The study compares the performance of the Australian telecommunications services industry with those in other countries. Related papers submitted to this study by NECG Ltd. and Telecom New Zealand have been released with the report.

South Africa mostly depended on foreign suppliers for its defence needs up to the beginning of the 1960's. This situation changed dramatically with the implementation of various isolation measures and an international arms embargo in the early 1960's. This compulsory arms embargo on the import...

Families with two or more adults have unadjusted incomes above the overall average because they have more potential earners. On the other hand, unattached individuals and lone parents have after-tax income averages just over half the overall average. Adjusting incomes to account for family size...

It is frequently claimed that the growth of e-commerce has created a more competitive environment. It is argued that lower production costs of online retailers encourages new entry in previously concentrated sectors, and a marked reduction in search costs and switching costs increase the...

When market structure is complete, factor demands by households will be independent of their characteristics, and households will take their production decisions as if they were profit-maximizing firms. This observation constitutes the basis for one of the most popular empirical tests for...

Using primary survey data from two agro-ecologically distinct rural communities in eastern Nigeria, this paper examines the determinants of livelihood diversification away from agriculture as well as the manner in which different agro-ecological determinants affect such diversification. The...

On 20 February 2002 the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer referred harbour towage and related services to the Commission for inquiry and report. The Commission was to report on: the impact of structural reforms, other measures that could be taken to increase the level of competition in...

This paper deals with the analytical and graphical representation of the bifurcations appearing from the adjustment dynamics of a 2- player Cournot duopoly, proposed by Puu (1997). We establish admissibility conditions on the initial state of the adjustment dynamics and visualize the dynamics in...

The strong sequential core for two-stage economies with a possibly incomplete set of assets in period zero and trade in commodities in period one consists of those goods allocatioans that are in the classical core and moreover, after realization of the state of nature, in the endowments. The...

The financial performance of government trading enterprises is assessed in this report. The financial indicators and ratios used in the report cover operating performance, financial management and transactions with government. The paper covers 84 Commonwealth, State and Territory government...