In 2007 the New Zealand government in principle adopted the implementation of a cap and trade emissions trading scheme (ETS) in the energy sector from 2010. The objective of this paper is to develop a risk-focused performance management system (PMS) planning framework for organisations...

This paper is based on the early stages of an international collaborative project investigating the structural changes of the confectionery sectors in Finland and the U.K. over the past two decades. An institutional perspective is used to extend conventional understandings of industries via the...

This article provides an update on the ongoing debate as to whether New Zealand should enter into a currency union with Australia. While the decision to adopt a common currency would ultimately be a political one, assessing the specific economic costs and benefits is important for informed...

In clause 2(b) of the Policy Targets Agreement (PTA) between the Minister of Finance and Governor of the Reserve Bank, the target used to direct the Reserve Bank's pursuit of price stability is expressed as "future CPI inflation outcomes between 1 per cent and 3 per cent on average over the...

This study is motivated by the apparent reluctance of Australian urban water entities to adopt the user pays pricing formula despite strong encouragement by Australian Governments to do so. Elements of contingency theory political cost theory and transaction cost economics are employed in...

Chris Hunt presented Paying for Urban Water Services: Some Insights from Across the Ditch at an ISCR in September 2007

Aggregate debt of the New Zealand household sector increased from 110 percent of household incomes in 2000 to a peak of 175 percent in 2008, and currently stands at 165 percent. The increase was large and historically unprecedented, but not exceptional compared to other countries' experience...

Describes the above, resulting from concerns about quality of many detailed estimates and a wider reprioritisation of ONS's businessThe Index of Production (IoP) published on 10 March 2008 was based on improved methods, as described in an article published in the January 2008 edition of Economic...

Last year the Reserve Bank concluded a review of its foreign exchange intervention policy. The review resulted in a recommendation to the Government that the Bank be given the capacity to broaden the objectives of foreign exchange intervention towards helping the Governor achieve monetary policy...

The changing interaction between economic and financial developments around the world is prompting lively debate in the academic and central banking community about the use of money and credit measures in contemporary monetary policy formulation. Currently, money and credit measures generally...