Innovation Policy

How to capture the benefits from non-rivalry and compensate for non-excludability.

Complete Papers

Palangkaraya, A. (in press). “The link between innovation and export: evidence from Australia’s small and medium enterprises”, in Hahn, C. -H. and , Narjoko, D. (Eds), Globalization and Innovation in East Asia, Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics, Routledge: NY.

Webster, E. (2013) ‘A Proposal for Industry-Led Innovation Consortia’, in Australia Adjusting: Optimising National Prosperity, Edited by Nathan Taylor and Vince FitzGerald, Committee for Economic Development, Melbourne.

Thomson, R. and Jensen, P.H. (2013). “The effects of government subsidies on business R&D employment: Evidence from OECD countries”, National Tax Journal 66(2), 281–310.

Thomson, R. and Webster, E. (2013) ‘Innovation and productivity’ Australian Economic Review, December.

McGuinness, S. Webster, E. and Mavromaras, K. (2012) ‘What are the characteristics of the employers of the low paid in Australia?’, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 38 (1), 26-47.

Thomson, R. and Webster, E. (2012) ‘The Design of R&D Support Schemes for Industry’, Economic Papers, 3, 464-477.

Jensen, P.H. (2012). “Innovative China: Trends, challenges and opportunities”, Australian Economic Review 45(4), 455-56.

Jensen, P.H. (2012). “Innovative China: Trends, challenges and opportunities”, Australian Economic Review 45(4), 455-56.

Webster, E. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). ‘Do patents matter for commercialization?’, Journal of Law and Economics, 54, 431-453.

Jensen, P. H and Webster, E. (2011) ‘Macroeconomic conditions and successful commercialization’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(1), 125-144.

Leahy, A. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). “Australia’s engagement with Asia, 1990-2010”, Australian Economic Review 44(4), 418-26.

Thomson, R. and Webster, E. (2011) The Design of R&D Support Schemes for Industry, Background material for the Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011, IPRIA Occasional Report, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne. March 2011

Thomson, R. 2010, Tax Policy and R&D Investment by Australian Firms, The Economic Record 86, 260– 280.

Webster, E. (2009) ‘Does Australia have a National Innovation System’ Australian Economic Review, 42, 84-87.

Leahy, A., MacLaren, D., Morgan, D., Weatherall, K., Webster, E., and Yong, J. (2008) ‘In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP’, Economic Papers, 27(1) 1-18.

Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2007) ‘Is Stern Correct? Does Climate Change Require Policy Intervention?’ Australian Economic Review, 40(4), 421-31.

Webster, E., Buddelmeyer, H. and Jensen, P. (2007) ‘Innovation and Industrial Evolution’ Australian Economic Review, 40(1), 82-89.

Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2007) ‘Industry Dynamics: Understanding the Key Policy Issues’ Australian Economic Review, 40(1), 80-81.

Barnett, J. Bodman, R, Gangadharan, L. Falk, J. Jensen, P., Pearman, G., Webster, E. (2007), Evaluation of the ‘Stern Review’ and its Implications for Victoria and Australia, Commissioned Research for the Victorian Department of Sustainability and the Environment by The University of Melbourne Climate Adaptation – Science and Policy Initiative (CASPI) in collaboration with The Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (ACSIS) and The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR).

Fry, T. and Webster, E. (2006) ‘Conflict Inflation: Estimating the Contributions to Wage Inflation in Australia During the 1990s’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30(2), 227-234.

Thomson, R., Risby, T. and Potterton, P. 2005. General Aviation: An Industry Overview Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics Report 111, Canberra ACT, (109 pages)

Dent, C. Jensen, P. H. Waller, S. and Webster, E. (2005) ‘Research Use of Patented Knowledge- A Review’, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), The University of Melbourne. Report for the OECD.

Leahy, A. Loundes, J. Webster, E. and Yong, J. (2004) ‘Industrial Capabilities in Victoria’, Economic and Labour Relations Review, 15(1), 74-98.

Casselman, R., Gans, J., Gay, E., Jensen, P., Morgan, O., Weatherall, K., Webster, E. (2004), ‘Factors Affecting the Use of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Australia’, Intellectual Property Institute of Australia (IPRIA), A Report for the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, pages 198.

Song, L. L. and Webster, E. M (2003) ‘How segmented are skilled and unskilled labour markets: The case of Beveridge Curves’, Australian Economic Papers, 42(3), 332-345.

Christie, A, D’Aloisio, S., Gaita, K., Howlett, M. Webster, E. (2003) ‘Analysis of the legal framework for patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions’, Intellectual Property Institute of Australia (IPRIA), Final report to the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra. ISBN 0 642 77331 9 (Electronic Version), 0 642 77330 0 (Hard copy), pages 128.

Webster, E. M. (2001) ‘The rise in intangible capital and labour market segmentation’, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 27(4), 258-271.