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Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.

Productivity gains from policy reforms, ICTs and structural transformation

24 / 07 / 2002

Productivity gains from policy reforms, ICTs and structural transformation

Review of the Trade Practices Act 1974

24 / 07 / 2002

This submission provides comments to the review of the Trade Practices Act 1974. It covers the role, purpose and effect of Section 46, the cease and desist powers in Part IV, and offers some comments on enforcement issues and mergers.

Australia's productivity surge and its determinants

20 / 06 / 2002

The paper examines the contribution of ICTs in a productivity growth accounting framework.

Creating markets for ecosystem services

19 / 06 / 2002

This paper investigates how well environmental problems related to salinity, biodiversity and climate change can be addressed by creating markets for ecosystem services.

Health Policy Roundtable

29 / 05 / 2002

Proceedings of a round table convened by the Productivity Commission and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research to discuss key health policy issues.

Trends in Australian infrastructure prices 1990-91 to 2000-01

29 / 05 / 2002

This paper examines pricing and other financial performance changes of government trading enterprises that have taken place over the last decade, to assess whether they have been consistent with the reform objectives of governments.

Productivity growth in Australia: Are we enjoying a miracle?

05 / 04 / 2002

The paper examines the causes and consequences of Australia's productivity growth in the 1990's.

Towards a National Framework for the Development of Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture

28 / 03 / 2002

Productivity Commission Submission to the Environmental Management Systems Working Group: Towards a National Framework for the Development of Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture

Australia's service sector: A study in diversity

13 / 03 / 2002

This paper seeks to dispel some of the myths commonly harboured about service jobs, service trade and the contribution services make to productivity improvements and living standards.

Fixed-term employees in Australia: Incidence and characteristics

22 / 02 / 2002

This paper presents an analysis of the incidence and characteristics of one form of non-traditional employment - fixed-term employment.

The role of risk and cost-benefit analysis in determining quarantine measures

19 / 02 / 2002

This paper describes the existing import risk analysis approach to determining quarantine measures and considers some options for improvement.

Greenhouse gas emissions and the productivity growth of electricity generators

18 / 12 / 2001

This paper develops and applies a measure of productivity growth that can incorporate unpriced environmental impacts.

Regulation and its review 2000-01

23 / 11 / 2001

This report forms part of the Commission's annual report series and meets its obligation to report annually on compliance with the Commonwealth's requirements for the making and review of regulations.

Statistical analysis of the use and impact of government business programs

20 / 11 / 2001

This paper examines the characteristics of firms that use government business programs and how the use of such programs affects their performance.

Constraints on private conservation: Some challenges in managing Australia's tropical rainforests

14 / 11 / 2001

On 14 November 2001 the paper, Constraints on Private Conservation: Some Challenges in Managing Australia's Tropical Rainforests was presented to the Annual Conference of the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre in Cairns. The paper discusses the role of the private sector in biodiversity conservation and considers the constraints that restrict the private sector's contribution to biodiversity conservation.

Global gains from liberalising trade in telecommunications and financial services

16 / 10 / 2001

This paper examines the economic impact of complete liberalisation of trade in two important service sectors, telecommunications and financial services.

Price effects of regulation: International air passenger transport, telecommunications and electricity supply

16 / 10 / 2001

This paper attempts to quantify domestic regulatory regimes in international air passenger transport, telecommunications and electricity supply.

Information technology and Australia's productivity surge

11 / 10 / 2001

This paper examines the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Australia's productivity growth compared with the U.S.

The FTAP2 model: Theory and data

01 / 10 / 2001

This research memorandum documents the equations of the FTAP model and is intended to provide self-contained documentation for the FTAP equation system.

Self-employed contractors in Australia: Incidence and characteristics

27 / 09 / 2001

This paper analyses the incidence of contractor-type employment and the characteristics of people working as contractors.

 

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