The Productivity Commission has released two companion reports, benchmarking business regulation across jurisdictions: one on the Quantity and Quality of Regulation, the other on the Cost of Business Registrations.This is the second report and provides estimates of compliance costs for business...

Dr Vittorio Corbo gave the 2008 Richard Snape Lecture, 'Latin America in the Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities', at the Productivity Commission's office in Melbourne, on 18 November 2008.Dr Corbo was Governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2003 until 2007. His previous positions...

The Productivity Commission has released two companion reports, benchmarking business regulation across jurisdictions: one on the Quantity and Quality of Regulation, the other on the Cost of Business Registrations.This is the first report and provides indicators of the stock and flow of...

The market for retail tenancies involves dynamic and complex interactions of small and large businesses participating in the market as retail tenants and landlords. Depending on the format and the range of facilities offered, retail tenancies can be broadly divided into shopping strips (or high...

The Productivity Commission's 2007-08 Annual Report highlights the need to improve Australia's productivity growth rate. Pursuing the right approach to innovation is key to achieving this. The pattern of Australia's recent productivity growth and the scope to improve productivity by stimulating...

Gambling was substantially liberalised in most Australian states and territories in the 1990s. Subsequent years saw not only a surge in gambling expenditure and industry growth, but also adverse impacts on many Australians and their families. The consequent backlash within the community led to...

Gambling was substantially liberalised in most Australian states and territories in the 1990s. Subsequent years saw not only a surge in gambling expenditure and industry growth, but also adverse impacts on many Australians and their families. The consequent backlash within the community led to...

In 2008-09, Australian Government budgetary outlays, tax concessions and import tariffs provided Australian industry with $17.2 billion in assistance in gross terms, according to the latest annual review by the Productivity Commission. After allowing for the cost impost of import tariffs on...

The Productivity Commission's 2009-10 Annual Report was released on 28 October 2010 and forms part of the Commission's annual report series.Effective policy development demands careful analysis of different options, drawing on available evidence. Good process is the key to ensuring that this...

This Productivity Commission inquiry report was released on 12 October 2012. Default superannuation arrangements for those employees who derive their default superannuation product in accordance with modern awards have provided market stability, and net returns of default funds have generally...