53 sessions, 162 papers

Annual Conference of Economists (ACE10)
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Monetary Policy
Session Chair: Glenn Otto, UNSW
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: L'Aqua
What do the RBA’s forecasts imply about its preferences over inflation and output volatility?
Presented by: Glenn Otto, UNSW
Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Determinacy
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University

Session 2: Financial Economics 1
Session Chair: George Milunovich, Macquarie University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: Quay Room 1
International Commodity Prices and the Australian Stock Market
Presented by: George Milunovich, Macquarie University
Testing the Efficient Market Hypothesis in the Australian Share Market using a Differential Evolutionary Algorithm
Presented by: Phil Simmons, University of New England
Gender Comparisons of Asset and Debt Portfolios in Australia
Presented by: Rachel Ong, Curtin University of Technology

Session 3: Macroeconomics 1
Session Chair: Anthony Makin, Griffith University, Gold Coast
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: Quay Room 2
Commodity Prices and the Macroeconomy : An Extended Dependent Economy Approach
Presented by: Anthony Makin, Griffith University, Gold Coast
Mean Reversion and Structural Breaks In The Australian Dollar Real Exchange Rate
Presented by: Khorshed Chowdhury, University of Wollongong
Reconsidering the Link Between Fiscal Policy and Interest Rates in Australia
Presented by: Shane Brittle, The Treasury

Session 4: Labor and Wages
Session Chair: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: Darling 2
The Effect of Motherhood on Wages and Wage Growth: Evidence for Australia
Presented by: Tanya Livermore, University of Wollongong
Locational disadvantage, socio-economic status and mobility behaviour – evidence from Australia
Presented by: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney
Unemployment Rate and Divorce
Presented by: Susmita Roy, University of Canterbury

Session 5: Health Economics 1
Session Chair: Silvia Mendolia, University of Aberdeen
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: Darling 1
Maternal working hours and the well-being of adolescent children
Presented by: Silvia Mendolia, University of Aberdeen
The Effect of Maternal Employment on Youth Overweight and Obesity
Presented by: James Bishop, Reserve Bank of Australia
Estimating Peer Influences in Teenage Substance Use when Friendship Links are Unobserved
Presented by: Duncan McVicar, Queens University Belfast

Session 6: Economic Policy and Debt
Session Chair: John Quiggin, University of Queensland
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 11:15 - 12:30
Location: Gold Room
Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas still Walk Among US
Presented by: John Quiggin, University of Queensland
Empirical and theoretical reasons why the GFC is not behind us
Presented by: Steve Keen, University of Western Sydney
Australian household debt: a macroeconomic level study
Presented by: xianming meng, school of business, economics, and public policy

Session 7: Monetary-Fiscal Interactions: How to Improve Policy Outcomes
Session Chair: Jan Libich, La Trobe University
Session type: invited
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:10
Location: L'Aqua
Transmission of Government Spending Shocks in the Euro Area: Time Variation and Driving Forces
Presented by: Jacopo Cimadomo, European Central Bank
Fiscal Rules for Limited Government: Reforming Australia's Fiscal Responsibility Legislation
Presented by: Stephen Kirchner, School of Finance & Economics
Fiscal Neglect in a Monetary Union
Presented by: Jan Libich, La Trobe University
Monetary-fiscal policy relationships
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University

Session 8: Financial Econometrics
Session Chair: Chris Heaton, Macquarie University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:10
Location: Quay Room 1
Modelling asset correlations during the recent financial crisis
Presented by: Nektarios Aslanidis, University Rovira Virgili
The Dependence of Return Quantiles: A New Approach to Modeling Correlations
[slides]
Presented by: Nicholas Sim, University of Adelaide
New Evidence on the time varying risk aversion from a dynamic multinomial logit augmented C-CAPM
Presented by: rachida Ouysse, Australian School of Business
What does high-dimensional factor analysis tell us about risk factors in the Australian Stock Market?
[slides]
Presented by: Chris Heaton, Macquarie University

