The Economics Working Paper Series is a publishing program of the Economics Discipline in the School of Economics and Information Systems to present work-in-progress by staff, visitors and students to a wider academic audience. Papers submitted to the Series have undergone a process of peer review. Papers published prior to 1998 are available in printed form and are currently being digitized. Papers from 1998 onwards are also available online in PDF format from the School site here as well as from Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) and EconPapers.
The ISSN for the Working Paper Series is 1321-9774 and the co-editors are Associate Professor Peter Siminski and Dr Kankesu Jayanthkurmaran.
Papers from 2007
The Determinants of Price in Online Auctions: More Evidence from Quantile Regression, C. H. Sun and M. F. Hsu
Macroeconometric Modelling in an Oil Exporting Country: The Case of Iran, A. Valadkhani
A Disciplinary Analysis of the PhD Completions in Australian Universities, Abbas Valadkhani and Simon Ville
Papers from 2006
Sources of Economic Growth in South Korea: An Application of the ARDL Analysis in the Presence of Structural Breaks – 1980-2005, Charles Harvie and M. Pahlavani
Testing for Structural Breaks in the Korean Economy 1980-2005: An Application of the Innovational Outlier and the Additive Outlier Models, Charles Harvie and M. Pahlavani
Identifying Structural Breaks in the Lebanese Economy 1970-2003: An Application of the Zivot and Andrews Test, Charles Harvie, M. Pahlavani, and A. S. Saleh
Australia and New Zealand CER Agreement and Breakpoints in Bilateral Trade: An Application of the Wald-type Test, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran and M. Pahlavani
Structural Breaks in Trade and Income Per Capita in ASEAN-5 Countries: An Application of Innovational Outlier Models, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran and M. Pahlavani
A Theory of Relative Deprivation and Myopic Addiction, Amnon Levy
Junk Food, Health and Productivity: Taste, Price, Risk and Rationality, Amnon Levy
Optimal Control of Locusts in Subsistence Farming Areas, Amnon Levy
Partnership with Partial Commitment, Amnon Levy
Depression and Substance Abuse: A Rationalization of a Vicious Cycle, Amnon Levy and J. R. Faria
Revisiting Budget and Trade Deficits in Lebanon: A Critique, H. Marashdeh and A. S. Saleh
The Social Capital Experience of International Students in Australia: The Wollongong Experience, Frank Neri and Simon Ville
The Youth Labour Market in Australia – Implications From Work Choices Legislation, Martin O'Brien
Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Study of Businesses in New South Wales, Australia, J. Olsen, B. C. Lee, and A. Hodgkinson
Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Australia 2001-2004, Joan Rodgers and J. L. Rodgers
SME Development in Malaysia: Domestic and Global Challenges, A. S. Saleh and N. O. Ndubisi
Islamic Banking Performance in the Middle East: A Case Study of Jordan, A. S. Saleh and R. Zeitun
The Huddle/Tangle Hypothesis of Regional Integration: The Case of the European Union and Its Enlargement, E. Sanidas
The Consequences of Trade Liberalisation on the Australian Passenger Motor Vehicle Industry, E. Sanidas and Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Labour Productivity in Iran, Abbas Valadkhani
Unemployment Conundrum in Iran, Abbas Valadkhani
What Determines the Demand for Money in the Asian-Pacific Countries? An Empirical Panel Investigation, Abbas Valadkhani
The Interplay Between the Thai And Several Other International Stock Markets, Abbas Valadkhani, S. Chancharat, and Charles Harvie
Modelling the Research Output of Australian Universities by Discipline, Abbas Valadkhani and Simon Ville
The Equity Premium Puzzle: Australia and the United States in Comparative Perspective, Simon Ville
A New Macroeconomic Time Series: Business Profitability in Twentieth-Century Australia, Simon Ville and D. Merrett
Papers from 2005
Korea’s Fading Economic Miracle 1990-97, Charles Harvie and H. H. Lee
Assessing the Impact of the Workplace Relations Act From 1996 to 2004: Increasing Flexibility or Decreasing Collectivism?, A. Hodgkinson and R. Markey
The Impact of Unilateral and Regional Trade Liberalisation on the Intra-ASEAN 5 Founding Nations’ Exports and Export-GDP Nexus, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran and E. Sanidas
Health-Risking Informal Service: Price, Prevalence and Law Enforcement, Amnon Levy
Do Students Benefit From Supplemental Education? Evidence From a First-Year Statistics Subject in Economics and Business, D. Lewis, Martin O'Brien, S. Rogan, and B. Shorten
Stock Market Integration in the MENA Region: An Application of the ARDL Bounds Testing Approach, H. Marashdeh
Structural Changes in the Middle East Stock Markets: The Case of Israel and Arab Countries, H. Marashdeh and E. J. Wilson
Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia, Martin O'Brien
Analysing the Trade-GDP Nexus in Iran: A Bounds Testing Approach, Mosayeb Pahlavani
The Relationship Between Trade and Economic Growth in Iran: An Application of a New Cointegration Technique in the Presence of Structural Breaks, Mosayeb Pahlavani
Testing for Structural Breaks in Australia’s Monetary Aggregates and Interest Rates: An Application of the Innovational Outlier and Additive Outlier Models, Mosayeb Pahlavani, Abbas Valadkhani, and A. Worthington
Structural Changes in the Iranian Economy: An Empirical Analysis with Endogenously Determined Breaks, Mosayeb Pahlavani, E. Wilson, and A. Valadkhani
