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: 26 Oct 2023
This paper presents a solution method for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, an alternative to the conventional methods based on matrix inversion and mathematical solvers.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/cge-iterative-method
Released: 23 Jun 2023
This paper by Melisa Bubonya, Catherine de Fontenay, Tyler Reysenbach, Phillip Smith and James Thiris introduces an alternative Australian dataset that provides insight into the use of inputs in different industries, and the likely impact of a cost
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/overseas-price-shocks
Released: 26 Oct 2022
This paper by Henry McMillan, Tim Murray, Catherine de Fontenay and Ralph Lattimore was presented at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) joint conference on the Economic implications of the digital economy
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/head-in-cloud
Released: 27 Aug 2021
This paper by Stephen King was a background paper for a presentation to a session of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) / Australian Energy Regulator (AER) Regulatory Conference.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/access-regulation
Released: 21 Apr 2015
This paper by Tim Murray was released on 21 April 2015. It uses a small, custom-built, international computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the potential impacts of implementing the mutual recognition of imputation credits (MRIC)
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/mutual-recognition-imputation-credits
Released: 14 Apr 2015
This paper by Larry Cook and Philip Harslett provides an introductory guide to entropy estimation for economic modellers with a particular emphasis on estimating elasticities from limited time series data.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/entropy-estimation
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
Released: 1 Oct 2010
This paper by Matthew Forbes, Philip Harslett, Ilias Mastoris and Leonora Risse was presented at the 31st Australian Conference of Health Economists in Sydney on 30 September to 1 October 2010.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/hospital-quality-care
Released: 27 Sep 2010
This paper by Matthew Forbes, Philip Harslett, Ilias Mastoris and Leonora Risse was presented at the Australian Conference of Economists in Sydney on 27 to 29 September 2010.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/hospital-technical-efficiency
Released: 19 Mar 2009
This paper, presented at the30th Australian Health Economists Conference, explores productivity measurement within the Australian public hospital system.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/public-hospital-productivity
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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