Session 9: Microeconomic Theory 1
Session Chair: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:10
Location: Darling 1
Decisions, firms and families
Presented by: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney
Improvement in Information and Private Investment in Education
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Advertising Strategies for a Duopoly Model with Duo-markets and a budget constraint
Presented by: Ernie Teo, Nanyang Technological University
Learning, Teaching, and Turn Taking in the Repeated Assignment Game
Presented by: Vai-Lam Mui, Monash University

Session 10: Microeconometrics
Session Chair: Dorian Owen, University of Otago
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:10
Location: Quay 2
Predicting Box Office with and without Markets: Do Internet Users Know Anything?
Presented by: Jordi Mckenzie, University of Sydney
Australian Art Market Prices during the Global Financial Crisis
Presented by: Helen HIGGS, Griffith University
Playoff Uncertainty, Match Uncertainty and Attendance at Australian National Rugby League Matches
Presented by: Dorian Owen, University of Otago
Retail petrol price cycles in Western Australia
Presented by: Nicolas de Roos, University of Sydney

Session 11: Taxation and Public Finance
Session Chair: Peter Abelson, Sydney University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 13:30 - 15:10
Location: Darling 2
Optimal Income Tax Reforms: A Microsimulation Analysis
Presented by: Nicolas Herault, University of Melbourne
New Evidence on Taxes and Portfolio Choice
Presented by: Kadir Atalay, UNSW
The True measure of the Revenue Raising Capacites of the States and Territories and the Implications for the Equitable Distribution of GST Revenue
Presented by: Peter Abelson, Sydney University
On Inequality, Tax Evasion and Progressive Taxes
Presented by: Mark Phoon, Queensland University of Technology

Session 12: Financial Economics 2
Session Chair: Katja Ignatieva, Macquarie University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:10
Location: Quay Room 1
HOME BIAS AND CROSS BORDER TAXATION
Presented by: Anil Mishra, University of Western Sydney
Industry Concentration and Stock Returns: Australian Evidence
Presented by: Katja Ignatieva, Macquarie University
INFLUENCE ACTIVITY AND ALLOCATION OF FIRMS’ INTERNAL CAPITAL: AUSTRALIAN EVIDENCE
Presented by: Tania Dey, Monash
Overspending or Saving in Property, Do Different Measures of Saving Matter in Australia?
Presented by: Cathy Gong, University of Canberra

Session 13: Economic Growth 1
Session Chair: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:10
Location: Quay Room 2
Income and Constitutions
Presented by: Eric Yan, Monash University
Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design
Presented by: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney
The Uneven Roles of FTAs: Selection Effect or "Learning" Effect?
Presented by: Lin FAqin, University of Adelaide

Session 14: Labor Markets and Migration
Session Chair: Craig MacMillan, Macquarie University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:10
Location: Darling 2
Selection Policy and Immigrants’ Remittance Behaviour
Presented by: Massimiliano Tani, Macquarie University
Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates
Presented by: Kostas Mavromaras, Flinders University
Internal Labour markets in Australia: Evidence from the Survey of Education and Training Experience
Presented by: Craig MacMillan, Macquarie University

Session 15: Health Economics 2
Session Chair: Mike Dockery,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:10
Location: Darling 1
Measuring the technical efficiency of public and private hospitals in Australia
Presented by: Philip Harslett, Productivity Commission
The subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians
Presented by: Mike Dockery,
Disability, participation and youth wellbeing: a fixed effects approach
Presented by: Peng Yu, FaHCSIA
Work Stress and Mental Well-being of the Australian Workers
Presented by: Sung-Hee Jeon, The University of Melbourne

