Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists, 2004 [ISBN 1864876646] |
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Summary of All Sessions |
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| 1 | 27 September 9:15-10:45 | Auditorium | Keynote (RC Mills) lecture: Partha Dasgupta - Social Capital and Economic Progress: A Critical Evaluation | 0 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 2 | 27 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 310 | Macroeconomics of Asian Countries | 3 | David Kim |
| 3 | 27 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 311 | Economic Growth I | 2 | Murali Agastya |
| 4 | 27 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 312 | Expectations Formation | 2 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 5 | 27 September 11:15-12:45 | Lecture theatre | Special Session: Political Economy (K Basu) | 2 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 6 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Lecture theatre | Empirical Social Choice | 4 | Lisa Farrell |
| 7 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 310 | Housing | 3 | Judy Yates |
| 8 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 311 | Health Economics | 3 | Donald Wright |
| 9 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 403 | Labour Economics I | 2 | Stephen Whelan |
| 10 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 404 | Industrial Organization I | 2 | Vladimir Smirnov |
| 11 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 312 | Macroeconomic Policy Modelling | 3 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 12 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 406 | International Trade Theory I | 3 | Mark Melatos |
| 13 | 27 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 405 | Incomes in Developing Countries | 2 | Kunal Sengupta |
| 14 | 27 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 403 | Labour Economics II | 3 | Anu Rammohan |
| 15 | 27 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 310 | Applied Econometrics | 3 | Alan Woodland |
| 16 | 27 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 311 | Foreign Exchange Intervention | 2 | Debajyoti Chakrabarty |
| 17 | 27 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 312 | Macroeconomic Dynamics | 3 | Debajyoti Chakrabarty |
| 18 | 27 September 15:45-17:15 | Lecture theatre | Special Session: Rational Choice (R.Frank) | 2 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 19 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 311 | Environmental Economics | 2 | Stephen Whelan |
| 20 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 404 | Industrial Organization II | 3 | Andrew Wait |
| 21 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 406 | Trade | 2 | Alan Woodland |
| 22 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 405 | New Approaches to Economic Theory | 3 | Murali Agastya |
| 23 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 310 | Monetary Economics | 2 | Tony Aspromourgos |
| 24 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 403 | Labour Economics III | 3 | Hajime Katayama |
| 25 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 312 | Macroeconomic Issues | 3 | David Kim |
| 26 | 28 September 9:15-10:45 | Lecture theatre | Urban Poverty | 3 | Hajime Katayama |
| 27 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 405 | Empirical Trade | 3 | Alan Woodland |
| 28 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 403 | Economic Theory | 2 | Murali Agastya |
| 29 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 310 | Financial Econometrics | 2 | Alex Frino |
| 30 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 311 | Inflation | 3 | Debajyoti Chakrabarty |
| 31 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 404 | International IO | 3 | Susana Iranzo |
| 32 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 312 | Development | 3 | Dilip Dutta |
| 33 | 28 September 11:15-12:45 | Lecture theatre | Transport Economics | 3 | David Hensher |
| 34 | 28 September 13:45-15:15 | Auditorium | Keynote lecture: Robert Hall | 1 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 35 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 404 | Public Economics | 2 | Stephen Whelan |
| 36 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 403 | Inequality | 2 | Mark Melatos |
| 37 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Lecture theatre | Special Session: Business Cycles (M.Uribe) | 1 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 38 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 310 | Econometric Methodology | 3 | JT Toman |
| 39 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 312 | Public Infrastructure and Capital | 3 | Susana Iranzo |
| 40 | 28 September 15:45-17:15 | Seminar room 311 | International Capital Markets | 2 | Susana Iranzo |
| 41 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 406 | Economic Growth II | 2 | Murali Agastya |
| 42 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 404 | Empirical IO | 3 | Mark Melatos |
| 43 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Lecture theatre | Home and Market Productivity | 3 | Alison Booth |
| 44 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 310 | Labour Econometrics | 3 | JT Toman |
| 45 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 311 | Empirical Finance | 3 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 46 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 405 | Monetary Policy and Cycles | 3 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 47 | 29 September 9:15-10:45 | Seminar room 312 | Vertical Contracting in Electricity Markets | 2 | Joshua Gans |
| 48 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 311 | International Trade Theory II | 2 | Mark Melatos |
| 49 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 312 | Private Health Insurance | 3 | Donald Wright |
| 50 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 404 | Industrial Organization III | 2 | Andrew Wait |
| 51 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 403 | Labour Economics IV | 3 | Stephen Whelan |
| 52 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Seminar room 310 | Immigration | 3 | Pramod (Raja) Junankar |
