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2026
Working Papers
Avery, M., Ip, E., Leibbrandt, A., & Vecci, J.
(2026). A Brave New World of Hiring: A Natural Field Experiment on How Asynchronous Interviews and AI Assessment Reshape Recruitment (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 05/26).Datt, G., Nguyen, J., Salas-Rojo, P., Ferrerira, F., Brunori, P., Peragine, V., Park, A., Martinez Jr, A., & Bulan, J.
(2026). Measuring Inequality of Opportunity in Asia and the Pacific (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 06/26).Gupta, S., Datt, G., & Gupta, S.
(2026). Climate Change and Crop Yields in India (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 04/26).Hazan, M., & Tsur, S.
(2026). She who Pays the Piper Calls the Number: Reparations and Gender Differences in Fertility Choice (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 07/26).Mahmood, R., & Maitra, P.
(2026). When protection fails: Disasters and violence against women (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 03/26).Premik, F., & Yu, D.
(2026). The Costs of Fleet Variety (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 02/26).Premik, F., Thambar, P., Wang, C., Yao, F., & Dan Yu.
(2026). Competition and Inclusion: Co-operatives’ Role in the Australian Retail, Care, and Farming Sectors (Department of Economics Working Paper Series 01/26).2025
Discussion Papers
Becker, S., Bentzen, J., & Kok, C.
(2025). Gender and Religion: A Survey (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-25).Becker, S.O, Boll, P.D., & Voth, H.J.
(2025). Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions: A Practitioner’s Guide and a Stata Package (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-25).Becker, S.O., Egger, H., Koch, M., Muendler, M.
(2025). Division of Labor in the Global Economy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-25).Campbell, A., Go, G., & Wang, C.
(2025). Pay as you share: content, platforms, and regulation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-25).Cheng, W.
(2025). Credit Creation The “Good”, the “Bad” and the “Ugly“ (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-25).Cheng, W.
(2025). The Euro, The Bancor and The Dollar: A Ricardian Mode (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-25).Choe, C., Cong, J., Matsushima, N., & Shekhar, S.
(2025). Privacy Regulations, Consumer Empowerment, and Versioning (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-25).Dahis, R., Mattsson, M., & Sales, N.
(2025). Reelection Incentives and Corruption: Revisiting the Evidence with LLM-Classified Audit Reports (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-25).Do, Q., & Maitra, P.
(2025). Environmental Activism and Political Outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-25).Dzhumashev, R., & Tursunalieva, A.
(2025). A test for instrumental variable validity using a correlation restriction (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-25).Eckel, C., Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P., Lambert, M., & Xue, N.
(2025). Closing the Gender Leadership Gap: Competitive versus Cooperative Institutions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-25).Goulas, S., Megalokonomou, R., & Sotirakopoulos, P.
(2025). Top-performing Girls are more Impactful Peer Role Models than Boys, Teachers Say (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-25).Hazan, M., & Tsur, S.
(2025). She who Pays the Piper Calls the Number: Reparations and Gender Differences in Fertility Choice (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-25).Kang, W., Smyth, R., & Vespignani, J.
(2025). The Macroeconomic Fragility of Critical Mineral Markets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-25).Leroux, A.D., & Martin, V.L.
(2025). Life at the brink: Livelihood portfolios of the food insecure (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-25).Santos, P., Chipperfield, B., & Shah, S.
(2025). Understanding the potential adoption of agroforestry in Fiji using procurement auctions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-25).Teh, C., & Wang, C.
(2025). Startup acquisitions and innovation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-25).Teh, C., and Wang, C.
(2025). Acquisition and merger policy.pdf (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-25).Vespignani, J., Smyth, R., & Saadaoui J.
(2025). Strategic stockpiling reduces the geopolitical risk to the supply chain of copper and lithium (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-25).Wang, Y., & Smyth, R.
(2025). The Effect of Extreme Wildfire Exposure on Energy Poverty: Evidence from Australia's Black Saturday Bushfires (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-25).2024
Discussion Papers
Adamovic, M., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2024). Is there a glass ceiling for ethnic minorities to enter leadership positions? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment with over 12,000 job applications (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-24).Bines, L., Assuncao, J., & Dahis, R.
(2024). Echoes of Terrorism: Examining the Effects of Siren Alerts Timing on Voter Preferences in Israel (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-24).Cavalcanti, C., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2024). Do Positive Externalities Affect Risk Taking? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Group Membership (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-24).Cavalcanti, C., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2024). Die Hard: Exploring the Characteristics of Resource Users who Persist in the Tragedy of the Commons (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-24).Chatterjee, S., Maitra, P., & Manchanda, M.
(2024). The Relevant Third: Threat of Coalition and Economic Development (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-24).Cheng, W.
(2024). Real Savings, Entrepreneurship and Finance: A Monetary Model of Economic Growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-24).Chipperfield, B., Santos, P., & Cook, C.
(2024). Valuing biodiversity in freshwater fisheries: Evidence from Laos (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-2024).Churchill, S.A., Chang, S., Smyth, R., & Trinh, T.A.
(2024). The Long Run Gender Origins of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Australia's Convict History (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-24).Churchill, S.A., Smyth, R., & Trinh, T.A.
(2024). The Long-Run Effects of Male-Biased Sex Ratios on Mateship and Social Capital (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-24).Dahis, R., Ricca, B., & Scot, T.
(2024). Speed of Payment in Procurement Contracts: The Role of Political Connections* (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-24).Eckel, C. C., Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P. J., Lambert, M., & Xue, N.
(2024). The gender leadership gap in competitive and cooperative institutions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-24).Goulas, S., Griselda, S., Megalokonomou, R., & Zenou, Y.
(2024). Disruptive Peers and Academic Performance: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-24).Goulas, S., Gunawardena,B.N., Megalokonomou, R., & Zenou, Y.
(2024). Gender Role Models in Education (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-24).Goulas, S., Megalokonomou, R., & Zhang, Y.
(2024). Female Classmates, Disruption, and STEM Outcomes in Disadvantaged Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-24).Lavy, V., & Megalokonomou, R.
(2024). Alternative Measures of Teachers’ Value Added and Impact on Short and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence From Random Assignment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-24).Maitra, P., & Neelim, A.
(2024). Discrimination in Developing Countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-24).Murrian, R., Raschky, P. A., & Ackermann, K.
(2024). Friends, Key Players and the Adoption and Use of Experience Goods (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-24).Nosenzo, D., Xiao, E., & Xue, N.
(2024). The motive matters: Experimental evidence on the expressive function of punishment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-24).Saadaoui, J., Smyth, R., & Vespignani, J.
(2024). Ensuring the security of the clean energy transition: Examining the impact of geopolitical risk on the price of critical minerals (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-24).Vespignani, J., & Smyth, R.
(2024). Artificial intelligence investments reduce risks to critical mineral supply (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-24).Yu, X., Smyth, R., Yao, Y., & Zhang, Q.
(2024). Water stress and industrial firm productivity - Evidence from China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-24).2023
Discussion Papers
Amarasinghe, A., Maitra, P., & Zhong, Y.
(2023). Partisan Alignment, Insurgency and Security: Evidence from the Indian Red-corridor (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-23).Avery, M., Leibbrandt, A., & Vecci, J.
(2023). Does Artificial Intelligence Help or Hurt Gender Diversity? Evidence from Two Field Experiments on Recruitment in Tech (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-23).Becker, S.O., & Voth, H.J.
(2023). From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-23).Becker, S.O., Rubin, J., & Woessmann, L.
(2023). Religion and Growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-23).Bizopoulou, A., Megalokonomou, R. & Simion, S.
(2023). Do Second Chances Pay Off? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-23).Cheng, W.
(2023). Is Producer Surplus a Surplus to the Producer (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-23).Chipperfield, B., & Santos, P.
(2023). Natural resource management and nutrition outcomes: an evaluation of fisheries decentralization in Laos (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-23).Choe, C., Matsushima, N., & Shekhar, S.
(2023). The Bright Side of the GDPR: Welfare-improving Privacy Management (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-23).Creed, C., & Santos, P.
(2023). Present bias predicts low adoption of profitable technologies: The case of livestock vaccination in northern Laos (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-23).Dahis, R., & Szerman, C.
(2023). Decentralizing Development: Evidence from Government Splits (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-23).Dahis, R., Heras, I.D.L., & Saavedra, S.
(2023). Young Politicians and Long-Term Policy (Research Discussion Paper (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-23).Dessi, R., Ren, J., & Zhao, X.
(2023). Shame, Guilt, and Motivated Self-Confidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-23).Do, Q.A, Galbiati, R., Marx, B., & Ortiz Serrano, M.A.
(2023). J’Accuse! Antisemitism and Financial Markets in the Time of the Dreyfus Affair (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-23).Do, Q.A., Lee, Y.T., Nguyen, B.D., & Nguyen, K.T.
(2023). Power, Scrutiny, and Congressmen's Favoritism for Friends' Firms (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-23).Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P.J. & Xue, N.
(2023). Using willingness to pay to measure the strength of altruistic motives (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-23).Goulas, G., Megalokonomou, R., & Zhang, Y.
(2023). Female Neighbors, Test Scores, and Careers (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-23).Houndetoungan, A., Islam, A., Vlassopoulos, M., Zenou, Y.
(2023). The Role of Child Gender in the Formation of Parents’ Social Networks (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-23).Huang, A., Santos, P., & Smyth, R.
(2023). Paddy and Prejudice: Evidence on the Agricultural Origins of Prejudice from China and 12 other Asian Societies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-23).Huang, W., Wang, Y., & Zhao, X.
(2023). Motivated Beliefs, Independence and Cooperation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-23).Maitra, P., Mitra, S., Mookherjee, D., & Visaria, S.
(2023). Economic Policies vs. Identity Politics: The Rise of a Right-wing Nationalist Party in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-23).Megalokonomou, R., & Vasilakis, C.
(2023). The Effects of Exposure to Refugees on Crime: Evidence from the Greek Islands (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-23).Megalokonomou, R., & Zhang, Y.
(2023). How Good Am I? Effects and Mechanisms Behind Salient Rank (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-23).Molitor, D., & White, C.
(2023). Do Cities Mitigate or Exacerbate Environmental Damages to Health? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-23).Vieira, J.V., Dahis, R., & Assunção, J.
(2023). The Role of Sanctions and Spillovers in Forest Conservation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-23).Yew, S.Y., & Zhang, J.
(2023). Health externalities to productivity and efficient health subsidies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-23).2022
Discussion Papers
Abbink, K., Datt, G., Gangadharan, L., Negi, D., & Ramaswami, B.
(2022). Deadweight Losses or Gains from In-kind Transfers? Experimental Evidence from India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-22).Amarasinghe, A., & Raschky, P.A.
(2022). Competing for Attention – The Effect of Talk Radio on Elections and Political Polarization in the US (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-22).Ardelean, A., Leon-Ledesma, M., & Puzzello, L.
(2022). Growth Volatility and Trade: Market Diversification vs. Production Specialization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-22).Becker, S.O., Hsiao, Y., Pfaff, S.J., & Rubin, J.
(2022). Multiplex Network Ties and the Spatial Diffusion of Radical Innovations: Martin Luther's Leadership in the Early Reformation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-22).Becker, S.O., Mukand, S., & Yotzov, I.
(2022). PERSECUTION, POGROMS AND GENOCIDE: A Conceptual Framework and New Evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-22).Becker, S.O., & Pfaff, S.
(2022). Church and State in Historical Political Economy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-22).Cai, X., Gangadharan, L., Lu, Y., & Zhao, X.
(2022). Does a sea fishing legacy explain differences in risk attitudes? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-22).Chaudhury, R.D., & Choe, C.
(2022). Digital Privacy: GDPR and Its Lessons for Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-22).Chen, Z.
(2022). Privacy Costs and Consumer Data Acquisition: An Economic Analysis of Data Privacy Regulation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-22).Choe, C., & Ishiguro, S.
(2022). Relational Contracts and Hierarchy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-22).Du, Q., Liu, Y., & Xu, J.
(2022). Importer Dispersion and Exchange Rate Pass-Through (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-22).Ek, A., Gokmen, G., & Majlesi, K.
(2022). Cultural Origins of Investment Behavior (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-22).Fischer, S., Royer, H., & White, C.
(2022). Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the USHealth Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the US (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-22).Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P.J. & Xue, N.
