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Mail: School of Economics, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072

Joint Affiliation: School of Political Science & International Relations, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072

The Risk and Sustainable Management Group website presents research publications and current news on my main research activities, focused on uncertainty and sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin

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Contents

Books

• Generalized Expected Utility Theory/The Rank-Dependent Expected Utility model
• Work for All: Full Employment in the Nineties, by John Langmore and John Quiggin
• Great Expectations: Microeconomic Reform and Australia
• Taxing Times: A Guide to the Tax Debate in Australia
• Uncertainty, Production, Choice and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach by Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin

Journal articles

Current state of progress: Most (but not all) of my articles from 1991-2005 are available either in HTML or PS/PDF format, gradually standardising on PDF. If the article you want is not available, or quality is inadequate, email me to ask for a hardcopy reprint.

For papers before 2004, the version presented is my final version and may differ from published version because of changes in proof stage or where co-authors have dealt with final version

• Journal articles from 2006
• Journal articles from 2005
• Journal articles from 2004
• Journal articles from 2003
• Journal articles from 2002
• Journal articles from 2001
• Journal articles from 2000
• Journal articles from 1999
• Journal articles from 1998
• Journal articles from 1997
• Journal articles from 1996
• Journal articles from 1995
• Journal articles from 1994
• Journal articles from 1993
• Journal articles from 1992
• Journal articles from 1991
• Journal articles from 1990 and earlier