| 53 | 29 September 11:15-12:45 | Lecture theatre | Special Session: Inflation Targeting (S.Schmitt-Grohe) | 1 | Jeffrey Sheen |
| 54 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 403 | Labour/Development | 3 | Anu Rammohan |
| 55 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Lecture theatre | Keynesian Macro Dynamics | 3 | Carl Chiarella |
| 56 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 310 | Natural Resource Abundance and Development | 3 | Richard Pomfret |
| 57 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 311 | Globalisation | 2 | Partha Gangopadhyay |
| 58 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 312 | Applied Economics | 3 | Donald Wright |
| 59 | 29 September 13:45-15:15 | Seminar room 405 | Economic Theory | 3 | Murali Agastya |
| 60 | 29 September 15:45-17:15 | Auditorium | Keynote lecture: Paul Milgrom - Package Auctions and Package Exchanges | 0 | Jeffrey Sheen |
60 sessions, 148 papers |
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Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists, 2004 [ISBN 1864876646] |
Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Keynote (RC Mills) lecture: Partha Dasgupta - Social Capital and Economic Progress: A Critical Evaluation |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Stephen Nicholas, Universitiy of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Auditorium |
Session 2: Macroeconomics of Asian Countries |
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| Session Organizer: David Kim, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Dilip Dutta, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
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| Forecasts of Inflation and Nominal Income Growth for Korea Using Univariate and VAR Models. |
| By Natalia Ponomareva |
| Presented by: Natalia Ponomareva, University of Sydney |
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| The Run to China - Another Example of Herd Behavior? |
| By Hubert Fromlet |
| Presented by: Hubert Fromlet, Swedbank / Blekinge Inst of Technology |
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| Debt, agricultural expansion and deforestation |
| By Richard J. Culas |
| Presented by: Richard Culas, Charles Sturt University |
Session 3: Economic Growth I |
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| Session Organizer: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: David Kim, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
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| Savings, Investment, Foreign Inflows and Economic Growth of the Indian Economy: 1950 - 2002 |
| By R. Verma and E.J. Wilson |
| Presented by: Edgar Wilson, University of Wollongong |
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| How great are the Australian great ratios? |
| By Philip I. Ji |
| Presented by: Philip Inyeob Ji, University of Sydney |
Session 4: Expectations Formation |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Toichiro Asada, public |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
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| Inferential Expectations |
| By Gordon Menzies and Daniel Zizzo |
| Presented by: Gordon Menzies, UTS |
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| Expectation Formation and Endogenous Fluctuations in Aggregate Demand |
| By Maciej K. Dudek |
| Presented by: Maciej Dudek, National Bank of Poland and Main School of Commerce |
Session 5: Special Session: Political Economy (K Basu) |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Kunal Sengupta, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
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| Inequality, Politics and Economic Growth |
| By Debajyoti Chakrabarty |
| Presented by: Debajyoti Chakrabarty, University of Sydney |
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| Measuring Economic Indicators: Unemployment and Literacy |
| By Kaushik Basu |
| Presented by: Kaushik Basu, Cornell University |
Session 6: Empirical Social Choice |
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| Session Organizer: Lisa Farrell, University of Melbourne |
| Session Chair: Lisa Farrell, University of Melbourne |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
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| Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice? |
| By Andrew Leigh |
| Presented by: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University |
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| We Want a Republic, God Save the Queen: An Australian Case Study in Democratic Choice |
| By Sinclair Davidson, Tim R L Fry and Kelly Jarvis |
| Presented by: Kelly Jarvis, University of Melbourne |
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| Lines in the sand on the Australian political beach |
| By Sinclair Davidson, Lisa Farrell and Tim R.L. Fry |
| Presented by: Tim Fry, RMIT University |
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| Off with their heads: Terrorism and electoral support for capital punishment in Australia |
| By Sinclair Davidson, Lisa Farrell, Clare Felvus and Tim R.L. Fry |
| Presented by: Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University |
Session 7: Housing |
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| Session Organizer: Judy Yates, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Nigel Stapledon, |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
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| Vacancy Rates and Principal-Agent Relationships in Private Rental Housing |
| By Gavin Wood, Judy Yates, Yong Tu and Margaret Reynolds |
| Presented by: Gavin Wood, |
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| Explaining House Prices in Australia: 1970 to 2003 |
| By Peter Abelson, Demi Chung, George Milunovich and Roselyne Joyeux |
| Presented by: Peter Abelson, Macquarie University |
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| Housing affordability options for first home owner-occupiers in Australia: |
| By Ross Guest |
| Presented by: Ross Guest, Griffith University |
Session 8: Health Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Donald Wright, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Donald Wright, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
