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 2003
Trade Reforms and the Survival of the Passenger Motor Vehicle Industry in Australia, E. Sanidas and Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Korea, the Pharmaceutical Industry and Non-Commercial Use in the TRIPS Agreement, D. Shanker
Papers from 2002
A discourse of classification: what type of "thing" is the myers-briggs type indicator and what makes it "work"?, Karin Garrety, Richard Badham, Peter Geyer, Michael Zanko, and David Knights
Korean SMEs in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: Strategies, Constraints, and Performance in a Global Economy, G. Gregory, Charles Harvie, and H. H. Lee
New Regionalism in East Asia: How Does It Relate to the East Asian Economic Development Model?, Charles Harvie and H. H. Lee
Korea, China and Japan: Their Trade with the World and Its Impact on New Asian Regionalism ASEAN+3, Tran Van Hoa
WTO Membership for China and Its Impact on Growth, Investment, and Consumption: A New Flexible Keynesian Approach, Tran Van Hoa
The Impact of Different HRM Regimes on Labour Productivity: National Results and a Regional Perspective, A. Hodgkinson
SME Information Sourcing for Innovation and Export Market Development: From Local or External Networks?, A. Hodgkinson and P. McPhee
An Overview of Export Processing Zones: Selected Asian Countries, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Manufacturing Sector Performance in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Regulation in the New Economy, B. C. Lee
A Theory of Rational Junk-Food Consumption, Amnon Levy
Equality, Infancy and Efficiency in Allocating Internal Research Funds to Faculty Members, Amnon Levy
Greening the Neoclassical Optimal Economic Growth Model, Amnon Levy
To Transplant or Not to Transplant: The Case of Cystic Fibrosis, Amnon Levy
A Theory of Chronic Loss, Suffering and Alcoholism, Amnon Levy and J. R. Faria
Conflict, Political Structure and Economic Growth in Dual-Population Lands, Amnon Levy and J. R. Faria
Organizational Innovations of Firms From the 1850s in the USA and Japan, E. Sanidas
Legitimacy and the TRIPS Agreement, D. Shanker
The Relocation of the Market for Australian Wool, 1880 – 1939, Simon Ville
Papers from 2001
Additional Forms of Employee Representation in Australia, P. J. Gollan, R. Markey, and I. Ross
Competition Policy and SMEs in Vietnam, Charles Harvie
Works Councils: Lessons From Europe for Australia, H. Knudsen and R. Markey
A Lifetime Portfolio of Risky and Risk-Free Sexual Behaviour and the Prevalence of AIDS, Amnon Levy
Federation and Labour 1880-1914: National, State and Local Dimensions, R. Markey
Gender, Part-Time Employment and Employee Participation in the Workplace: Comparing Australia and the European Union, R. Markey, A. Hodgkinson, J. Kowalczyk, and S. Pomfret
The Illawarra at Work: A Summary of the Major Findings of the Illawarra Regional Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, R. Markey, A. Hodgkinson, T. Mylett, S. Pomfret, M. Murray, and M. Zanko
Part-Time Employment, Gender and Employee Participation in the Workplace: An Illawarra Reconnaissance, R. Markey, J. Kowalczyk, and S. Pomfret
Managers’ Perceptions of Cooperation and Joint Decision-Making with Trade Unions: A Regional Case Study in the Illawarra (Australia), R. Markey and S. Pomfret
Schooling Quality and Economic Growth, Frank Neri
The Accord and Strikes: An International Perspective, L. J. Perry and P. J. Wilson
A New Taxonomy of Economic Sectors With a View to Policy Implications, Eduardo Pol, Peter Carroll, and P. Robertson
Poverty Rates Among Part-time and Casual Workers, Joan Rodgers
Papers from 2000
Agricultural Growth, Employment and Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations with Indian Data (1970-1993), D. P. Chaudhri and E. J. Wilson
The Challenge of Child Labour in Rural India: A Multi-Dimensional Problem in Need of an Orchestrated Policy Response, D. P. Chaudhri and E. J. Wilson
The Internationalisation Process of Asian Small and Medium Firms, A. Hodgkinson
Industrialisation: Import Substitution to Export Promotion, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
A Note on Income Inequality and Macro-economic Volatility, Amnon Levy
From Hotelling to Backstop Technology, Amnon Levy
Rational Non-addictive Eating: Cycles, Overweightness, and Underweightness, Amnon Levy
On the Organisation of SMEs and Economic Growth in the USA and Japan, E. Sanidas
Endogeneity, Knowledge and Dynamics of Long Run Capitalist Economic Growth, E. J. Wilson and D. P. Chaudhri
Papers from 1999
Did option traders predict the Korean financial crisis of 1997?, G. S. Bhabra, M. L. Gonzalez, K. M. Sup, and J. G. Powell
Basic Human Rights, Core Labour Standards and Relative Educational Deprivation of Youth in Modern Indian States, D. P. Chaudhri
Determinants of Child Labour in Indian States: Some Empirical Explorations (1961-1991), D. P. Chaudhri, A. L. Nagar, T. Rahman, and E. J. Wilson
