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Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

Government to examine the contribution that national reform of building regulation has made and further reform could make to the … in reform of building regulation and to negotiate a new Intergovernmental Agreement. The agreement would clarify the … objectives of building regulation reform; strengthen the commitment to national consistency; and also affirm the importance of a …

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Constraints on Private Conservation of Biodiversity

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

arrangements ¡X particularly relating to land tenure, competitive neutrality, native wildlife regulation and taxation frameworks ¡X … frameworks are characterised by extensive and often complex legislation and regulation. At times, the interpretation or … application of the frameworks, or of specific legislation or regulation may be uncertain. Further, the legislation and regulation …

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Creating markets for ecosystem services

Murtough, Greg; Aretino, Barbara; Matysek, Anna - EconWPA - 2002

Ecosystem services are the functions performed by ecosystems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, such as air and water purification, drought and flood mitigation, and climate stabilisation. Markets rarely exist for them. This study examines how newly defined property rights have been...

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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade

Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

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The Introduction of Price Signals into Land Use Planning

Cheshire, Paul; Sheppard, Stephen - EconWPA - 2004

, including some with systems of land use regulation which evolved entirely independently of the British. The paper starts by …

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Rules of Origin under the Australia–New Zealand CER Trade Agreement

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were referred to the Commission for examination and report by May 2004. The request stemmed from concerns that Australian and New Zealand firms were having difficulty achieving the...

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A New Account of Personalization and Effective Communication

Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003

To contribute to understanding of information economies of daily life, this paper explores over the past millennium given names of a large number of persons. Analysts have long both condemned and praised mass media as a source of common culture, national unity, or shared symbolic experiences....

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Prevention and detection in bribery-affected public procurement

Abramo, Claudio Weber - EconWPA - 2003

In environments where regulations are lax and controls function badly, cleanly participating in tenders is irrational. An increase in one single firm’s propensity to bribe induces the same behaviour upon the others (“bad apple effect”), and the likelihood of firms to bribe tends to...

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Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The terms of reference for this public inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 asked the Commission to look at how effective the Act had been been in achieving its objectives, and to assess the costs and benefits of the Act. In its final assessment, the Commission identified ways in...

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ANALYSIS OF THE BENEFITS OF INTRA-PORT COMPETITION

Langen, Peter W. De; Pallis, Athanasios A. - EconWPA - 2005

Intra-port competition is widely regarded as beneficial, for the competitiveness of ports, for local and national economies and for consumers and exporting industries. The aim of the paper is to analyse the benefits resulting from the presence of intra-port competition. Even though this issue...

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