This paper develops a new methodology for allowing researchers outside central banks to test the extent of payment system risk, and applies this methodology to an investigation of the impact that the introduction of real time gross settlement (RTGS) had on systemic risk in the Australian...

This paper investigates the role of money and the transmission of monetary policy in a model characterised by interest-insensitive expenditures and unemployment equilibria. It first outlines the structure of what is called a Kaldor-Pasinetti-Sraffa-Keynes (KPSK) model where output is determined...

This paper re-examines the impact of endogenous money in a neoclassical model with interest-sensitive expenditures. It first outlines a benchmark model with exogenous money and the usual full employment and money growth-determined inflation results. It then replaces exogenous money with...

This paper reports on the implementation of a pilot program aimed at improving student writing in a intermediate macroeconomics course. The Program attempted to reduce what is labelled the <i>expectations gap</i> between student and academic perceptions of what constitutes "good writing". This was done...

This paper examines the possibility that financial contagion may be spread from one bank to another via the Australian payments system. The initial study of payments system risk was undertaken by Humphrey (1986) who found significant risk in the U.S. Fedwire system in the mid 1980s. Subsequent...

This paper investigates the role played by endogenous money in models with interest-sensitive expenditures. In particular, it examines the impact of endogenous money on a baseline neoclassical model arguing against the frequently asserted claim that traditional neoclassical macroeconomics is...

This paper outlines the trial and development of a peer review program for teaching improvement in the Faculty of Business at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). It first explores some of the key issues in the purpose and design of peer review schemes. It agrees with a strong theme in...