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Organization: Economics
Position: RITCHIE CHAIR OF ECONOMICS
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Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/who/profile.cfm?sid=54
Work: 8344 6414
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 634
Level: 06
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Applied Microeconomics and Policy Analysis Taxation, Labour Markets & Natural Resources Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of California - Davis Research
United States Pennsylvania State University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Agricultural Economics New England 31-Dec-1965
Masters of Agricultural Economics New England 31-Dec-1969
Doctor of Philosophy University of California - Davis 31-Dec-1972

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Economics Association Member 01-Jan-1972
Member Economics Association of Australia Member 01-Jan-1966
Member American Agricultural Economics Association Member 01-Jan-1972
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Member 01-Jan-1963

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 31-Dec-1991

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Centenary Medal 01-Jan-2001
Other (Award) Outstanding Journal Article, Economic Record 31-Dec-1989
Other (Award) American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Journal Article Award 31-Dec-1985
Medal University of New England 31-Dec-1965
Other (Award) American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding PhD Thesis 31-Dec-1973

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Worker flows and Labour market policy in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
Effects of Private Health Insurance on Health Care Usage and Health Outcomes in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008
International comparisons of retirement decisions and well-being of mature age populations: applied micro-economic analyses Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DTF STRATEGIC RESEARCH PANEL CONTRACT - AGREEMENT FOR STANDING OFFER FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERVICES RELATING TO ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES. Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY & FINANCE 17/10/2005
CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYERS OF THE LOW PAID Chief Investigator AUST FAIR PAY COMMISSION 01/06/2006
COVERAGE OF THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE Chief Investigator AUST FAIR PAY COMMISSION 28/08/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Some Emerging Issues in Urban Water Supply and Pricing
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 184 - 193
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  • Some Macroeconomic Implications of the Future Fund
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 114 - 120
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  • Some Sectoral and Global Distributional Issues in Greenhouse Gas Policy Design
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 13 - 28
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Environmental response curves - a first step in developing environmental demand curves
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Water Down Under 2008 incorporating 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium & 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Water Down Under 2008 incorporating 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium & 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research
    Page numbers: 2180-2190
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia
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Reports

  • The Case for Change: A Snapshot Analysis of the Australian Tax System


    Year: 2008
    Customer: Brotherhood of St Laurence
    Publisher: Brotherhood of St Laurence(Fitzroy)
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  • State & Territory Beveridge Curves and the National Equilibrium Unemployment Rate
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 1033
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A Package of Less Special Deductions and Exemptions and Low Tax Rates


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Tax Forum
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 65-82
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  • Changing the Tax Mix
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 194-199
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  • Economic Issues with Climate Change
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 402-409
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  • Economic Policy Issues for Climate Change
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Insights: Melbourne Economics and Commerce
    Volume: 2/November 2007
    Page numbers: 9-14
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  • Introduction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: CEDA Growth Series
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 10-15
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  • Making the Boom Pay
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Insights: Melbourne Economics and Commerce
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 20-25
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  • The Next Wave of Tax Reform: Introduction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 182-185
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  • Time-Varying Equilibrium Rates of Unemployment: An Analysis with Australian Data
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 205-225
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  • Who are the Low Paid?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-38
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Reports

  • Hours of Work: A Demand Perspective
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1022
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Trends in regional specialisation in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1017
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Some Economics of Floods
    Year: 2006
    Book: Floods in an Arid Continent
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 273-292
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  • How Big Was the Effect of Budget Consolidation on the Australian Economy in the 1990s?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-46
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  • Investment and Savings Drive Deficits and Debts
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 2.06
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 20-23
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  • Water rights for variable supplies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 295-312
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Case study two - labour market reform: discussant
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Productive reform in a federal system
    Conference Publication: Productive reform in a federal system: roundtable proceedings
    Page numbers: 239 - 244
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Characteristics of minimum wage employees
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Australain Fair Pay Commission
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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  • Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 09/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Income tax reform
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sustaining prosperity
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets
    Year: 2005
    Book: The evolution of markets for water
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Journal Articles