Newspaper articles

Articles going back to 2002

• No discount on equality, Australian Financial Review, 12 April, 2007.
• Denial lobby strikes again, Australian Financial Review, 29 March, 2007.
• Still, life's not bad here, Australian Financial Review, 15 March, 2007.
• Pooh to copyright wrongs, Australian Financial Review, 1 March, 2007.
• Hot heads won't save us, Australian Financial Review, 15 February, 2007.
• Water remedy clear as mud, Australian Financial Review, 1 February, 2007.
• War: Deadly game for losers, Australian Financial Review, 18 January, 2007.
• Handling those global-warming hot potatoes, Australian Financial Review, 6 January, 2007.
• Ready, get set, go dither, Australian Financial Review, 21 December, 2006.
• Family farms alive and well, Australian Financial Review, 07 December, 2006.
• A question of probability, Australian Financial Review, 23 November, 2006.
• Protecting our interests, Australian Financial Review, 9 November, 2006.
• Iraq exit will also be costly, Australian Financial Review, 26 October, 2006.
• Pay attention: There's a cost, Australian Financial Review, 12 October, 2006.
• Cheap water's high costs, Australian Financial Review, 28 September, 2006.
• The party of no return, Australian Financial Review, 14 September, 2006.
• Let's commit to the young, Australian Financial Review, 31 August, 2006.
• Make Telstra public again, Australian Financial Review, 17 August, 2006.
• Doors shut for young families, Australian Financial Review, 3 August, 2006.
• Add to CV: bankruptcy, Australian Financial Review, 20 July, 2006.
• Climate denial has had its day, Australian Financial Review, 6 July, 2006.
• Taking Iceland's hot tip, Australian Financial Review, 22 June, 2006.
• When co-operation trumps competition, Australian Financial Review, 16 June, 2006.
• Public debt a useful instrument, Australian Financial Review, 8 June, 2006.
• Pricing a change of climate, Australian Financial Review, 25 May, 2006.
• Budget manages to hold the line, Australian Financial Review, 15 May, 2006.
• No room to manoeuvre, Australian Financial Review, 27 April, 2006.
• Water rules won't wash, Australian Financial Review, 20 April, 2006.
• Public missing out, again, Australian Financial Review, 16 March, 2006.
• Resigned to the status quo, Australian Financial Review, 2 March, 2006.
• Asleep on the jobs growth, Australian Financial Review, 16 February, 2006.
• TV policy a grim picture, Australian Financial Review, 19 January, 2006.
• Environmental evolution, Australian Financial Review, 5 January, 2006.
• Bad choices for work Australian Financial Review, 12 December 2005.
• A call to foster growth Australian Financial Review, 8 December 2005.
• The monopoly game Australian Financial Review, 28 November 2005.
• Hung up over party line Australian Financial Review, 24 November 2005.
• The surge we didn't have Australian Financial Review, 10 November 2005.
• Open slather on the net Australian Financial Review, 27 October 2005.
• Don't hide behind economy Australian Financial Review, 13 October 2005.
• Bring in congestion tax Australian Financial Review, 29 September.
• No win in monopoly game Australian Financial Review, 15.eptember.
• Let a hundred blogs bloom Australian Financial Review, 1 September 2005.
• There's no sense in saving Australian Financial Review, 18 August 2005.
• New rationale, same old problems Australian Financial Review, 8 August 2005.
• T3 will be another disaster Australian Financial Review, 4 August 2005.
• Lawsuits a straitjacket Australian Financial Review, 21 July 2005.
• Property boom puts theory to test Australian Financial Review, 11 July 2005.
• Water dilemma flows on Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2005.
• A bad case of consumption Australian Financial Review, 23 June 2005.
• Another grandiose flop Australian Financial Review, 9 June 2005.
• Co-operative spirit runs dry Australian Financial Review, 26 May 2005.
• More to life than tax cuts Australian Financial Review, 12 May 2005.
• Growing pains of social security Australian Financial Review, 9 May 2005.
• Nuclear option premature Australian Financial Review, 28 April 2005.
• Policy inertia hang-up Australian Financial Review, 14 April 2005.
• Here's fuel for thought Australian Financial Review, 31 March 2005.
• Top tax rate, low priorityAustralian Financial Review,24 February 2005.
• Mirages don't win pollsAustralian Financial Review,10 February 2005.
• A licence to innovateAustralian Financial Review,27 January 2005.
• Dog's bark will bite deepAustralian Financial Review,13 January 2005.
• Hard partnership lessonsAustralian Financial Review,16 December 2004.
• Kyoto must be ratified nowAustralian Financial Review,02 December 2004.
• US productivity's underbellyAustralian Financial Review,29 November 2004.
• No reserve for rainy daysAustralian Financial Review,18 November 2004.
• And now for the hard bit Australian Financial Review,04 November 2004.
• Productivity's miraculous mirageAustralian Financial Review,18 October 2004.
• T3 must focus on publicAustralian Financial Review,21 October 2004.
• 'Tax and spend' is backAustralian Financial Review,07 October 2004.
• Time to recast health rolesAustralian Financial Review,23 September 2004.
• An exercise in risk management: on what to be scared of and what to do about itAustralian Financial Review,10 September 2004.
• Demonising the greensAustralian Financial Review,9 September 2004.
• Labor must stand firmAustralian Financial Review,26 August 2004.
• The myth of convergence: on how the rise of the internet has liberated textAustralian Financial Review,13 August 2004.
• Doubters warm to detailAustralian Financial Review,12 August 2004.
• Don't fear a greens senateAustralian Financial Review,29 July 2004.
• Latham's next great leap Australian Financial Review ,15 July.
• Fine fix for taxing issue Australian Financial Review ,1 July.
• Jobless still cast shadow Australian Financial Review ,17 June.
• Watershed solution needed Australian Financial Review ,3 June.
• Creep claques silly figures Australian Financial Review ,20 May.
• Downside of the FTA Australian Financial Review ,6 May.
• Don't believe in miracles Australian Financial Review ,22 April.
• Older workers forced out Australian Financial Review ,25 March.
• Don't just stop at hospitals Australian Financial Review ,11 March.
• Health, education the key Australian Financial Review ,26 February.
• Merger is the only chance Australian Financial Review ,12 February.
• States schooled for success, Australian Financial Review,29 January 2004.
• Bonds the key to balance, Australian Financial Review,15 January 2004.
• US hegemonic, not imperial, Australian Financial Review,31 December 2003.
• 'Conflict' isn't ageing well, Australian Financial Review,18 December 2003.
• FTA: fair deal or no deal, Australian Financial Review,4 December 2003.
• Reform for the small-minded, Australian Financial Review,20 November 2003.
• Our model constitution, Australian Financial Review,6 November 2003.
• Lets clear muddy waters, Australian Financial Review, 23 October 2003.
• Kyoto a conduit for aid, Australian Financial Review, 9 October 2003.
• Lots of froth about bubble, Australian Financial Review, 25 September 2003.
• Bush's buck won't stop, Australian Financial Review, 11 September 2003.
• Real jobs the real solution, Australian Financial Review, 28 August 2003.
• Interesting time for rates, Australian Financial Review, 14 August 2003.
• A risky interpretation of history: on the past, present and future of the quest for security, Australian Financial Review, 1 August 2003.
• Woolly thinking on Telstra, Australian Financial Review, 31 July 2003.
• Stuck in the comfort zone, Australian Financial Review, 17 July 2003.
• Putting HECS to good use, Australian Financial Review, 3 July 2003.
• Insurance for house prices. Australian Financial Review 19 June 2003
• Let's stick to a good thing. Australian Financial Review 5 June 2003
• Voters favour better services. Australian Financial Review 22 May 2003
• Why war is bad for health. Australian Financial Review 8 May 2003
• πFairy gold' turns to debt. Australian Financial Review 10 April 2003
• Raised voices just comical. Australian Financial Review 27 March 2003
• US debt will come back to bite. Australian Financial Review 13 March 2003
• Adventures in the blogosphere. Australian Financial Review 7 March 2003
• Being AAA is not the top. Australian Financial Review 27 February 2003
• No alternative for Telstra. Australian Financial Review13 February 2003
• A deal not in our interest. Australian Financial Review 30 January 2003
• Our worst policy failure. Australian Financial Review 16 January 2003
• The economic year ahead. Australian Financial Review 2 January 2003
• The best case for Telstra. Australian Financial Review 19 December 2002
• Voters need real difference. Australian Financial Review 5 December 2002
• Spending a way to victory,. Australian Financial Review 21 November 2002
• The real cost of regime change. Australian Financial Review 7 November 2002
• APEC is simply a sideshow. Australian Financial Review 24 October 2002
• A case for equity partners. Australian Financial Review 10 October 2002
• Breaking the camel's back. Australian Financial Review 26 September 2002
• Unemployment on the rise. Australian Financial Review 12 September 2002
• Savings need a safety net. Australian Financial Review 29 August 2002
• Miracles are highly priced. Australian Financial Review 15 August 2002
• Sums starting to sink in. Australian Financial Review 1 August 2002
• Bush leads way on race, Australian Financial Review, 18 July 2002.
• Market theory unravels, Australian Financial Review, 4 July 2002.
• June.
• Crossed wires on Telstra Australian Financial Review, 20 June 2002.
• Even the old is new again Australian Financial Review, 6 June 2002.
• Time to earth electricity Australian Financial Review, 23 May 2002.
• Stick to a few principlesAustralian Financial Review, 9 May 2002.
• UK turns left for national health Australian Financial Review, 24 April 2002.
• The cost of doing nothing Australian Financial Review, 11 April 2002.
• Bringing bogus science to book, Australian Financial Review, 28 March 2002.
• Dogma fails crucial test, Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2002.
• Enron's Australian cousins, Australian Financial Review, 28 February 2002.
• Pop! There goes a trillion, Australian Financial Review, 14 February 2002.
• Poverty is such a rich issue, Australian Financial Review, 17 January 2002.
• Euro curbs herd instinct, Australian Financial Review, 17 January 2002.
• When pessimism paid off, Australian Financial Review, 3 January 2002.

