"By using the concept of the constant employment budget balance and changes in real public debt it is possible to determine the size of Australian Government's real structural budget imbalances during the postwar era. In doing so it is possible to partially explain the short run fluctuations in...

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries permanent building societies have been important providers of housing finance in Australia. Despite their long history Australian building societies have been disappearing at a steady rate since the early 1980s as they have converted into banks...

Research plays an important role in underpinning a country's economic and social life. Universities are at the centre of the research and human capital generating process. The aim of this paper is to explore the links between research output, research income, academic and non-academic labour and...

Economic theory suggests that competitive pressures will impact on organisational efficiency. In recent years, universities in Australia and New Zealand have faced increased competition for students. The aim of this paper is to explore the efficiency of Australian and New Zealand public...

The focus of this paper is on the conduct and collapse of the Australian, South African and New Zealand wool price stabilisation schemes and the manner in which they interrelated. In particular the degree to which the Australian Wool Corporation acted as a market leader in price determination is...

type="main" xml:id="ecpa12061-abs-0001" <p>In the face of rising costs of living and stagnant productivity growth in the utilities sector, this article considers the scope for the greater bundling of services and the further development of multi-utility firms in Australia. With particular reference...</p>

Substantial structural reform has occurred in the water and wastewater sectors of Australia’s major urban centers over the past two decades. This reform has involved the corporatization of government assets and some vertical and horizontal separation. This paper analyses the performance of...

Economic theory suggests that competitive pressures will impact on organisational efficiency. In recent years, universities in Australia and New Zealand have faced increased competition for students. The aim of this paper is to explore the efficiency of Australian and New Zealand public...