68 sessions, 145 papers

Australian Conference of Economists 2009
Complete List of All Sessions

  

Session 1: Opening
Session Chair: Tom Karmel, NCVER
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 9:15
Location: Elder Hall

  

Session 2: Plenary: Prof Edward Lazear 'The Financial Crisis: Analysis by an Insider'
Session Chair: Tom Karmel, NCVER
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 9:15 - 10:30
Location: Elder Hall
The financial crisis: analysis by an insider
[slides]
JEL codes: E
Presented by: Edward Lazear,

  

Session 3: Morning Tea
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 10:30 - 11:00

  

Session 4: Keynote: Prof Lorraine Dearden 'Administrative Data and Economic Policy Evaluation'
Session Chair: Tom Karmel, NCVER
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier G04
Administrative Data and Economic Policy Evalution
[slides]
JEL codes: C, I
Presented by: Lorraine Dearden, Institute for Fiscal Studies

  

Session 5: Technology, innovation and property rights
Session Chair: Harry Bloch, Curtin University of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG23
Innovation, Obsolescence and Profit as Drivers of Investment in Australian Manufacturing
JEL codes: E22, L16, O31
Presented by: Harry Bloch, Curtin University of Technology
Endogenous Changes in Property Rights Regime
Presented by: Daniel Leonard, Flinders University
Threshold Concepts and their Relevance to Economics
Presented by: Rod O'Donnell, University of Technology, Sydney

  

Session 6: Macro I
Session Chair: Ed Wilson, University of Wollongong
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG28
The Victims of the Recession
JEL codes: E24 E61
Presented by: Pramod (Raja) Junankar, University of Western Sydney
Non-Stationary Inflation and Panel Estimates of United States Short and Long-run Phillips Curves
Presented by: Bill Russell, University of Dundee
The Phillips Curve and the NAIRU: A Reinterpretation
Presented by: Ed Wilson, University of Wollongong

  

Session 7: Research models, productivity, R&D
Session Chair: Creina Day, The University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier 208
Lab Equipment Models of Research and Creative Ignorance
[slides]
JEL codes: J24, O30, O41
Presented by: Creina Day, The University of Sydney
Quantifying Non-monotonic Relations between Input Size and Productivity: Theory with Applications
Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales
Who Invests in Research and Development?: A Model of Endogeneous Sectoral Choice with Costly External Finance
Presented by: Rasim Uras, Washington Univesrity in St. Louis

  

Session 8: Semi- and nonparametrics
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier 208
A semiparametric model and method in an empirical demand study
JEL codes: C14
Presented by: Nam-Hyun Kim, The University of Adelaide
A Semiparametric Approach to Nonlinear ACD Model
Presented by: Pipat Wongsaart, The University of Adelaide
Estimation in Semiparametric Regression with Nonstationary Regressors
Presented by: Degui Li, The University of Adelaide

  

Session 9: Applied topics I
Session Chair: Gennadi Kazakevitch, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Napier 209
An Empirical Analysis of Online Auction Prices for Australian Wine
JEL codes: D12, D44, D83
Presented by: Guenter Schamel, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Housing affordability: Proper Measurement for Informed Policy Making
Presented by: Gennadi Kazakevitch, Monash University
Compulsory or Voluntary Pre-merger Notification? Theory and Some Evidence
Presented by: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University

  

Session 10: Lunch
Session type: poster
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 13:15

  

Session 11: Changes in the economic structure of Japan (organised by Jenny Corbett)
Session Chair: Jenny Corbett,
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: F1, G3,
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG23
Internal Promotion and the Effect of Board Monitoring: A Comparison of Japan and the United States
JEL codes: F50, G30, K22,
Presented by: Meg Sato, Australian National University
Discussant: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
Demographic Structural Changes in Japan: Fertility Decline and Population Trends
[slides]
Presented by: Kohei Wada, Chuo University
Discussant: Creina Day, The University of Sydney
Vertical Keiretsu: Strength or weakness of Japanese firms?
Presented by: Hodaka Morita, University of New South Wales
Discussant: Noel Gaston, Bond University