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Submissions

• Submission, to Victorian Parliament Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Inquiry into Private Sector Investment in Public Infrastructure, 2002
• Resolving the University crisis, Submission to the inquiry of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Committee into the capacity of public universities to meet Australia's higher education needs, 2001.
• Feasibility and Consequences of a ban on Internet gambling , Submission to Senate and National Office of the Information Economy Inquiries, August 2000.
• Telstra: structure, ownership and service,Submission to Committee of Inquiry into Telstra Service Standards, 2000
• Defence policy: One clear objective,Submission to Defence Review 2000
• Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into Gambling, 1999
• Socioeconomic consequences of National Competition Policy, Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry, 1998.
• Equity and efficiency effects of food taxes, Submission to Senate Committee of Inquiry into a New Tax System, 1998.
• Options for privatisation of the HEC: An economic assessmentPublic Accounts Committee Parliament of Tasmania, August 1998
• The proposed privatisation of Telstra: an assessmentSubmission to Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee May 1998
• The Hilmer process and regulation of the legal profession: Information paper provided to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of New South Wales, April 1997
• Submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee Inquiry into Productivity Commission Bill 1997
• Submission to House of Representatives Inquiry into Federal Road Funding, 1997
• Paper prepared for the Urban Local Government Association of Queensland, 1996
• Implementation of competition policy in local government
• The environmental trust fund and sustainable environmental spending: Submission to Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Reference Committe inquiry into the Natural Heritage of Australia Trust Fund Bill 1996
• The partial privatisation of Telstra:supplementary submission to Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Reference Committe inquiry into the Telstra (Dilution of Public Ownership) Bill 1996
• The partial privatisation of Telstra: an assessment:Submission to Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Reference Committe inquiry into the Telstra (Dilution of Public Ownership) Bill 1996
• Notes on competition policySubmission to ACT Legislative Assembly, Jan 1996
• Competition and Communications: Some notes on reform options for Australia Post,Presentation to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, October 1995
• Submission to Industry Commission Inquiry into contracting out in the public sector, June 1995
• Whole-of-Government Accounting and Public Sector Net WorthSubmission to Joint Committee on Public Accounts, 1995
• Employment and unemployment in Australia - A long-term perspective:Submission to the House of Representatives standing committee on long-term strategies, 1995 Speech presented to the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia on the occasion of its award to me of its Annual Medal, November 1993
• Socially useful employment
• Urban Transport Draft Report - Comments:Submission to Industry Commission inquiry into Urban Transport 1993
• External costs of private vehicles - Harm to other road users:Submission to Industry Commission inquiry into Urban Transport 1993
• The Industry Commission approach to public sector reformEvatt Foundation, 1993
• Fightback, One nation and people with disabilitiesReport to Disabled People International, 1993

Other work

Still incomplete, but getting up to date

• Conference papers
• Book reviews

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