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Events

October 2023

03
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | ACDE Seminar

Ecosystem services benefits and willingness to pay for trees on farms

Sorada Tapsuwan, CSIRO

This seminar will present results of economic surveys on the benefits of tree planting in Australia.

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03
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Resources, Environment and Development Group | RE&D Research Seminar

Can science “enable” transformation? A reflection on the experiences of the Pathways Network

Adrian Ely

Adrian Ely discusses the design, implementation and conclusion of the “Pathways” Network and reflects upon the lessons learned from its use of Transformation Labs in different contexts.

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06
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Zombie businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

Joel Bowman

Joel Bowman presents his research on whether the business support measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected the performance and survival rate of zombie businesses in Australia.

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Image sourced from Flickr by Christian Haugen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/christianhaugen/)
06
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute | Seminar

Income inequality in Australia

Mr Brendan Fugate, Australian Taxation Office

Income inequality, with respect to total, taxable and post-tax income, has increased in Australia over the period from 1991 to 2019.

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06
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Public Lecture

The political economy of tobacco control in Indonesia: The state of play

Professor Hasbullah Thabrany, Dr Elisabeth Kramer & Dr Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo

The 7th Mubyarto Public Policy Forum, a collaboration between ANU Indonesia Project and UGM Faculty of Economics and Business, exploring the politically complex world of tobacco control policy.

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10
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Resources, Environment and Development Group | RE&D Research Seminar

The impact of light pollution on ecosystems and their services: understanding and communicating the value of dark skies

Sharolyn Anderson

Sharolyn Anderson’s PhD final seminar presents research on ‘The Impact of Light Pollution on Ecosystems and Their Services: Understanding and Communicating the Value of Dark Skies’.

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10
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | ACDE Seminar

The impact of independent review on claims of aid project effectiveness

Terence Wood and Stephen Howes

In this paper, we test whether outsourcing the validation of project appraisals changes the reported effectiveness of aid projects.

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20
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute | Seminar

Household Debt and the Effects of Fiscal Policy

Dr Melissa (Hyunji) Song, The University of Sydney

This paper examines how the effects of government spending shocks depend on the balance-sheet position of households.

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Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
25
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Development Policy Centre | Lecture

Building AIIB: Asia’s new infrastructure development bank and Australia’s strategic role

Mr Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The President of the AIIB, Mr Jin Liqun, will be visiting Australia in October, and will be delivering a public lecture at the Crawford School of Public Policy.

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27
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

The relationship between city density and labour productivity: an empirical investigation

Rentao Rao

Rentao Rao presents his research on the impact of city-level urban population size and density on economic efficiency in China.

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