Agenda, Volume 15, Number 1, 2008
Table of Contents
- Editorial Committee
- Retrospect
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- The Thoughts of Comrade McGuinness
- Analysis
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- Some Sectoral and Global Distributional Issues in Greenhouse Gas Policy Design
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- A Competitive Partial Equilibrium Model
- Models with Market Power
- Some Empirical Evidence
- Some General Equilibrium Effects
- A Global Policy Strategy
- Policy Implications
- References
- Capitation and Financial Risk Allocation in New Zealand’s
Primary Health Care Sector
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Capitation in Primary Health Care Markets
- The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy
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- Service Providers Set and Charge v plus y
- Increasing Incentive Strength Over Time
- Distributional Implications
- Illustration by Stylised Examples
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- The Base Case
- Different Capitation Classes and Patient Charges
- Patient List Mix
- Regulatory Intervention in Practice Price Setting
- Conclusion
- References
- Understanding Australian Income Inequality
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- Abstract
- Income inequality and the presumed role of globalisation
- Some data on Australian income inequality and globalisation
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- Some Measures of Inequality.
- A Measure of Globalisation
- A Measure of Unionisation and the Terms of Trade
- Time Series Analysis
- Conclusion
- References
- Argument
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- No Lessons Learned: A Critique of the Queensland Local Government
Reform Commission Final Report
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Reform Commission’s Case for Forced Amalgamation
- Evaluation of the Arguments for Amalgamation in the Final
Report
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- Optimum community size
- Economies of scale
- Economies of scope
- Local government capacity
- Administration and compliance costs
- Coincidence of municipal and natural boundaries
- Public-choice arguments
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- The Biggest Loser: Education and Skilled Immigration in
Australia
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Why has Skilled Immigration Increased?
- The Effects of Increasing the Skilled Migrant Intake
- Winners and Losers.
- Education: The Biggest Loser?
- So what?
- References
- Reviews
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- Dani Rodrik, One Economics, Many Recipes, Princeton University
Press, 2007
- Judith Ajani, The Forest Wars, Melbourne
University Press, 2007
- Frank Stilwell and Kirrily Jordan, Who Gets What? Analysing Economic
Inequality in Australia, Cambridge University Press, 2007