(2022). Belief elicitation under competing motivations: Does it matter how you ask? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-22).Grodeck, B., & Grossman, P.J.
(2022). Thumbs Down for the Thumbs Up Emoji: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Instantaneous Positive Reinforcement on Charitable Giving (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-22).Grodeck, B., Tausch, F., Wang, C., & Xiao, E.
(2022). To Insure or Not to Insure? Promoting Trust and Cooperation with Insurance Advice in Markets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-22).Grodeck, B., & Schoenegger, P.
(2022). Demanding the Morally Demanding: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Moral Arguments and Moral Demandingness on Charitable Giving (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-22).Huang, A., & Santos, P.
(2022). Improving the reliability and validity of data on Big Five personality traits in developing countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-2022).Kitchener, M., Anantharama, N., Angus, S.D., & Raschky, P.A.
(2022). Predicting Political Ideology from Digital Footprints (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-22).Maitra, P., Miller, R., & Sedai, A.
(2022). Household Welfare Effects of ROSCAs (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-22).Majlesi, K., Prina, S., & Sullivan, P.
(2022). Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-22).Nosenzo, D., Xiao, E., & Xue, N.
(2022). Norm-signalling punishment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-22).Paterson, M., Parasnis, J., & Rendall, M.
(2022). Gender, Income, and Numeracy Test Scores (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-22).Shimshack, J.P., & Ward, M.B.
(2022). Costly sanctions and the treatment of frequent violators in regulatory settings (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-22).Teh, C., Banerjee, D., & Wang, C.
(2022). Acquisition-induced kill zone (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-22).Zhou, N., Cheng, W., & Zhang, L.
(2022). Stepping Stone: The Logic of Financial Inclusion through Microcredit in Rural China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-22).2021
Discussion Papers
Andreasen, M., Caggiano, G., Castelnuovo, E., & Pellegrino, G.
(2021). Why Does Risk Matter More in Recessions than in Expansions? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-21).Angelini, G., Caggiano, G., Castelnuovo, E., & Fanelli, L.
(2021). Are Fiscal Multipliers Estimated with Proxy-SVARs Robust? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-21).Bajaj, A., & Damodaran, N.
(2021). Consumer Payment Choice and the Heterogeneous Impact of India’s Demonetization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-21).Caggiano, G., & Castelnuovo, E.
(2021). Global Uncertainty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-21).Chen, X., & Zhao, X.
(2021). How time flies! (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-21).Chen, Z.
(2021). Price Squeezes as an Exploitative Abuse (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-21).Chlaß, N., Gangadharan, L., & Jones, K.
(2021). Charitable giving and intermediation: a principal agent problem with hidden prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-21).Choe, C., Cong, J., & Wang, C.
(2021). Softening Competition through Unilateral Sharing of Customer Data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-21).Das, K., Ghosh, A., & Maitra, P.
(2021). Exogenous Shocks and Electoral Outcomes: Re-examining the Rational Voter Hypothesis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-21).Gangadharan, L., Jain, T., Maitra, P., & Vecci, J.
(2021). Lab-in-the-Field Experiments: Perspectives from Research on Gender (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-21).Geerling, W., Nagy, K., Rhee, E. & Wooten, J.
(2021). Using K-Pop to Teach Indifference Curve Analysis, Behavioral Economics and Game Theory (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-21).Grossman, P. J., & Levy J.
(2021). It's not you (well it is a bit you) it's me: Self- versus social image in warm-glow giving (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-21).Gui, Z., Huang, Y., & Zhao, X.
(2021). Financial Fraud and Investor Awareness (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-21).Islam, A., Pakrashi, D., Sahoo, S., Wang, LC., & Zenou, Y.
(2021). Gender inequality and caste: Field experimental evidence from India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-21).Maitra, P., & Yu, W.
(2021). The Long Shadow of Infrastructure Development: Long Run Effects of Railway Construction in Colonial India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-21).Maitra, P., Mitra, S., Mookherjee, D. & Visaria. S,.
(2021). Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-21).Meyer, S., Santos, P. & Kousonsavath, C.
(2021). Using contests to promote coordinated control of invasive species: An experimental evaluation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-21).Wang, C., & Watanabe, M.
(2021). Directed Search on a Platform: Meet Fewer to Match More (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-21).2020
Discussion Papers
Amarasinghe, A.
(2020). Diverting Domestic Turmoil (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-20).Bajaj, A., & Damodaran, N.
(2020). Consumer Payment Choice and the Heterogeneous Impact of India’s Demonetization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-20).Baoa, Z., & Leibbrandta, A.
(2020). Tournaments with Safeguards: A Blessing or a Curse for Women? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-20).Becker, S. O., Mergele, L., & Woessmann, L.
(2020). The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-20).Butera, L., Grossman, P. J., Houser, D., List, J. A., & VillevalI, M. C.
(2020). A New Mechanism to Alleviate the Crises of Confidence in Science - With an Application to the Public Goods Game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-20).Cerina, F., Moro, A., & Rendall, M.
(2020). The Role of Gender in Employment Polarization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-20).Cerina, F., Moro, A., and Rendall, M.
(2020). A Note on Employment and Wage Polarization in the US (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-20).Chen, Z., Choe, C., Cong, J., and Matsushima, N
(2020). Data-Driven Mergers and Personalization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-20).Datt. G, Liu, C. & Smyth, R.
(2020). Missing-women-in-China-and-India-over-seven-decades-an-analysis-of-birth-and-mortality-data-from-1950-to-2020.pdf (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-20).Eckel, C., Gangadharan L., Grossman P. J., and Xue, N.
(2020). The Gender Leadership Gap: Insights from Experiments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14/20).Huang, D., & Bao, Z.
(2020). Gender Differences in Reaction to Enforcement Mechanisms: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-20).Maitra, P., and Neelim, A.
(2020). Behavioral Characteristics Stability of Preferences and Entrepreneurial Success (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-20).Park, Y., Rabanal, J.P., Rud, O.A., Grossman, P.J.
(2020). An endogenous-timing conflict game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-20).Saha, A. K., & Mishra, V.
(2020). Genetic Distance, Economic Growth and Top Income Shares: Evidence from OECD Countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-20).Uddin, M. M., Wang, L. C., & Smyth, R.
(2020). Do government-initiated energy comparison sites encourage consumer search and lower prices? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-20).Zhan, W., Eckel, C. C., Grossman, P. J.
(2020). Does how we measure altruism matter? Playing both roles in dictator games (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-20).2019
Discussion Papers
Bao, Z., & Leibbrandt, A.,
(2019). Thar she resurges: The case of assets that lack positive fundamental value (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-19).Becker, S. O. & Hornung, E.
(2019). The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-class Franchise (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-19).Black, N., & Kunz, J.
(2019). The Intergenerational Effects of Language Proficiency on Child Health Outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-19).Cason, N.T & Mui, V-L.
(2019). Individual versus Group Choices of Repeated Game Strategies: A Strategy Method Approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-19).Cerina, F., Dienesch, E., Moro, A. & Rendall, M.
(2019). Spatial Polarization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-19).Chen, Z.
(2019). Vertical Integration and Rent Extraction: Lessons from the Dairy Industry (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-19).Dzhumashev, R. & Tursunalieva, A.
(2019). A new criterion for selecting valid instruments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-19).Harris, E. & Croix, S.
(2019). Prices, Wages, and Welfare in Early Colonial South Australia, 1836-1850 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-19).Kunz, J.S., Stubb, K.E., & Winkelmann, R.
(2019). Predicting fixed effects in panel probit models (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-19).Nicholas, A. & Rai, B.
(2019). Are Efficient Bargaining Power Disparities unfair? An Experimental Test (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-19).Ray, R. & Singh, P.
(2019). Income Inequality in an Era of Globalisation: The Perils of Taking a Global View (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-19).Saha, A., Mishra, V. & Smyth, R.
(2019). Financial Development and Top income Shares in OECD Countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-19).2018
Discussion Papers
Bao, Z., Kalayci, K., Leibbrandt, A. & Oyarzun, C.
(2018). Regulating Bubbles Away? Experiemnt-Based Evidence of Price Limits and Trading Restrictions in Asset Markets with Deterministic and Stochastic Fundamental Values (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-18).Bicchieria, C.,Dimanta, E. & Xiao, E.
(2018). Deviant or Wrong? The Effects of Norm Information on the Efficacy of Punishment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-18).Che, Y-K., Choe, C. & Rhee, K.
(2018). Bailout Stigma (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-18).Chen, Z. & Shaffer, G.
(2018). Market-Share Contracts, Exclusive Dealing, and the Integer Problem (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-18).Chen, Z., Choe, C. & Matsushima, N.
(2018). Competitive Personalized Pricing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-18).Erkal, N., Gangadharan, L. & Xiao, E.
(2018). Competing by Default: A New Way to Break the Glass Ceiling (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-18).Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P.J., Komai, M & Vecci, J.
(2018). Impact of Social Identity and Inequality on Antisocial Behaviour (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-18).Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P. J. & Vecci, J.
(2018). Moving on up: The impact of the income mobility on antisocial behaviour (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-18).Islam, A., Mahmud, M. & Raschky, P. A.
(2018). Natural Disaster and Risk-Sharing Behavior: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-18).Maitra, P., Menon, N. & Tran, C.
(2018). The Winter's Tale: Season of Birth Impacts on Children in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-18).Majumder, A., Ray, R. & Santra, S.
(2018). The Calculation of Spatial Prices in the Absense of Unit Values: Alternative Methodologies with Empirical Evidence from India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-18).Mishra, A. & Parasnis J.
(2018). Husband, sons and fertility gap: Evidence from India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-18).Pan, L. & Mishra, V.
(2018). International Portfolio Diversification Possibilities: Could BRICS become a Destination for G7 Investments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-18).Pan,L., Maslyuk-Escobedo, S. & Mishra, V.
(2018). Carry Trade Returns and Commodity Prices under Capital and Interest Rate Controls: Empirical Evidence from China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-18).Peng, D., Rao, Y., Sun, X. & Xiao, E.
(2018). Optional Disclosure and Observational Learning (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-18).Tan, F. & Xiao, E.
(2018). Third-Party Punishment: Retribution or Deterrence? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-18).2017
Discussion Papers
Brewer, P., & Ratan, A.
(2017). The Double Auction Market and Inequality (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-17).Brewer, P., & Ratan, A.
(2017). Double Auction Market Trading and Income Inequality: An initial investigation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-17).Cavalcanti, C., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2017). Impulsivity, Voluntary Cooperation, and Denunciation among Fishermen (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-17).Cavalcanti,C. & Leibbrandt, A.
(2017). A glance into the willingness to reduce overfishing: Field evidence from a fishnet exchange program (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-17).Cheng, W., & Shi, H.
(2017). Surviving the Famine unscathed? An Analysis of the Long-term Health Effects (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-17).Choe, C., King, S., & Matsushima, N.
(2017). Pricing with Cookies: Behavior-Based Price Discrimination and Spatial Competition (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-17).Datt, G.
(2017). Distribution-sensitive multidimensional poverty measures with an application to India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-17).Datt, G.
(2017). Multidimensional Poverty in the Philippines, 2004-13: Do choices for weighting, identification and aggregation matter? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-17).Dorner Z.
(2017). A Behavioural Rebound Effect: Results from a laboratory experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-17).Dorner Z. & Lancsar E.
(2017). Intrinsic motivation, health outcomes and the crowding out effect of temporary extrinsic incentives: A lab-in-the-field experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-17).Grossman, P. J., Eckel, C., Komai, M., & Zhan, W.
(2017). It Pays to Be a Man: Rewards for Leaders in a Coordination Game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-17).Islam, A.
(2017). Parental Involvement in Education: Evidence from Field Experiments in Developing Countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-17).Islam, A. & Parasnis, J.
(2017). Heterogeneous Effects of Health Shocks in Developed Countries: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-17).Leibbrandt, A., & Lynham, J.
(2017). Does the Allocation of Property Rights Matter in the Commons? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-17).Leibbrandt, A., & Lynham, J.
(2017). Does the Paradox of Plenty Exist? Experimental Evidence on the Curse of Resource Abundance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-17).Leibbrandt, A., Maitra, P., & Neelim, A.
(2017). Large Stakes and Little Honesty? Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-17).Pan L. & Maslyuk-Escobedo S.
(2017). Stochastic convergence in per capita energy consumption and its catch-up rate: Evidence from 26 African countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-17).Parasnis, J., & Swan, J.
