The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) is one of New Zealand's largest publicly-owned financial assets. Its primary purpose is to act as an inter-generational tax smoothing vehicle, in order to assist future taxpayers cover the cost of providing the public pension, New Zealand Superannuation...

This paper discusses alternative methods to estimate the distribution of wealth in New Zealand. It develops a taxable income capitalisation method for estimating the distribution of wealth in New Zealand that is based on the approach of Saez and Zucman (2016; 2022) and adapted for New Zealand data...

This paper considers the role of fiscal policy in New Zealand's macroeconomic stabilisation. New Zealand's macroeconomic framework is characterised by an institutional arrangement whereby monetary policy has the primary responsibility for macroeconomic stabilisation. In contrast, fiscal policy...