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| How Effective is ``Lifetime Health Cover'' in Raising Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia? A Regression Discontinuity Approach |
| By Alfons Palangkaraya and Jongsay Yong |
| Presented by: Alfons Palangkaraya, University of Melbourne |
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| Through-Time Analyses of National Health |
| By Ravi Ravindiran and Annette Jose |
| Presented by: Ravi Ravindiran, Research and Analysis, Youth Bureau |
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| Where do you run after you run for cover? |
| By R Ellis and E Savage |
| Presented by: Elizabeth Savage, public |
Session 9: Labour Economics I |
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| Session Organizer: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Diane Hutchinson, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
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| Child Labour in Bangladesh: Determinants and Effects |
| By Rasheda Khanam |
| Presented by: Rasheda Khanam, University of Sydney |
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| Wealth Holdings and Portfolio Allocation of Older Couples: The Role of Spouses' Marital History |
| By Aydogan Ulker |
| Presented by: Aydogan Ulker, Australian National University |
Session 10: Industrial Organization I |
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| Session Organizer: Vladimir Smirnov, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Nicolas de Roos, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
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| The Hay and the Carrot: A Model of Corporate Sponsoring of Academic Research |
| By Eran Binenbaum and Ralph-C Bayer |
| Presented by: Eran Binenbaum, University of Adelaide |
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| Are Ownership Structures Risk- & Wealth-Constrained? |
| By Erik S Madsen, Valdemar Smith, Mogens Dilling-Hansen |
| Presented by: Erik Madsen, Aarhus School of Business |
Session 11: Macroeconomic Policy Modelling |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Don Harding, The University of Melbourne |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
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| Monetary Policy in Japan's 'Great Recession:' A Monetary Disequilibrium Approach |
| By Stephen Kirchner |
| Presented by: Stephen Kirchner, School of Economics, UNSW |
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| The nature of the ADAS model based on the ISLM model |
| By B. Bhaskara Rao |
| Presented by: Bhaskara (Bill) Rao, University of the South Pacific |
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| Why Does Private Consumption Rise After a Government Spending Shock? |
| By Hafedh Bouakez and Nooman Rebei |
| Presented by: HAFEDH BOUAKEZ, BANK OF CANADA |
Session 12: International Trade Theory I |
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| Session Organizer: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Timothy Fisher, |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 406 |
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| New Commodites in Trade and Tariff Analysis |
| By Neville R Norman |
| Presented by: Neville Norman, public |
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| STRUCTURAL, TRADE AND DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE SPREAD OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS |
| By Paul Oslington |
| Presented by: Paul Oslington, University of New South Wales/ ADFA |
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| A Conversation with Murray Kemp |
| By William Coleman, Murray Kemp |
| Presented by: William Coleman, ANU |
Session 13: Incomes in Developing Countries |
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| Session Organizer: Kunal Sengupta, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 405 |
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| Are Poor Countries Above Their Steady-State Income Levels? |
| By Dorian Owen |
| Presented by: Dorian Owen, University of Otago |
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| Idiosyncratic Shocks and Efficient Risk Sharing: An Investigation of Rural Malawi |
| By Esther Tsafack and Pushkar Maitra |
| Presented by: Esther Tsafack, Monash University |
Session 14: Labour Economics II |
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| Session Organizer: Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Phil Lewis, |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
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| Lifelong learning and older workers |
| By Tom Karmel and Davinia Woods |
| Presented by: Tom Karmel, NCVER |
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| The influence of expected earnings on the educational choices of Australian youth |
| By Sandra Roussel |
| Presented by: Sandra Roussel, Dept of Education, Science & Training |
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| Measuring Human Capital Formation for Australia |
| By Hui Wei |
| Presented by: Hui Wei, Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Session 15: Applied Econometrics |
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| Session Organizer: Alan Woodland, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Hajime Katayama, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
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| Australian Coal Mining: Estimating Technical Change and Resource Exhaustion in a Translog Cost Function |
| By Paul Azzalini, Harry Bloch and Paula Haslehurst |
| Presented by: Paula Haslehurst, CUrtin University |
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| Smooth transition pollution-income paths |
| By Nektarios Aslanidis & Anastasios Xepapadeas |
| Presented by: Nektarios Aslanidis, University of Crete |
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| Measuring Capacity Utilization Using A Short-Run Cost Function: |
| By Dr Bassim SHEBEB |
| Presented by: BASSIM SHEBEB, private |
Session 16: Foreign Exchange Intervention |