WinEcon Fiscal Pathways: A Computer Based Learning Module for the Subject Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, L. L. Cheah, A. R. Stokes, and E. J. Wilson
China's Economic Growth Slowdown: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options, Charles Harvie
China's township and village enterprises and their evolving business alliances and organisational change, Charles Harvie
Indonesia: recovery from economic and social collapse, Charles Harvie
Performance of the 2shi Estimator Under the Generalised Pitman Nearness Criterion, T. V. Hoa and A. Chaturvedi
Employee Involvement and Participation in the Organisational Change Decision: Illawarra and Australian Patterns, Ann Hodgkinson
Trade Policy Reform and the textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry, Australia: 1993-97, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Trade reforms and manufacturing performance: Australia 1989-97, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Valuation of Foreign Direct Investment in the Presence of Political Risk, B. C. Lee and J. G. Powell
Children and schoolwork in New South Wales, 1860-1920, M. Murray
Working Boarders: The Boarding Out Scheme in New South Wales, 1820-1920, M. Murray
Dynamic and long run responsens of import prices to the exchnage rate in the Asia-Pacific, A. G. Webber
Newton's Gravity Law and Import Prices in the Asia Pacific, A. G. Webber
Papers from 1998
An Integrative Analysis of Business Bankruptcy in Australia, L. Cheung and Amnon Levy
Economic Transition: What Can Be Learned from China's Experience, Charles Harvie
Regulatory Issues in Electronic Money: A Legal-Economics Analysis, B. C. Lee and O. Longe-Akindemowo
Would a Rational Lucy Take-Off Without Accessing the Probability of a Crash Landing?, Amnon Levy
Papers from 1997
The role of the state in trade union growth: the cases of north America and Australia, Roy Adams and Ray Markey
European economic and monetary union: problems, prospects and global financial implications, Charles Harvie
Reforming China’s state owned enterprises: what can be learned from the experiences of other economies in transition?, Charles Harvie
Productivity measurement and enterprise bargaining in the public sector - the local government perspective, Ann Hodgkinson
Median income versus per capita income: implications for assessing growth and convergence, Amnon Levy
Colonial forms of labour organisation in nineteenth century Australia, Ray Markey
Social democracy and the agrarian issue: Australia, 1870 - 1914, Ray Markey
Papers from 1996
Economic reform and future prospects of the Vietnamese economy, Charles Harvie
Economic transition and macroeconomic performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland: and prospects for membership of the European Union, Charles Harvie
Public infrastructure capital and private investment, Charles Harvie and Colm Kearney
Financial deregulation and macroeconomic adjustment: the case of Australia, Charles Harvie and Boon Chye Lee
Why aren’t they taking economics? Attitudes of first year students - University of Wollongong, Ann Hodgkinson and nelson Perera
Trends in inter-country income differences: world levels and decomposition between and within regions, Amnon Levy and Khorshed Chowdhury
Colonial forms of labour organisation in nineteenth century Australia, Ray Markey
The relative significance of the ACTU and the Labor Council of New South Wales, Ray Markey
The relevance of labour history to contemporary labour relations in Australia, Ray Markey
The optimal price of heroin: more of less prohibition?, Frank Neri
The economic impact of rural-tourban migration on economic well-being in the United States, John L. Rodgers and Joan Rodgers
Australian commodity export pass-through and feedback causality from the exchange rate to Commodity prices, Anthony G. Webber
Union density and industry output, dynamic and long run responses: the case of the Australian building and construction industry, Anthony Webber and Warren B. Knight
Papers from 1995
Interindustry linkages and business bankruptcy rates: evidence from Australia, 1973-1991, Lillian Cheung, Khorshed Chowdhury, Charles Harvie, and Amnon Levy
Repudiation, retaliation and the secondary market price of sovereign debts, Amnon Levy
Sovereign debt and the triple R problem repudiation, retaliation and reputation, Amnon Levy
Trade union membership fees: some theoretical considerations, Amnon Levy
Heroin prohibition and the incentive for collusion, Frank Neri
Research assistants in the clever country, Michael K. Organ and Stuart Svensen
Papers from 1994
Continuation and liquidation timing: a pareto optimal approach, Amnon Levy
Beatrice Webb as feminist, Chris Nyland
Some popular misconceptions about small country pass-through, Tony Webber
Papers from 1993
Scientific management and market stabilisation, 1914 - 1930, Kyle Bruce and Chris Nyland