  

Session 12: Keynote: Prof John Siegfried, 'Better Living Through Economics'
Session Chair: Christopher Findlay AM, University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier G04
Better Living Through Economics
[slides]
JEL codes: A
Presented by: John Siegfried, Vanderbilt University

  

Session 13: Inventories, LM cycles, growth
Session Chair: Mark Weder, The University of Adelaide
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG28
JEL codes: E
Presented by: Thomas Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
A Small Open Economy DSGE Model with a Housing Sector
Presented by: Yun Bao, The University of Melbourne
Cyclical Flows in Australian Labour Markets
Presented by: Jeffrey Sheen, Macquarie University
The determinants of economic growth in Pakistan: Does stock market development play a major role?
Presented by: Mohammad Rahman, University of Southern Queensland

  

Session 14: Experimental and The Titanic
Session Chair: Ralph-C Bayer, Adelaide University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 141
Heart Beats and Economic Decisions: Observing Mental Stress in the Ultimatum Bargaining Game.
JEL codes: C91;C71;D03
Presented by: Markus Schaffner, QUT
Asymmetric Price Adjustment with Costly Consumer Search: a Laboratory Study
Presented by: Ralph-C Bayer, Adelaide University
What affects survival in Life and Death Events: A Case Study on the Titanic
[slides]
Presented by: David Savage, QUT

  

Session 15: Labour Economics I
Session Chair: Jennifer Poehl, DEEWR
Session type: contributed
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 209
Academic wage structure- the role of peer-review and performance
JEL codes: J3, J7
Presented by: Michael Kidd,
The Gender Wage Gap during Serbia’s Transition
Presented by: ,
Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From Three Experiments
Presented by: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University
Modelling Employment Transitions of Prime-aged Women
Presented by: Jennifer Poehl, DEEWR

  

Session 16: Afternoon tea and book launch
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 14:55 - 15:25

  

Session 17: Plenary: Prof Lee Ohanian, 'Economic Crisis and Economic Theory'
Session Chair: Mark Weder, The University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 15:25 - 16:40
Location: Napier 102

  

Session 18: Break
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 16:40 - 17:30

  

Session 19: Joseph Fisher Lecture: Prof Brian Copeland, 'Globalization and the environment'
Session Chair: Christopher Findlay AM, University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 17:30 - 18:45
Location: Napier 102

  

Session 20: Welcome Reception
Session type: invited
Date: September 28, 2009
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Location: Mortlock Library

  

Session 21: Plenary: Prof Robert Shimer
Session Chair: Mark Weder, The University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: Napier 102

  

Session 22: Morning tea
Session type: poster
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:15 - 10:35

  

Session 23: The Economics of Schooling (organised by Andrew Leigh)
Session Chair: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG28
Leadership Effects: School Principals and Student Outcomes
JEL codes: I20, I21
Presented by: Michael Coelli, The University of Melbourne
The impact of school choice on students’ university entrance rank scores in Australia
Presented by: Christopher Ryan, Australian National University
Necessary but not sufficient? Youth responses to localised returns to education
[slides]
Presented by: Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University

  

Session 24: Panel on the Global Financial Crisis (organised by Jonathan Pincus)
Session Chair: Robert Gregory, ANU
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier G04

  

Session 25: Macro: attitudes, consumption, risk
Session Chair: Rebecca McKibbin, Reserve Bank of Australia
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG14
Attitude: Does a little thing make a big difference? An Analysis of the Westpac–Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index and its Component Indices
[slides]
JEL codes: E0, E2, H30
Presented by: Danielle Brooker,
A Crisis of Confidence? An Analysis of Business Sentiment and Economic Activity
[slides]
Presented by: Melissa Eaton,
Estimating Marginal Propensities to Consume in Australia using Micro Data
[slides]
Presented by: Rebecca McKibbin, Reserve Bank of Australia
A new explanation of simultaneous risk aversion and risk avidity
Presented by: Keiran Sharpe, Australian Defence Force Academy

  