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| Session Organizer: Debajyoti Chakrabarty, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: John Lodewijks, UNSW |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
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| Should Central Banks React to Exchange Rate Movements? An Analysis of the Robustness of Simple Policy Rules under Exchange Rate Uncertainty |
| By Timo Wollmershäuser |
| Presented by: Timo Wollmershäuser, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
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| Sterilized Foreign Exchange Market Interventions in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Exchange Rate Model |
| By Timo Wollmershäuser, Robert Schmidt |
| Presented by: Timo Wollmershäuser, Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
Session 17: Macroeconomic Dynamics |
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| Session Organizer: Debajyoti Chakrabarty, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
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| Uncertain Monetary Policy in the Presence of Monopolistic Unions |
| By Timo Henckel |
| Presented by: Timo Henckel, Australian National University |
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| Risk-sharing within Australia and with New Zealand |
| By David Kim and Jeffrey Sheen |
| Presented by: David Kim, University of Sydney |
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| Uncertain Trend Growth, Learning, and Economic Dynamics |
| By Masashi Saito |
| Presented by: Masashi Saito, Boston University |
Session 18: Special Session: Rational Choice (R.Frank) |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Abhijit Sengupta, |
| Date: September 27, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
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| Interpreting the welfare and well-being impacts of government action |
| By Steve Hatfield Dodds (Steve_HD) |
| Presented by: Steve Hatfield Dodds, CSIRO |
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| Are Positional Externalities Different from Other Externalities? |
| By Robert Frank |
| Presented by: Robert Frank, |
Session 19: Environmental Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Quentin Grafton, Centre for Resource and Environmental S |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
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| Sustainability and Market Structure in Renewable Natural Resource Markets: the Case of Gaharu in Papua New Guinea |
| By Nicolas Gerber and Robert J. Hill |
| Presented by: Nicolas Gerber, UNSW |
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| Pigou and Coase Re-revisited:Ethics, Norms, and Markets — Implications for Environmental and Resource Economics |
| By Tihomir Ancev and Michael Harris |
| Presented by: Michael Harris, University of Sydney |
Session 20: Industrial Organization II |
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| Session Organizer: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Jan Bentzen, Aarhus School of Business |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
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| Player Sales, Trade of Players and Draft Choices and Competitive Balance |
| By Ross Booth |
| Presented by: David Booth, Monash University |
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| Incentive Regulation and the Building Block Model |
| By Darryl Biggar |
| Presented by: Darryl Biggar, public |
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| Optimal Enforcement and Pricing Strategies and Software Piracy |
| By Dyuti Banerjee |
| Presented by: Dyuti Banerjee, Bond University |
Session 21: Trade |
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| Session Organizer: Alan Woodland, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Harry Bloch, Curtin University of Technology |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 406 |
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| Trade Openness: An Australian Perspective |
| By Simon Guttmann and Anthony Richards |
| Presented by: Simon Guttmann, Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| A Heckscher-Ohlin Model of Trade with Endogenous Production Patterns |
| By Christis Tombazos, Xiaokai Yang, and Dingsheng Zhang |
| Presented by: Christis Tombazos, Monash University |
Session 22: New Approaches to Economic Theory |
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| Session Organizer: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Kenneth Clements, The University of Western Australia |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 405 |
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| The Market for Private Fee-for-Service Psychiatry under Medicare: An Empirical Study of Prices |
| By Ruth F.G. Williams and D.P. Doessel |
| Presented by: Ruth Williams, Victoria University of Technology |
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| An Experimental Investigation of Pure Voting Power |
| By Chris Geller, Jamie Mustard, Ranya Shahwan |
| Presented by: Chris Geller, Deakin University |
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| 'Cry of Pain': Explaining the Gender Differences in Suicidal Behavior |
| By Shi Young Lee and Sung Pil Hong |
| Presented by: Shi Young Lee, Chung Ang University |
Session 23: Monetary Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
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| Learning, Stability and Optimal Open-Economy Monetary Policy |
| By Timothy Kam |
| Presented by: Timothy Kam, Australian National University |
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| Central Bank Independence and Transparency: Complements or Substitutes? Modelling the Role of Credibility, Accountability, and Monitoring |
| By Jan Libich |
| Presented by: Jan Libich, UNSW |
Session 24: Labour Economics III |
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| Session Organizer: Hajime Katayama, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Dorian Owen, University of Otago |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
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| Gender and ethnicity in the New Zealand labour market |
| By W. R. J. Alexander, M Genc, and M Jaforullah |
