I. Introduction and overview. 1. Drysdale, Peter ; Ishigaki, Kenichi: New issues in East Asian economic integration. II. Regionalism and regional integration. 2. Findlay, Christopher: Old issues in new regionalism. 3. Hosono, Akio ; Nishijima, Shoji: Regional integration in Asia and Latin...

There is a deepening debate in East Asia about the prospects for common exchange rate arrangements, even including the formation of a common currency in the longer term. This raises a complex set of issues and this volume provides a detailed yet comprehensive examination of key issues in the...

Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables and boxes -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Policy dialogue, surveillance and financial cooperation in East Asia -- POLICY DIALOGUE AND SURVEILLANCE IN EAST ASIA -- INSIGHTS FROM OTHERS' EXPERIENCE...

In recent years, a series of studies have been undertaken in Australia that use static general equilibrium models with a representative household to compare the relative efficiency of different Australian taxes. This paper aims to complement these earlier studies and contribute to a broader...

The main focus of this paper is on the accuracy of predicted wages for the nonemployed. We first examine whether the three groups of non-employed–the unemployed, the marginally attached, and the not in the labour force–should be modelled separately or together. We conclude that these are...

This Working Paper presents an overview of structural budget balance models and the adjustments most relevant for Australia. Three models (the OECD model, the IMF model and Treasury’s previously published model in the Australian Government’s 2009-10 Budget and McDonald et al (2010)) are...

We examine whether subjective responses to survey questions about child care availability, quality, and cost, aggregated at the local geographical level, have any explanatory power in models of workforce participation and labour supply. We find that married women who live in areas with more...

This paper explores the sources of fluctuations in sectoral employment growth rates across the Australian economy over three different periods: the pre-terms of trade boom period; the pre-GFC phase of the terms of trade boom; and the GFC and post-GFC phase. We find that common cyclical...