Session 26: Concentration indices, cheap tickets, petrol and utility prices
Session Chair: Tim Fry, RMIT University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG23
A compositional alternative to concentration indices
JEL codes: C16, L11
Presented by: Tim Fry, RMIT University
"Cheap Tuesdays" and Estimating Movie Demand: An Empirical Analysis of the Australian Cinema Industry
Presented by: Nicolas de Roos, University of Sydney
Modelling the Price of Unleaded Petrol in Australia’s Capital Cities
Presented by: Abbas Valadkhani, University of Wollongong
Regulatory threat in the Swedish district heating sector: a test of spatially correlated prices
Presented by: Magnus Söderberg, University of South Australia

  

Session 27: Agriculture, resources and emissions
Session Chair: Sarah Wheeler, University of South Australia
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier 205
Modelling Thirty-Five Years of Coffee Prices in Brazil, Guatemala and India
JEL codes: Q11, Q17, Q18,
Presented by: Bill Russell, University of Dundee
Non-Market Values and Optimal Marine Reserve Switching
Presented by: Satoshi Yamazaki, University of Tasmania
Exploring Determinants of the Total Factor Productivity in Australia’s Broadacre Grain Farms
Presented by: Hiau Joo Kee,
Emission Abatement with Per Capita and Trade Considerations
Presented by: Amnon Levy, University of Wollongong

  

Session 28: Social security, equivalence scales, inflation, outsourcing
Session Chair: Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho, University of New South Wales
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier 209
Means-tested Age Pension and Homeownership: Is There a Link?
JEL codes: E21, E62, H55
Presented by: Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho, University of New South Wales
Demographic Demand Systems With Application To Equivalence Scales Estimation And Inequality Analysis:The Australian Evidence
Presented by: Paul Blacklow, University of Tasmania
Pre-conditions for Inflation Targeting in an Emerging Economy: The Case of India
[slides]
Presented by: Vinod Mishra, Monash University
Outsourcing with Heterogeneous Firms: Theory and Evidence from Australian Manufacturing
Presented by: Sasan Bakhtiari, University of New South Wales

  

Session 29: Time Series
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG23
Estimation in Threshold Autoregressive Models with Nonstationarity
[slides]
JEL codes: C23, C25
Presented by: Jiying Yin, The University of Adelaide
Causality between Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism: Empirical Evidence from India
Presented by: Antony E. Selvanathan, Griffith University
Market Integration and Arbitrage Efficiency in International Agricultural Markets: A New Regime–switching Approach
Presented by: Shengfei Han, South China University of Technology
Expansion of Quadratic Forms of Brownian Motion with Econometrics Application
Presented by: Chaohua DONG, The University of Adelaide

  

Session 30: Lunch and posters
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 13:15
The Return to Education in Thailand: A Pseudo-Panel Approach
JEL codes: C23; I21; J24
Presented by: Sasiwimon Warunsiri, University of Colorado at Boulder

  

Session 31: Digital piracy and property rights (organised by Dyuti Banerjee)
Session Chair: Dyuti Banerjee, Monash University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 209
Enforcement policies and innovation in the presence of commercial piracy
JEL codes: K42; L11
Presented by: Dyuti Banerjee, Monash University
Trade and Expropriation: Factor Proportions Approach
Presented by: Arghya Ghosh, University of New South Wales
On the impact of piracy on innovation in the presence of technological and market uncertainty
Presented by: Ishita Chatterjee, Monash University
Illegal Music Downloading and its Impact on Legitimate Sales: Australian Empirical Evidence
Presented by: Jordi McKenzie, Discipline of Economics

  

Session 32: CGE: USAGE, energy, welfare
Session Chair: Peter Dixon, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 208
Validating a detailed, dynamic CGE model of the U.S.
JEL codes: C68
Presented by: Peter Dixon, Monash University
Simulating the U.S. recession
Presented by: Maureen Rimmer, Monash Uni
EVALUATING MARKET DISTORTIONS WHEN EXPECTATIONS ARE ADAPTIVE: COMPARATIVE-STATICS OR DYNAMICS?
Presented by: George Verikios, Monash
A WELFARE DECOMPOSITION OF A POLICY CHANGE
Presented by: Jyothi Gali, The Australian Government

