This paper explores the possibility of a Keynesian-like employment response in multi-sectoral neo-classical models such as the ORANI model of the Australian economy. One of the more controversial applications of ORANI has been its use in designing a macroeconomic policy package which stimulates...

In this paper the macro and structural implications of three alternative tariff-reduction strategies are examined. Under the first strategy, which is similar to that adopted in Australia in 1973, the tariff cut is implemented without warning. The second strategy is consistent with the current...

Intertemporal Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models have the potential to quantify the implications of sectoral and temporal linkages which are often crucial for understanding the effects of economic shocks. However, such models will prove to be of practical use for policy analysis only if...