Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series: 1997-1999

WP No. AUTHOR(S) TITLE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
1999      
26/99 John Creedy Tax Models and Their Uses, Abstract December 1999
25/99 Rosanna Scutella Labour Supply Estimates for Married Women in Australia, Abstract, PDF format (55K) December 1999
24/99 Don Harding International Capital Flows, Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy, Abstract, PDF format (55K) November 1999
23/99 Elizabeth Webster Occupational Profiles of Men since 1947, Abstract, PDF format (103K) October 1999
22/99 Mark N. Harris, Joanne Loundes and Elizabeth Webster Determinants of Household Saving in Australia, Abstract, PDF format (530K) October 1999
21/99 Mark N. Harris and Simon Feeny The Determinants of Corporate Effective Tax Rates: Evidence from Australia, Abstract, PDF format (530K) September 1999
20/99 Simon Feeny and Mark Rogers Market Share, Concentration and Diversification in Firm Profitability, Abstract, PDF format (530K) September 1999
19/99 Joanne Loundes Labour Productivity in Australian Workplaces: Evidence from the AWIRS, Abstract, PDF format (109K) September 1999
18/99 Ernst A. Boehm and Peter M. Summers Analysing and Forecasting Business Cycles with the Aid of Economic Indicators, Abstract, PDF format (197K) July 1999
17/99 Joanne Loundes Household Saving Behaviour in Australia, Abstract, PDF format (118K) June 1999
16/99 Elizabeth Webster and Peter Summers The Effect of Labour Market Programs on Wage Inflation, Abstract, PDF format (60K) June 1999
15/99 Richard Scotton Managed Competition: The Policy Context, Abstract, PDF format (88K) June 1999
14/99 John Creedy Take-Up of Means-Tested Benefits with Labour Supply Variations, Abstract May 1999
13/99 Don Harding and Adrian Pagan Dissecting the Cycle, Abstract, PDF format (131K) May 1999
12/99 Don Harding and Adrian Pagan Knowing the Cycle, Abstract, PDF format (108K) May 1999
11/99 Justin van de Ven, John Creedy and Peter J. Lambert Close Equals and Estimation of the Vertical, Horizontal and Reranking Effects of Taxation, Abstract April 1999
10/99 John Creedy and Alan Duncan Welfare, Non-Linear Budget Constraints and Behavioural Microsimulation, Abstract April 1999
9/99 Elizabeth Webster The Growth of Enterprise Intangible Investment, Abstract, PDF format (106K) March 1999
8/99 Maria Rebecca Valenzuela Costs of Children and Living Standards in Australian Households, Abstract, PDF format (106K) March 1999
7/99 John Creedy Population Ageing and the Growth of Social Expenditure, Abstract February 1999
6/99 John Creedy Modelling Indirect Tax Reform in Australia: Should Tax Rates Be Uniform?, Abstract February 1999
5/99 John Creedy and Peter Dawkins Comparing Tax and Transfer Systems: Can Incentive Effects Make a Difference?, Abstract February 1999
4/99 Mark N. Harris and Joanne Loundes Unobserved Heterogeneity and Inter-Industry Wage Premiums, Abstract, PDF format (106K) February 1999
3/99 Mark Rogers Innovation in Australian Workplaces: An Empirical Analysis Using AWIRS 1990 and 1995, Abstract, PDF format (92K), Appendices 1, 2 and 3 (28K) February 1999
2/99 Simon Feeny and Mark Rogers The Performance of Large Private Australian Enterprises, Abstract, PDF format (95K) January 1999
1/99 Mark Rogers The Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises: An Overview Using the Growth and Performance Survey, Abstract, PDF format (101K) January 1999
1998      
26/98 Ernst A. Boehm A Review of Some Methodological Issues in Identifying and Analysing Business Cycles, PDF format (200K) November 1998
25/98 Malcolm Anderson Neoclassical Economics and the Australian Community: How Does the Public Arrange Economic Knowledge ?, Abstract, PDF format (172K) November 1998
24/98 Rosanna Scutella and David Johnson The Melbourne Institute General Equilibrium Tax Model, PDF format (165K) November 1998
23/98 Tim Brailsford and Stephen Knights The Financial and Non-Financial Effects of Corporate Takeovers, PDF format (81K) October 1998
22/98 Joanne Loundes Performance of Australian Government Trading Enterprises: An Overview, Abstract, PDF format (81K) October 1998
21/98 Simon Feeny and Mark Rogers Profitability in Australian Enterprises, Abstract, PDF format (117K) July 1998
20/98 Mark Rogers Productivity in Australian Enterprises: Evidence from the ABS Growth and Performance Survey, Abstract, PDF format (107K) August 1998
19/98 Mark Rogers Innovation in Australian Enterprises: Evidence from the GAPS and IBIS Databases, Abstract, PDF format (107K) August 1998
18/98 John Creedy Differential Consumption Taxes and Equity: The Limits to Redistribution July 1998
17/98 John Creedy Non-Uniform Indirect Taxation, Horizontal Inequity and Re-ranking July 1998
16/98 John Freebairn Incentive and Distributional Effects of a Tax Mix Change: Some Simple Analytics, Abstract, PDF format (45K) July 1998
15/98 Sally Cowling Understanding Behavioural Responses to Tax and Transfer Changes: A Survey of Low-Income Households, Abstract, PDF format (140K) July 1998
