Most Recent Articles from Economic Papers (Economic Society of Australia)

• Measuring the equity burden in public service provision: the case of New Jersey toll roads 

  Economic theory recognises equity dimensions of social welfare as well as efficiency issues. This paper examines three measures of...

  12/01/08 by Jonathan Peters · More from publication

• Between forced resumption and voluntary sale: a mechanism for the collective sale or transfer of irrigation water 

  Currently, the legitimate transfer of ownership of an asset occurs either through voluntary means--gift, bequest, sale--or through the use of state...

  12/01/08 by Jonathan Pincus · More from publication

• FuelWatch: evidence-based-policy or policy-based-evidence? 

  Experience from the United Kingdom and the United States suggests that expert evidence is often reshaped and repackaged by governments so that it...

  12/01/08 by Don Harding · More from publication

• Shared services in Australian local government: a case study of the Queensland Local Government Association Model 

  A host of recent public inquiries into Australian local government have recommended increased use of shared services and resource-sharing models...

  12/01/08 by Brian Dollery · More from publication

• An approach to teaching monetary policy since deregulation 

  Since the full institution of deregulation the mechanics of how monetary policy operates has fundamentally changed. No longer can a change in...

  12/01/08 by Trevor Coombes · More from publication

• Is the decline in the frequency of draws in test match cricket detrimental to the long form of the game? 

  The frequency of draws in test cricket has declined noticeably in the last fifteen years. This has been brought about by changes in the style of...

  12/01/08 by Liam J.A. Lenten · More from publication

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