Past events
Impact of excess reserves on monetary policy transmission in PNG
The accumulation of excess reserves in PNG’s banking system may have undesired implications on the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission. Thomas Wangi discusses his paper which employs a structural VAR model to measure flow-on effects of positive shocks to excess reserves and the lending rate.
Exploring unemployment and welfare through lived experience and policy narratives: what can lived experience knowledge offer welfare policy making in Australia?
This presentation showcases a PhD research project that explores what value (if any) insights from lived experience of long-term unemployment welfare can offer welfare policy making in Australia.
Indigeneity and religion in Dea Kaju: Living in mixed worlds
In Angge Buntu Dea Kaju, an indigeneous community in South Sulawesi, Pappasang and Pangngadarang are considered core wisdom. Pappasang is the set of norms passed down through generations and serves as guidelines in daily life, and Pangngadarang is the form of practical rules that have become traditions in various aspects of community life. Both wisdom guide the lives of Angge Buntu people, alongside Islamic teaching and practices. As the younger generation moves into big cities to pursue formal education and alternative economic livelihood, tension arises between preserving traditional customs and embracing new life style and values, including religious considerations. Perspectives gathered from in the community suggest that many young people are not familiar with their ancestral customs and rituals. In some cases, the lack of awareness is accompanied by negative views on Pamali—practices seen to be misaligned with religious teachings. This presentation aims to look at the role of Pappasang and Pangngadarang in Angge Buntu Dea Kaju and discuss how they interact with religions, including Islam. I will highlight the irony and tension among the community as the young members increasingly move out in search of a better life, but away from maintaining the core values of Angge Buntu. I would argue that there is a space for dialogue on religious moderation and tolerance to support the sustainability of local wisdoms.
Hadi Soesastro Policy Forum 2024
The Hadi Soesastro Policy Forum is an annual economic and policy forum in Jakarta jointly held by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the ANU Indonesia Project. It aimed to disseminate and engage discussion on Indonesia’s public policies.
Domestic, regional, or global shocks? A GVAR analysis of the Latin American business cycle
Rubayat Chowdhury presents his research on the relative contributions of domestic, regional, and global shocks in the business cycle of Latin American business cycle.
Cigarette demand in Indonesia with controls for cigarette quality
Most studies of cigarette demand ignore quality variation. In general, consumers may respond to price rises by reducing quantity consumed, but also by downgrading the quality of what they consume. If each type of response is not allowed for, what is estimated as a price elasticity of quantity demand will combine the effects of quantity and quality adjustments. We distinguish between 16 brands of cigarettes in Indonesia, where prices of the dearest brands are over double those of the cheapest. Using Indonesian Family Life Survey data, we estimate individual level demand for cigarettes, comparing estimated own-price elasticities when brand-level controls for quality are included and when they are excluded (as in most prior studies). The own-price elasticity of quantity demand for cigarettes purchased is -0.82 if brand effects are ignored, but is just -0.54 once the brand effects are used. There is a similar gap for the price elasticities of cigarettes smoked. We use these results to simulate a 10% rise in the excise tax, and find that the effect of the tax hike in reducing the number of cigarettes smoked would be overstated by 56% if the brand-level controls for quality choice are not used.
How to imagine a sustainable world
Sustainability is about carrying life on. If it is to mean anything, it must be for everyone and everything, and not for some to the exclusion of others. What kind of world, then, has a place for everyone and everything, both now and into the future?
4th Australian Workshop on Public Finance
The 2024 Australian Workshop on Public Finance is hosted by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University, ANU.
When neighbors matter: spillover effects in disease outbreak in shrimp farming in Vietnam
The paper examines the presence and quantify the effects of physical spillover of disease outbreak among shrimp farmers in Southern Vietnam.
Bracket creep: Tax increases by stealth
The previous Coalition government’s Stage 3 income tax cuts have been mired in controversy ever since they were announced — in their final form — in 2019.
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