  • An employment equation for Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 254
    Page numbers: 204-214
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • An examination of net flows in the Australian labour market
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 25-42
    Publisher: Murdoch University(Perth)
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  • Government policy and school performance: intorduction and overview
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 119-120
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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  • Policies to reduce unemployment: simulations with treasury macroeconomic model
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 255
    Page numbers: 351-366
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • The Melbourne Institute analysis of the 2005 federal budget
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 2005
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 19-21
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • When can generic advertising program increase farmer returns?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australasian Agribusiness Review
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-25
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Why are recessions as deep as they are?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 5
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Case Study Two - Labour Market Reform: Discussant


    Year: 2005
    Event name: Productive Reform in a Federal System
    Conference Publication: Productive Reform in a Federal System: Roundtable Proceedings
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 239-244
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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  • Reforming industrial relations and social equity
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 05
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • A comparison of alternative tax bases
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 11/2005
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Health policy
    Year: 2004
    Book: Reforming Australia. New policies for a new generation
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • The benefits of social science research
    Year: 2004
    Book: What's economics worth? Valuing policy research
    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press(Baltimore)
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Journal Articles

  • Bracket creep, effective marginal tax rates and alternative tax packages
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 1
    Issue: .04
    Page numbers: 17-28
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Levy-funded research choices by producers and society
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 33-64
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  • Some long-run labour market effects of the superannuation guarantee
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 191-197
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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Reports

Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Is the $A a commodity currency?
    Year: 2003
    Book: Exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Tax reform: an unfinished agenda?
    Year: 2003
    Book: Hard heads, soft hearts
    Publisher: Allen & Unwin(Crows Nest)
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Journal Articles

  • Economic policy for rural and regional Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 389-414
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Effects of drought on economic growth
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Econochat
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    Issue: 19
    Page numbers: 12-15
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Principles for the allocation of scarce water
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 203-212
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  • Special industry levies
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Chief Executive
    Volume:
    Issue: April 2003
    Page numbers: 35-37
    Publisher: CEDA(Melbourne)
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  • Why are recessions as deep as they are? The behaviour over time of the outflow from unemployment: a new perspective
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-64
    Publisher: Murdoch University(Perth)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • The macroeconomics of agriculture
    Year: 2002
    Book: Handbook of agricultural economics volume 2A
    Publisher: Elsevier(Amsterdam)
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Journal Articles

  • 2002 - 2003 Federal budget and fiscal policy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Econochat
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 2-4
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Economics benefits of meteorlogical services
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Meteorological Applications
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 33-44
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Funding meteorological services
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Meteorological Applications
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 45-54
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Opportunities to reform state taxes
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 405-422
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Supplier-induced demand and occupational regulation: Discussion
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Health Policy Round Table
    Conference Publication: Health Policy Round Table
    Page numbers: 293-297
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Why are recessions as deep as they are? The behaviour over time of the outflow from unemployment: a new perspective
    Year: 2002
    Customer:
    Report No:: 842
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Review of State Business Taxes
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Department of Treasury and Finance(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Indexation and Australian capital gains taxation
    Year: 2001
    Book: International evidence on the effects of having no capital gains taxes
    Publisher: The Fraser Institute(Vancouver)
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Journal Articles

  • Beggar-thy-neighbour advertising: theory and applications to generic commodity promotion programs
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal Of Agricultural Economics
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 888-902
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Book Review "The future of governance:policy choices" and "institutions on the edge?"
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 365-368
    Publisher: Australian National University, School of Economics
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  • Economic framework for the provision of meteorological services
    Year: 2001
    Journal: World Meteorological Organization Bulletin
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 206-215
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Economic issues in taxation of petroleum
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Econochat
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 15
    Page numbers: 11-13
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  • Evaluation of the supplier-induced demand for medical care model
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 353-355
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  • Generic advertising without supply control: implications of funding mechanisms for advertising intensities in competitive industries
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 117-145
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Some market effects of e-commerce
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Singapore Economic Review
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 49-62
    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
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Reports

  • Policy options to reduce unemployment: TRYM simulations.
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
    Report No:: 19/2001
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Some market effects of e-commerce.
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
    Report No:: 789
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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