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The Impact of Manufacturing Protection on Agricultural Incentives in Australia

Anderson, Kym - Centre for International Economic Studies, School of … - 2009

Manufacturing protectionism in effect amounted to anti-trade and anti-primary sector biases in the governmentÂ’s industry assistance policies. How extensive were those biases, and to what extent did they reduce agricultural incentives? What has happened to the export orientation of the...

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Reform of Australian urban transport: A CGE-microsimulation analysis of the effects on income distribution

Verikios, George; Zhang, Xiao-guang - In: Economic Modelling 44 (2015) C, pp. 7-17

Australian urban transport industries experienced substantial reform during the 1990s leading to significant structural change. Urban transport is typically an important expenditure item for households and structural change in these services may affect households differently depending on their...

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Introduction to The Australian Economy in the 1990s

Gruen, David - Reserve Bank of Australia

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The Business Cycle — Developments in the Economy’s Response to Disturbances

Treasury, Australian - In: Economic Roundup (1998) 1, pp. 45-67

This article examines some of the developments influencing the Australian economy’s response to disturbances such as drought, movements in world commodity prices and changing economic conditions in our trading partners and world financial markets. These developments include changes in...

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Distributional Effects of Changes in Australian Infrastructure Industries during the 1990s

Verikios, George; Zhang, Xiao-guang - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia - 2008

During the 1990s, reforms and other developments improved productivity and reduced prices in Australian infrastructure … distributional outcomes. The main sources of changes were productivity improvements and lower real prices. There was a mix of direct … those of the staff involved and do not necessarily reflect those of the Productivity Commission. …

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The Potential Benefits of Hilmer and Related Reforms: Electricity Supply

Whiteman, John L. - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 1998

microeconomic reform will eliminate this x-inefficiency. The potential increase in total factor productivity resulting from …

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Structural Change in the Australian Electricity Industry During the 1990s and the Effect on Household Income Distribution

Verikios, George; Zhang, Xiao-guang - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 2010

We develop a framework for estimating the direct and indirect effects on household income of industry changes; it combines a computable general equilibrium model with a microsimulation model in a two-stage simulation procedure. We apply the framework to analysing changes in the Australian...

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