| Presented by: Murat Genc, University of Otago |
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| Gender differences in intrahousehold schooling attainment: The role of sibling characteristics and birthorder effects |
| By Anu Rammohan and Diane Dancer |
| Presented by: Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney |
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| Gender and the Insider-Outsider Theory: Evidence from Australia |
| By Michael Dobbie |
| Presented by: Michael Dobbie, Macquarie University |
Session 25: Macroeconomic Issues |
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| Session Organizer: David Kim, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Allan Layton, Queensland University of Technology |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
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| Economic Growth in Australia: Efficiency Wages or Human Capital? |
| By George Messinis and Peter Sheehan |
| Presented by: George Messinis, Victoria University |
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| Adequacy and Determinants of Emergency Funds in Australian Households |
| By Andrew Worthington |
| Presented by: Andrew Worthington, Queensland University of Technology |
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| Job search and bargaining model with decreasing marginal return technology |
| By Hiromi Nosaka |
| Presented by: Hiromi Nosaka, HKUST |
Session 26: Urban Poverty |
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| Session Organizer: Hajime Katayama, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
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| Australians in poverty in the 21st century |
| By Rachel Lloyd, Ann Harding and Alicia Payne |
| Presented by: Rachel Lloyd, University of Canberra |
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| Affordable Rental Housing: Lost, Stolen and Strayed |
| By Judith Yates and Gavin Wood |
| Presented by: Judy Yates, University of Sydney |
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| The Analysis of Urban poverty in Ethiopia |
| By Tesfaye A. Gebremedhin |
| Presented by: Tesfaye Gebremedhin, University of Sydney |
Session 27: Empirical Trade |
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| Session Organizer: Alan Woodland, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 405 |
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| Country-Specific Determinants of Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade of South Africa: An Econometric Investigation* |
| By Nasser Al-Mawali |
| Presented by: Nasser Al-Mawali, University of Canberra |
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| The Determinants of Bangladesh's Trade: Evidences from the Generalized Gravity Model |
| By Mohammad Mafizur Rahman |
| Presented by: Mohammad Rahman, University of Sydney |
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| Foreign Direct Investment and Service Exports in India: Exploring Causal Links |
| By Sadhana Srivastava and Rahul Sen |
| Presented by: RAHUL SEN, INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES |
Session 28: Economic Theory |
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| Session Organizer: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Vladimir Smirnov, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
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| Endogenous Group Formation |
| By Partha Gangopadhyay |
| Presented by: Partha Gangopadhyay, University of Western Sydney |
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| Relative concerns, risk and savings |
| By Richard Tooth |
| Presented by: Richard Tooth, UNSW |
Session 29: Financial Econometrics |
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| Session Organizer: Alex Frino, Sydney University |
| Session Chair: Carl Chiarella, |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
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| Private Equity Returns and Disclosure Around the World |
| By Douglas Cumming and Uwe Walz |
| Presented by: Douglas Cumming, University of New South Wales |
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| Do the phases of the business cycle die of old age? |
| By Nicholas Di Venuto and Allan Layton |
| Presented by: Allan Layton, Queensland University of Technology |
Session 30: Inflation |
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| Session Organizer: Debajyoti Chakrabarty, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Graham White, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
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| A Calibrated Model of Inflation Targeting for an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indonesia |
| By Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti |
| Presented by: Amalia Widyasanti, University of Melbourne |
|   |
| INFLATION CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES |
| By Markus Hyvonen |
| Presented by: Markus Hyvonen, Reserve Bank of Australia |
|   |
| On Skill Heterogeneity and Inflation |
| By Radhika Lahiri and Elisabetta Magnani |
| Presented by: Radhika Lahiri, public |
Session 31: International IO |
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| Session Organizer: Susana Iranzo, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Erik Madsen, Aarhus School of Business |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
|   |
| How Firms Grow: Dynamics and Time int he Life of an INternational Firms |
| By Elizabeth Maitland, Elizabeth Rose, Stephen Nicholas |
| Presented by: Stephen Nicholas, Universitiy of Sydney |
|   |
| Dynamic Externalities and the Growth of Manufacturing Employment in Japanese Cities: The Roles of Specialization and Diversity |
| By kameyama yoshihiro |
| Presented by: kameyama yoshihiro, icsead |
|   |
| Firms' Patent Performance - Does Corporate Location Matter? |
| By Valdemar Smith & Erik Stroejer Madsen |
| Presented by: Valdemar Smith, The Aarhus School of Business |
Session 32: Development |
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| Session Organizer: Dilip Dutta, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Richard Pomfret, |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
|   |