  

Session 33: Keynote: Prof Deborah Cobb-Clark, 'Youth in Focus Project'
Session Chair: Kostas Mavromaras, Flinders University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier G04

  

Session 34: Finance I
Session Chair: Colin Rogers, University Of Adelaide
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Npaier LG23
Mutual Funds, Career Concerns, and Trade Volume
JEL codes: G, G14, G23
Presented by: Massimo Scotti, UTS
Capital injection, restructuring targets and personnel management: The Case of Japanese regional banks
Presented by: Kazuki Onji, Australian National University
Financial Intermediation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Presented by: Wenli Cheng, Monash University
Macroprudential Policies and Financial Stability
Presented by: Jan Libich, La Trobe University

  

Session 35: Education
Session Chair: Mike Dockery,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Npaier 205
Economies of scale and scope in Australian higher education, 1998–2006
JEL codes: C33,
Presented by: Helen Higgs, Griffith University
Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training
Presented by: Mike Dockery,
Fertility, Education and Public Policy: What entices the Stork?
[slides]
Presented by: Creina Day, The University of Sydney
Why are Muslims Left Behind in Education? Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by: Daniel Suryadarma, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU

  

Session 36: Water
Session Chair: Elizabeth Stephens,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG28
Developing a partial equilibrium model of an urban water system
JEL codes: Q25
Presented by: Andrew Barker, Productivity Commission
Marginal Cost Pricing for Lumpy Investments with Cheap Storage and Uncertainty
Presented by: Richard Tooth, UNSW
To Trade or Not to Trade: Decisions of irrigators in an early water market
[slides]
Presented by: Sarah Wheeler, University of South Australia

  

Session 37: Health economics I
Session Chair: Lisa Farrell, RMIT University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 208
The impact of subjective and objective health status on the consumption of legal and illegal tobacco
JEL codes: I18,
Presented by: Lisa Farrell, RMIT University
Which Institutions are Good for Your Health? The Deep Determinants of Comparative Cross-country Health Status
Presented by: Dorian Owen, University of Otago
The Importance of Body Weight for Child & Adolescent Life Satisfaction
Presented by: Eibhlin Hudson, University College Dublin
The Impact of Child Health on Schooling: Evidence from Bangladesh
Presented by: Hong Nghiem, University of Queensland

  

Session 38: Afternoon tea
Session type: poster
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 14:55 - 15:15

  

Session 39: Skills (organised by Kostas Mavromaras)
Session Chair: Kostas Mavromaras, Flinders University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier 209
Disability and Skill Mismatch
JEL codes: I0, J
Presented by: Peter Sloane, Swansea University
Skill matches to job requirements
Presented by: Christopher Ryan, Australian National University
The Role of VET in Labour Market Outcomes of People with a Disability
Presented by: Cain Polidano, University of Melbourne

  

Session 40: GFC; fiscal policy; debt deflation in Australia
Session Chair: Robert Gregory, ANU
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier 208
After the Financial Crisis
[slides]
JEL codes: E32,
Presented by: John Quiggin, University of Queensland
How Potent is Fiscal Policy in Australia?
Presented by: Anthony Makin, Griffith University, Gold Coast
When Expansionary Fiscal Policy is Contractionary: A Neoklassikal Scenario
Presented by: William Coleman, ANU
Modelling Debt Deflation and a Credit Crunch
[slides]
Presented by: Steve Keen, University of Western Sydney

  

Session 41: Public goods, poverty, superannuation
Session Chair: Joan Rodgers, Wollongong University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier LG14
Social Networks Enhance Grassroots Democracy: Surname Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China
[slides]
JEL codes: D72, H41, O12
Presented by: Yiqing Xu, Peking University, China
The Role of National Pride in Public Good Problems
Presented by: Alison Macintyre, QUT
Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Australia: Targeting Public Transfers
Presented by: Joan Rodgers, Wollongong University
Mandatory superannuation and self-sufficiency in retirement: an application of the APPSIM dynamic microsimulation model
Presented by: Marcia Keegan, NATSEM