Session 16: Macroeconomics 2
Session Chair: Shawn Leu, La Trobe University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 27, 2010
Time: 15:30 - 17:10
Location: L'Aqua
Debt deflation dynamics in a heterogeneous agents economy
Presented by: Corrado Di Guilmi, University of Technology, Sydney
The Australia-Asia Business Cycle Evolution
Presented by: Shawn Leu, La Trobe University
CROSS-COUNTRY CO-MOVEMENTS OF GDP GROWTH RATES: ARE THEY SYSTEMATIC?
Presented by: Abbas Valadkhani, University of Wollongong

Session 17: Empirical Micro and the Political Economy of Japan's trade, production and local government
Session Chair: Kazuki Onji, Australian National University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Quay Room 2
The politics of Japan-China trade and the role of the world trade system
Presented by: shiro armstrong, Australian National University
The role of keiretsu in the global production sharing: The case of Toyota Motors
Presented by: Shuhei Nishitateno, Australian National University
Is a Local Government Free-rider on Arts? -Strategic Cultural Expenditures in Local Governments-
Presented by: Nobuo Akai, Osaka School of International Public Pol

Session 18: Asian Financial Markets
Session Chair: Andrew Worthington, Griffith University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: L'Aqua
The Stock Market in China: An Endogenous Adjustment Process Responding to the Demands of Economic Reform and Growth
Presented by: Lilai Xu, RMIT University
Firm-specific determinants and outcomes of initial public offerings in Thailand, 2001–2007
Presented by: Andrew Worthington, Griffith University
Financial Access in South Asia
Presented by: Rashmi Arora, Griffith University, Griffith Business School

Session 19: Economic Growth 2
Session Chair: Robyn Swift, Griffith University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Darling 2
Insurance market activity and economic growth: An international cross-country analysis
Presented by: Pei-Fen Chen, National Chi Nan University
Cancer and Economic Growth in an Aging Population: Estimating the Impact for Australia
Presented by: Robyn Swift, Griffith University
Are Females in Government Good for Our Health? Evidence Across Countries
Presented by: Astghik Mavisakalyan, The Australian National University

Session 20: Factors influencing Outcomes in Economics and Business Education
Session Chair: Joe Hirschberg, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Darling 1
The influence of student performance and subject characteristics on the evaluation of courses of study
Presented by: Joe Hirschberg, University of Melbourne
Mathematics Aptitude, Attitude, Secondary Schools and Student Success in Quantitative Methods for Business Subject in an Australian Catholic University Experience
Presented by: Luz Stenberg, University of Notre Dame Australia

Session 21: Technology, Growth and R&D
Session Chair: Sizhong Sun, James Cook University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Gold Room
Collective knowledge production and research collaboration in Japan and the USA: An analysis within endogenous growth framework
JEL codes: O31, O33, O41
Presented by: Kozo Otsuka, Ritsumeikan University
Foreign Entry and Firm R&D
Presented by: Sizhong Sun, James Cook University
Growth Patterns and Inequality in The Presence of Costly Technology Adoption: A Political Economy Perspective
Presented by: Shyama Ratnasiri, Griffith University

Session 22: Responses to banking and fiscal crisis in Japan
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Quay Room 2
Negative Impacts of Capital Injection Policies on the Capital Crunch: Evidence from Japan
Presented by: Takeshi Osada, Hitotsubashi University
What Changes the Effects of Fiscal Policy? The Case study of Japan
Presented by: Keigo Kameda, Kwansei Gakuin University
Two Financial Tsunamis hitting in Japan
Presented by: Toyoharu Takahashi, Chuo University

Session 23: Macroeconomics 4
Session Chair: Emmanuel De Veirman, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Quay Room 1
The Effect of Macroeconomic Shocks on a Small Open Economy with Financial Accelerator: Lessons from Eastern Europe
Presented by: Dilyana Dimova, University of Oxford
Cyclical Changes in Firm Volatility
Presented by: Emmanuel De Veirman, Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Session 24: Macroeconomic Theory
Session Chair: Vipin Arora, Australian National University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Darling 1
Effect of Unemployment Insurance Policies on Home Prodution
[slides]
Presented by: Temel Taskin, University of Rochester
Asset Value and Oil Prices
Presented by: Vipin Arora, Australian National University