(2017). Differences in educational attainment by country of origin: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-17).2016
Discussion Papers
Abbink, K., Islam, A., & Nguyen, C.
(2016). Whose voice matters? An experimental examination of women empowerment in microfinance. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-16).Ahmed, S. & Ray, R.
(2016). Do Shocks Experienced in the Mother’s Uterus have Adverse Effects on (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-16).Anbarci, N. & Feltovich, N.
(2016). How fully do people exploit their bargaining position? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-16).Badeeb, R.A., Lean, H.H. & Smyth R.
(2016). Oil Curse and Finance-Growth Nexus in Malaysia: The Role of Investment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-16).Bloch, H., & Bhattacharya, M.
(2016). Promotion of Innovation and Job Growth in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Australia: Evidence and Policy Issues (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-16).Brent, D. A., Gangadharan, L., Lassiter, A., Leroux, A., & Raschky, P.A.
(2016). Valuing Environmental Services Provided by Local Stormwater Management (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35/16).Brent, D.A., Friesen. L., Gangadharan, L., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2016). Behavioral Insights from Field Experiments in Environmental Economics (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34/16).Brent, D.A., Gangadharan, L., Leroux, A., & Raschky, P.A.
(2016). Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-16).Chen, Z. & Patrick R.
(2016). Competitive Cross-Subsidization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-16).Chen, Z., & Shaffer, G.
(2016). Are Market-Share Contracts a Poor Man’s Exclusive Dealing? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 44/16).
Cheng, W., & Wu, Y (2016). Bank Finance for Private Firms in China: Does Political Capital Still Pay off? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-16).
Cheng, W., & Wu, Y.
(2016). Basis for Bank Credit Allocation in China’s Private Sector: Political Connection or Firm Performance? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-16).Chiliquinga, D., & Datt, G.
(2016). Changing Betas or Changing X’s? Evolution of Income and Poverty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-16).Chow, S.C., Valenzuela R. & Wong W.K.
(2016). New Tests for Richness and Poorness (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-16).Churchill, S.A & Smyth, R.
(2016). Ethnic Diversity and Poverty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33/16).Datt, G., Ravallion, M., & Murgai, R.
(2016). Growth, Urbanization and Poverty Reduction in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-16).Dorner Z, Brent D.A & Leroux A.
(2016). Preferences for Intrinsically Risky Attributes. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32/16).Dzhumashev R & Tursunalieva A.
(2016). "Keeping up with the Joneses" and fertility choice. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30/16).Frijters, P., Islam, A., & Pakrashi, D.
(2016). Can we select the right peers in Indian Education? Evidence from Kolkata. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-16).Geerling, W., Magee, G., Mishra, V. & Smyth, S.
(2016). Hitler's Judges: Ideological Commitment and the Death Penalty in Nazi Germany (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-16).Gobin. V.J, Santos P. & Toth R.
(2016). Poverty graduation with cash transfers: a randomized (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-16).Grossman P. J., Eckel, C., Komai, M., & Zhan, W.
(2016). It Pays to Be a Man: Rewards for Leaders in a Coordination Game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-16).Hahn, Y., Miller, S.M., & Yang, H-S.
(2016). Inequality, Risk-Sharing and the Crisis: A View From Australia* (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-16).Islam A, Stillman S & Worswick C.
(2016). Can Immigrants Insure against Shocks as well as the Native-born? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31/16).Islam Md. R, Madsen J.B & Doucouliagos H.
(2016). Does Inequality Constrain the Power to Tax? Evidence from the (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29/16).Jackson, M.O., Rogers, B., & Zenou, Y.
(2016). The Economic Consequences of Social Network (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45/16).Julien, B. & Mangin, S.
(2016). Efficiency in Search and Matching Models: A Generalized Hosios Condition. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28/16).
Kabir, S., & Salim, R (2016). Two-staged Capital Structure: An Operational Guideline for Islamic Microfinance System (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-16).
Koh, S. G. M., Lee, G. H. Y., & Bomhoff, E (2016). The Dynamics of Public Opinion towards Inequality in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-16).
Long, Y., Nyland, C. & Smyth, R.
(2016). Fiscal Decentralisation, the Knowledge Economy and School Teachers’ Wages in Urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-16).
Madsen, J. B. (2016). Human Accomplishment and Growth in Britain Since 1270: The Role of Great Scientists and Education (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-16).
Madsen, J.B.
(2016). Wealth and Inequality in Eight Centuries of British Capitalism (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-16).Madsen, J.B., Islam, R., & Doucouliagos, H.
(2016). Inequality, Financial Development and Economic Growth in the OECD, 1870-2011 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-16).Majumder, A., Ray, R. & Santra, S.
(2016). Global and Country Poverty Rates, Welfare Rankings of the Regions and (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-16).
Mishra, A., & Mishra, V (2016). Is there a conditional convergence in the per capita incomes of BIMAROU states in India? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-16).
Mishra, A., Ray, R., & Risse, L.
(2016). The Multidimensional Disadvantage of Australian Children with a Comparison between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-16).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R (2016). Conditional Convergence in Australia's Energy Consumption at the Sector Level (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-16).
Okafor, L.E., Bhattacharya, M. & Bloch, H.
(2016). Imported Intermediates, Absorptive Capacity and Productivity: Evidence from Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-16).Pan, L., & Mishra, V.
(2016). Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-16).Santos P and Barrett C.B.
(2016). Heterogeneous wealth dynamics: On the roles of risk and ability. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36/16).Shuddhasattwa R., Nielsen I. & Smyth R.
(2016). Effect of Internal Migration on Air and Water Pollution in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-16).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R (2016). Language and Consumption (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-16).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R.
(2016). Language, Health Outcomes and Health Inequality. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 43-16).2015
Discussion Papers
Ahmed, K., Bhattacharya, M.,, Qazi, A. Q., & Long, W. (2015). Energy consumption in China and underlying factors in a changing landscape: Empirical evidence since the reform period (Research Discussion Paper RDP 43-15).
Alam, M. S., Paramati, S. R., Shahbaz, M., & Bhattacharya, M. (2015). Dynamics of natural gas consumption, output and trade: Empirical evidence from the emerging economies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-15).
Angus, S. D., & Hassani-Mahmooei, B. (2015). Anarchy reigns: A quantitative analysis of Agent-Based Modelling publication practices in JASSS, 2001-2012 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-15).
Awaworyi Churchill, S., Yew, S. L., & Ugur, M. (2015). Effect of government education and health expenditures on economic growth: A meta-analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-15).
Awaworyi Churchill, S., Yew, S. L., & Ugur, M. (2015). Does government size affect per-capita income growth? A hierarchical meta-regression analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37 -15).
Awaworyi Churchill, S.,, Ocloo, J. E., & Siawor-Robertson, D. (2015). Ethnic diversity makes me sick! An examination of ethnic diversity's effect in health outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-15).
Betts, J. R., Hahn, Y., & Zau, A. C. (2015). Can testing improve student learning? An evaluation of the mathematics diagnostic testing project (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-15).
Borrowman, L., Kazakevitch, G., & Frost, L. (2015). How long do households remain in housing affordability stress? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-15).
Borrowman, L., Schuwalow, P., Frost, L (2015). Sportsman Teams and Labour Market Regulation: Compliance Strategies and Win-Maximisation in the Victorian Football League (Research Discussion Paper RDP 56-15).
Carney, B., Haines, D., & King, S (2015). Farmer cooperatives and competition: Who wins, who loses and why? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 51-15).
Carr, D., & Wang, L. C. (2015). The effect of after-school classes on private tuition, mental health, and academic outcomes: evidence from Korea (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-15).
Cason, T. N., & Mui, V-L (2015). Individual versus group play in the repeated coordinated resistance game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-15).
Cason, T. N., & Mui, V-L (2015). Rich communication, social motivations, and coordinated resistance against divide-and-conquer: A laboratory investigation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-15).
Cheng, W., & Wu, Y. (2015). Do agricultural loans help reduce rural-urban income inequality? Evidence from Chinese Provincial Data 1978-2013 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-15).
Cheng, W., & Wu, Y. (2015). Income inequality in China: Testing the Kuznets Hypothesis with National Time Series and Provincial Panel Data 1978-2011 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-15).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2015). How might Northern technology benefit but Northern money hurt the South through trade? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 47-15).
Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2015). Crime victimization, neighbourhood safety and happiness in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-15).
Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2015). China's imbalanced sex ratio and satisfaction with marital relationships (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-15).
Chlaß, N., Gangadharan, L., & Jones, K. (2015). Charitable giving and intermediation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-15).
Dent, J. & Ward, M. (2015). Food bowl or folly? The economics of irrigating Northern Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-15).
Frost, L., Borrowman, L., & Halabi, A. K. (2015). Stadiums and scheduling: Measuring deadweight losses in professional sports leagues, 1920-1970 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-15).
Gangadharan, L.,, Jain, T., Maitra, P., & Vecci, J. (2015). Social identity and governance: The behavioral response to female leaders (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-15).
Gu, J., Mueller, A., Nielsen, I.,, Shachat, J., & Smyth, R. (2015). An experimental study of contact effects and their persistence on Malawian shopkeepers' willingness to spend future time with their Chinese counterparts (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-15).
Hahn, Y., Islam, A., Nuzhat, K., Smyth, R., & Yang, H-S (2015). Education, marriage and fertility: Long-term evidence from a female stipend program in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-15).
Hahn, Y.,, Islam, A.,, Patacchini, E., & Zenou, Y. (2015). Teams, organization and education outcomes: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-15).
Islam, A., Ouch, C., Smyth, R., & Wang, L. C. (2015). Sex ratio and the intergenerational impact of conflict on human development: Evidence from Cambodia's genocide (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45-15).
Islam, A.,, Maitra, C., Pakrashi, D., & Smyth, R. (2015). Microcredit program participation and household food security in rural Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-15).
Kennedy, T., Smyth, R., Valadkhani, A., & Chen, G (2015). Long and Short Run Effects of Income Inequality on the Per Capita Output of Australian States (Research Discussion Paper RDP 55-15).
Konrad, K. A., & Mui, V-L (2015). The Prince - or better no prince? The strategic value of appointing a successor (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-15).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2015). Conditional convergence in US disaggregated petroleum consumption at the sector level (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-15).
Lean, H. H., Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2015). Is investing in Islamic stocks profitable? Evidence from the Dow Jones Islamic market indexes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-15).
Li, J., & Cheng, W. (2015). Country size, economic structure and transaction efficiency: An asymmetric spatial general equilibrium model of income differences across nations (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-15).
Luccasena, A., Thomas, K., & Grossmanc, P (2015). Giving to Poverty Relief Charities: The Role of Perceived Federal Transfers and Political Affiliation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 52-15).
Madsen, J. B. (2015). Barriers to prosperity: Parasitic and infectious disease, IQ and economic development (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-15).
Madsen, J. B.,, Minniti, A., & Venturini, F. (2015). Assessing Piketty's laws of capitalism (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-15).
Majumder, A., & Ray, R. (2015). Estimates of spatial prices in India and their sensitivity to alternative estimation methods and choice of items (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-15).
Mangin, S. (2015). Unemployment and the labour share (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28 -15).
Mangin, S. (2015). A theory of production, matching and distribution (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-15).
Min, B. S., & Smyth, R. (2015). Determinants of R&D intensity and its impact on firm value in an innovative economy in which family business groups are dominant: The case of South Korea (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25 -15).
Mishra, A., & Mishra, V. (2015). Examining income convergence among Indian states: Time series evidence with structural breaks (Research Discussion Paper RDP 44-15).
Moro, A., Moslehi, S., & Tanaka, S. (2015). Does home production drive structural transformation? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20 -15).
Narayan, S., & Smyth, R. (2015). The financial econometrics of price discovery and predictability (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-15).
Rafiq, S., Salim, R., & andSmyth, R
. (2015). The moderating role of firm age in the relationship between R&D expenditure and financial performance: Evidence from Chinese and US mining firms (Research Discussion Paper RDP 48-15).
Satti, S. L., Mahalik, M. K., Bhattacharya, M., & Shahbaz, M. (2015). Dynamics of income inequality, finance and trade in Kazakhstan: Empirical evidence from a new transition economy with policy prescriptions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-15).
Shahbaz, M., Bhattacharya, M., & Ahmed, K. (2015). Growth-globalisation-emissions nexus: The role of population in Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12 -15).
