The development of time series techniques associated with non stationary data, such as the testing for unit roots and cointegration has presented the applied worker with new challenges in the applied analysis of economic problems.This thesis uses some of these methods to consider a number of...

Australian pig producers, facing a limited domestic market, need to make inroads into export markets. The predominantly Chinese city state of Singapore provides the potential to be a valuable source of demand. The distribution system in Singapore is considered from the perspective of a potential...

There has been an increasing dispersion in earnings observed in many OECD countries over the last two decades along with shedding of low skill workers and increased demand for skilled workers. This has been attributed to a number of diffent causes including skill-biased technological change. In...

This paper summarises the main changes that have taken place in the Australian labour market, the major research findings and the implications for creating jobs and reducing unemployment. In this context, the major policies to reduce unemployment are examined. The main conclusions are that...

The concept and measurement of the cost of capital is developed to include particularly the role of taxation in investment behaviour. The relative importance of factors influencing investment in plant and machinery is examined for five sectors which make up the broadacre industry of Australia....