evidence? pp. 483-489

Matthew J. Leach and Leonie Segal

Causes and Consequences of Fragility in Africa: The Experience of the Greater Lakes Region pp. 490-496

Nyende Magidu

Volume 29, issue 3, 2010

Advancing Water Trade: A Preliminary Investigation of Urban‐Irrigation Options Contracts in the Ovens Basin, Victoria, Australia pp. 251-266

Anke Leroux and Lin Crase

Is There a Better Alternative for Australia’s Health System? pp. 267-278

Jeff Richardson

Economic Analysis of the Government’s Recent Mining Tax Proposals pp. 279-291

Brian Parmenter, Amar Breckenridge and Stephen Gray

What Drives Health Spending in the Northern Territory? pp. 292-300

Yuejen Zhao, John Goss and Rosalyn Malyon

Fiscal Neglect in a Monetary Union pp. 301-309

Jan Libich, James Savage and Petr Stehlík

Government Intervention in OECD Member Countries: Equity at the Expense of Efficiency? pp. 310-316

Marc Lombard

Is the Long‐term Bond Rate the Appropriate Uplift Rate for the RSPT? pp. 317-319

Peter J. Urban

Revisiting the Relationship Between the Macroeconomy and Indigenous Labour Force Status pp. 320-332

Boyd Hunter

Ageing, Labour Force Participation and Education: Comparing the Implications for Economic Growth in China and India pp. 333-341

John Hicks, Parikshit K. Basu and Richard B. Sappey

Australian Federal Government Failure: The Rise and Fall of the Home Insulation Program pp. 342-352

Brian Dollery and Martin Hovey

The Private Rate of Return to an Economics Degree: An Update pp. 353-364

Anne Elizabeth Daly and Philip E. T. Lewis

Industry Structure Issues in the Water and Wastewater Sectors in Australia: A Comment on Abbott and Cohen pp. 365-367

Brian Dollery and Lin Crase

Volume 29, issue 2, 2010

From the Editor: A Case for Public Sector Involvement in Public Economic Debates pp. 97-98

Harry Clarke

How Should Macroeconomic Policy Respond to Foreign Financial Crises? pp. 99-108

Anthony Makin

Australian CEO Remuneration pp. 109-127

Richard Heaney, Vineet Tawani and John Goodwin

Do Private Patients have Shorter Waiting Times for Elective Surgery? Evidence from New South Wales Public Hospitals pp. 128-142

Meliyanni Johar and Elizabeth Savage

Effects on the PNG Economy of a Major LNG Project pp. 143-155

Peter Dixon, Gae Kauzi and Maureen Rimmer

Carbon Leakages, Consumption‐based Carbon Taxes and International Climate Change Agreements pp. 156-168

Harry Clarke

The PhD Conference in Economics and Business Two Decades On pp. 169-180

Kenneth Clements

The Location Decisions of Multinationals and the Cultural Link: Evidence from Spanish Direct Investment Abroad pp. 181-196

Salvador Barrios and Juan Benito Ostolaza

Reforming Taxes on Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverage Consumption pp. 197-199

Kym Anderson

Special Taxation of Alcoholic Beverages to Correct Market Failures pp. 200-214

John Freebairn

Excise and Import Taxes on Wine Versus Beer and Spirits: An International Comparison pp. 215-228

Kym Anderson

What Do the Bingers Drink? Micro‐Unit Evidence on Negative Externalities and Drinker Characteristics of Alcohol Consumption by Beverage Types pp. 229-250

Preety Pratima Srivastava and Xueyan Zhao

Volume 29, issue 1, 2010

Keynes and ‘Psychology’ pp. 1-12

J. E. King

Bad Politics Makes Bad Policy: The Case of Queensland’s Asset Sales Programme* pp. 13-22

John Quiggin

The Proposed Privatisation of Queensland Motorways pp. 23-33

Ross Guest

Six More Refuted Doctrines: A Comment on Quiggin pp. 34-39

J. E. King

Response to J. E. King’s Response to my Article ‘Six Refuted Doctrines’ pp. 40-40

John Quiggin

A Cautionary Note on the Use of Socio‐Economic Analyses in Water Planning pp. 41-47

Lin Crase

Industry Structure Issues in the Water and Wastewater Sectors in Australia pp. 48-63

Malcolm Abbott and Bruce Cohen

Public Spending Allocation, Fiscal Performance and Corruption* pp. 64-79

Georgios Moschovis

Student Performance in a Large First Year Economics Subject: Which Variables are Significant?* pp. 80-86

Girijasankar Mallik and John Lodewijks

The Changing Sociology of the Australian Academic Economics Profession* pp. 87-95

Alex Millmow