Looking back on microeconomic reform: a skeptical viewpoint

John Quiggin

No 151502, Risk and Sustainable Management Group Working Papers from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: Microeconomic reform dominated Australian economic policy from the early 1980s until the end of the 20th century. Despite strong claims of success, focusing on the economic expansion since 1992, and rapid productivity growth between 1993-94 and 1998-99, evidence of improvements in the performance of the economy as a whole is weak and inconclusive. For an adequate evaluation of the microeconomic reform period, it is necessary to distinguish several different phases of reform and to evaluate reforms on a case-by-case basis.

Keywords: Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2004-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.151502

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