Events
Trade impact of Australia-China Free Trade Agreement
Ligang Song estimates the impact of the 2015 Australia-China Free Trade Agreement, finding a boost to both countries’ exports in sectors where they appear to have a comparative advantage.
2019 aid budget breakfast
The 2019 Aid Budget Breakfast was held on the morning of Wednesday 3 April where Professor Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre, presented on Australian aid and development policy in the context of the 2019-2020 federal budget.
Research Travel Grants recipients’ presentations
This seminar will comprise speakers who are recipients of Indonesia Project’s Research Travel Grants.
Hysteresis and the Australian economy
In this seminar Timothy Watson will present his thesis proposal review on ‘Hysteresis and the Australian Economy’.
Asian Development Outlook 2019
ADB’s flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2019 (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia and the Pacific, including growth projections by country and region.
Postgraduate Information Evening
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific is Australia’s leading centre for research and teaching on the world’s most dynamic region.
Building women’s livelihoods: an evidence-based theory of change
This presentation will examine the usefulness of purposive efforts of policymakers to promote women’s livelihood capabilities. Professor Naila Kabeer will show what we can learn about women’s economic empowerment from efforts that have proved to be effective – as well as those that have not.
Rice subsidy transformation to BPNT (non-cash food assistance)
Della Temenggung reports mixed results of recent reform of Indonesia’s food subsidy program.
Water sanitation program in decentralised Eastern Indonesia: the roles of community and social dynamics
This seminar will comprise speakers who are recipients of the Indonesia Project Research Grants (RG) and will discuss the roles of community and social dynamics in water-sanitation program in Eastern Indonesia.
Indonesia’s growth outlook – solving the Rubik’s cube of Indonesian growth
This seminar will discuss the findings from a growth diagnostic study also infrastructure investment target and financing over the next RPJMN period.
The effect of fuel prices on traffic flows: evidence from New South Wales
Tong Zhang presents her PhD research using a big dataset on road traffic flows in NSW.
Tax pirates and tax fairness
Join us on Friday 12 April where Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP will discuss multinational tax avoidance, and a new policy to restore fairness into the system.
Using macroeconomic theory for macroeconomic policymaking: Understanding Australia’s successful experience from the 1920s to the end of the 20th century.
Why is macroeconomic policymaking in Australia generally seen as successful by observers in the rest of the world? Professor David Vines will explore the radical shift in thinking about open- economy macroeconomics which has taken place in Australia between the 1920s and the present.
Interaction between interest rate, credit and asset prices
In this seminar, Daniel Silva Withmory will present his paper that assesses the interaction between monetary policy, credit and asset prices in Australia, using a FAVAR approach.
Health and well-being of older workers in Indonesia: contextualising productive ageing
Firman analyses the relationship between labour market participation and a broad range of well-being measures.
Earthquake risk in Indonesia: how worried should we be?
This seminar will discuss a combination of modelling results, compilations of historical accounts and analyses of recent geodetic data of earthquakes in Indonesia.
Labour supply elasticity estimates for Australian workers: evidence from the HILDA survey
Owen Freestone presents his PhD research on estimating labour supply elasticities in Australia.
Money in retirement: do we have enough?
The conventional wisdom is that Australians don’t save enough for retirement. But Grattan Institute’s recent report, Money in Retirement, shows this belief is mistaken.
Effects of asset purchases and normalisation of US monetary policy
Tatsuyoshi Okimoto looks at the changing impacts over time of unconventional monetary policy in the US in the period since the global financial crisis.
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