| The Rise in Schooling due to the East Asian Miracle |
| By Roki Iwahashi |
| Presented by: Roki Iwahashi, Kyoto University |
|   |
| A Perspective on Food Policies Evolution and Poverty in the Indian Republic (1950-2001) |
| By E. J. Wilson and D. P. Chaudhri |
| Presented by: Edgar Wilson, University of Wollongong |
|   |
| Understanding the Political Economy of Indonesian Economic Reforms: 1983-2000 |
| By Ari Kuncoro and Budy P. Resosudarmo |
| Presented by: Budy Resosudarmo, The Australian National University |
Session 33: Transport Economics |
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| Session Organizer: David Hensher, The University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: David Hensher, The University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
|   |
| How do Respondents Handle Stated Choice Experiments? - Information processing strategies under varying information load |
| By Hensher, David A. |
| Presented by: David Hensher, The University of Sydney |
|   |
| Pricing the Airport Infrastructure for the Airbus A 380: Efficient Pricing and Dynamic Inconsistency |
| By Peter Forsyth |
| Presented by: Peter Forsyth, |
|   |
| A reassessment of the characterisation of congestion on an urban road network – some theoretical suggestions and illustrative experiments |
| By Truong P. Truong and David A. Hensher |
| Presented by: Truong Truong, University of New South Wales |
Session 34: Keynote lecture: Robert Hall |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Alan Woodland, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Auditorium |
|   |
| The Labor Market is the Key to Understanding the Business Cycle |
| By Robert Hall |
| Presented by: Robert Hall, Stanford University |
Session 35: Public Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Peter Forsyth, |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
|   |
| International Tax Competition and Double Taxation |
| By Tomoya Ida |
| Presented by: Tomoya Ida, Oita University |
|   |
| Deficit Financing in LDCs: Evidence from South Asia |
| By Dr Khorshed Chowdhury |
| Presented by: Khorshed Chowdhury, University of Wollongong |
Session 36: Inequality |
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| Session Organizer: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Agnes Walker, University of Canberra |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
|   |
| Australian Inequality 1975-76 to 98-99 |
| By Paul Blacklow |
| Presented by: Paul Blacklow, University of Tasmania |
|   |
| Deriving Long-Run Inequality Series from Tax Data |
| By Andrew Leigh |
| Presented by: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University |
Session 37: Special Session: Business Cycles (M.Uribe) |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: RA WILLIAMS, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
|   |
| Synchronization of Cycles |
| By Don Harding and Adrian Pagan |
| Presented by: Don Harding, The University of Melbourne |
Session 38: Econometric Methodology |
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| Session Organizer: JT Toman, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Lance Fisher, UNIV NSW |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
|   |
| Modelling exits from college studies using a bivariate gamma distribution |
| By Paal Boering |
| Presented by: Paal Boering, NIFU |
|   |
| GMM redundancy results with applications to missing data problem |
| By Artem Prokhorov and Peter Schmidt |
| Presented by: Artem Prokhorov, Michigan State University |
|   |
| Optimally weighted realized volatility |
| By Taro Kanatani |
| Presented by: Taro Kanatani, Kyoto Universisty |
Session 39: Public Infrastructure and Capital |
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| Session Organizer: Susana Iranzo, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Peter Abelson, Macquarie University |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
|   |
| Public Infrastructure and Foreign Investment in the presence of Monopolistic Competition |
| By Sajid Anwar |
| Presented by: Sajid Anwar, JCU |
|   |
| The effect of providing public infrastructure on industrial location |
| By Ryusuke Ihara |
| Presented by: Ryusuke Ihara, Kyoto University |
|   |
| Railroad & Shipper Negotiations in the U. S.: A Game Theory Approach |
| By William Huneke |
| Presented by: William Huneke, Surface Transportation Board |
Session 40: International Capital Markets |
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| Session Organizer: Susana Iranzo, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Susana Iranzo, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 28, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
|   |
| Relative Factor Abundance and FDI Factor Intensity in Developed Countries |
| By Alfons Palangkaraya |
| Presented by: Alfons Palangkaraya, University of Melbourne |
|   |
| The Balassa-Samuelson effect in the Asia-Pacific region: Now you see it, now you don�t |
| By Alastair Thomas and Alan King |
| Presented by: Alan King, University of Otago |
Session 41: Economic Growth II |
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| Session Organizer: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Gordon Menzies, UTS |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 406 |
|   |
| An analysis of knowledge spillover from information and communication technology in Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan |
| By Dilip Dutta & Kozo Otsuka |
| Presented by: Dilip Dutta, University of Sydney |
|   |
| Exports and Growth: Granger Causality Analysis on OECD Countries with a Panel Data Approach |
| By Laszlo Konya |
| Presented by: Laszlo Konya, La Trobe University |
Session 42: Empirical IO |
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| Session Organizer: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
|   |
| Australia’s Firm-level Productivity – a New Perspective |
| By Robert Breunig and Marn-Heong Wong |
| Presented by: Robert Breunig, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY |
|   |
| Examining Biases in Measures of Firm Innovation |
| By Paul Jensen and Beth Webster |
| Presented by: Paul Jensen, University of Melbourne |
|   |
| Persistence in Corporate Performance? |
