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2008 Workshops

Semester 2, 2008

Semester 1, 2008

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
3 March Professor Jiti Gao School of Economics, University of Adelaide Non-linear and Semi-linear Models in Economics and Finance: A Personal Overview (pdf 549kB)
10 March Public holiday No workshop  
17 March No workshop  
24 March Public holiday No workshop  
31 March Professor Mike Young Water Economics and Management, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide A future-proofed basin A new water management regime for the Murray-Darling Basin (pdf 401kB)
7 April Professor Jonathan Pincus Visiting Professor, School of Economics, University of Adelaide; Visiting Researcher, Productivity Commission An equitable and efficient developmental approval process? (pdf 246kB) (co-authored with Perry Shapiro)
28 April Dr Stephanie McWhinnie School of Economics, University of Adelaide The Tragedy of the Commons in International Fisheries: An Empirical Examination
5 May A/Professor Colin Rogers School of Economics, University of Adelaide Reassessing the Keynesian Revolution: Keynes' Relevance Today? (pdf 86kB)
12 May Mr Zhang Wei School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide Trade Agreements in an Asymmetric Framework (pdf 237kB)
19 May Professor Daniel Leonard Professor of Economics, Flinders University Is Emulation Good for You? The Ups and Downs of Rivalry (pdf 270kB)
26 May Ms Risti Permani School of Economics, University of Adelaide The Economics of Islamic Schools (pdf 659kB)
2 June Dr Ernesto Valenzuela (with Prof Kym Anderson) School of Economics, University of Adelaide

Fifty Years of Distortions in Global Agricultural Markets

7 July Professor Andrew Watson Visiting Professor, School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide

(Special Brainbag seminar jointly organised by the Departments of Economics and Asian Studies, both of the Univ of Adelaide)

Land Ownership and Farmers' Livelihoods in China

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
28 July Dr Ralph Bayer (with Frank Cowell) School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide Revisiting Kindness and Confusion in Public Goods Experiments: A Note (pdf 240kB)
4 August A/Professor Lisa Hill School of History and Politics, Univ of Adelaide Irrational Homo Economicus in Adam Smith
11 August Dr Zen Lu School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of South Australia

Finite Mixture of Binary Logistic Regression Analysis on Labor Supply of Mothers with Disabled Children

Abstract (doc 26kB)       Powerpoint Presentation (pdf 153kB)

18 August Mr Kwo Ping Tam School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide

Empirical Models Comparing Free Floating and Currency Board Regimes in Hong Kong (pdf 1MB)

25 August Professor Keith Hancock Visiting Research Fellow, School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide; Professor Emeritus and former Vice Chancellor, Flinders University Australian Wage Policy in the Great Depression, 1929-1934
1 September Mr Pipat Wongsaart (with Professor Jiti Gao and Dr David E. Allen) School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide The Third Generation ACD Model: Theory and Practice (pdf 477kB)
8 September Mr Jim Larkin School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide An Empirical Analysis of Alcohol Use, Drug Prohibition Enforcement and Major Crime Using State Level Data for the 1990s (pdf 2MB)
15 September Dr Phil Lawn Senior Lecturer in Ecological Economics, Flinders Business School

Revisiting the Limits To Growth Debate

PhilLawn_PresentationSlides (ppt 437kB)

6 October Public holiday    
13 October Ms Brita Pekarsky School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide
20 October Ms Changxia Ke School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide
27 October Professor John Mullen (with Dr Eran Binenbaum and Mr William Changtao Wang) NSW Department of Primary Industries & University of Sydney Has the Rate of Return on Australian Public Investment in Agricultural R&D Declined?
3 November Ms Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide
10 November Mr Jim Larkin School of Economics, Univ of Adelaide Mathematica Demonstration