14/98 Thornsten Stromback, Michael Dockery and Wiwi Ying Labour Market Programs and Labour Market Outcomes, Abstract July 1998
13/98 John Freebairn and Rebecca Valenzuela A Progressive Direct Expenditure Tax, Abstract, PDF format (93K) May 1998
12/98 John Creedy Indirect Tax Reform in Australia: The Welfare Effects on Different Demographic Groups, Abstract June 1998
11/98 Mark Rogers Management, Organisational and Technological Change in Australian Workplaces: Evidence from the AWIRS Data Sets, PDF format (68K) May 1998
10/98 Mark Rogers The Definition and Measurement of Innovation, Abstract, PDF format (66K) May 1998
9/98 Mark Rogers The Definition and Measurement of Productivity, Abstract, PDF format (76K) May 1998
8/98 Mark N. Harris and Laszlo Matyas Performance of the Operational Wansbeek-Bekker Estimator for Dynamic Panel Data Models, Abstract, PDF format (87K) May 1998
7/98 Ian Drummond Gow and Stuart Kells The Theory and Measurement of Profitability March 1998
6/98 John Creedy The Welfare Effects of Indirect Taxes in Australia March 1998
5/98 Mark N. Harris and Laszlo Matyas The Econometrics of Gravity Models, Abstract, PDF format (65K) February 1998
4/98 Elizabeth Webster Labour as an Asset: Can it Partition the Labour Market?, Abstract, PDF format (69K) January 1998
3/98 Derek Bosworth and Stuart Kells Measuring the Performance of Large Australian Firms, Abstract, PDF format (162K) January 1998
2/98 Derek Bosworth and Mark Rogers Research and Development, Intangible Assets and the Performance of Large Australian Companies, Abstract, PDF format (180K) January 1998
1/98 Thorsten Stromback, Michael Dockery and Wiwi Ying Transitions in the Labour Market: Evidence from the Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns, Abstract, PDF format (72K) January 1998
1997      
28/97 Derek Bosworth, Peter Dawkins, Mark Harris and Stuart Kells Diversification and the Performance of Australian Enterprises, Abstract, PDF format (65K) November 1997
27/97 James Ted McDonald and Harry Bloch The Spillover Effects of Industrial Action on Firm Profitability, Abstract, PDF format (80K) October 1997
26/97 Stuart Kells and Christopher Worswick An Introduction to the IBIS Database, Abstract, PDF format (65K) October 1997
25/97 Elizabeth Webster Labour Market Programs and the Australian Beveridge Curve: 1978 to 1996, Abstract, PDF format (140K) October 1997
24/97 Joanne Loundes A Brief Overview of Unemployment in Australia, Abstract, PDF format (132K) October 1997
23/97 Elizabeth Webster Labour Market Programs: A Review of the Literature, Abstract, PDF format (132K) October 1997
22/97 Stuart Kells and Mark Rogers Executive Remuneration, Board Structure, Corporate Strategy and Firm Performance: A Taste of the Literature, Abstract, PDF format (76K) September 1997
21/97 John Creedy Evaluating Income Tax Changes Using Cross-sectional and LifeTime Income Measures September 1997
20/97 John Creedy Are Consumption Taxes Regressive?, Abstract September 1997
19/97 Rajat Sood and Rosanna Scutella Description of the Current Indirect Tax System, Abstract, PDF format (120K) September 1997
18/97 Rosanna Scutella Calculating the Final Incidence of Australian Indirect Taxes, Abstract, PDF format (336K) August 1997
17/97 James Ted McDonald The Determinants of Firm Profitability in Australian Manufacturing, Abstract July 1997
16/97 Robert Dixon Estimates of the Cost of Monopoly Using the IBIS Database July 1997
15/97 Elizabeth Webster Householder Attitudes towards Retirement Incomes Australia 1997, Abstract, PDF format (46K) July 1997
14/97 Jeff Borland Employment Dynamics in Australia: Validation of the IBIS Database against Alternative Data Sources July 1997
13/97 Kieron Meagher and Mark Rogers Innovation Spillovers: A Cellular Automata Model, Abstract July 1997
12/97 John Creedy and Cameron Martin Estimates of the Linear Expenditure System Using the 1993 Household Expenditure Survey, Abstract July 1997
11/97 John Creedy Marginal Indirect Tax Reform in Australia June 1997
10/97 Peter M. Summers Analysis of Structural Change Using the Gibbs Sampler: The Case of the Mexican Debt Crisis June 1997
9/97 Peter M. Summers Trade and Growth in Settler Economies: Australian and Canadian Comparisons, Abstract, PDF format (55K) June 1997
8/97 Charles E. Hyde An Empirical Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Mergers in the Australian Petroleum Industry May 1997
7/97 Daniel McKay The Natural Rate of Unemployment in Australia, PDF format (274K) May 1997
6/97 Michael Harris and Stuart Kells Knowledge Spillovers, Location and Growth: Theory and Evidence, PDF format (268K) May 1997
5/97 David Johnson and Stuart Kells Small Business Data Sources in Australia, PDF format (189K) Mar 1997
4/97 John Creedy Means-Tested Versus Universal Transfers: Alternative Models and Value Judgements, Abstract Jan 1997
3/97 John Freebairn Taxation Reform: Some Economic Issues Jan 1997
2/97 David Johnson, Nick Haralambopoulos and Otto Hellwig Within Household Sharing Patterns Jan 1997
1/97 John Creedy Measuring the Welfare Effects of Price Changes: A Convenient Parametric Approach Jan 1997