Session 25: Financial Economics 3
Session Chair: Ronald Ratti, University of Western Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: L'Aqua
Oil Price Shocks, Firm Uncertainty and Investment
Presented by: Ronald Ratti, University of Western Sydney
League-table incentives inflate price bubbles in experimental asset markets
Presented by: Stephen Cheung, The University of Sydney
Forecasting Corporate Insolvency Rates in Australia
[slides]
Presented by: Ewa Orzechowska-Fischer, The Treasury

Session 26: Savings and Investment Decisions
Session Chair: Garry Barrett, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Darling 2
Involuntary Retirement and the Resolution of the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle
Presented by: Garry Barrett, University of Sydney
Why Aren’t Developed Countries Saving?
Presented by: Loretti Dobrescu, University of New South Wales

Session 27: Economic Growth 3
Session Chair: Rajabrata Banerjee, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Gold Room
Mechanization, Increasing Returns and Endogenous Growth: How the US Forged ahead of the UK over the Past two Centuries?
JEL codes: O30; O40
Presented by: Rajabrata Banerjee, Monash University
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth
Presented by: Thanh Le, University of Queensland, Australia
Complementarities between Quality and Quantity of Human Capital in Productivity Growth
Presented by: Md. Islam, Monash University

Session 28: Empirical Macroeconomics
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Quay 1
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Australia: an SVAR model
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
The Dynamic Macroeconomic Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interaction
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Structural VARs and Long-run Monetary Neutrality
Presented by: Patrick Coe, Carleton University
Evidence on a Real Business Cycle model with Neutral and Investment-Specific Technology Shocks using Bayesian Model Averaging.
Presented by: Rodney Strachan, Australian National University

Session 29: Superannuation after the Cooper Review
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: L'Aqua
Superannuation 3
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Superannuation 4
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Superannuation 2
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Superannuation 1
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University

Session 30: Econometric Theory
Session Chair: Robert Breunig, The Australian National University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Darling 1
On the Asymptotic Distribution of the Transaction Price in a Clock Model of a Multi-Unit, Oral, Ascending-Price Auction within the Common-Value Paradigm
Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Melbourne
Should single-equation dynamic gasoline demand models include moving average terms?
Presented by: Robert Breunig, The Australian National University
New Tests for Cointegration in Heterogeneous Panel Data
Presented by: Nam Hoang, University of New England

Session 31: Education and Labor Markets
Session Chair: Paul Miller, Curtin University of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Darling 2
Competition for Care? Coresidence, Care-Giving and Children's Education
Presented by: Elisabetta Magnani, University of New South Wales
Opportunity and Educational Outcomes in Australia
Presented by: Paul Miller, Curtin University of Technology
Must affirmative action be permanent? The impact of affirmative-action programs on workers' skill acquisition
Presented by: Michael Kidd,

Session 32: Environmental and Sustainable Finance
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Quay Room 2
Localizing Temperature Risk
[slides]
Presented by: Brenda López Cabrera, Humboldt University
Sustainable finance: What should we take into account?
Presented by: Clevo Wilson, Queensland University of Technology
Impacts of major roads on property values: An analysis of an existing and a proposed road corridor project
Presented by: Prasad Neelawala, Queensland University of Technology

Session 33: TBA
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45

Session 34: Environmental and locational economics
Session Chair: Maria Varua, University of Western Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Quay Room 2
Macro-Economic Equilibrium and Price Signal Accuracy in Non-Scalar Economy
Presented by: Farzad Safaei, University of Wollongong
Underwater Coase: Can diving save the coral reefs?
Presented by: Edward Curran, The University of Sydney
Application of the Distributive Commodity Balance Method Approach to Regional Disaggregation: the Case of Penrith LGA
Presented by: Maria Varua, University of Western Sydney