Shahbaz, M., Bhattacharya, M., & Ahmed, K. (2015). Growth-globalisation-emissions nexus: The role of population in Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-15).
Shahbaz, M., Bhattacharya, M., & Mahalik, M. K. (2015). Financial development, industrialisation, urbanisation and the role of institution: A comparative analysis between India and China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 46 -15).
Shi, S., Valadkhani, A., Smyth, R., & Vahid, F (2015). Dating the timeline of house price bubbles in Australian capital cities (Research Discussion Paper RDP 54-15).
Valadkhani, A., Roshdi, I., & Smyth, R. (2015). A multicomponent DEA approach to measure the economic and energy efficiencies of OECD Countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-15).
Valadkhani, A., & Smyth, R.
(2015). Self-Exciting Effects of House Prices on Unit Prices in Australian Capital Cities (Research Discussion Paper RDP 49-15).
Valadkhania, A., Worthington, A., & Smyth, R (2015). Seasonality in Australian Capital City House and Unit Prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 53-15).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2015). Does consuming more make You happier? Evidence from Chinese Panel Data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-15).
Wang, H., Smyth, R., & Cheng, Z (2015). The Economic Returns to Proficiency in English in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 50-15).
Wang, Z. X., & Smyth, R. (2015). A piecewise method for estimating the Lorenz curve (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-15).
Wright, J., Valenzuela, M. R., & Chotikapanich, D. (2015). Measuring poverty and inequality from highly aggregated small area data: The changing fortunes of Latrobe Valley households (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-15).
2014
Discussion Papers
Anbarci, N., & Feltovich, N. (2014). Pricing in competitive search markets: Experimental evidence of the roles of price information and fairness perceptions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 55-14).
Awaworyi, S. K. (2014). The impact of microfinance interventions: A meta-analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-14).
Awaworyi, S. K., & Marr, A. (2014). Sustainability and outreach: A comparative study of MFIs in South Asia and Latin America & the Caribbean (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-14).
Awaworyi, S., & Mishra, V. (2014). Returns to education in China: A meta-analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-14).
Awaworyi, S., & Yew, S. L. (2014). The effect of military expenditure on growth: An empirical synthesis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-14).
Awaworyi, S., & Yew, S. L. (2014). Government transfers and growth: Is there evidence of genuine effect? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-14).
Bai, P., & Cheng, W. (2014). Who gets money first? Monetary expansion, ownership structure and wage inequality in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-14).
Bai, P., & Cheng, W. (2014). Accounting for labour misallocation in China with provincial data 1980-2010 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 52-14).
Bai, P., & Cheng, W. (2014). Relative earnings and firm performance: Evidence from publicly-listed firms in China, 2005-2012 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 51-14).
Begum, L., Grossman, P. J., & Islam, A. (2014). Identifying gender bias in parental attitude: An experimental approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-14).
Begum, L., Grossman, P. J., & Islam, A. (2014). Parental attitude and investment in children's education and health in developing countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-14).
Bhattacharya, M.,, Lean, H. H., & Bhattacharya, S. (2014). Economic growth, coal demand, carbon dioxide emissions: Empirical findings from India with policy implications (Research Discussion Paper RDP 47-14).
Borrowman, L., Kazakevitch, G., & Frost, L. (2014). What types of Australian households are in housing affordability stress? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-14).
Brent, D. A. (2014). The value of heterogeneous property rights and the costs of water volatility (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45-14).
Cheng, W.,, Wu, Y., CEMA & College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hunan Normal University (2014). Understanding the Kuznets process: An empirical investigation of income inequality in China 1978-2011 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-14).
Cheng, W.,, Zhang, D., & CEMA (2014). Optimal environmental tax-subsidy regime in the presence of increasing returns (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-14).
Cheng, W.,, Zhang, D., & CEMA (2014). Environmental levies, distortionary taxation and increasing returns (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-14).
Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2014). Sex and happiness (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-14).
Cheng, Z., King, S. P.,, Smyth, R., & Wang, H.
(2014). Housing property rights and subjective wellbeing in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 44-14).
Datt, G., & Uhe, L. (2014). A little help may be no help at all: Child labor and scholarships in Nepal (Research Discussion Paper RDP 50-14).
Faravelli, M., Friesen, L., & Gangadharan, L. (2014). Selection, tournaments, and dishonesty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-14).
Feltovich, N., & Grossman, P. J. (2014). How does the effect of communication vary with group size? Experimental evidence from the multi-player stag hunt (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-14).
Gangadharan, L., Grossman, P. J., & Jones, K. (2014). Donor types and paternalism (Research Discussion Paper RDP 53-14).
Gu, J., Nielsen, I.,, Shachat, J., Smyth, R., & Peng, Y. (2014). An experimental study of the effects of intergroup contact on attitudes in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-14).
Hahn, Y., Wang, L. C., & Yang, H-S. (2014). Does greater school autonomy make a difference? Evidence from a randomized natural experiment in South Korea (Research Discussion Paper RDP 48-14).
Hodler, R., & Raschky, P. A. (2014). Economic shocks and civil conflict at the regional level (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-14).
Inekwe, J. N. (2014). Business cycle variability and growth linkage (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-14).
Islam, A., & Pakrashi, D. (2014). The microcredit puzzle: Labour supply behaviour of rural households in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-14).
Islam, A., & Parasnis, J. (2014). Native-immigrant wage gap across occupations: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-14).
Islam, A., Nguyen, C., & Smyth, R. (2014). Does microfinance change informal lending in village economies? Evidence from Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-14).
Islam, A., Ouch, C., Smyth, R., & Wang, L. C. (2014). The long-term effects of civil conflicts on education, earnings and fertility: Evidence from Cambodia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-14).
King, S. P., & Patras, D. (2014). Posted prices and bargaining: the case of Monopoly (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-14).
Lee, G. H. Y., & Parasnis, J. (2014). Discouraged workers in developed countries and added workers in developing countries? Unemployment rate and labour force participation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-14).
Leroux, A. D. & Martin, V. L. (2014). Hedging supply risks: An optimal urban water portfolio (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-14).
Leroux, A. D., & Whitten, S. M. (2014). Optimal investment in ecological rehabilitation under climate change (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-14).
Maitra, P.,, Mitra, S., Mookherjee, D., Motta, A., & Visaria, S. (2014). Financing smallholder agriculture: An experiment with agent-intermediated microloans in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-14).
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2014). A unified framework for the estimation of intra and inter country food purchasing power parities with application to cross country comparisons of food expenditure: India, Indonesia and Vietnam (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-14).
Mangin, S. (2014). A theory of factor shares (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-14).
Mishra, A., & Parasnis, J. (2014). An empirical investigation of peer effects on fertility preferences (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-14).
Mishra, A., Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2014). The random-walk hypothesis on the Indian stock market (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-14).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2014). Convergence in energy consumption per capita among ASEAN countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-14).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2014). Unit root properties of natural gas spot and futures prices:The relevance of heteroskedasticity in high frequency data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-14).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2014). Is monthly US natural gas consumption stationary? New evidence from a GARCH unit root test with structural breaks (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-14).
Mishra, V., Nielsen, I., Smyth, R., & Newman, A. (2014). The job satisfaction-life satisfaction relationship revisited: Using the Lewbel estimation technique to estimate causal effects using cross-sectional data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-14).
Narayan, P., & Smyth, R. (2014). Applied econometrics and a decade of energy economics research (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-14).
Perera, L. D. H., Bomhoff, E. J., & Lee, G. H. Y. (2014). Parents' attitudes towards science and their children's science achievement (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-14).
Qin, Z., Huang, M., & Cheng, W. (2014). Corporate philanthropy in China: A case of doing well by doing good? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 46-14).
Shim, M., & Yang, H-S. (2014). Interindustry wage differentials, technology adoption, and job polarization (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-14).
Shim, M., & Yang, H-S. (2014). Business cycle properties of job polarization using consistent occupational data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-14).
Siah, A. K. L., & Lee, G. H. Y. (2014). Female labour force participation, infant mortality and fertility in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 54-14).
Tack, J., Pope, R., LaFrance, J.,, & Cavazos, R. (2014). Modeling an aggregate agricultural panel with application to U.S. farm input demands (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-14).
Tang, T. C. (2014). Fiscal deficit, trade deficit, and financial account deficit: Triple deficits hypothesis with the U.S. experience (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-14).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2014). Are Chinese workers compensated for occupational risk? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 49-14).
Wang, L. C. (2014). All work and no play? The effects of ability sorting on students' non-school inputs, time use, and grade anxiety (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-14).
Journal Articles
Abbink, K., Dasgupta, U., Gangadharan, L., & Jain, T.
(2014). Letting the briber go free: An experiment on mitigating harassment bribes. Journal of Public Economics 111, 17-28.Alessandria, G., & Choi, H.
(2014). Establishment heterogeneity, exporter dynamics, and the effects of trade liberalization. Journal of International Economics 94(2), 207-223.Alessandria, G., & Choi, H.
(2014). Do falling iceberg costs explain recent U.S. export growth? Journal of International Economics 94(2), 311-325.Cason, T., & Mui, V-L.
(2014). Coordinating resistance through communication and repeated interaction. The Economic Journal 124(574), 226-256.Ewans, M., Tomlin, B., & Wang, C.
(2014). Statistical discrimination or prejudice? A large sample field experiment. Review of Economics and Statistics 96(1), 119-134.Feltovich, N., & Ejebu, O-Z.
(2014). Do position goods inhibit saving? Evidence from a life-cycle experiment. Journal of Behavior and Organization 107(B), 440-454.Hodler, R., & Raschky, P.
(2014). Regional favouritism. Quarterly Journal of Economics 129(2), 995-1033.Jin, Y., & Zeng, Z.
(2014). Banking risk and macroeconomic fluctuations. Journal of Banking and Finance 48, 350-360.Levati, M., Nicholas, A., & Rai, B.
(2014). Testing the single-peakedness of other-regarding preferences. European Economic Review 67, 197-209.
Madsen, J. (2014). Human capital and the world technology frontier. The Review of Economics and Statistics 96(4), 676-692.
2013
Discussion Papers
Abbink, K.,, Dasgupta, U., Lata Gangadharan & Jain, T. (2013). Letting the briber go free: An experiment on mitigating harassment bribes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 62-13).
Ahmed, S. & Ray, R. (2013). Determinants of pregnancy, induced and spontaneous abortion in a jointly determined framework: Evidence from a country wide district level household survey in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-13).
Baland, J-M., Gangadharan, L., Maitra, P., & Somanathan, R. (2013). Repayment and exclusion in a microfinance experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-13).
Baltabaev, B. (2013). FDI and total factor productivity growth: New macro evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-13).
Begum, L., Islam, A., & Smyth, R. (2013). Girls' education, stipend programs and their effects on the education of younger siblings (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-13).
Bhattacharya, M., & Narayan, P. K. (2013). Output and labor market in organised manufacturing: A panel cointegration analysis for India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 61-13).
Bomhoff, E. J. & Yean, G. L. H. (2013). "How general is trust in most people?" - Comment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-13).
Cheng, W.,, Zhang, D., & CEMA, Central University of Finance and Economics (2013). Prices, politics and persuasion: The case of pollution control and clean technology adoption (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-13).
Cheng, Z., Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2013). Access to social insurance in urban China: A comparative study of rural-urban and urban-urban migrants in Beijing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-13).
Cheng, Z., Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2013). Determinants of wage arrears and their implications for the socioeconomic wellbeing of China's migrant workers: Evidence from Guangdong Province (Research Discussion Paper RDP 50-13).
Cheng, Z., Smyth, R., & Guo, F. (2013). The impact of China's new Labour Contract Law On socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers (Research Discussion Paper RDP 51-13).
Cheng, Z., Smyth, R., & Sun, G. (2013). Participation and expenditure of rural-urban migrants in the illegal lottery in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-13).
Cheng, Z.,Smyth, R., & Wang, H. (2013). Housing and subjective wellbeing in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-13).
Choe, C.,, Lien, D., & Yu, C-F. (2013). Optimal managerial contracts with self-esteem concerns when managers can hedge (Research Discussion Paper RDP 49-13).
Datt, G. (2013). Making every dimension count: Multidimensional poverty without the "dual cut off" (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-13).
Dzhumashev, R., & Kazakevitch, G. (2013). Growth with endogenous resource use and population growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 48-13).