  

Session 42: Applied topics II
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier 108
Natural Capital and Subjective Well-Being: A Cross-Country Multiple Regression Analysis
JEL codes: C31,D6,O13,Q56
Presented by: Hans-Juergen Engelbrecht,
Analysing the Asymmetric Effects of Inflation on Real Investment: The Case of Iran
Presented by: Abbas Valadkhani, University of Wollongong
Understanding the Motivations of Contraband Tobacco Smokers
Presented by: Breanna Pellegrini, RMIT University
The Determinants of Bangladesh’s Imports: A Gravity Model Analysis under Panel Data
Presented by: Mohammad Rahman, University of Southern Queensland

  

Session 43: Migration, free entry, segmentation, multitasking
Session Chair: Jaai Parasnis, Monash University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier 205
Disparity between Immigrant and Native Saving Behaviour in Australia
JEL codes: F22, J61, D10
Presented by: Jaai Parasnis, Monash University
Free entry and social effciency in an open economy
Presented by: Jonathan Lim, University of New South Wales
Multitasking, multidimensional screening, and moral hazard with risk neutral agents
Presented by: Svetlana Danilkina, La Trobe University
The Links Between Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Labour Market Outcomes
[slides]
Presented by: Anthony Shomos, Productivity Commission

  

Session 44: Higher ed, malpractice, skills, workers' comp
Session Chair: Phil Lewis,
Session type: contributed
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier 141
The Private Rate of Return to an Economics degree: an update
JEL codes: J24
Presented by: Anne Daly, University of Canberra
Medical Malpractice and Physician Liability under a Negligence Rule
Presented by: Donald Wright, University of Sydney
Effective Tax Rates on Skill Formation: A New Approach
Presented by: Glenn Anderson, Curtin Sydney
Impact of Workers Compensation Premiums on Tasmanian Employment
Presented by: Paul Blacklow, University of Tasmania

  

Session 45: ARC/NHMRC Research Network on Ageing Well session on An Ageing Workforce: What is to be done? (organised by Sue Richardson)
Session Chair: Sue Richardson, Flinders University
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:55
Location: Napier LG28
Time to call it quits? The work and health of older workers
JEL codes: J
Presented by: Philip Bohle, University of Sydney
Older workers and the spectre of uselessness: Working longer in a global economy
Presented by: Phillip Taylor,
An Intertemporal General Equilibrium Analysis of the Australian Age Pension
Presented by: George Kudrna, UNSW
Are older workers less productive? A case study of aged care workers
Presented by: Zhang Wei, Flinders University of South Australia

  

Session 46: Break
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 16:55 - 17:05

  

Session 47: Plenary: 'Young Economist' award and paper
Session Chair: Bruce Chapman,
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 17:05 - 17:50
Location: Elder Hall

  

Session 48: Break
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 17:50 - 18:30

  

Session 49: Pre-dinner
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 18:30 - 19:15
Location: National Wine Centre

  

Session 50: Dinner and presentations
Session type: invited
Date: September 29, 2009
Time: 19:15 - 22:00
Location: National Wine Centre

  

Session 51: Plenary: Prof Orley Ashenfelter, 'Cross-country Comparisons of Wages and Their Growth: the McWage Index'
Session Chair: Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: Napier 102

  

Session 52: Morning tea
Session type: poster
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:15 - 10:35

  

Session 53: Panel on The Future of Financial Regulation: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis (organised by Kevin Davis)
Session Chair: Kevin Davis, University of Melbourne
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier G04

  

Session 54: Economic growth
Session Chair: Md. Islam, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG14
The Agricultural Revolution and The Second Generation Innovation-Based Growth Models: Evidence from Britain
JEL codes: N13;O30; O40
Presented by: Rajabrata Banerjee, Monash University
Composition of Human Capital, Distance to Frontier and Productivity Growth
Presented by: Md. Islam, Monash University
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Presented by: Arusha Cooray, University of Wollongong
Pair-Wise Output Convergence in Selected Countries of East Asia and the Pacific
Presented by: Khorshed Chowdhury, University of Wollongong