Session 35: Electricity Markets
Session Chair: Wasantha Athukorala, Queensland University of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: L'Aqua
Electricity demand elasticities and temperature
Presented by: Chien-Chiang Lee, National Sun Yat-sen University
Estimating residential demand for electricity: application of cointegration and causality approaches
Presented by: Wasantha Athukorala, Queensland University of Technology

Session 36: Labor Markets and the Boom
Session Chair: Phil Lewis,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Darling 2
Was There a Skills Shortage in Australia?
Presented by: Pramod (Raja) Junankar, University of Western Sydney
The Returns to Skiled Labour and the Boom
Presented by: Phil Lewis,
The Redistribution of Population and Employment During the Economic Boom in Australia
Presented by: Anne Garnett, Murdoch University

Session 37: History of Economic Thought
Session Chair: Steven Kates, RMIT University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 - 9:45
Location: Quay Room 1
The legacy of Joan Robinson
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Three Biographies of Keynes: Historians and the History of Economic Thought
Presented by: Steven Kates, RMIT University
Government Intervention in OECD Member Countries: Equity at the Expense of Efficiency?
Presented by: Marc Lombard, Macquarie University

Session 38: International Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Quay Room 1
Measuring Renminbi Misalignment: What do we stand?
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
How Important is the Fiscal Policy Cooperation in a Currency Union?
Presented by: Eiji OKANO, Chiba Keizai University

Session 39: Health and Labor Economics
Session Chair: Salma Ahmed, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Darling 1
Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh: A Household Labor Market Approach
Presented by: Celine Nauges, INRA
Non-collusive Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Education Sector in Bangladesh
Presented by: Ratbek Dzhumashev, Monash University
A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Bangladesh Labour Force Surveys' 1999-2005
Presented by: Salma Ahmed, Monash University

Session 40: Pricing, Market Structure and Emissions
Session Chair: Peter Forsyth, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: L'Aqua
Price stability and the demand for district heating services in Sweden – a test of the sunk investment hypothesis
Presented by: Magnus Söderberg, University of South Australia
Economic modelling of emission response functions
Presented by: Jyothi Gali, The Australian Government
The Impact of Climate Change Policies on Airline Fares, Profitability and Emissions
Presented by: Peter Forsyth, Monash University

Session 41: Microeconomic Theory 2
Session Chair: Stephen King, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Quay Room 2
Buyer Groups, Antitrust and Outsiders
Presented by: Stephen King, Monash University
Experts, Conflicts of Interest, and the Controversial Role of Reputation
Presented by: Massimo Scotti, UTS
How to get a team to work harder: experimental evidence
Presented by: Danielle Merrett, The University of Sydney

Session 42: Applied Economics 1
Session Chair: Jenny Lye, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Darling 2
Carbon Emissions and Income Trajectory in Australia: the Role of Multifactor Productivity
Presented by: MD Shahiduzzaman, University of Southern Queensland
The Indirect Impacts of Smoking Bans in Gaming Venues
Presented by: Jenny Lye, University of Melbourne
Measuring Technical Inefficiency Factors for Thai Listed Manufacturing Enterprises: A Stochastic Frontier (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Presented by: Yot Amornkitvikai, University of Wollongong

Session 43: Labor Economics
Session Chair: Gareth Leeves, University of Queensland
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 9:45 - 11:00
Location: Gold Room
Being Knowledgeable or Sociable?: Differences in Human Capital Development and Evaluation
Presented by: Sam-Ho Lee, University of Western Australia
Social Capital Investment and Human Capital Investment: Complements or Substitutes for High Skilled Workers?
Presented by: Gareth Leeves, University of Queensland
Is the Age Gradient in Self-Reported Material Hardship Explained by Resources, Needs, Behaviours or Reporting Bias?
Presented by: Peter Siminski, University of Wollongong

