Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia back issues from June 2003:
The net benefit to government of higher education: a "balance sheet" approach.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction Public funding of higher education is an important policy decision for government. Although a number of factors will affect this decision, key among them is the desire to maximise the return to society from investment in higher education. Returns derive from ...
Econbase downloads and the ranking of Australian university economics research: a comparative study.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction In recent years the policy focus of the Australian government has been towards a greater concentration of the limited research resources. This is most evident in the view that it is incorrect for the research base of a given university to be broadly based, but ...
The life cycle research output of professors in Australian economics departments: an empirical analysis based on survey questionnaires.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction Several studies exist of the academic publication patterns of economists. One set of such studies rank economics departments and faculty members according to their number of publications and/or the quality of their publications (see eg Conroy et al 1995, Dusansky ...
Equality, infancy and efficiency in allocating internal research funds to faculty members.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction This policy article deals with the annual allocation of faculty funds to academic staff members for supporting research related activities such as conference attendance, subscription to journals, submission of papers to refereed journals charging fees, purchase of ...
Making the grade through class effort alone.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 The Value of Class Effort in Grade Determination Can the amount of effort exerted in the classroom be an effective criteria used to evaluate student performance? Does the perceived performance of those around us affect our individual effort in the classroom? This paper ...
Assessment modes in first year macroeconomics: gender differences in performance.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction Is there a gender gap in assessment in economics? There is an extensive international literature which suggests that female students have a comparative advantage in essay questions over multiple-choice questions but male students appear to have an absolute ...
Customer-class pricing--efficiency and ethics.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction Customer-class pricing is the purposeful division of customers into groups; the seller then seeks to enhance profits by setting prices separately for each group. If the product is heterogeneous, the seller may also determine separate product qualities. ...
Informational barriers to pollution reduction in small businesses.
Jun 01, 2003; ... 1 Introduction It is well understood that basic assumptions that support textbook models of pollution regulation - full information and zero transactions costs - do not hold in the real world. Nevertheless, economists commonly recommend price-based pollution reduction policies, ...