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December 31 2012
December 2012 NZEP Special Issue focuses on Quality of Life Research in Economics
The contents of New Zealand Economic Papers, Volume 46, Issue 3, December 2012 (available online or by subscription):
December 20 2012
10th A R Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics to Isabelle Sin
Congratulations to Isabelle Sin, who was awarded the 2012 A. R. Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics for her paper “The Gravity of Ideas: How Distance Affects Translations”. The Bergstrom Prize can…
August 30 2012
August 2012 NZEP includes paper on wealth and savings in NZ
The contents of New Zealand Economic Papers, Volume 46, Issue 2, August 2012 (available online or by subscription):
June 28 2012
Stephen Turnovsky awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE
Stephen Turnovsky is an outstanding academic economist. His academic career spans over 40 years, with a distinguished publication record which has kept him in the very top echelon of the…
June 28 2012
Frank Scrimgeour elected NZAE Life Member
It is with great pleasure the Association honours Frank Scrimgeour with the award of Life Membership of the New Zealand Association of Economists. From his farming origins in Golden Bay,…
June 28 2012
Leslie Young awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE
Leslie Young is Wei Lun Professor of Finance and Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an outstanding economist by…
March 21 2012
March 2012 NZEP includes critiques of Wolak paper on NZ electricity market
The contents of New Zealand Economic Papers, Volume 46, Issue 1, March 2012 (available online or by subscription):
January 31 2012
Applications sought for the tenth A R Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics by 24-Aug-12
Applications are now being sought for the tenth A R Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics. The objective of the Prize is to reward the achievement of excellence in econometrics, as evidenced…
January 19 2012
March 2012 AI (#43) remembers Roger Kerr
The March 2012 Issue of Asymmetric Information is now available online here.
December 21 2011
December 2011 NZEP available now
The contents of New Zealand Economic Papers, Volume 45, Issue 3, December 2011 (available online or by subscription):
August 19 2011
9th A R Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics to David Baqaee
The 2010 A R Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics has been awarded to David Baqaee, PhD student, Harvard University, for his paper “Using Wavelets to Measure Core Inflation: the Case of New Zealand”. David’s paper…
August 18 2011
The future is now
It is a truism that Western economies face a demographic problem: more older people and fewer working-age people will mean a higher dependency ratio. This future problem, we are told,…
August 16 2011
What’s this ‘we’ stuff?
Alex Tabarrok posted at Marginal Revolution about sticky wages. It’s an interesting bit of mathematics. I can see his point, that sticky wages for employed people can keep the labour…
August 10 2011
Models matter
I’ve been turning this over in my head for weeks. Obviously, the economic/political problems in the US are one of biggest economic issues going, and I’ve not blogged about them.…
July 22 2011
Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds
NZIER (where I work) has just published a new Insight on the next steps for water policy. The Royal Society recently published an issues paper on ecosystem services. Natural capital…
July 18 2011
Double taxation doublespeak
I generally stay out of tax debates. I don’t know the economic theories, and valid comparisons are difficult to make. This comparison by Rodney Hide (via Kiwiblog) bothered me, however:…
July 14 2011
Conference 2012 dates set
The 53rd Annual Conference will be held at the Convention Centre in Palmerston North on 27-29th June 2012 more
July 2 2011
Conference 2011 papers available
The 52nd Annual Conference was successfully held at the Amora Hotel in Wellington on 29th June to 1st July 2011. Details, including copies of papers, can be found at Conference 2011
July 2 2011
Jan Whitwell prize awarded to Alex Olssen
The Jan Whitwell prize was awarded to Alex Olssen at the NZAE 2011 Conference.
July 1 2011
History of Economics at the University of Otago
From the University of Otago School of Business … “An official book launch celebrating Emeritus Professor Lyall McLean’s “A History of Economics and the Development of Commerce Degrees at the…
