1998 Industry Economics Conference
Conference proceedings
The 1998 Industry Economics Conference, organised by the Australian National University and the Productivity Commission, was held in Canberra at the Australian National University on 6 and 7 July 1998. The theme of the conference was Privatisation, Regulation and Reform. The conference proceedings were released on 16 September 1999. Also see:
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Preface, Contents, Abbreviations and Explanations
SECTION 1 PRIVATISATION AND REGULATION
1 The equity premium puzzle and the privatisation paradox
Simon Grant and John Quiggin
2 Privatisation: Does reality match the rhetoric?
Stephen King and Rohan Pitchford
3 Privatisation: A practitioner's perspective
David Greig
SECTION 2 INDUSTRY ECONOMICS AND THEORY
4 A comparison of institutional arrangements for road provision
Barry Abrams, Peter Cribbett and Don Gunasekera
5 Firm ownership structure and adoption of multiple communication technologies
Heli Koski
6 Horizontal mergers and delegation
Steffen Ziss
7 Carrot and stick games
J. Jude Kline
8 Endogenous co-leadership when demand is unknown
Midori Hirokawa and Dan Sasaki
SECTION 3 FINANCIAL CRISES AND BANKINGS
9 The new era of financial fragility
Ross H. McLeod
10 Australia and the crisis in East Asia: The role of theory in the formation of policy
Steven Kates
SECTION 4 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND POLICY IN AUSTRALIA
11 The future of Australian motor vehicle manufacture
Harry Clarke, Darcy McCormack and Joseph Sunderland
12 How does antitrust affect business behaviour? Lessons from Australian corporate experience
Grant Fleming
13 Market value, R&D and intellectual property in large Australian firms
Mark Rogers
APPENDICES
A Conference program
B Authors' affiliations
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