Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.
The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.
Released: 3 Nov 1999
On 3 November 1999 Commissioner Helen Owens addressed AusRail99, with a speech titled Progress in Rail Reform.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/rail-reform
Released: 2 Nov 2006
This paper by Neil Byron and Gavan Dwyer, was presented to the Melbourne Institute 2006 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Making the Boom Pay: Securing the Next Generation of Prosperity, at the University of Melbourne, 2-3 November 2006.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/water-reform
Released: 5 Jul 2005
This conference paper identifies key potential third-party effects of water trade under existing property rights structures in Australia, and examines policy responses to address these effects.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/water-trading
Released: 25 Oct 2005
This conference paper uses a regional general equilibrium model of the Australian economy (TERM-Water) to undertake a preliminary analysis of the effects of expanding the trade of water in south east Australia to include both irrigators and urban
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/water-markets
Released: 9 Dec 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,
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/ict-innovations
Released: 2 Oct 2002
A paper on the contribution of microeconomic reforms to Australia's productivity performance, presented to the Conference of Economists, Adelaide, 1 October 2002.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/living-standards
Released: 24 Jul 2002
Productivity gains from policy reforms, ICTs and structural transformation
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/productivity-gains
Released: 20 Jun 2002
The paper examines the contribution of ICTs in a productivity growth accounting framework.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/productivity-surge
Released: 22 Jun 2000
Professor Richard Snape, Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Commission, presented this paper to the Eleventh Annual NBER East Asian Seminar held in Seoul, 22-24 June, 2000.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/regulating-services
Released: 14 Apr 2015
This paper by Xiao-guang Zhang uses an Australian Household Expenditure Survey (HES) dataset as an example to describe a simple procedure to integrate an entire sample of households into a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/household-data-cge-model
We undertake other policy relevant research in addition to our commissioned public inquiries and studies. This web page lists our current research projects.
This is our catalogue of policy relevant research that has been completed.
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
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