Session 44: Water Resource and Environment Management
Session Chair: Chi Truong,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: L'Aqua
The causes of groundwater decline in upland Balochistan region of Pakistan: Implication for water management policies
Presented by: Richard Culas, Charles Sturt University
Who wants to sell Water to the Government and How Much Water do they want to Sell?
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University
A General Framework for Analysing Water Property Rights
Presented by: Chi Truong,

Session 45: Macroeconomics 5
Session Chair: Nigel Stapledon, University of new South Wales
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Quay Room 1
Investigating regional house price convergence in the United States:Evidence from a pair-wise approach
Presented by: Mark Holmes, Waikato University
Housing prices in Australia 1880-2010 and the interaction of demand and supply factors
Presented by: Nigel Stapledon, University of new South Wales
Forecasting Australian Macroeconomic variables, evaluating innovations state space approaches
Presented by: Ashton de Silva, RMIT University
On the Permanent Effect of an Aggregate Demand Shock: Evidence from the G-7 Countries
Presented by: Omar Bashar, Deakin University

Session 46: Growth, productivity and innovation
Session Chair: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Quay Room 2
A Cross Country Empirical Investigation of the Aggregate Production Function Using Panel Quantile Regression
Presented by: D M Jagath Dissanayake, The University of Adelaide
Why is Fertility Rising in Developed Countries? The Dynamics of Parental Skill, Fertility and Economic Growth
Presented by: Creina Day, The Australian National University
Productivity and Outsourcing in Australian Manufacturing
Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales
Cognitive skills, innovation and technology diffusion
Presented by: George Messinis, Victoria University

Session 47: Microeconomic Theory 3
Session Chair: Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Darling 1
On the Optimality of a Duty-to-Rescue Rule and the Bystander Effect
[slides]
Presented by: Regis Deloche, Université Paris Descartes
Menus of Linear Contracts in Procurement with Type-Dependent Reservation Utility
Presented by: Shane Evans, University of Tasmania
A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
Presented by: Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales
What Lies Beneath? Pervasive Intransitive Tendencies Revealed by Strength of Preference Measures
Presented by: David Butler, UWA

Session 48: Applied Economics 2
Session Chair: Yogi Vidyattama, University of Canberra
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 13:50 - 15:30
Location: Darling 2
THE IMPACT OF THE GENDER WAGE GAP ON THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY DURING 1990-2008
Presented by: Yogi Vidyattama, University of Canberra
Intertemporal Labour Supply of Married Australian
Presented by: Lixin Cai, The University of Melbourne
The Employment Effect of Intensive Support
Presented by: Thorsten Stromback, Curtin University
Effective Tax Rates on Skill Formation: An A Priori Approach
[slides]
Presented by: Glenn Anderson, Curtin Sydney

Session 49: Applied Economics 3
Session Chair: George Verikios, Monash
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 15:50 - 17:30
Location: Darling 1
Demand for Money in the Selected OECD Countries: A Time Series Panel Data Approach and Structural Breaks
Presented by: Saten Kumar, Auckland University of Technology
Tests of the Uncovered Interest Parity: Evidence from Australia and New Zealand
Presented by: Lance Fisher, Macquarie University

Session 50: Agricultural Economics
Session Chair: Paulo Santos, The University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 15:50 - 17:30
Location: Quay Room 2
Modelling the Effects of the EU Common Agricultural Policy
Presented by: Catherine Costa, Productivity Commission
Reconciling the competing demands in the human-earth system: Ensuring food security
Presented by: Don Gunasekera, CSIRO
Livestock Banks and Food Security in Laos
Presented by: Paulo Santos, The University of Sydney
The implications of the global financial crisis for agriculture and small farmers in the Asia Pacific region
Presented by: Michael Begg, BAEconomics Pty Ltd

