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2008_24	Paul S. Carlin and Michael P. Kidd, Mehmet A. Ulubaşoğlu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	International Evidence On Obesity Increases: Legal Systems And Motor Vehicle Dependence
2008_23	Ching-jen Sun, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	A Note on the Dynamics of Incentive Contracts
2008_22	Xueli Tang, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Debasis Bandyopadhyay	Redistributive Policies and TFP Differences Across Countries
2008_21	Xueli Tang, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Debasis Bandyopadhyay	Understanding Economic Dynamics Behind Growth-Inequality Relationships
2008_20	Cahit Guven, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Reversing the Question. Does Happiness Affect Consumption and Savings Behavior?
2008_19	Ratbek Dzhumasheva and Emin Gahramanov, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Can We Tax the Desire for Tax Evasion?
2008_18	Mary Graham, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Developing an Integrated Measure of Farm Performance
2008_17	Mary Graham, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Developing a Social Perspective to Farm Performance Analysis
2008_16	Aydogan Ulker, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Wealth Holdings and Portfolio Allocation of the Elderly: The Role of Marital History
2008_15	Andrew Torre, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Socially Optimal Criminal Court Waiting Times: A Partial Investigation Working Paper
2008_14	Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and T.D. Stanley	Publication Selection Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? A Meta-Regression Analysis
2008_13	Debdulal Mallick, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Marginal and Interaction Effects in Ordered Response Models
2008_12	Nejat Anbarci, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Eric Floehr, Jungmin Lee, Joon Jin Song	Economic Bias of Weather Forecasting: A Spatial Modeling Approach
2008_11	Nejat Anbarci, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and John H. Boyd III	Nash Demand Game and the Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution
2008_10	Frank N. Caliendo and Emin Gahramanov, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Hunting the Unobservables for Optimal Social Security: A General Equilibrium Approach
2008_09	Andrew Torre, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Darren Wraith Queensland University of Technology	Measuring the Disutility of Imprisonment to Offenders
2008_08	Debdulal Mallick School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and BRAC and Mohammad Rafi Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC	Are the Female Headed Households More Food Insecure? Evidence from Bangladesh
2008_07	Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Persuasion as a Contest
2008_06	Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and T.D. Stanley	Theory Competition and Selectivity: Are All Economic Facts Greatly Exaggerated?
2008_05	Diab Harb and Prasad S. Bhattacharya, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Revealing Australia’s Underground Economy
2008_04	Phillip Hone, Henry Haszler and Tevita Natasiwai, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Agricultural Supply Response in Fiji
2008_03	Will Martin and Cong S. Pam, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Estimating the Gravity Model When Zero Trade Flows are Frequent
2008_02	Jayanath Ananada and Gamini Herath, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Quantifying Public Preferences in Regional Forest Planning: A Comparison of Decision Theoretic Models
2008_01	Randy Silvers, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Scientific and Religious Mindsets: A Candid Look at the Perils of a Panglossian President
2007_15	Margaret McKenzie, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Is privatisation good for investment in Australia?
2007_14	Cong S. Pham	Product Specialization in International Trade: A Further Investigation This paper is forthcoming in Journal of International Economics
2007_13	Chris Geller, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance , Jamie Mustard and Ranya Shahwan	Focused Power: Experimental Manifestation of the Shapley-Shubik Power Index
2007_12	I.K.M. Mokhtarul Wadud, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Productivity Growth and Efficiency Change in Malaysian Manufacturing: Recent Evidence from Disaggregated Data
2007_11	T.D. Stanley and Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Identifying and Correcting Publication Selection Bias in the Efficiency-Wage Literature: Heckman Meta-Regression
2007_10	Monica Keneley, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Supervising Outworkers: The Case of the AMP and the Sale of Industrial Life Insurance 1905-1940
2007_09	Chris (Hristos) Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Malcolm Abbott , KPMG	Competition and Efficiency: Overseas students and technical efficiency in Australian and New Zealand Universities
2007_08	Samarth Vaidya and Rupayan Gupta, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Divide and Conquer: A Fresh Look at Media Capture
2007_07	Gamini Herath and Mokhtharul Wadud, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Institutional Economics Approach to Irrigation Management with Special Reference to Developing Asian Countries
2007_06	Cong S Pham, Deakin University	Relationship-Specific Sunk Costs and Exporter Decisions
2007_05	Chris Doucouliagos, Henry Haszler and Phillip Hone, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Spatial Pricing Efficiency in Fiji's Municipal Food Markets
2007_04	Debdulal Mallick, Deakin University	The Role of the Elasticity of Substutution in Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Test of the de La Grandville Hypothesis
2007_03	Nejat Anbarci, Hasan Kirmanog and Mehmet Ulubasoglu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Why is the Support for Extreme Right Higher in More Open Societies
2007_02	Debdulal Mallick, Deakin University	Growth and Slowdown of Nations: What Role for the Elasticity of Substitution?