Dzhumashev, R., Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2013). Exporting, R&D investment and firm survival in the Indian IT sector (Research Discussion Paper RDP 60-13).
Emran, M. S., Islam, A. & Shilpi, F. (2013). Admission is free only if your dad is rich! Distributional effects of corruption in schools in developing countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-13).
Feltovich, N., & Grossman, P. J. (2013). The effect of group size and cheap talk in the multi-player stag hunt: Experimental evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 52-13).
Frost, L.,, Lightbody, M., & Halabi, A. (2013). Expanding social inclusion in community sports organizations: evidence from rural Australian Football clubs (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-13).
Ghapar, F., Brooks, R., & Smyth, R. (2013). The impact of patenting activity on the financial performance of Malaysian firms (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-13).
Gneezy, U., Leibbrandt, A., & List, J. A. (2013). Ode to the sea: Workplace organizations and norms of cooperation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 59-13).
Gomis-Porqueras, P., Moslehi, S. and Vivianne Vilar (2013). The fiscal theory of the price level when all income is taxed (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-13).
Grossman, P. J., & Komai, M. (2013). Within and across class envy: Anti-social behaviour in hierarchical groups (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-13).
Grossman, P. J., & Komai, M. (2013). The economic impact of envy: Evidence from a multi-period game with attacks and insurance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-13).
Gupta, G., Mahmud, M., Maitra, P.,, Mitra, S., & Neelim, A. (2013). Religion, minority status and trust: Evidence from a field experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-13).
Guven, C., & Islam, A. (2013). Age at migration, language proficiency and socio-economic outcomes: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-13).
Hahn, Y., & Yang, H-S (2013). Do work decisions among young adults respond to extended dependent coverage? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-13).
Islam, A., & Raschky, P. A. (2013). Cultural distance, immigrants' identity, and labour market outcomes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-13).
Islam, A., Islam, F., & Nguyen, C. (2013). Skilled immigration, innovation and wages of native-born American (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-13).
James B. Ang (2013). Are modern financial systems shaped by state antiquity? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-13).
King, S. P. & Samuel, G. (2013). Agenda for National Competition Policy inquiry (Research Discussion Paper RDP 56-13).
Kulas, J. T., Komai, M., Saint Cloud State University & Grossman, P. J. (2013). Leadership, information, and risk attitude: A game theoretic approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-13).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2013). Disaggregated energy demand by fuel type and economic growth in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 43-13).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2013). Are shocks to disaggregated energy consumption in Malaysia permanent or temporary? Evidence from LM unit root tests with structural (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-13).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2013). Will initiatives to promote hydroelectricity consumption be effective? Evidence from univariate and panel LM unit root tests with structural breaks (Research Discussion Paper RDP 47-13).
Lee, G. H. Y. & Lee, S. P. (2013). Childcare availability, fertility and female labor force participation in Japan (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-13).
Luccasen, A., & Grossman, P. J. (2013). A robust test of warm glow giving and spiteful pleasure in a "real donation"experiment with and without earned endowments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-13).
Maddock, R. (2013). Principles for Australian infrastructure finance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 55-13).
Madsen, J. B., & Ang, J. B. (2013). The Asian growth miracle: Factor accumulation, the demographic transition and R&D-driven growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-13).
Madsen, J., & Yan, E. (2013). The first great divergence and the evolution of cross-country income inequality during the last millennium: The role of institutions and culture (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-13).
Maitra, P.,, Mitra, S., Mookherjee, D., Motta, A., & Visaria, S. (2013). Agent intermediated lending: A new approach to microfinance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-13).
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2013). The estimation of item specific intra and inter country food purchasing power parities with application to cross country comparisons of food expenditure: India, Indonesia and Vietnam (Research Discussion Paper RDP 53-13).
Maslyuk, S., Rotaru, K., & Dokumentov, A. (2013). Price discontinuities in energy spot and futures prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-13).
Mishra, A., & Ray, R. (2013). Spatial variation in prices and expenditure inequalities in Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-13).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2013). Barrister gender and litigant success on the High Court of Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-13).
Nicholas, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2013). A dynamic multidimensional measure of poverty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-13).
Perera, L. D. H. & Lee, G. H. Y. (2013). Have economic growth and institutional quality contributed to poverty and inequality reduction in Asia? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-13).
Ratan, A. (2013). Anticipated regret or endowment effect? A reconsideration of exchange asymmetry in laboratory experiments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 58-13).
Smyth, R., & Mishra, V. (2013). Judicial review, invalidation and electoral politics: A quantitative survey (Research Discussion Paper RDP 57-13).
So, C. K. (2013). Communication networks with endogenous link strength and the possibility of gains from diversification (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45-13).
Tang, T. C. (2013). A general equilibrium perspective of aggregate import demand (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-13).
Tang, T. C. (2013). Twin deficits: An alternative framework from general equilibrium perspective with U.S. results (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-13).
Tang, T. C. (2013). New perspectives on the net errors & omissions' in balance of payment accounts: An empirical study - Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 54-13).
Tang, T. C. & Ravin, C. (2013). Export-led growth in Cambodia: An empirical study (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-13).
Wang, C. (2013). Can institutions explain cross country differences in innovative activity? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-13).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2013). Compensating wage and income differentials for occupational risk: Evidence from migrant workers in China's Pearl River Delta (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-13).
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2013). Happiness and job satisfaction in urban China: A comparative study of two generations of migrants and urban locals (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-13).
Wang, L. C. (2013). The deadly effect of high-stakes testing on teenagers with reference-dependent preferences (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-13).
Wang, Z. X., & Smyth, R. (2013). A hybrid method for creating Lorenz Curves with an application to measuring world income inequality (Research Discussion Paper RDP 46-13).
Wu, K., & Abbink, K. (2013). Reward self-reporting to deter corruption: An experiment on mitigating collusive bribery (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-13).
Journal Articles
Anbarci, N., & Feltovich, N.
(2013). Directed search, coordination failure and seller revenue: an experimental comparison of posted pricing with single and multiple prices. International Economic Review 54(3), 873-884.Cameron, L., Erkal, N., Gangadharan, L., & Meng, X.
(2013). Little emperors: Behavioural impacts of China's one-child policy. Science 339(6122), 953-957.Cavalcanti, C., Engel, S., & Leibbrandt, A.
(2013). Social integration, participation and community resource management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 65(2), 262-276.Colombo, L., & Labrecciosa, P.
(2013). How should commodities be taxed? A super game-theoretic analysis. Journal of Public Economics 97, 196-205.Du, Q., & Wei, S.J.
(2013). A theory of the competitive saving motive. Journal of International Economics 91(2), 275-289.Friesen, L., & Gangadharan, L.
(2013). Designing self-reporting regimes to encourage truth telling: An experimental study. Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization 94, 90-102.Hahn, Y.
(2013). The effect of Medicaid physician fees on take-up of public health insurance among children in poverty. Journal of Health Economics 32(2), 452-462.
Khalil, E. (2013). Lock-in institutions and efficiency. Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization 88, 27-36.
Pope, R., & LaFrance, J.
(2013). Robust error specification in a production system. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(3), 669-684.Rai, B., & Sengupta, K.
(2013). Pre-marital confinement of women: A signalling and matching approach. Journal of Development Economics 105, 48-63.2012
Discussion Papers
Ang, J. B. (2012). Institution and the long-run impact of early development (Research Discussion Paper RDP 49-12).
Ang, J. B. & Madsen, J. B. (2012). Risk capital, private credit and innovative production (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-12).
Ang, J. B. & Madsen, J. B. (2012). International R&D spillovers and productivity trends in the Asian miracle economies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-12).
Ang, J. B., & Madsen, J. B. (2012). Imitation versus innovation in an aging society: International evidence since 1870 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45-12).
Cason, T. N. & Gangadharan, L. (2012). Empowering neighbors versus imposing regulations: An experimental analysis of pollution reduction schemes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 60-12).
Chakrabarty, M., Majumder, A. & Ray, R. (2012). Preferences, spatial prices and inequality (Research Discussion Paper RDP 52-12).
Cheng, W., & Angus, S. D. (2012). The Cantillon effect of money injection through deficit spending (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-12).
Choe, C. & Park, I-U. (2012). Information transmission through influence activities (Research Discussion Paper RDP 53-12).
Choe, C., & Matsushima, N. (2012). The arms length principle and tacit collusion (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-12).
Choe, C.,, Dey, T., Mishra, V., & Park, I-U. (2012). Corporate diversification, executive compensation, and firm value: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-12).
Choi, J-S., Kwak, Y-M., & Choe, C. (2012). Earnings management surrounding CEO turnover: Evidence from Korea (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-12).
Dasgupta, U.,Gangadharan, L., Maitra, P.,
Mani, S., & Subramanian, S. (2012). Choosing to be trained: Evidence from a field experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 43-12).
Dominguez, B., & Gomis-Porqueras, P. (2012). On the time inconsistency of optimal monetary and fiscal policies with many consumer goods (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-12).
Ewens, M., Tomlin, B., & Wang, L. C. (2012). Statistical discrimination or prejudice? A large sample field experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-12).
Feltovich, N., Gangadharan, L. & Kidd, M. P. (2012). Implementation and removal of an affirmativeaction quota: The impact on task assignment and workers skill acquisition (Research Discussion Paper RDP 59-12).
Friesen, L. & Gangadharan, L. (2012). Individual level evidence of dishonesty and the gender effect (Research Discussion Paper RDP 61-12).
Friesen, L. & Gangadharan, L. (2012). Environmental markets: What do we learn from the lab? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 58-12).
Gao, W. & Smyth, R. (2012). Returns to schooling in urban China, 2001-2010: Evidence from three waves of the China Urban Labor survey (Research Discussion Paper RDP 50-12).
Geerling, W., & Magee, G. B. (2012). The introduction of piecework in East Germany, 1945-51 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-12).
Grossman, P. J., & Eckel, C. C. (2012). Loving the long shot: Risk taking with skewed lotteries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-12).
Grossman, P. J., & Eckel, C. C. (2012). Giving versus taking: A real donation comparison of warm glow and cold prickle (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-12).
Grossman, P. J., & Eckel, C. C. (2012). Giving versus taking: A real donation comparison of warm glow and cold prickle in a context-rich environment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-12).
Grossman, P. J., & Komai, M. (2012). The economic impact of anti-social preferences in a multi-period game with attacks and insurance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-12).
Grossman, P. J., Komai, M., & Jensen, J. E. (2012). Leadership and gender in groups: An experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-12).
Hahn, Y. (2012). The effect of Medicaid physician fees on take-up of public health insurance among children in poverty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-12).
Hahn, Y., Wang, L.C. & Yang, H-S. (2012). Child vs. pet: The effect of abortion legalization on the demand for pets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 57-12).
Khalil, E. L. (2012). Are instincts hardened routines? A radical proposal (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-12).
Khalil, E. L. (2012). The one who gives too early, gives twice: Cooperation, blood feuds and third-party institutions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-12).
Khalil, E. L. (2012). Temptations: A general theory of over-eating, under-saving, favoritism, certainty effect, spoiling of children, pornography-viewing, and regretting (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-12).
King, S. P. (2012). Countervailing power and input pricing: When is a waterbed effect likely? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-12).
Krishnan, R., & Mishra, V. (2012). Intraday liquidity patterns in Indian stock market (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-12).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2012). Are fluctuations in production of renewable energy permanent or transitory? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-12).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2012). Will policies to promote renewable electricity generation be effective? Evidence from panel stationarity and unit root tests for 115 countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-12).
Lean, H. H., & Valenzuela, M. R. (2012). Inequality in Australia 1983-2004: A stochastic dominance approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-12).
Li, S. M., Moslehi, S., & Yew, S. L. (2012). Public-private mix of health expenditure: A political economy approach and a quantitative exercise (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-12).
Madsen, J. B. & Yao, H (2012). Wealth effects in consumption: The financial accelerator and banks' willingness to lend (Research Discussion Paper RDP 56-12).
Maitra, P., & Mani, S. (2012). Learning and earning: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 44-12).
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2012). Spatial comparisons of prices and expenditure in a heterogeneous country: Methodology with application to India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-12).
Maslyuk, S., & Dharmaratn, D. (2012). Impact of shocks on Australian coal mining (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-12).
McDonald, J. T., & Valenzuela, M. R. (2012). Why Filipino migrants remit? Evidence from a home-host country matched sample (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-12).