Session 51: Skills, Trade and Development
Session Chair: Shyamal Chowdhury, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 15:50 - 17:30
Location: L'Aqua
The Impact of Trade and Outsourcing on Skilled and Unskilled Labour in France
Presented by: Jaai Parasnis, Monash University
Skilled-Unskilled Wage Gap in China
Presented by: Sajid Anwar, University of the Sunshine Coast
Road to Prosperity: The Effects of Transportation Infrastructure on Village-City Trade
Presented by: Rasyad Parinduri, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Ethnicity and conflict in Indonesia
Presented by: Shyamal Chowdhury, University of Sydney

Session 52: Labor Markets and Individual Characteristics
Session Chair: Michelle Twigger, Centre for Research in Applied Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 15:50 - 17:30
Location: Quay Room 1
Participation in and completion of VET for people with disability
Presented by: Cain Polidano, University of Melbourne
The Obstacle Course to Economic Independance: Labour Force Particpation for People with Disabilities in Australia
Presented by: Michelle Twigger, Centre for Research in Applied Economics
The Long term Impacts of Vietnam War's Veterans on Economic Governance and Development
[slides]
Presented by: Anh Dang, Australian National University
Occupational Choice: Personality matters
Presented by: Robert Wells, University of Western Sydney

Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Disscussant

Session 53: Applied Economics 4
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 15:50 - 17:30
Location: Darling 2
Identifying the Determinants of Renewable Energy Consumption in Leading Renewable Energy Investor Emerging Countries
Presented by: Shuddhasattwa Rafiq, University of Southern Queensland

