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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.

 

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