  

Session 55: Micro: Investment, delegation, semilattice, multidimensional screening
Session Chair: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG23
Timing, investment and optimal ownership
JEL codes: D23, L22
Presented by: Max Mai, University of Sydney and University College London
Uncertainty, delegation and communication
Presented by: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney
The firm as a semilattice of activity: prolegomenon to a theory of the firm
[slides]
Presented by: Keiran Sharpe, Australian Defence Force Academy
Exclusion in multidimensional screening models
[slides]
Presented by: Suren Basov, La Trobe University

  

Session 56: Labour economics II
Session Chair: Peter Sloane, Swansea University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier 209
The Business Cycle, Structural Change, Technological Change and the Market for Tradespersons
JEL codes: J61
Presented by: Phil Lewis,
A proposal to maintain jobs, effort standards and human capital during economic crisis: The scope of mutual insurance in the shirking model
[slides]
Presented by: Vivian Carstensen, University ASC Bielefeld ; University of Hannover
Employment Retention and Re-entry among Older Women: Do Health and Caring Roles Matter?
Presented by: Rachel Ong, Curtin University of Technology
Female Labor Supply in Thailand: 1985-2004 A Synthetic Cohort Analysis
Presented by: Sasiwimon Warunsiri, University of Colorado at Boulder

  

Session 57: Exports, FDI, human capital, outsourcing
Session Chair: David Hansell, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier 205
Exporting Among Australian Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Exploratory Analysis of the Business Longitudinal Database
[slides]
JEL codes: D, F
Presented by: David Hansell, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, and Economic Growth in Selected Emerging Countries: Multivariate VAR Analysis
Presented by: Adil Miankhel, Australian National University
Human Capital and Tax Reform: The Impact of “Bracket Creep”
Presented by: Glenn Anderson, Curtin Sydney

  

Session 58: Health economics II
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 10:35 - 12:15
Location: Napier LG28
Chronic Conditions and Child Health: Does Income Mediate?
JEL codes: I1
Presented by: Hong Nghiem, University of Queensland
Equity of Health Care Financing in Australia Revisited
Presented by: Mohammad Hajizadeh, ACERH
Rational Exercising: A Lifetime Choice with a Link between Health and Happiness
Presented by: Amnon Levy, University of Wollongong
On Defining Hospital Markets and the Effect of Competition on Quality: An extension of Elzinga-Hogarty and an Application Using Hospital Administration Data
Presented by: Jongsay Yong, University of Melbourne

  

Session 59: Lunch
Session type: poster
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 13:15

  

Session 60: Economic perspectives on sport
Session Chair: Liam Lenten, La Trobe University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG14
Optimal Bonus Points in the Australian Football League
JEL codes: C61, L83
Presented by: Liam Lenten, La Trobe University
A Hedonic Model of Player Wage Determination from the Indian Premier League Auction
Presented by: Wayne Geerling, La Trobe University
Performance Pressure: An Empirical Analysis Using World and Euro Cup Data
[slides]
Presented by: David Savage, QUT
Pitfalls in using the relative standard deviation of win percentages to measure competitive balance in sports leagues
Presented by: Dorian Owen, University of Otago

  

Session 61: Migration and its effects
Session Chair: Mandar Oak, University of Adelaide
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 208
Emigration and the Age Profile of Retirement Among Immigrants
JEL codes: J260, J010, J08
Presented by: Deborah Cobb-Clark, The Australian National University
International Business Visits and Knowledge Flows
Presented by: Massimiliano Tani, Macquarie University
Earnings and Languages in the Family: Second Generation Australians
Presented by: George Messinis, Victoria University

  

Session 62: Quant II
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG23
The Semi-Parametric Examination of Industry Risk: The Australian Evidence
JEL codes: G11, G12, G15,
Presented by: Juan Yao, The University of Sydney
Do Option Markets Undo Restrictions on Short-Sales: Evidence from the 2008 Short Sale Ban
Presented by: Bryan Lim, University of Melbourne
Modeling Quantile Dependence: Estimating the Correlations of International Stock Returns
Presented by: Nicholas Sim, University of Adelaide
Does the Evidence on Corruption Depend on how it is measured? Results from a Cross Country Study on Micro Data sets
Presented by: Ishita Chatterjee, Monash University