2007 01	Hristos Doucouliagos and Patrice Laroche	Unions and Profitability: Meta-Analysis
2006 32	Chris Geller, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Insecure Participation: Experiments in a One-Day Introduction to Economics, with Revised Experiments and Exercises
2006 31	Mary Graham, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Sustainability: Meaning and Measurement with Application to Agriculture
2006 30	Tony Prato and Gamini Herath, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis for Integrated Catchment Management
2006 28	Yun-kwong Kwok, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	To Save or To Consume: Linking Growth Theory with the Keynesian Model This paper has been published in the Journal of Economic Education, Winter 2007, pp. 109-122
2006 27	Kelvin Balcombe, Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Iain Fraser	Input Usage, Ouput Mix and Industry Deregulation: An Analysis of the Australian Dairy Manufacturing Industry This paper has now been published in The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 2007, Vol. 51 Issue 2, Pages 137-156
2006_26	Helen Scarborough, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Jeff Bennett, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific	Estimating Intergenerational Distribution Preferences using Choice Modelling
2006_25	T.D. Stanley, Department of Economics, Hendrix College, Conway, AR USA	Two-Stage Precision-Effect Estimation and Heckman Meta-Regression for Publication Selection Bias
2006 24	Randy Silvers, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Value of Symmetric Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard: The Ex Post Contracting Case
2006 23	Randy Silvers, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Value of Symmetric Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard The Ex Ante Contracting Case
2006 22	Randy Silvers, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Value of Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard
2006 21	T.D. Stanley, Chris Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Stephen B. Jarrell,	Meta-Regression Analysis as the Socio-Economics of Economic Research This paper has now been published in the Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008, Vol. 37, No. 1
2006 20	T.D. Stanley, Department of Economics, Hendrix College, Conway, AR USA	Meta-Regression Methods for Detecting and Estimating Empirical Effects in the Presence of Publication Selection This paper has now been published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
2006 19	Claudia Burgio-Ficca and Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Substitution and Complementarity in the Creation and Communication of Australian University Research This paper has now been published in Australian Economic Papers Vol. 46, Issue 2, pp 170-190
2006 18	Monica Keneley, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Evolution of Solvency and Disclosure Standards in the Australian Life Insurance Industry
2006 17	Prasad S. Bhattacharya School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Cem A. Karayalcin, Dimitrios D. Thomakos	Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Relative Prices: An Industry-Level Empirical Investigation This paper is forthcoming in the Journal of International Money and Finance
2006 16	Hristos Doucouliagos School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, T.D. Stanley	Publication Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? Card and Krueger Redux
2006 15	Gamini Herath School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Sustainable Development and the Precautionary Principle: the Australian Experience
2006 14	I.K.M. Mokhtarul Wadud School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Satya Paul	Productivity Growth, Changes in Efficiency and Technical Progress in the Private Sectors of the Australian Economy
2006 13	Mehmet Ulubasoglu School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, and Buly Cardak	International Comparisons of Rural-Urban Educational Attainment: Data and Determinants This paper has been published in the European Economic Review, Vol 51, pp. 1828-1857
2006 12	Su Wu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Wallis Report and Implications of Bank Mergers for Efficiencies
2006 11	Hristos Doucouliagos, Saeed Askary and Janto Haman, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Directors' Remuneration and Performance in Australian Banking, Corporate Governance: An international review, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1363-1383.
2006 10	Prasad S. Bhattacharya and Dimitrios D. Thomakos	Forecasting Industry-Level CPI and PPI Inflation: Does Exchange Rate Pass-Through Matter?
2006 9	Monica Keneley and Margaret Mckenzie, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	An Evaluation of Privatisations in Australian Banking and Insurance
2006 8	Phillip Hone, Henry Haszler and Aspenisa Tuicakau, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Estimating the Size of the Fiji Islands Agricultural Sector
2006 7	Chris Doucouliagos, Phillip Hone and Mehmet Ulubasoglu School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Discrimination, Peformance and Career Progression in Australian Public Sector Labor Markets
2006 6	Jayanath Ananda and Gamini Herath, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Reconciling Value Conflicts in Regional Forest Planning in Australia : A Comparison of Decision Theoretic Models
2006 5	Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Muhammet Akdis, Sabahat Bayrak	Internationalisation and Alliance Formation: Evidence from Turkish SMEs
2006 4	Hristos Doucouliagos, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Scool of Accounting, Economics and Finance	This paper is forthcoming the American Journal of Political Science.
2006 3	Sakiusa Tubuna, Henry Haszler, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Phillip Hone, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Waiski Gonemaituba	Policy Responses to Threats to Rural Household Incomes: the Case of Fiji
2006 2	Prasad Bhattacharya, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and Dimitrios D. Thomakos	Trade, Openness and Domestic Conflict: An Empirical Investigation for Latin America
2006 1	Gamini Herath, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Privatisation of Telecommunications Services: Comparison of the Developed and Developing Countries
2005 22	Ameeta Jain, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	The Regional Innovation Systems in the City of Casey: Perspective Evaluation
2005 21	Margaret McKenzie, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Privatisation and Economic Growth: The shorthand of a long process.