| By J. Bentzen, E.S. Madsen, V. Smith, M.D-Hansen |
| Presented by: Jan Bentzen, Aarhus School of Business |
Session 43: Home and Market Productivity |
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| Session Organizer: Alison Booth, Australian National University |
| Session Chair: Ross Guest, Griffith University |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
|   |
| The Dynamics of Fertility and Growth: a Baby-Bounce Back? |
| By Creina Day |
| Presented by: Steve Dowrick, Australian National University |
|   |
| Part-time Employment Traps and Childare Policy |
| By Alison L Booth and Melvyn G Coles |
| Presented by: Alison Booth, Australian National University |
|   |
| Life Cycle Time Allocation and Saving in an Imperfect Market |
| By Patricia Apps and Ray Rees |
| Presented by: Patricia Apps, University of Sydney |
Session 44: Labour Econometrics |
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| Session Organizer: JT Toman, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Garry Barrett, University of N S W |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
|   |
| Assessing the value of additional years of schooling for the non-academically inclined |
| By Dr Alfred Michael Dockery |
| Presented by: Alfred Dockery, Curtin University of Technology |
|   |
| On the Effect of Literacy on Child Labour: Modelling Switching Regimes Using a Copula Approach |
| By Murray D Smith |
| Presented by: Murray Smith, University of Sydney |
|   |
| Operationalising Multivariate Techniques to Understand Individual Decision-Making in Education and Training |
| By Sue O'Keefe, Lin Crase, Brian Dollery |
| Presented by: Sue O'Keefe, LaTrobe University |
Session 45: Empirical Finance |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Douglas Cumming, University of New South Wales |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
|   |
| Dividend taxation and Corporate investment: A comparative study between the classical system and imputation system of dividend taxation in the US and Australia |
| By Bhavish Jugurnath, Mark Stewart and Robert Brooks |
| Presented by: Bhavish Jugurnath, RMIT University |
|   |
| Accounting Standards, Law Original, Tax Rates and The Development of Corporate Debt Security Markets |
| By Fude Cheng and Paul Dickie |
| Presented by: Fude Cheng, Zhong Shan University |
|   |
| Time Variation and Asymmetry in the World Price of Covariance Risk: The Implications for International Diversification |
| By Ólan T. Henry, Nilss Olekalns, and Kalvinder K. Shields |
| Presented by: Olan Henry, University of Melbourne |
Session 46: Monetary Policy and Cycles |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Veena Mishra, |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 405 |
|   |
| A New Keynesian Perspective of Monetary Policy Implementation in Australia |
| By Shawn Chen-Yu Leu |
| Presented by: Shawn Chen-Yu Leu, University of Sydney |
|   |
| Market Efficiency, Momentum and the G7 Currency Markets |
| By R. Bianchi, M. Drew and J. Polichronis |
| Presented by: Michael Drew, QUT |
|   |
| Price Volatility, Expectations and Monetary Policy in Nigeria |
| By Emmanuel T. Adamgbe |
| Presented by: Emmanuel Adamgbe, Central Bank of Nigeria |
Session 47: Vertical Contracting in Electricity Markets |
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| Session Organizer: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne |
| Session Chair: Adrian Kemp, |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
|   |
| The Anti-Competitive Effects of Passive Vertical Integration: Evidence from Electricity Markets |
| By Joshua S. Gans and Frank Wolak |
| Presented by: Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne |
|   |
| Quantifying the Supply-Side Benefits to Forward Contracting in Wholesale Electicity Markets |
| By Frank A. Wolak |
| Presented by: Frank Wolak, Stanford University |
Session 48: International Trade Theory II |
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| Session Organizer: Mark Melatos, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Neville Norman, public |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
|   |
| What Causes Regional Migration |
| By Anne M. Garnett and Philip E.T. Lewis |
| Presented by: Anne Garnett, Murdoch University |
|   |
| Illegal Immigration, Employer Sanctions and Equilibrium |
| By Chisato Yoshida and Mark Melatos |
| Presented by: Chisato Yoshida, Ritsumeikan University |
Session 49: Private Health Insurance |
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| Session Organizer: Donald Wright, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Elizabeth Savage, public |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
|   |
| Public Policy and Private Health Insurance: Distributional Impact on Public and Private Hospital Usage in New South Wales |
| By Agnes Walker, Richard Percival, Linc Thurecht and Jim Pearse |
| Presented by: Agnes Walker, University of Canberra |
|   |
| Private Health Insurance reform and health care prices |
| By Jim Pearse, Deniza Mazevska |
| Presented by: Jim Pearse, Centre for Health Service Development |
|   |
| Easing the Pressure: The Intergenerational Report and Private Health Insurance |
| By Chris Murphy |
| Presented by: Chris Murphy, Econtech |
Session 50: Industrial Organization III |
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| Session Organizer: Andrew Wait, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Valdemar Smith, The Aarhus School of Business |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 404 |
|   |
| Risk-Incentive Trade-offs in the Presence of Demand and Cost Uncertainty |
| By Paul H. Jensen* and Robin E. Stonecash |
| Presented by: Paul Jensen, University of Melbourne |
|   |
| Value of Information in a Principal-Agent Model with Moral Hazard |
| By Randy G. Silvers |
| Presented by: Randolph Silvers, public |
Session 51: Labour Economics IV |
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| Session Organizer: Stephen Whelan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
|   |
| THE RISE OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET PROGRAMMES: THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION AND POLITICS? |
| By Noel Gaston and Gulasekaran Rajaguru |