Min, B. S. & Smyth, R. (2012). Globalisation, corporate governance and firm productivity (Research Discussion Paper RDP 55-12).
Mishra, V. & Smyth, R. (2012). Academic inbreeding and research productivity in Australian law schools (Research Discussion Paper RDP 46-12).
Mishra, V. & Smyth, R. (2012). It pays to be happy (if you are a man): Subjective wellbeing and the gender wage gap in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 51-12).
Mishra, V.&
Smyth, R. (2012). Are more senior academics really more research productive than junior academics? Evidence from Australian law schools (Research Discussion Paper RDP 47-12).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2012). Work hours in Chinese enterprises: Evidence from matched employer-employee data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10--12).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2012). Technological change and wages in China: Evidence from matched employer-employee data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-12).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2012). High performance work practices and workplace training in China: Evidence from matched employee-employer data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-12).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2012). Returns to schooling in urban China: New evidence using heteroskedasticity restrictions to obtain identification without exclusion restrictions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-12).
Perloffa, J. M., LaFrance, J., & Chouinard, H. H. (2012). Brand name and private label price setting by a monopoly store (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-12).
Pope, R. D., & LaFrance, J. T. (2012). Implicit netput functions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-12).
Pope, R., & LaFrance, J., (2012). Robust error specification in a production system (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-12).
Qin, Z., & Cheng, W., (2012). Evolving ownership structures in private enterprises in China: The case of Ningbo (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-12).
Qin, Z., Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2012). An empirical examination of endogenous ownership in Chinese private enterprises (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-12).
Rai, B., & Sengupta, K. (2012). Pre-marital confinement of women: A signaling and matching approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-12).
Raschky, P. A. & Wang, L. C. (2012). Reproductive behaviour at the end of the world: The effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis on U.S. fertility (Research Discussion Paper RDP 54-12).
Ratan, A. (2012). Mistakes, closure and endowment effect in laboratory experiments (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-12).
Smyth, R. (2012). Are fluctuations in energy variables permanent or transitory? A survey of the literature on the integration properties of energy consumption and production (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-12).
Tack, J., Pope, R., LaFrance, J. & Cavazos, R. (2012). Flexible specification and robust estimation of input demand systems (Research Discussion Paper RDP 48-12).
Tack, J., Pope, R., LaFrance, J.,, Graciano, T., & Colby, S. (2012). Intertemporal risk management in agriculture (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-12).
White, M. V. (2012). A peculiar archaeology: Searching for Mr. Giffens behaviour (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-12).
Zhang, D., Cheng, W., & Ng, Y-K. (2012). Increasing returns, land use controls and housing prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-12).
Journal Articles
Abrevaya, J., & Puzzello, L.
(2012). Taxes, cigarette consumption, and smoking intensity: Comment. American Economics Review 102(4), 1721-1763.Alston, L., Harris, E., & Mueller, B.
(2012). The development of property rights on frontiers: Endowments, norms and politics. The Journal of Economic History 72(3), 741-770.Burford, I., Gangadharan, L., & Nemes, V.
(2012). Stars and standards: Energy efficiency in rental markets. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 64(2), 153-168.Cason, T., Gangadharan, L., & Maitra, P.
(2012). Moral hazard and peer monitoring in a laboratory microfinance experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82(1), 192-209.Choe, C., & Ishiguro, S.
(2012). On the optimality of multi-tier hierarchies: Coordination versus incentives. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 28(3), 486-517.Islam, A., & Maitra, P.
(2012). Health shocks and consumption smoothing in rural households: Does microcredit have a role to play? Journal of Development Economics 97(2), 232-243.Lefebvre, M., Gangadharan, L., & Thoyer, S.
(2012). Do security-differentiated water rights improve the performance of water markets? American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(5), 1113-1135.Leibbrandt, A., & Lopez-Perez, R.
(2012). An exploration of third and second party punishment in ten simple games. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84(3), 753-766.Leibbrandt, A., & Saaksvuori, L.
(2012). Communication in intergroup conflicts. European Economic Review 56(6), 1136-1147.
Madsen, J. (2012). A behavioural model of house prices. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82(1), 21-38.
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K.
(2012). Calculating rural-urban food price differentials from unit values in household expenditure surveys: A comparison with existing methods and a new procedure. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(5), 1218-1235.Nolan, E., & Santos, P.
(2012). The contribution of genetic modification to changes in corn yield in the United States. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(5), 1171-1188.
Puzzello, L. (2012). A proportionality assumption and measurement biases in the factor content of trade. Journal of International Economics 87(1), 105-111.
2011
Discussion Papers
Ahmed, S. (2011). Trade-off between child labour and schooling in Bangladesh: Role of parental education (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-11).
Ahmed, S., & Maitra, P. (2011). A distributional analysis of the gender wage gap in bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-11).
Anbarci, N., & Feltovich, N. (2011). Bargaining with random arbitration: An experimental study (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-11).
Anbarci, N., & Feltovich, N. (2011). How sensitive are bargaining outcomes to changes in disagreement payoffs? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-11).
Arora, V., & Gomis-Porqueras, P. (2011). A repayment model of house prices oil price dynamics in a real business cycle model (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-11).
Arora, V., Gomis-Porqueras, P., & Shi, S. (2011). Testing for explosive behaviour in relative inflation measures: Implications for monetary policy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-11).
Borsky, S., & Raschky, P. A. (2011). A spatial econometric analysis of compliance with an international environmental agreement on open access resources (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-11).
Burfurd, I., Gangadharan, L., & Nemes, V. (2011). Stars and standards: Energy efficiency in rental markets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-11).
Cheng, L., Jin, Y., & Zeng, Z. (2011). Asset prices, monetary policy, and aggregate fluctuations: An empirical investigation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-11).
Cheung, W., & Ng, Y-K. (2011). Gender division of labor and alimony (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-11).
Choe, C., & Raschky, P. A. (2011). Media, institutions, and government action: Prevention vs. palliation in the time of cholera (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-11).
Choe, C., Dzhumashev, R., Islam, A., & Khan, Z. H. (2011). Corruption and network in education: Evidence from the Household Survey Data in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-11).
Colby, S. J., Graciano, T. A., LaFrance, J. T., & Pope, R. D. (2011). Money illusion, Gorman and Lau (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-11).
Dzhumashev, R., & Parasnis, J. (2011). Taxation and migration: Policies to manage a resource boom (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-11).
Dzhumashev, R., Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2011). Exporting, R&D investment and firm survival (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-11).
Faulkner, G. E. J., Grootendorst, P., Nguyen, V. H., Andreyeva, T., Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K., Auld, C., Cash, S. B., Cawley, J., Donnelly, P., Drewnowski, A., Dubé, L., Ferrence, R., Janssen, I., LaFrance, J. T., Lakdawalla, D., Mendelsen, R., Powell, L., Traill, W. B., & Windmeijer, F. (2011). Economic instruments for obesity prevention: Results of a scoping review and modified delphi survey (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-11).
Geerling, W., & Magee, G. B. (2011). Tayloristic rather than Taylorists: The influence of Taylor on the East German communists, 1945-51 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-11).
Grossman, P. J. (2011). Holding fast: The persistence and dominance of gender stereotypes (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-11).
Grossman, P. J.,, Komai, M., & Benie, E. (2011). Are claims of transparency all they are cracked up to be? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-11).
Harrisa, E. (2011). Does franchise extension reduce short-run economic growth? Evidence from New South Wales, 1862-1882 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-11).
Islam, A., Raschky, P. A., & Smyth, R. (2011). The long-term health effects of mass political violence: Evidence from Chinas cultural revolution (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-11).
Jin, Y., & Zeng, Z. (2011). The financial and macroeconomic implications of banking frictions and banking riskiness (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-11).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2011). REITs, interest rates and stock prices in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-11).
Levati, M. V., Nicholas, A., & Rai, B. (2011). Testing the analytical framework of other-regarding preferences (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-11).
Madsen, J. B. (2011). A repayment model of house prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-11).
Madsen, J. B. (2011). A q Model of house prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-11).
Madsen, J. B., & Carrington, S. J. (2011). Cycles and corporate investment: Direct tests using survey data on banks lending practices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-11).
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2011). The calculation of rural urban food price differentials from unit values in household expenditure surveys: A new procedure and comparison with existing methods (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-11).
Majumder, A., Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2011). Estimating intra country and cross country purchasing power parities from household expenditure data using single equation and complete demand systems approach: India and Vietnam (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-11).
Maslyuk, S., & Dharmaratna, D. (2011). Comparative analysis of the existing and proposed ETS (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-11).
McCaughey, N. C., & Behrens, C. (2011). Paying for status? - The effect of frequent flier (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-11).
Mishra, V.,, Banerjee, R., & Dey, T. (2011). Influence activity and allocation of firms' internal capital: Evidence from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-11).
Ng, Y-K. (2011). Happiness is absolute, universal, ultimate, unidimensional, cardinally measurable and interpersonally comparable: A basis for the environmentally responsible happy nation index (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-11).
Nicholas, A., & Ray, R. (2011). Duration and persistence in multidimensional deprivation: Methodology and Australian application (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-11).
Rai, B. K., So, C. K., & Nicholas, A. (2011). Mathematical economics: A reader (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-11).
Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2011). Multidimensional deprivation in China, India and Vietnam: A comparative Study on micro data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-11).
Ray, R., & Sinha, K. (2011). Interaction between HIV awareness, knowledge, safe sex practice and HIV incidence: Evidence from Botswanaa (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-11).
Smyth, R. (2011). Costs of crime in Victoria (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-11).
Watts, M. J., Steele, J. L., Shimshack, J. P., & LaFrance, J. T. (2011). The public resource management game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-11).
Yew, S. L., & Zhang, J. (2011). Golden-rule social security and public health in a dynastic model with endogenous longevity and fertility (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-11).
2010
Discussion Papers
Ang, J. B., & Madsen, J. B. (2010). Can second-generation endogenous growth models explain the productivity trends and knowledge production in the Asian miracle economies? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-10).
Cason, T. N., & Gangadharan, L. (2010). Price discovery and intermediation in linked emissions trading markets: A laboratory study (Research Discussion Paper RDP 58-10).
Cason, T. N., Gangadharan, L., & Nikiforakis, N. (2010). Can real-effort investments inhibit the convergence of experimental markets? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 60-10).
Cheng, W. (2010). A benefit from the division of labor that Adam Smith missed (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-10).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2010). International transmission of monetary shocks in a Ricardian world (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-10).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2010). North-South trade and the non-neutrality of international money (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-10).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2010). The arms length principle, transfer pricing and foreclosure under imperfect competition (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-10).
Choe, C., & Park, I-U. (2010). Information, authority, and corporate hierarchies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-10).
Chowdhury, P. R., & Sengupta, K. (2010). Transparency, complementarity and holdout (Research Discussion Paper RDP 49-10).
Crespo Cuaresma, J., Oberhofer, H., & Raschky, P. (2010). Oil and the duration of dictatorships (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-10).
Dharmaratna, D., & Harris, E. (2010). Estimating residential water demand using the Stone-Geary functional form: The case of Sri Lanka (Research Discussion Paper RDP 46-10).
Dharmaratnaa, D., & Parasnis, J. (2010). Price responsiveness of residential, industrial and commercial water demand in Sri Lanka (Research Discussion Paper RDP 44-10).
Dogan, E., & Wong, K. N. (2010). Plant size, turnover and productivity in Malaysian manufacturing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-10).
Dogan, E., Wong, K. N., & Yap, M. M-C. (2010). Turnover, ownership and productivity in Malaysian manufacturing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-10).
Dogan, E., Wong, K. N., & Yap, M. M-C. (2010). Does exporter turnover contribute to aggregate productivity growth? Evidence from Malaysian manufacturing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 55-10).
Dzhumashev, R., Islam, A., & Khan, Z. H. (2010). Non-collusive corruption: Theory and evidence from education sector in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-10).
Erkal, N., Gangadharan, L., & Nikiforakis, N. (2010). Relative earnings and giving in a real-effort experiment (Research Discussion Paper RDP 59-10).
Fan, E., & Maitra, P. (2010). Women rule: Preferences and fertility in Australian households (Research Discussion Paper RDP 57-10).
Frost, L., & Schuwalow, P. (2010). Labour market regulation and professional sport: The case of the Victorian Football Leagues Coulter Law, 1930-1970 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 42-10).