  

Session 63: Tariffs, DFI, aid
Session Chair: Sajid Anwar, University of the Sunshine Coast
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 205
Foreign Direct Investment as a Conduit for Technology Transfer: The Case of Vietnam
Presented by: Sajid Anwar, University of the Sunshine Coast
Foreign (In)Direct Investment and Corporate Taxation
Presented by: Georg Wamser, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Foreign Aid and Trade Competitiveness in SAARC*
Presented by: Mamta Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney

  

Session 64: Tech change and growth
Session Chair: Jakob Madsen, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier 108
A Search-Theoretic Model of TFP Growth
JEL codes: O3,O4
Presented by: Sephorah Mangin, University of Melbourne
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH ACCOUNTING AND THE ASIAN GROWTH MIRACLE
Presented by: Jakob Madsen, Monash University
Exploring Innovation with Market Concentration and Consumer Income in Dynamic Markets
Presented by: Anna Yurko, State University - Higher School of Economics

  

Session 65: Disarray in World Agriculture Revisited supported by the World Bank (organised by Kym Anderson)
Session Chair: Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 13:15 - 14:55
Location: Napier LG28
Global Distortions to Agricultural Markets, 1955 to 2007: Assistance Rates and CGE analysis
JEL codes: F13, F14, Q17,
Presented by: Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide
Partial Equilibrium Indicators of Trade and Welfare Impacts of Global Distortions to Agricultural Markets
Presented by: Johanna Croser, University of Adelaide
Explaining Agricultural Distortions: The Role of Constitutional Reforms
Presented by: Alessandro Olper, Università degli Studi di Milano

  

Session 66: Afternoon tea
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 14:55 - 15:15

  

Session 67: Xiaokai Yang Lecture: Prof Lin Zhou, 'General equilibrium with division of labour and increasing returns'
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 15:15 - 16:30
Location: Napier 102

   Index of Participants

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

Session 68: Formal closing
Session Chair: Tom Karmel, NCVER
Session type: invited
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 16:30 - 16:40

