Melbourne Institute Policy Briefs Series

The Melbourne Institute Policy Briefs Series presents a discussion of current research undertaken by staff of the Melbourne Institute. These briefs cover topics related to current policy issues.

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PB No. AUTHOR(S) TITLE MONTH OF PUBLICATION
3/15 Efrem Castelnuovo Fiscal Debt Sustainability in Australia: Is It Feasible? (PDF 473KB) May 2015
2/15 G. C. Lim, Viet Hoang Nguyen and Sarantis Tsiaplias Budget Deficits and Fiscal Policies (PDF 1315KB) April 2015
1/15 Anthony Scott The GP Co-payment: A Short Postmortem and a New Research Agenda on Medicare (PDF 617KB) March 2015
2/14 Chris Ryan

Impact of the Australian Higher Education Funding Reforms (PDF 421KB)

August 2014
1/14 Elizabeth Webster

A Proposal for Industry-Led Innovation Consortia (PDF 469KB)

January 2014
6/13 Christine Greenhalgh and Elizabeth Webster

Have Trademarks Become Deceptive? (PDF 376KB)

August 2013
5/13 G.C. Lim, E. CLaus, V. Nguyen and M. Chua

Budget Deficits, Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Policies (PDF 483KB)

August 2013
4/13 Paul H. Jensen

What is Evidence-Based Policy? (PDF 385KB)

August 2013
3/13 Terence C. Cheng

Does Reducing Rebates for Private Health Insurance Generate Cost Savings? (PDF 160KB)

July 2013
2/13 Moshe Justman and Chris Ryan

What's Wrong with the Gonski Report: Funding Reform and Student Achievement? (PDF 215KB)

April 2013
1/13 Deborah Cobb-Clark

The Case for Making Public Policy Evaluations Public (PDF 251KB)

January 2013