Supporting research and data
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Responsiveness of demand for irrigation water: A focus on the southern Murray-Darling Basin
31 / 08 / 2004
This paper explores the determinants of the elasticity of demand for irrigation water. It focuses on three main irrigated industries, rice, dairy and horticulture, to gain a greater understanding of the value that farmers place on water as an input.
Regulation and its review 2002-03
07 / 11 / 2003
Annual report for 2002-03 on compliance with the Australian Government's requirements for the making and review of regulations. The Government requires departments and agencies to prepare Regulation Impact Statements to ensure regulatory action is well informed and achieves intended goals.
A comparison of gross output and value-added methods of productivity estimation
01 / 11 / 2003
A comparison of gross output and value-added methods of productivity estimation
Australia's industry sector productivity performance
01 / 11 / 2003
Australia's industry sector productivity performance
Restrictions on trade in education services: Some basic indexes
15 / 10 / 2003
This paper examines restrictions affecting trade in education services - a growing commercial activity in the services sector in many economies.
Sources of Australia's productivity revival
29 / 09 / 2003
A paper that aims to identify the key sources of the revival in Australia's productivity growth.
Response to the NCC's draft recommendation on declaration of Sydney Airport
15 / 08 / 2003
This submission draws on research and analysis undertaken during the Commission's inquiry into price regulation of airport services.
Living, labour and environmental standards and the WTO
05 / 08 / 2003
This paper examines trade liberalisation and the WTO and their links to living standards, income equality and poverty; core labour standards; and the environment and environmental policies.
Mechanisms for improving the quality of regulations: Australia in an international context
31 / 07 / 2003
This paper examines selected regulatory policies and practices from the Australian states and territories and ten OECD countries.
Review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care
02 / 07 / 2003
The submission provides comments to the Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care, conducted by the Department of Health and Aged Care. It includes an assessment of the current funding and delivery arrangements for aged care services, an analysis of the implications of ageing, trends in disability rates and other key influences on the future demand for and cost of services.
The trade and investment effects of preferential trading arrangements - Old and new evidence
01 / 07 / 2003
This paper aims to provide additional information about the characteristics and potential economic effects of third wave preferential trading arrangements of the type that Japan has begun negotiating, and examines their effects on investment and trade flows.
Firm size and export performance: Some empirical evidence
23 / 04 / 2003
This paper examines the relationship between firm size, domestic sales and export performance for a sample of Australian manufacturing firms.
The role of auctions in allocating public resources
20 / 02 / 2003
This paper provides an economic framework with which to consider the effectiveness and limitations of auction markets in allocating public resources.
International negotiations on investment liberalisation
10 / 12 / 2002
International negotiations on investment liberalisation
The effects of ICTs and complementary innovations on Australian productivity growth
09 / 12 / 2002
A shortened version of the paper, Uptake and Impacts of the ICTs in The Australian Economy: Evidence from Aggregate, Sectoral and Firm Levels, which represents part of the work in progress on a joint research project of the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, and the National Office for the Information Economy. The joint project was set up to provide an Australian contribution to the set of country studies on ICT and Business Performance that is being facilitated and co-ordinated by the OECD.
Uptake and impacts of the ICTs in the Australian economy: Evidence from aggregate, sectoral and firm levels
09 / 12 / 2002
This paper represents part of the work in progress on a joint research project of the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, and the National Office for the Information Economy. The joint project was set up to provide an Australian contribution to the set of country studies on ICT and Business Performance that is being facilitated and co-ordinated by the OECD.
Regulation and its review 2001-02
26 / 11 / 2002
Annual report for 2001-02 on compliance with the Government's requirements for the making and review of regulations. The Government requires departments and agencies to prepare Regulation Impact Statements to ensure regulatory action is well informed and achieves intended goals.
Supplier-induced demand for medical services
14 / 11 / 2002
This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the competing viewpoints on SID for medical services - through a balanced assessment of the existing theory and evidence, using an economic framework focusing on Australian general practitioners.
Building excellence in health care in a changing environment
08 / 11 / 2002
Commissioner Helen Owens gave an address, 'Building Excellence in Health Care in a Changing Environment', to the Divisions of General Practice Network Forum 2002, in Brisbane on 8 November 2002.
Modelling possible impacts of GM crops on Australian trade
08 / 11 / 2002
This paper provides an analysis of the economic and trade implications of the introduction of GM technology in the grains, excluding wheat, and oilseeds sectors.