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Summary of All Sessions |
# | Date/Time | Location | Title | Papers | Organizer |
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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 |
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INFLATION CONVERGENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES |
By Markus Hyvonen |
Presented by: Markus Hyvonen, Reserve Bank of Australia |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Rise in Schooling due to the East Asian Miracle |
By Roki Iwahashi |
Presented by: Roki Iwahashi, Kyoto University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pricing the Airport Infrastructure for the Airbus A 380: Efficient Pricing and Dynamic Inconsistency |
By Peter Forsyth |
Presented by: Peter Forsyth, |
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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 |
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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 |
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International Tax Competition and Double Taxation |
By Tomoya Ida |
Presented by: Tomoya Ida, Oita University |
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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 |
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Australian Inequality 1975-76 to 98-99 |
By Paul Blacklow |
Presented by: Paul Blacklow, University of Tasmania |
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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 |
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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 |
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Modelling exits from college studies using a bivariate gamma distribution |
By Paal Boering |
Presented by: Paal Boering, NIFU |
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GMM redundancy results with applications to missing data problem |
By Artem Prokhorov and Peter Schmidt |
Presented by: Artem Prokhorov, Michigan State University |
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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 |
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Public Infrastructure and Foreign Investment in the presence of Monopolistic Competition |
By Sajid Anwar |
Presented by: Sajid Anwar, JCU |
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The effect of providing public infrastructure on industrial location |
By Ryusuke Ihara |
Presented by: Ryusuke Ihara, Kyoto University |
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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 |
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Relative Factor Abundance and FDI Factor Intensity in Developed Countries |
By Alfons Palangkaraya |
Presented by: Alfons Palangkaraya, University of Melbourne |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Australia’s Firm-level Productivity – a New Perspective |
By Robert Breunig and Marn-Heong Wong |
Presented by: Robert Breunig, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY |
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Examining Biases in Measures of Firm Innovation |
By Paul Jensen and Beth Webster |
Presented by: Paul Jensen, University of Melbourne |
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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 |
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The Dynamics of Fertility and Growth: a Baby-Bounce Back? |
By Creina Day |
Presented by: Steve Dowrick, Australian National University |
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Part-time Employment Traps and Childare Policy |
By Alison L Booth and Melvyn G Coles |
Presented by: Alison Booth, Australian National University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A New Keynesian Perspective of Monetary Policy Implementation in Australia |
By Shawn Chen-Yu Leu |
Presented by: Shawn Chen-Yu Leu, University of Sydney |
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Market Efficiency, Momentum and the G7 Currency Markets |
By R. Bianchi, M. Drew and J. Polichronis |
Presented by: Michael Drew, QUT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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What Causes Regional Migration |
By Anne M. Garnett and Philip E.T. Lewis |
Presented by: Anne Garnett, Murdoch University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Private Health Insurance reform and health care prices |
By Jim Pearse, Deniza Mazevska |
Presented by: Jim Pearse, Centre for Health Service Development |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Undereducation and Overeducation in the Australian Labour Market |
By Derby Voon and Paul W. Miller |
Presented by: Paul Miller, University of Western Australia |
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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 |
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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants to Australia and Canada: A Comparison |
By Laurence Lester & Sue Richardson |
Presented by: Laurence Lester, Flinders University |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Marriage and Female Labour Supply in Brunei Darussalam |
By K.A. Anaman and H.M. Kassim |
Presented by: Kwabena Anaman, University of Brunei Darussalam |
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Social Pensions, Migration and Household Composition: Evidence from South Africa |
By Brett Inder and Pushkar Maitra |
Presented by: Pushkar Maitra, Monash University |
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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 |
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Inflation Targeting Policy in a Dynamic Keynesian Model with a Debt Effect |
By Toichiro Asada |
Presented by: Toichiro Asada, public |
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Keynesian Dynamics and the Wage-Price Spiral. A baseline Disequilibrium Approach |
By Toichiro Asada, Pu Chen, Carl Chiarella, Peter Flaschel |
Presented by: Carl Chiarella, |
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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 |
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The Political Economy of Resources and Development in India |
By Richard Damania and Arnab Gupta |
Presented by: Arnab Gupta, University of Adelaide |
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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 |
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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 |
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Endogenous Liberalization and Within-Country Inequality |
By Mehmet Ulubasoglu and Nejat Anbarci |
Presented by: Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Deakin University |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pricing and Packaging: The Case of Marijuana |
By Kenneth W Clements |
Presented by: Kenneth Clements, The University of Western Australia |
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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 |
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Innovation Heterogeneity and Schumpeterian Growth Models |
By Eduardo Pol and Peter Carroll |
Presented by: Eduardo Pol, University of Wollongong |
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The Effects of Property Rights on Economic Performance |
By Oguzhan C. Dincer |
Presented by: Oguzhan Dincer, Massey University |
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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 |