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Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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Reform of Building Regulation

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

Government to examine the contribution that national reform of building regulation has made and further reform could make to the … progress in reducing regulatory differences across jurisdictions and in basing the Building Code of Australia to performance … in reform of building regulation and to negotiate a new Intergovernmental Agreement. The agreement would clarify the …

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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003

EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...

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STRUCTURAL MODELS IN CONSUMER CREDIT

Andrade, Fabio de; Thomas, Lyn - EconWPA - 2004

We propose a structural credit risk model for consumer lending using option theory and the concept of the value of the consumer’s reputation. Using Brazilian empirical data and a credit bureau score as proxy for creditworthiness we compare a number of alternative models before suggesting one...

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Kreditvergabe der Banken an kleine und mittelständische

Lindner-Lehmann, Monika; Lehmann, Erik; Neuberger, Doris - EconWPA - 2005

Der vorliegende Beitrag fasst die Ergebnisse einer im Jahr 1997 getätigten schriftlichen Befragung deutscher Banken zu ihrer Kreditvergabe an kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen zusammen. Befragt wurden 1200 Firmenkundenbetreuer privater Großbanken, Sparkassen und Genossenschaftsbanken zu...

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Collateral-Based Lending in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Thailand

Menkhoff, Lukas; Neuberger, Doris; Suwanaporn, Chodechai - EconWPA - 2005

This paper examines the role and determinants of collateral in emerging markets compared to mature ones. Analyzing a data set of 560 credit files of Thai commercial banks, we find that both the incidence and degree of collateralization are higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use...

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Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

There are significant differences in the way water rights are defined, allocated and administered in Australia and …

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The Role of Auctions in Allocating Public Resources

Chan, Chris; Laplagne, Patrick; Appels, David - EconWPA - 2003

This paper provides an economic framework within which to consider the effectiveness and limitations of auction markets. The paper looks at the use of auctions as a policy instrument and the effects of auction design on consumer interests, the efficient allocation of resources, and industry...

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Recovery from Depression: Australia in an Argentine Mirror: 1895- 1913

McLean, Ian W. - EconWPA - 2005

The recovery from the 1890s depression in Australia was prolonged, and economic growth 1895-1913 was below that in the … comparable settler economies of Argentina and Canada. Why? Australia’s hesitant initial recovery is typically attributed to the …

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An Estimated, New Keynesian Policy Model for Australia

Melecky, Martin; Buncic, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

A two-block open economy model is estimated in this paper using Australian and U.S. data. Evaluation of the estimated model is carried out in relation to a simple closed economy alternative. Namely, we inspect the implied transmission mechanisms, and examine the relative out-of-sample...

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