How have views on Australia's current account deficit evolved over the past two decades? What factors have shaped and altered policy and market perceptions of the current account? This paper examines these questions within the framework of the intellectual underpinnings of the debate on the...

The present paper estimates upper-level substitution and new-goods bias in the Korean Consumer Price Index (CPI). It has been estimated that the upper-level substitution bias in the CPI alone increased the inflation rate by 0.51 percentage points per year over the thirteen-year period between...

This paper uses Australian micro data to test the insider-outsider model. As part of this, the paper also examines whether the distinction between insiders and outsiders has more relevance for males or females. The paper finds that males have more insider power than females. It is also argued...

In recent years a large theoretical and empirical literature has emerged on hysteresis in unemployment. This paper reviews the theoretical part of this literature, including the various insider-outsider models that have been advanced to explain hysteresis. The review finds that while the...

The relationship between energy futures trading volume and physical commodity usage is evaluated with the aim of demonstrating the correct method of calculation. This relationship has been incorrectly calculated and the misleading results have been offered up as evidence of excessive speculator...

A stochastic frontier model incorporating inefficiency effects has been employed to analyse the efficiency of agricultural production in the Central Region of Thailand. The agricultural land area, the number of people employed in the agricultural sector, and the amount of fertilisers used in...

Examining George Stigler's teaching career clarifies the requirements for an effective teacher of graduate economics and especially sheds light on the nature of Ph.D. supervision. The heterogeneous composition of graduate students in aggregate means that quite distinct approaches can prove to be...

Piecemeal reform methodology is used to identify Pareto improving directions of gifts in the economy studied by L. Kranich, "Gift Equilibria and Pareto Optimality Reconsidered", Journal of Economic Theory, 64, 1994, pp. 298-300.

Should someone who is regarded as a good writer also be a clear writer, especially in subjects such as economics, philosophy and politics? This paper examines the interaction between certain of Keynes's characteristics as a writer and the clarity of his writings. Its central thesis is that lack...