This paper describes and explains house and land prices in Sydney from 1925 to 1970. Between the late 1920's and the late 1940's, real estate values fell in real terms by around 20 per cent. Depressed incomes and expectations and rent control held down prices despite the fall in real interest...

This paper describes and explains house and land prices in Sydney from 1931 to 1989. Throughout this period, house and land prices fell, generally exponentially, with distance to the CBD. However, the price gradients were not constant. Between 1931 and 1968 the gradients flattened. On the other...

This paper describes how, in response to a government request, the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) prepared a ranking of economics journals for use in Australia. ESA commissioned the writer to manage the process and it was agreed that the journal ranking should be based on a survey of all...

There have been few reliable published data for housing prices in Australia (as in many other countries). In this paper we attempt to provide an authoritative account of prices for houses and apartments (units) in Australia from 1970 to 2003. Where possible we draw directly on data from land...

This paper describes and explains changes in real house prices in Australia from 1970 to 2003. In the first part of the paper, we develop a national index of real house prices. We then discuss the main factors that determine real house prices and some previous attempts to model Australian house...

The paper starts with a brief introduction to the main principles of outsourcing and a description of the recent history of outsourcing in the two largest states, New South Wales and Victoria. The main part of the paper then describes seven case studies which exemplify the process and possible...