| Presented by: Noel Gaston, Bond University |
|   |
| Undereducation and Overeducation in the Australian Labour Market |
| By Derby Voon and Paul W. Miller |
| Presented by: Paul Miller, University of Western Australia |
|   |
| Using Time-Use Data to Estimate the Full Costs of Children |
| By Bruce Bradbury |
| Presented by: Bruce Bradbury, UNSW |
Session 52: Immigration |
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| Session Organizer: Pramod (Raja) Junankar, University of Western Sydney |
| Session Chair: Pramod (Raja) Junankar, University of Western Sydney |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
|   |
| Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants to Australia and Canada: A Comparison |
| By Laurence Lester & Sue Richardson |
| Presented by: Laurence Lester, Flinders University |
|   |
| Do Migrants Get Good Jobs? New Migrant Settlement In Australia |
| By Raja Junankar and Stephane Mahuteau |
| Presented by: Pramod (Raja) Junankar, University of Western Sydney |
|   |
| The Wealth of Mexican Americans |
| By Deborah A Cobb-Clark and Vincent Hildebrnad |
| Presented by: Deborah Cobb-Clark, Australian National University |
Session 53: Special Session: Inflation Targeting (S.Schmitt-Grohe) |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Debajyoti Chakrabarty, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:45 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
|   |
| Near Abandonment and then Redemption – Monetary Targeting 1982 to 1983 |
| By Simon Guttmann |
| Presented by: Simon Guttmann, Reserve Bank of Australia |
Session 54: Labour/Development |
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| Session Organizer: Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Russell Ross, |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 403 |
|   |
| Marriage and Female Labour Supply in Brunei Darussalam |
| By K.A. Anaman and H.M. Kassim |
| Presented by: Kwabena Anaman, University of Brunei Darussalam |
|   |
| Social Pensions, Migration and Household Composition: Evidence from South Africa |
| By Brett Inder and Pushkar Maitra |
| Presented by: Pushkar Maitra, Monash University |
|   |
| When Does Foreign Aid Work? |
| By James Alm and Raul Barreto |
| Presented by: Raul Barreto, University of Adelaide |
Session 55: Keynesian Macro Dynamics |
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| Session Organizer: Carl Chiarella, |
| Session Chair: Judy Yates, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Lecture theatre |
|   |
| Inflation Targeting Policy in a Dynamic Keynesian Model with a Debt Effect |
| By Toichiro Asada |
| Presented by: Toichiro Asada, public |
|   |
| Keynesian Dynamics and the Wage-Price Spiral. A baseline Disequilibrium Approach |
| By Toichiro Asada, Pu Chen, Carl Chiarella, Peter Flaschel |
| Presented by: Carl Chiarella, |
|   |
| Keynesian Dynamics and the Wage-Price Spiral. Estimating a Baseline Disequilibrium Approach |
| By Pu Chen, Carl Chiarella, Peter Flaschel, Willi Semmler |
| Presented by: Peter Flaschel, |
Session 56: Natural Resource Abundance and Development |
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| Session Organizer: Richard Pomfret, |
| Session Chair: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 310 |
|   |
| The Political Economy of Resources and Development in India |
| By Richard Damania and Arnab Gupta |
| Presented by: Arnab Gupta, University of Adelaide |
|   |
| Manaing a Resource with Environmental Instability: The Economic Value of a marine Reserve |
| By R. Quentin Grafton, Pham Van Ha and Tom Kompas |
| Presented by: Quentin Grafton, Centre for Resource and Environmental S |
|   |
| Resources: Curse or Blessing? The effects of oil discoveries on Kazakhstan's economy. |
| By Richard Pomfret |
| Presented by: Richard Pomfret, |
Session 57: Globalisation |
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| Session Organizer: Partha Gangopadhyay, University of Western Sydney |
| Session Chair: Noel Gaston, Bond University |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 311 |
|   |
| Endogenous Liberalization and Within-Country Inequality |
| By Mehmet Ulubasoglu and Nejat Anbarci |
| Presented by: Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Deakin University |
|   |
| Empirical Regularities in Cross-Country Alcohol Consumption |
| By Saroja Selvanathan and E A Selvanathan |
| Presented by: Saroja Selvanathan, Griffith University |
Session 58: Applied Economics |
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| Session Organizer: Donald Wright, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Bhaskara (Bill) Rao, University of the South Pacific |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 312 |
|   |
| Quantifying the Effect of GST on Inflation in Australia’s Capital Cities: An Intervention Analysis |
| By Abbas Valadkhani and Allan P. Layton |
| Presented by: Abbas Valadkhani, QUT |
|   |
| Pricing and Packaging: The Case of Marijuana |
| By Kenneth W Clements |
| Presented by: Kenneth Clements, The University of Western Australia |
|   |
| CGE Modelling of Water Trade: a Focus on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin |
| By Deborah Peterson, Gavan Dwyer, David Appels, Jane Fry |
| Presented by: David Appels, Productivity Commission |
Session 59: Economic Theory |
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| Session Organizer: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 13:45 - 15:15 |
| Location: Seminar room 405 |
|   |
| Innovation Heterogeneity and Schumpeterian Growth Models |
| By Eduardo Pol and Peter Carroll |
| Presented by: Eduardo Pol, University of Wollongong |
|   |
| The Effects of Property Rights on Economic Performance |
| By Oguzhan C. Dincer |
| Presented by: Oguzhan Dincer, Massey University |
|   |
| Grounding the theory of a firm in the natural sciences |
| By Shann Turnbull |
| Presented by: Shann Turnbull, public |
Session 60: Keynote lecture: Paul Milgrom - Package Auctions and Package Exchanges |
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| Session Organizer: Jeffrey Sheen, University of Sydney |
| Session Chair: Rohan Pitchford, |
| Date: September 29, 2004 |
| Time: 15:45 - 17:15 |
| Location: Auditorium |