Gao, W., & Smyth, R. (2010). What keeps Chinas migrant workers going? Expectations and happiness among Chinas floating population (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-10).
Gao, Y. (2010). Urban bias, rural-urban income gap and agricultural growth: The resource-diverting effect of rural-urban income gap in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-10).
Goh, S. K., & Wong, K. N. (2010). Analyzing the productivity-wage-unemployment nexus in Malaysia: Evidence from the macroeconomic perspective (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-10).
Goh, S. K., & Wong, K. N. (2010). Malaysias outward FDI: The effects of host market size and home government policy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-10).
Harris, E. (2010). Scarcity and the evolution of water rights in the nineteenth century: The role of climate and asset type (Research Discussion Paper RDP 45-10).
Hodler, R., & Raschky, P. A. (2010). Foreign aid and enlightened leaders (Research Discussion Paper RDP 54-10).
Islam, A. (2010). Medium and long-term participation in microfinance: An evaluation using a new panel dataset from Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-10).
Islam, A., & Smyth, R. (2010). Children and parental health: Evidence from China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-10).
Islam, A., & Smyth, R. (2010). The economic returns to good looks and risky sex in the Bangladesh commercial sex market (Research Discussion Paper RDP 41-10).
Islam, A., Parasnis, J., & Fausten, D. (2010). Immigrant and native saving behaviour in Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-10).
Islam, A., Raschky, P., & Smyth, R. (2010). Height, health human capital and quality of life among older Chinese (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-10).
Islam, M. R. (2010). Quality-adjusted human capital and productivity growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 48-10).
Islam, M. R. (2010). Human capital composition, proximity to technology frontier and productivity growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-10).
Kaempfer, I., Qian, J. X., & Smyth, R. (2010). Working hours in supply chain Chinese and Thai factories: Evidence from the Fair Labor Associations Soccer Project (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-10).
Kazakevitch, G. (2010). Yegor Gaidar: Pragmatic economist or (and) romantic revolutionary (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-10).
Madsen, J. B., & Timol, I. (2010). Long-run convergence in manufacturing and innovation-based models (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-10).
Madsen, J. B., & Timol, I. (2010). The nexus between schooling and growth: International evidence since 1870 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-10).
Maitra, P.,, Rammohan, A., Ray, R., & Robitaille, M-C. (2010). Food consumption patterns and malnourished Indian children: Is there a link? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-10).
Mishra, A., & Mishra, V. (2010). A VAR model of monetary policy and hypothetical case of inflation targeting in India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-10).
Mishra, A., & Ray, R. (2010). Multi-dimensional deprivation in the awakening giants: A comparative study on micro data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 53-10).
Mishra, A., & Ray, R. (2010). Multi dimensional deprivation in India during and after the reforms: Do the household expenditure and the family health surveys present consistent evidence? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-10).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2010). Economic returns to schooling for Chinas Korean minority (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-10).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2010). The backward incidence of pollution regulation on workers wages: Empirical evidence from Shanghai (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-10).
Mishra, V., Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2010). Relative income, temporary life shocks and subjective wellbeing in the long-run (Research Discussion Paper RDP 51-10).
Pang, C., & Shi, H-L. (2010). On the emergence and evolution of mark-up middlemen: An inframarginal model (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-10).
Poon, W-C. (2010). A monetary policy rule: The augmented Monetary Conditions Index for Philippines using UECM and bounds tests (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-10).
Poon, W. C. (2010). Testing transmission mechanisms on economic growth in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-10).
Poon, W. C. (2010). Augmented MCI: An indicator of monetary policy stance for ASEAN-5? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-10).
Raschky, P. A. (2010). Blame-games, the media and discretionary behaviour of bureaucrats (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-10).
Raschky, P. A., & Schwindt, M. (2010). On the channel and type of aid: The case of international disaster assistance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-10).
Raschky, P. A.,, Schwarze, R., Schwindt, M., & Zahn, F. (2010). Uncertainty of governmental relief and the crowding out of insurance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-10).
Seetaram, N. (2010). A study of outbound tourism from Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 47-10).
Seeteram, N. (2010). A dynamic panel data analysis of the immigration and tourism nexus (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-10).
Shi, H. (2010). The efficiency of government promotion of the tourism industry (Research Discussion Paper RDP 52-10).
Smyth, R.,, Narayan, P. K., & Shi, H. (2010). Inter-fuel substitution in the Chinese iron and steel sector (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-10).
Tang, T. C. (2010). Real exchange rates and real interest differentials: The case of a transitional economy - Cambodia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-10).
Treisman, D. (2010). Multiple regime shifts: The influence of ASEAN politics on financial integration within South-East Asia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-10).
Tsafack, E., & Parasnis, J. (2010). The impact of trade and outsourcing on skilled and unskilled labour in France (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-10).
Wong, K. N. (2010). Outward FDI and home country economic growth: A Malaysian case (Research Discussion Paper RDP 56-10).
Wu, Q., Maslyuk, S., & Clulow, V. (2010). Energy consumption transition and human development (Research Discussion Paper RDP 43-10).
Zhou, H.
(2010). A Framework of Happiness Survey and Evaluation of Gross National Happiness (Research Discussion Paper RDP 50-10).2009
Discussion Papers
Aw, Y. T., & Tang, T. C. (2009). The determinants of inward foreign direct investment: The case of Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-09).
Banerjee, D., & Chatterjee, I. (2009). On the impact of piracy on innovation in the presence of technological and market uncertainty (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-09).
Carrington, S. J., & Madsen, J. B. (2009). House prices, credit and willingness to lend (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-09).
Chatterjee, I., & Ray, R. (2009). Crime, corruption and institutions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-09).
Chatterjee, I., & Ray, R. (2009). Does the evidence on corruption depend on how it is measured? Results from a cross country study on micro data sets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-09).
Chen, G. S-K. (2009). Agglomeration economies and the location of Taiwanese investment in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-09).
Chen, G. S-K. (2009). Determinants of Taiwanese investment in China: An agglomeration economies-based perspective (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-09).
Gao, W., & Smyth, R. (2009). Health human capital, height and wages in China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-09).
Gao, W., & Smyth, R. (2009). Economic returns to speaking standard Mandarin among migrants in Chinas urban labour market (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-09).
Harris, E., Brooks, R.,, & Joymungul, Y. (2009). The effects of centrally determined water prices on irrigation water demand: Evidence from the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, 1908-1984 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-09).
Herberta, R. D., & Stemp, P. J. (2009). Solving macroeconomic models with "off-the-shelf" software: An example of potential pitfalls (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-09).
Islam, M. R. (2009). R&D intensity, technology transfer and absorptive capacity (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-09).
Kazakevitch, G., & Borrowman, L. (2009). Housing affordability: Proper measurement for informed policy making (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-09).
Lau, E., & Tang, T. C. (2009). Twin deficits in Cambodia: Are there reasons for concern? An empirical study (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-09).
Lee, G. H. Y. (2009). Aggregate shocks decomposition for eight East Asian countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-09).
Lee, G. H. Y., & Azali, M. (2009). Optimum currency areas in East Asia: A structural VAR approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-09).
Lee, G. H. Y., & Azali, M. (2009). A Bayesian approach to optimum currency areas in East Asia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-09).
Lee, G. H. Y., & Azali, M. (2009). The endogeneity of the optimum currency area criteria in East Asia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-09).
Liew, V. K-S., & Tang, T. C. (2009). An empirical investigation of purchasing power parity for a transition economy - Cambodia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-09).
Madsen, J. B. (2009). Growth and capital deepening since 1870: Is it all technological progress? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-09).
Madsen, J. B. (2009). The Anatomy of growth in the OECD since 1870: The transformation from the post-Malthusian growth regime to the modern growth epoch (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-09).
Madsen, J. B., Saxena, S., & Ang, J. B. (2009). The Indian growth miracle and endogenous growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-09).
Mishra, A., & Ray, R. (2009). Prices, inequality and poverty: Methodology and Indian evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-09).
Stemp, P. J. (2009). Optimal monetary policy with asymmetric targets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-09).
Stemp, P. J. (2009). Optimal interest rate rules under one-sided output and inflation targets (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-09).
Taha, R., Colombage, S. R. N., & Maslyuk, S. (2009). Financial development and economic growth in Malaysia: Cointegration and co-feature analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-09).
Tang, T. C. (2009). Wagners law versus Keynesian hypothesis in Malaysia: An impressionistic view (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-09).
Tang, T. C., & Lau, E. (2009). General equilibrium perception on twin deficits hypothesis: An empirical evidence for the U.S. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-09).
Tang, T. C., & Liew, V. K-S. (2009). Purchasing power parity (PPP) in a transition economy - Cambodia: Empirical evidence from bilateral exchange rates (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-09).
Wang, Z. X., Smyth, R., & Ng, Y-K. (2009). A general method to create Lorenz models (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-09).
Yap, M. M-C. (2009). Assessing Malaysias business cycle indicators (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-09).
Zhou, H. (2009). Evolutionary dynamics of the market equilibrium with division of labor (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-09).
2008
Discussion Papers
Ahmed, S., & Maitra, P. (2008). Public pension governance and asset allocation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-08).
Ang, J. B. (2008). Finance and inequality: The case of India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-08).
Ang, J. B. (2008). Private investment and financial sector policies in developing countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-08).
Ang, J. B., & Sen, K. (2008). Private saving in India and Malaysia compared: The role of financial liberalization and expected pension benefits (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-08).
Banerjee, D., & Sethi, A. (2008). Intra-group transfers and group formation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-08).
Bhattacharya, M.,, Chen, J-R., & Pradeep, V. (2008). Productivity spillovers in Indian manufacturing firms (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-08).
Cason, T. N., & Mui, V-L. (2008). Coordinating collective resistance through communication and repeated interaction (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-08).
Cheng, W., & Zhao, X. (2008). Economic performance through time: A general equilibrium model (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-08).
Choe, C., & Ishiguro, S. (2008). On the (sub) optimality of multi-tier hierarchies: Coordination versus motivation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-08).
Choe, C., & Park, I-C. (2008). Information gathering, delegated contracting and corporate hierarchies (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-08).
Choe, C., & Shekhar, C. (2008). Compulsory or voluntary pre-merger notification? Theory and some evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-08).
Choe, C.,, Tian, G., & Yin, X. (2008). Managerial power, stock-based compensation, and firm performance: Theory and evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-08).
Dobra, M. (2008). Public pension governance and asset allocation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-08).
Dzhumashev, R., & Gahramanov, E. (2008). Can we tax the desire for tax evasion? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-08).
Harris, E. (2008). The persistence of correlative water rights in colonial Australia: A theoretical contradiction? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-08).
Islam, A. (2008). Who benefits from microfinance? The impact evaluation of large scale programs in Bangladesh (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-08).
Islam, A., & Maitra, P. (2008). Health shocks and consumption smoothing in rural households: Does microcredit have a role to play? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-08).
Liu, Y., & Sun, G_Z. (2008). Competition and access regulation in the telecommunications
industry with multiple networks (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-08).
Madsen, J. B. (2008). Trade barriers, openness, and economic growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-08).
Madsen, J. B., & Smyth, R. (2008). Is the output-capital ratio constant in the very long run? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-08).
Madsen, J. B., Saxena, S., & Ang, J. B. (2008). The Indian growth miracle and endogenous growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-08).
Mishra, V., & Smyth, R. (2008). An examination of the impact of Indias performance in one-day cricket internationals on the Indian stock market (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-08).
Nicholas, A., Ray, R., & Valenzuela, M. R. (2008). Evaluating the distributional implications of price movements: Methodology, application and Australian evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-08).
Olsen, T. S., & Inder, B. (2008). Coffee commodity chain private investment and financial sector policies in developing countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-08).
Smyth, R., & Qian, X. (2008). Corruption and left-Wing beliefs in a post-socialist economy: Evidence from Chinas harmonious society (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-08).
Smyth, R., & Qian, X. (2008). Knowing ones lot in life versus climbing the social ladder: The formation of redistributive preferences in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-08).
Smyth, R., Nielsen, I., Zhai, Q., Liu, T., Liu, Y., Tang, C. Y, Wang, Z., Wang, Z., & Zhang, J. (2008). Environmental surroundings and personal well-being in urban China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-08).
Smyth, R., Zhai, Q., & Li, X. (2008). Determinants of turnover intentions among Chinese off farm migrants (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-08).