2005 18	Mehmet Ulubasoglu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University and Nejat Anbarci	Endogenous Liberalization and Within-Country Inequality: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
2005 17	Mehmet Ulubasoglu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University and K. Peren Arin	Leviathan Resists: The Endogenous Relationship Between Privatisation and Firm Performance.
2005 16	Mehmet Ulubasoglu, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University and Nejat Anbarci	Intersectoral Size Differences and Migration: Kuznets Revisited
2005 15	Monica KENELEY	Structural adjustment and change in the Australian life insurance industry post demutualisation
2005 14	Phillip HONE	Limiting Player Lists in Sport: Who Really Wins
2005 13	Hristos DOUCOULIAGOS	Price Exhaustion in the Hang Seng Index
2005 11	Phillip HONE	Assessing the Contibution of Sport to the Economy
2005_04	Chris GELLER, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Insecure participation: Experiments in a one day introduction to economics.
2005_03	Phillip HONE, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Limiting player lists in sport: Who really wins?
2005_02	Phillip HONE, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Assessing the contribution of sport to the economy.
2005_01	Mehmet A. ULUBASOGLU, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, and Buly CARDAK, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University.	International comparisons of rural-urban educational attainment: data and determinants.
2004_23	Chris GELLER, Jamie MUSTARD, and Ranya SHAHWAN, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University	Standard Voting Power Indices Work: An Experimental Investigation of Pure Voting Power. (Appears in the proceedings of Australian Conference of Economists 2004, 27-30 September 2004.)
2004_19	Monica Keneley, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Deakin University	In the Service of the Society: Labour Management Practices in the Australian Life Insurance Industry to 1940.
2004_18	Margaret Brock, School of Law Deakin University AND Monica Keneley, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Deakin University	SECTION 46: THE HIGH COURT, DAWSON AND THE SENATE A REVIEW OF THE RECENT DEBATE.
2004_17	H. Doucouliagos, P. Laroche:, T.D. Stanley	Publication bias in union-productivity research? Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 2005, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 320-46
2004_12	Hristos Doucouliagos and Patrice Laroche	The impact of U.S. unions on productivity: A bootstrap meta-analysis. Published in Industrial Relations research Association Series, Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting, Jan 3-5 2004.
2004_06	Phil Hone, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Iain Fraser, Applied Economics and Business Management, Imperial College, London.	Extending the duty of Care: Resource Management and Liability
2004_03	Helen Scarborough, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Jeff Bennett, National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Rodney Carr, Deakin Business School, Deakin University	Using Choice Modeling to Investigate Equity Preferences
2004_02	Mary Graham, Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance	Environmental Efficiency: Meaning and Measurement and Application to Australian Dairy Farms
2004_01	Claudia Burgio-Ficca, Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, and IBISWorld Pty Ltd	The Impact of Higher Education Research and Development on Australian Gross State Product
2003_10	P. Hellier, M. Keneley, B. Lynch, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, R. Carr, Deakin Business School, Deakin University	Towards a market oriented approach: Employer requirements and implications for undergraduate economics programs. Published in Economics Papers 2004 Vol 23 No 3 pp 213-233
2003_09	Monica Keneley, School of Economics, Deakin University	Control of the Australian life insurance industry: An example of regulatory externalities within the Australian financial sector 1870-1945
2003_08	Monica Keneley, School of Economics, Deakin University	Adaptation and change in the Australian life insurance industry: An historical perspective. Published in Accounting, Business and Finacial History Vol 14 No 1 pp91-109.
2003_07	Malcolm Abbot, School of International Studies, AIS-St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand, and Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University	The Changing Structure of Higher Education in Australia 1949-2003
2003_06	Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University	Price Exhaustion and Number Preference: time and price confluence in Australian stock prices
2003_05	Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University	Number Preference in Australian Stock Prices (published in Applied Financial Economics, 14, 43-54, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.) Link opens in a new window.
2003_04	Malcolm Abbot, School of International Studies, AIS-St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand, and Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University	Research Output of Australian Universities (published in Education Economics, Vol. 12, No. 3 (December). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.) Link opens in a new window.
2003_03	Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu, Deakin University	Some issues on Globalisation and Inequality. Published as Globalisation and Inequality, The Australian Economic Review 2004 Vol 37 No 1 pp116-22.
2003_02	Phillip Hone, Deakin University	Food Choice and Nutrition in Fiji
2003_01	Phillip Hone, Deakin University	Health promotion and food choice in the South Pacific
No. 2201	Chris Geller, Deakin University	Single Transferable Vote with Borda Elimination: A New Vote Counting System, May 2002.
2001_07	Keneley, Monica, Deakin University Australia	What To Do With All The Money? : The Asset Management Practices of Australian Life Insurers to1960.