The Double Paradox of Elementary Economics Education, Eduardo Pol and Peter Carroll
Ranking of Australian Economics Departments Based on Their Total and Per Academic Staff Research Output, Joan Rodgers and Abbas Valadkhani
Export Performance and Destination Characteristics of Irish Manufacturing Industry, F. Ruane and Julie M. Sutherland
ARDL Modelling Approach to Testing the Financial Liberalisation Hypothesis, M. B. Shrestha and K. Chowdhury
A Sequential Procedure for Testing Unit Roots in the Presence of Structural Break in Time Series Data, M. B. Shrestha and K. Chowdhury
Macroeconometric Modelling: Approaches and Experiences in Developing Countries, Abbas Valadkhani
Pre- and Post-Dynamic GST Effects on Goods and Services Included in the CPI Basket, Abbas Valadkhani
Which Industries Create More Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis, Abbas Valadkhani
Export Price Volatility in Australia: An Application of ARCH and GARCH Models, Abbas Valadkhani, A. P. Layton, and N. D. Karunaratne
Multiple Structural Breaks in Australia’s Macroeconomic Data: An Application of The Lumsdaine and Papell Test, Abbas Valadkhani, A. P. Layton, and M. Pahlavani
An Analysis of the Output and Conversion Matrices of Australia’s Economy, Abbas Valadkhani and T. Robinson
Ranking and Clustering Australian University Research Performance, 1998-2002, Abbas Valadkhani and A. Worthington
A Multivariate Analysis of Savings, Investment and Growth in India, Reetu Verma and E. J. Wilson
Savings, Investment, Foreign Inflows and Economic Growth of the Indian Economy 1950-2001, Reetu Verma and E. J. Wilson
The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, And Its Implications For Higher Education Funding Models, Simon Ville, Abbas Valadkhani, and Marin O'Brien
Catastrophic Shocks and Capital Markets: A Comparative Analysis by Disaster and Sector, A. Worthington and Abbas Valadkhani
Papers from 2004
Convergence of Per Capita GDP Across SAARC Countries, K. Chowdhury
Deficit Financing in LDCs: Evidence From South Asia, K. Chowdhury
East Asian SME Capacity Building, Competitiveness and Market Opportunities in a Global Economy, Charles Harvie
Regional Economic and Monetary Integration: A Modelling and Policy Analysis, Charles Harvie
The Australia-Korea Economic Relationship and Prospects for an FTA, Charles Harvie
Australia-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities for Bilateral Trade Policy and Closer Economic Relations, Tran Van Hoa
Economic and Financial Crisis Management in Asia: A Critical Analysis, Tran Van Hoa
Export Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises in New South Wales: Sectoral and Regional Dimensions, A. Hodgkinson and P. McPhee
An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Inter-Industry Trade on Employment: Australia 1989/90–2000/01, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Trade Reforms and Changes in Australian Manufactured Exports, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran and Frank Neri
Lemons on the Web: A Signalling Approach to the problem of Trust in Internet Commerce, B. C. Lee, L. Ang, and C. Dubelaar
Should They Be Enlisted at Eighteen Years of Age?, Amnon Levy
Trucefully Yours: Hatred and the Prospects of Genuine and Stable Peace, Amnon Levy
A Lean-Against-the-Wind Rule for Controlling Low-Skill and Illegal Immigration, Amnon Levy and J. R. Faria
Macroeconomic Aspects of Substance Abuse: Diffusion, Productivity and Optimal Control, Amnon Levy and Frank Neri
Water-Price Differential and the Efficient Population Size and Urban-Rural Composition of a Distant, Large, Arid Island, Amnon Levy and R. Zamani
Income Disparities and Trends in Manufactured Exports Across the States and Territories of Australia: 1989/90 – 2000/01, Frank Neri and Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Is It Applicable to the Foreign Exchange Market?, J. Nguyen
Hidden Unemployment and Older Male Workers, Martin O'Brien
Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia, Martin O'Brien
Innovation Heterogeneity, Schumpeterian Growth and Evolutionary Theorizing, Eduardo Pol and Peter Carroll
Social Capital: An Insight Revealed or a Concept Too Many?, Simon Ville
Papers from 2003
Illegal Immigration and Migrant Networks: Is There an Optimal Immigration Quota Policy?, J. R. Faria and Amnon Levy
A Comparison of the Performance of SMEs in Korea and Taiwan: Policy Implications for Turbulent Times, C. Hall and Charles Harvie
The Contribution of Micro-enterprises to Economic Recovery and Poverty Alleviation in East Asia, Charles Harvie
Public Policy and SME Development, Charles Harvie and B. C. Lee
Export Led Industrialisation and Growth – Korea’s Economic Miracle 1962-89, Charles Harvie and H. H. Lee
New Asian Regionalism: Evidence on ASEAN+3 Free Trade Agreement From Extended Gravity Theory and New Modelling Approach, Tran Van Hoa
A Decision Rule for Transplanting Non-Cadaveric Organs, Amnon Levy
A Theory of LTR Junk-food Consumption, Amnon Levy
Environmental Hazard and Residential Value, Location and Dispersion, Amnon Levy
Measuring Overweight: A Note, Amnon Levy
Drugs and Growth-Efficient Prevention: An Inter-temporal Portfolio of Machos, Narcos and Angels, Amnon Levy and Frank Neri
Schooling, Labour Force Quality and the Growth of Nations: Comment, Frank Neri
A Unit Record Analysis of Older Male Labour Force Participation, Martin O'Brien
Public Sector Deficits and Macroeconomic Performance in Lebanon: A Simulation Analysis, A. S. Saleh
The Budget Deficit and Economic Performance: A Survey, A. S. Saleh