#	Participant	Roles in Conference
1	,
2	Anderson, Kym	C51, P65, C65
3	Anderson, Glenn	P44, P57
4	Anwar, Sajid	P63, C63
5	Bakhtiari, Sasan	P7, P28
6	Banerjee, Dyuti	P31, C31
7	Banerjee, Rajabrata	P54
8	Bao, Yun	P13
9	Barker, Andrew	P36
10	Basov, Suren	P55
11	Bayer, Ralph-C	P14, C14
12	Biddle, Nicholas	P23
13	Blacklow, Paul	P28, P44, C54
14	Bloch, Harry	P5, C5
15	Bohle, Philip	P45
16	Brooker, Danielle	P25
17	Carstensen, Vivian	P56
18	Chapman, Bruce	C47
19	Chatterjee, Ishita	P31, P62
20	Cheng, Wenli	P34
21	Cho, Sang-Wook (Stanley)	P28, C28
22	Choe, Chongwoo	P9, D11
23	Chowdhury, Mamta	P63
24	Chowdhury, Khorshed	P54
25	Cobb-Clark, Deborah	P61
26	Coelli, Michael	P23
27	Coleman, William	P40
28	Cooray, Arusha	P54
29	Corbett, Jenny	C11
30	Croser, Johanna	P65
31	Daly, Anne	P44
32	Danilkina, Svetlana	P43
33	Davis, Kevin	C53
34	Day, Creina	P7, C7, D11, P35
35	de Roos, Nicolas	P26
36	Dearden, Lorraine	P4
37	Dixon, Peter	P32, C32
38	Dockery, Mike	P35, C35
39	DONG, Chaohua	P29
40	Eaton, Melissa	P25
41	Engelbrecht, Hans-Juergen	P42
42	Farrell, Lisa	P37, C37
43	Findlay AM, Christopher	C12, C19
44	Fry, Tim	P26, C26, C35
45	Gali, Jyothi	P32
46	Gaston, Noel	D11
47	Geerling, Wayne	P60
48	Ghosh, Arghya	P31
49	Gregory, Robert	C24, C40
50	Hajizadeh, Mohammad	P58
51	Han, Shengfei	P29
52	Hansell, David	P57, C57
53	Higgs, Helen	P35
54	Hudson, Eibhlin	P37
55	Islam, Md.	P54, C54
56	Junankar, Pramod (Raja)	P6
57	Karmel, Tom	C1, C2, C4, C68
58	Kazakevitch, Gennadi	P9, C9
59	Kee, Hiau Joo	P27
60	Keegan, Marcia	P41
61	Keen, Steve	P40
62	Kidd, Michael	P15
63	Kim, Nam-Hyun	P8
64	Kudrna, George	P45
65	Lazear, Edward	P2
66	Leigh, Andrew	P15, C23
67	Lenten, Liam	P60, C60
68	Leonard, Daniel	P5
69	Levy, Amnon	P27, P58
70	Lewis, Phil	C44, P56
71	Li, Degui	P8
72	Libich, Jan	P34
73	Lim, Jonathan	P43
74	Lim, Bryan	P62
75	Lubik, Thomas	P13
76	Macintyre, Alison	P41
77	Madsen, Jakob	P64, C64
78	Mai, Max	P55
79	Makin, Anthony	P40
80	Mangin, Sephorah	P64
81	Mavromaras, Kostas	C33, C39
82	McKenzie, Jordi	P31
83	McKibbin, Rebecca	P25, C25
84	Messinis, George	P61
85	Miankhel, Adil	P57
86	Mishra, Vinod	P28
87	Morita, Hodaka	P11
88	Nghiem, Hong	P37, P58
89	O'Donnell, Rod	P5
90	Oak, Mandar	C61
91	Olper, Alessandro	P65
92	Ong, Rachel	P56
93	Onji, Kazuki	P34
94	Owen, Dorian	P37, P60
95	Parasnis, Jaai	P43, C43
96	Pellegrini, Breanna	P42
97	Poehl, Jennifer	P15, C15
98	Polidano, Cain	P39
99	Quiggin, John	P40
100	Rahman, Mohammad	P13, P42
101	Richardson, Sue	C45
102	Rimmer, Maureen	P32
103	Rodgers, Joan	P41, C41
104	Rogers, Colin	C34
105	Russell, Bill	P6, P27
106	Ryan, Christopher	P23, P39
107	Sato, Meg	P11
108	Savage, David	P14, P60
109	Söderberg, Magnus	P26
110	Schaffner, Markus	P14
111	Schamel, Guenter	P9
112	Scotti, Massimo	P34
113	Selvanathan, Antony E.	P29
114	Sharpe, Keiran	P25, P55
115	Sheen, Jeffrey	P13
116	Shomos, Anthony	P43
117	Siegfried, John	P12
118	Sim, Nicholas	P62
119	Sloane, Peter	P39, C56
120	Stephens, Elizabeth	C36
121	Suryadarma, Daniel	P35
122	Tani, Massimiliano	P61
123	Taylor, Phillip	P45
124	Tooth, Richard	P36
125	Uras, Rasim	P7
126	Valadkhani, Abbas	P26, P42
127	Verikios, George	P32
128	Wada, Kohei	P11
129	Wait, Andrew	P55, C55
130	Wamser, Georg	P63
131	Warunsiri, Sasiwimon	P30, P56
132	Weder, Mark	C13, C17, C21
133	Wei, Zhang	P45
134	Wheeler, Sarah	C27, P36
135	Wilson, Ed	P6, C6
136	Wongsaart, Pipat	P8
137	Wright, Donald	P44
138	Xu, Yiqing	P41
139	Yamazaki, Satoshi	P27
140	Yao, Juan	P62
141	Yin, Jiying	P29
142	Yong, Jongsay	P58
143	Yurko, Anna	P64

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