#	Participant	Roles in Conference
1	Abelson, Peter	C11, P11
2	Ahmed, Salma	C39, P39
3	Akai, Nobuo	P17
4	Amornkitvikai, Yot	P42
5	Anderson, Glenn	P48
6	Anwar, Sajid	P51
7	armstrong, shiro	P17
8	Arora, Vipin	C24, P24
9	Arora, Rashmi	P18
10	Aslanidis, Nektarios	P8
11	Atalay, Kadir	P11
12	Athukorala, Wasantha	C35, P35
13	Bakhtiari, Sasan	C46, P46
14	Banerjee, Rajabrata	C27, P27
15	Barrett, Garry	C26, P26
16	Bashar, Omar	P45
17	Begg, Michael	P50
18	Bishop, James	P5
19	Bose, Gautam	C47, P47
20	Breunig, Robert	C30, P30
21	Brittle, Shane	P3
22	Butler, David	P47
23	Cai, Lixin	P48
24	Chen, Pei-Fen	P19
25	Cheung, Stephen	P25
26	Chowdhury, Shyamal	C51, P51
27	Chowdhury, Khorshed	P3
28	Cimadomo, Jacopo	P7
29	Coe, Patrick	P28
30	Costa, Catherine	P50
31	Culas, Richard	P44
32	Curran, Edward	P34
33	Dang, Anh	P52
34	Day, Creina	P46
35	de Roos, Nicolas	P10
36	de Silva, Ashton	P45
37	De Veirman, Emmanuel	P23, C23
38	Deloche, Regis	P47
39	Dey, Tania	P12
40	Di Guilmi, Corrado	P16
41	Dimova, Dilyana	P23
42	Dissanayake, D M Jagath	P46
43	Dobrescu, Loretti	P26
44	Dockery, Mike	C15, P15
45	Dzhumashev, Ratbek	P39
46	Evans, Shane	P47
47	FAqin, Lin	P13
48	Fisher, Lance	P1, P7, P9, P28, P28, P29, P29, P29, P29, P37, P38, C38, P44, P49
49	Forsyth, Peter	C40, P40
50	Gali, Jyothi	P40
51	Garnett, Anne	P36
52	Gong, Cathy	P12
53	Gunasekera, Don	P50
54	Harslett, Philip	P15
55	Heaton, Chris	C8, P8
56	Herault, Nicolas	P11
57	HIGGS, Helen	P10
58	Hirschberg, Joe	C20, P20
59	Hoang, Nam	P30
60	Holmes, Mark	P45
61	Ignatieva, Katja	C12, P12
62	Islam, Md.	P27
63	Jeon, Sung-Hee	P15
64	Junankar, Pramod (Raja)	P36
65	Kameda, Keigo	P22
66	Kates, Steven	C37, P37
67	Keen, Steve	P6
68	Kidd, Michael	P31
69	King, Stephen	C41, P41
70	Kirchner, Stephen	P7
71	Kumar, Saten	P49
72	López Cabrera, Brenda	P32
73	Le, Thanh	P27
74	Lee, Sam-Ho	P43
75	Lee, Chien-Chiang	P35
76	Leeves, Gareth	C43, P43
77	Leu, Shawn	C16, P16
78	Lewis, Phil	C36, P36
79	Libich, Jan	C7, P7
80	Livermore, Tanya	P4
81	Lombard, Marc	P37
82	Lye, Jenny	C42, P42
83	MacMillan, Craig	C14, P14
84	Magnani, Elisabetta	P31
85	Makin, Anthony	C3, P3
86	Mavisakalyan, Astghik	P19
87	Mavromaras, Kostas	P14
88	Mckenzie, Jordi	P10
89	McVicar, Duncan	P5
90	Melatos, Mark	C13, P13
91	Mendolia, Silvia	C5, P5
92	meng, xianming	P6
93	Merrett, Danielle	P41
94	Messinis, George	P46
95	Miller, Paul	C31, P31
96	Milunovich, George	C2, P2
97	Mishra, Anil	P12
98	Mui, Vai-Lam	P9
99	Nauges, Celine	P39
100	Neelawala, Prasad	P32
101	Nishitateno, Shuhei	P17
102	OKANO, Eiji	P38
103	Ong, Rachel	P2
104	Onji, Kazuki	C17
105	Orzechowska-Fischer, Ewa	P25
106	Osada, Takeshi	P22
107	Otsuka, Kozo	P21
108	Otto, Glenn	C1, P1
109	Ouysse, rachida	P8
110	Owen, Dorian	C10, P10
111	Paarsch, Harry	P30
112	Parasnis, Jaai	P51
113	Parinduri, Rasyad	P51
114	Phoon, Mark	P11
115	Polidano, Cain	P52
116	Quiggin, John	C6, P6
117	Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa	P53
118	Ratnasiri, Shyama	P21
119	Ratti, Ronald	C25, P25
120	Roy, Susmita	P4
121	Safaei, Farzad	P34
122	Santos, Paulo	C50, P50
123	Söderberg, Magnus	P40
124	Scotti, Massimo	P41
125	Shahiduzzaman, MD	P42
126	Sim, Nicholas	P8
127	Siminski, Peter	P43
128	Simmons, Phil	P2
129	Stapledon, Nigel	C45, P45
130	Stenberg, Luz	P20
131	Strachan, Rodney	P28
132	Stromback, Thorsten	P48
133	Sun, Sizhong	C21, P21
134	Swift, Robyn	C19, P19
135	Takahashi, Toyoharu	P22
136	Tani, Massimiliano	P14
137	Taskin, Temel	P24
138	Teo, Ernie	P9
139	Truong, Chi	C44, P44
140	Twigger, Michelle	C52, P52
141	Valadkhani, Abbas	P16
142	Varua, Maria	C34, P34
143	Verikios, George	C49
144	Vidyattama, Yogi	C48, P48
145	Wait, Andrew	C9, P9
146	Wells, Robert	P52
147	Whelan, Stephen	C4, P4
148	Wilson, Clevo	P32
149	Worthington, Andrew	C18, P18
150	Xu, Lilai	P18
151	Yan, Eric	P13
152	Yu, Peng	P15

This program was last updated on 2010-10-29 1:33:40 EDT