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Buying air warfare destroyers: a strategic decision
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Buying air warfare destroyers: a strategic decision
The Government has chosen a builder for three new Air Warfare Destroyers [AWDs] before it has properly considered whether we really need to buy them, and how best to buy them if…
Building a democratic Palestine: an Australian contribution to legal and institutional development in the Palestinian territories
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Building a democratic Palestine: an Australian contribution to legal and institutional development in the Palestinian territories
Legal and institutional reform in the Palestinian territories is a critical and often overlooked component of the effort to reach a peaceful settlement between Israel and the…
Convergence and per capita carbon emissions
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Convergence and per capita carbon emissions
In a new Working Paper in International Economics, Professor Warwick McKibbin and Alison Stegman write that assumptions about carbon emissions per person lie behind many future…
Financial liberalization, financial sector development and growth: evidence from Malaysia
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Financial liberalization, financial sector development and growth: evidence from Malaysia
The objective of this paper is to examine whether financial development leads to economic growth or vice versa in the small, open economy of Malaysia. We argue that the results…
The sustainability of growth: history and prospects
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The sustainability of growth: history and prospects
This is Chapter 1 in the book, edited by Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song, entitled China: Is Rapid Growth Sustainable, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, 2004. Ross Garnaut
The emergence of substantive Sino-Australian relations, 1983-88
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The emergence of substantive Sino-Australian relations, 1983-88
A paper by Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.Ross Garnaut
Asset markets and financial flows in general equilibrium models
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Asset markets and financial flows in general equilibrium models
This paper discusses the importance of asset markets and financial flows in general equilibrium models. Asset markets and financial flows play an important role in the adjustment…
Indonesia in a changing global environment
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Indonesia in a changing global environment
Indonesia faces a number of important challenges both in the short run and in the longer run. The world economy is currently growing robustly but a number of uncertainties cloud…
Sensible climate policy
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Sensible climate policy
In Sensible climate policy Professor Warwick McKibbin criticises the Kyoto Protocol that had just entered into force in February 2005. He predicts that the policy would not…