This study analyses the general-equilibrium impacts of a number of possible allocation schemes for greenhouse gas emission permits on the Western Australian economy. It finds that emissions would fall by up to 11 percent from the base level in Western Australia. However, such environmental...

Henri Theil devoted a good deal of the last two decades of his professional activities to the analysis of international consumption patterns. This paper commences with a review of Theil’s path-breaking research on cross-country demand, and then investigates in some detail two important...

Henri Theil devoted a good deal of the last two decades of his professional activities to the analysis of international consumption patterns. He had the bold idea of using a single system of demand equations to explain the variability of consumption patterns across widely diverse countries. In...

Western Australia has experienced an investment surge in the minerals sector of the economy in recent years. Unlike previous surges, this one involves a large proportion of mineral‐processing projects. In this study, the differential effects on the WA economy of 25 mining and 10...

Since its commencement in 1987, the PhD Conference in Economics and Business has become an important annual event in Australian Economics. This paper presents an overview of the last ten years of the conference regarding the students involved, their topics and backgrounds, as well as some...