Sun, G-Z., & Ng, Y-K. (2008). Finite life expectancy and the age-dependent value of a statistical life (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-08).
Tang, T. C., & Fausten, D. K. (2008). Current and capital account interdependence: An empirical test (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-08).
Tang, T. C., & Lau, E. (2008). An empirical investigation on the sustainability of balancing item of balance of payment accounts for OIC member countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-08).
Wong, K. N., & Tang, T. C. (2008). Tourism and openness to merchandise and services trade in singapore: An empirical investigation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-08).
Wong, K. N., & Tang, T. C. (2008). Foreign direct investment and employment in manufacturing and services sectors: Fresh empirical evidence from Singapore (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-08).
2007
Discussion Papers
Ang, J. B. (2007). Are financial sector policies effective in deepening the Malaysian financial system? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-07).
Ang, J. B. (2007). A survey of recent developments in the literature of finance and growth. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-07).
Ang, J. B. (2007). Are financial sector policies effective in deepening the Malaysian financial system? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-07).
Ang, J. B. (2007). A survey of recent developments in the literature of finance and growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-07).
Banerjee, D. S., & Chou, T. (2007). Copyright protection and innovation in the presence of commercial piracy (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-07).
Banerjee, D. S., & Chou, T. (2007). Copyright protection and innovation in the presence of commercial piracy. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-07).
Bhattacharya, M. (2007). Globalisation and child labour: Evidence from India (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-07).
Bhattacharya, M., & Olive, M. (2007). Adjustment of pricing: Evidence from Indian manufacturing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-07).
Bhattacharya, M., & Olive, M. (2007). Adjustment of pricing: Evidence from Indian manufacturing. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-07).
Cason, T. N., & Mui, V-L. (2007). Communication and coordination in the laboratory collective resistance game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-07).
Cason, T. N., & Mui, V-L. (2007). Communication and coordination in the laboratory collective resistance game. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-07).
Cheng, W. (2007). Financial intermediation, entrepreneurship and economics growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-07).
Cheung, W., & Ng, Y-K. (2007). The flocking strategy and vertical disintegration (Research Discussion Paper RDP 38-07).
Cheung, W., & Ng, Y-K. (2007). Duality in an industry with fluctuating demand (Research Discussion Paper RDP 37-07).
Djumashev, R. (2007). Corruption, uncertainty and growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-07).
Ederington, J., & McCalman, P. (2007). The impact of trade liberalization on productivity within and across industries: Theory and evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 24-07).
Engelbrecht, H-J. (2007). Exploring the determinants of global social production of information and knowledge: Insights from SETI@home (Research Discussion Paper RDP 23-07).
Frost, L. (2007). Across the great divide: The economy of the inland corridor (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-07).
Frost, L., & Halabi, A. B. (2007). Measuring the success of country football clubs (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-07).
Gassebner, M., Gaston, N., & Lamla, M. (2007). The inverse domino effect: Are economic reforms contagious? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 31-07).
Harris, E. (2007). Dams and disputes: Water institutions in colonial New South Wales, Australia, 1850-1870 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-07).
Islam, A., & Fausten, D. K. (2007). Skilled immigration and wages in Australia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 36-07).
Jeon, Y., Rhyu, S-Y., & Shields, M. P. (2007). Asian demographic transition: An instrumental-variables panel approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 28-07).
King, J. E. (2007). Kaldors war (Research Discussion Paper RDP 25-07).
Madsen, J. B. (2007). Economic growth, TFP convergence and world exports of ideas: A century of evidence (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-07).
Madsen, J. B., EPRU & FRU (2007). Semi-endogenous versus schumpeterian growth models: Testing the knowledge production function using international data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 26-07).
Maslyuk, S., & Smyth, R. (2007). Non-linear unit root properties of crude oil production (Research Discussion Paper RDP 39-07).
Maslyuk, S., & Smyth, R. (2007). Unit root properties of crude oil spot and futures prices (Research Discussion Paper RDP 40-07).
Narayan, P. K., & Smyth, R. (2007). The military expenditure-External debt nexus: New evidence from a panel of Middle Eastern countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-07).
Narayan, P. K., Narayan, S., & Smyth, R. (2007). Does democracy facilitate economic growth or does economic growth facilitate democracy? An empirical study of Sub-Saharan Africa (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-07).
Narayan, P.K., Narayan, S., & Smyth, R. (2007). Does Democracy Facilitate Economic Growth or Does Economic Growth Facilitate Democracy? An Empirical Study of Sub-Saharan Africa. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-07).
Reeson, A., & Tisdell, J. (2007). Markets, motivations and public goods: Experimental investigations on the impact of institutions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-07).
Rice, R.
(2007). Planning for the End of the Construction Boom and Transition to a Normal Economy in Aceh and Nias. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-07).
Rice, R. (2007). Planning for the end of the construction boom and transition to a normal economy in ACEH and NIAS (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-07).
Saxena, S. (2007). Technology and spillovers: Evidence from Indian manufacturing micro-data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 27-07).
Shields, M. P. (2007). Foreign aid and domestic savings: The crowding out effect (Research Discussion Paper RDP 35-07).
Simonen, J., & McCann, P. (2007). Firm innovation: The influence of R&D cooperation and the geography of human capital inputs (Research Discussion Paper RDP 29-07).
Tharavanij, P. (2007). Capital market and business cycle volatility (Research Discussion Paper RDP 33-07).
Tharavanij, P. (2007). Capital market, severity of business cycle, and probability of an economic downturn (Research Discussion Paper RDP 32-07).
Tharavanij, P. (2007). Capital market, frequency of recession, and fraction of time the economy in recession (Research Discussion Paper RDP 34-07).
Valenzuela, R., & Lean, H. H. (2007). Stochastic dominance analysis of Australian income distributions (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-07).
Wang, Z. X., & Smyth, R. (2007). Two new exponential families of Lorenz curves (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-07).
Wang, Z. X., Ng, Y-K., & Smyth, R. (2007). Revisiting the ordered family of Lorenz curves (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-07).
Wong, K. N., & Tang, T. C. (2007). Exchange rate variability and the export demand for Malaysia's semiconductors: An empirical study (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-07).
Wong, K. N., & Tang, T. C. (2007). New evidence on the casual linkages between foreign direct investment, exports and imports in Malaysia (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-07).
Wong, K. N., & Tang, T. C. (2007). Does exchange rate variability affect the causation between foreign direct investment and electronics exports? An empirical test using Malaysian data (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-07).
Wong, K. N., Tang, T. C., & Fausten, D. K. (2007). Foreign direct investment and services trade: Evidence from Malaysia and Singapore (Research Discussion Paper RDP 30-07).
2006
Discussion Papers
Chaudhuri, A., Gangadharan, L., & Maitra, P. (2006). An experimental analysis of group size and risk sharing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 02-06).
Chaudhuri, A., Maitra, P., & Skeath, S. (2006). Communication, advice and beliefs in an experimental public goods game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 05-06).
Chen, H., Fausten, D. K., & Wong, W-K. (2006). Evolution of Dollar/Euro exchange rate before and after the birth of Euro and policy implications (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-Jun).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2006). How should a public good be provided? A transaction cost approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 09-06).
Cheng, W., Zhang, D., & Zou, H-F. (2006). The effects of foreign aid on the creation and distribution of wealth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-06).
Djumashev, R. (2006). Public goods, corruption and growth (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-Jun).
Harris, E. (2006). Lobbying for legislation: An examination of water rights transition in colonial victoria, Australia 1840-1886 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-06).
Khalil, E. L. (2006). Moral outrage (Research Discussion Paper RDP 07-06).
Khalil, E. L. (2006). Weakness of will (Research Discussion Paper RDP 06-06).
Lean, H. H., & Smyth, R. (2006). Asian financial crisis, avian flu and terrorist threats: Are shocks to Malaysian tourist arrivals permanent or transitory? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-06).
Lu, X.,Fausten, D.,, Smyth, R. (2006). Financial development, capital accumulation and productivity improvement: Evidence from China (Research Discussion Paper RDP 04-06).
Mishra, V., Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2006). The relationship between female labour force participation and fertility in G7 countries: Evidence from panel cointegration and Granger causality (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-06).
Narayan, P. K., Nielsen, I. & Smyth, R.
(2006). Panel Data, Cointegration, Causality and Wagner's Law: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Provinces. (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-06).
Narayan, P. K., Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2006). Panel data, cointegration, causality and wagners law: Empirical evidence from Chinese provinces (Research Discussion Paper RDP 01-06).
Peng, X., & Fausten, D. (2006). Population ageing and labour supply prospects in China from 2005 to 2050 (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-Jun).
Tokuyama, C., & Pillarisetti, J. R. (2006). Measuring human wellbeing and advancing sustainable development: How credible are the UNDPs Human Development Reports? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 03-06).
Wong, K. N. (2006). Demand for Malaysias exports: Evidence from the electronics industry (Research Discussion Paper RDP 08-06).
2005
Discussion Papers
Booth, R. (2005). The economic development of the Australian Football League (Research Discussion Paper RDP 3-May).
Booth, R. (2005). Some economic effects of changes to gate-sharing arrangements in the Australian Football League (Research Discussion Paper RDP 21-May).
Booth, R. (2005). Comparing competitive balance in Australian sports leagues, the AFL, NBL and NRL: Does the AFLs team salary cap and player draft measure up? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 2-May).
Broll, U., Wahl, J. E., & Wong, W-K. (2005). Elasticity of risk aversion and international trade (Research Discussion Paper RDP 7-May).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2005). Domestic and global sourcing (Research Discussion Paper RDP 5-May).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2005). Would outsourcing increase or decrease wage inequality? Two models, two answers (Research Discussion Paper RDP 20-May).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2005). Can productivity progress in China hurt the US? Professor Samuelsons example extended (Research Discussion Paper RDP 12-May).
Cheng, W., & Zhang, D. (2005). Why might a country want to develop its comparative disadvantage industries? A general equilibrium analysis (Research Discussion Paper RDP 15-May).
Cornwella, K., Inderb, B., Maitrac, P., & Rammohan, A. (2005). Household composition and schooling of rural South African children: Sibling synergy and migrant effects (Research Discussion Paper RDP 22-May).
Lau, S-H. P., & Mui, V-L. (2005). Using turn taking to mitigate conflict and coordination problems in the repeated battle of the sexes game (Research Discussion Paper RDP 4-May).
Lean, H-H., Halim, H., & Wong, W-K. (2005). Bivariate causality between exchange rates and stock prices on major Asian countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 10-May).
Lean, H-H., Keung, W. W., & Smyth, R. (2005). Revisiting calendar anomalies in Asian stock markets using a stochastic dominance approach (Research Discussion Paper RDP 16-May).
Liu, P-T., & Sun, G-Z. (2005). International demonstration effect and domestic division of labour: A simple model (Research Discussion Paper RDP 17-May).
Maitra, P., Nielsen, I., Nyland, C., Smyth, R., & Zhu, C. (2005). Firm compliance with social insurance obligations where there is a weak surveillance and enforcement mechanism: Empirical evidence from Shanghai (Research Discussion Paper RDP 13-May).
Mulino, D. (2005). Welfare, population growth and dynamic inefficiency in an OLG framework (Research Discussion Paper RDP 19-May).
Narayan, P. K., & Smyth, R. (2005). Are shocks to energy consumption permanent or temporary? Evidence from 182 countries (Research Discussion Paper RDP 6-May).
Narayan, P. K.,Nielsen, I., & Smyth, R. (2005). Is there a natural rate of crime? (Research Discussion Paper RDP 18-May).
Qian, X., & Smyth, R. (2005). Growth accounting for the Chinese provinces 1990-2000: Incorporating human capital accumulation (Research Discussion Paper RDP 11-May).
Sun, G-Z. (2005). Exploiting Gossens second law: A simple proof of the Euler equation and the maximum principle (Research Discussion Paper RDP 14-May).
Sun, G-Z. (2005). A review of selected literature in the economics of division of labor from 5th century to WWII: Part I (Research Discussion Paper RDP 1-May).
Wong, W-K., & Bian, G. (2005). Robust estimation of multiple regression model with non-normal error: Symmetric distribution (Research Discussion Paper RDP 9-May).
Wong, W-K., & Chan, R. H. (2005). Prospect and Markowitz stochastic dominance (Research Discussion Paper RDP 8-May).